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Philippines says to sign troops pact with Canada as defense ties deepen
The Philippines and Canada are set to sign a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) after negotiations to...
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Taiwan bounty hunters cash in on exploding iguana population
Taiwan began culling iguanas nearly 10 years ago with the 2025 target set at more than 100,000. ......
photo: WN / Emiko Silalahi
Young South Korean men and women deeply divided on politics, survey shows
The poll found that men and women in their 20s had the largest political ideology gap of any age group. ......
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Who is to blame for Sri Lanka’s crises?
When Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country in 2022 amid mass protests and an economic crisis, parliament elected veteran politician and six-time Prime...
photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena
Malaysian court rules ‘wounding religious feelings’ is a crime
Ruling on controversial film ‘Mentega Terbang’ widens the potential for legal liability in a country beset by issues of race, religion and royalty. ......
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Myanmar police destroy over 100 acres of poppy in eastern state
YANGON, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar's police have destroyed 113 acres of opium poppy...
photo: WN / Imran Nissar
China says it will ‘fight to the end’ with US ‘in tariff war, trade war or any other war’
China’s ministry of foreign affairs has promised that China will “fight to the end” with the US in a “tariff war, trade war or any other war”, marking China’s strongest rhetoric on US president Donald Trump since he entered the White...
photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein
Govt warns investors not to fall for fake crypto ‘National Hong Kong Coin’
Previous Next The Hong Kong SAR government on Thursday warned investors about a fraudulent cryptocurrency bearing the name “National Hong Kong Coin”. The news came after a fake account impersonating Chief Executive...
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S Korea’s lefty opposition shifting to the center-right
Former factory worker and labor activist Yoon Jong-oh says being a left-winger in South Korea has always been tough. The dictators in charge for most of the first four decades after the Republic of Korea gained independence in 1948 saw communists under every bed and, specifically, did not like labor...
photo: AP / Photo/Lee Jin-man
Indonesia debates bigger role for military under Prabowo
JAKARTA – Indonesia is debating expanding the role of the country’s vast military under President Prabowo Subianto, including by allowing active armed forces personnel to take up civilian posts in ways not seen since the dismantling of strongman...
photo: AP / Photo/Achmad Ibrahim

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