A powerful gas explosion tore through a street in the Chinese city of Shenyang, reducing nearby buildings to rubble and injuring dozens. At least 3 people were killed in the blast. The massive blast erupted around 8:30am local time on Thursday, state media reported, noting that it’s not clear what triggered the explosion so far. […]
A high-rise residential and commercial building caught fire in southern Taiwan’s Kaohsiung early on Thursday. According to a fire department’s statement issued Thursday, at least 46 people were killed in a building fire in southern Taiwan. Earlier, Focus Taiwan, a media outlet reported that at least 25 were killed and dozens were injured in a […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in a late-night speech, threatened to have Filipinos forcibly inoculated against COVID-19 in their sleep if they were reluctant to receive vaccinations, but the presidential palace later brushed off the comments as a “joke.” In remarks made during a televised cabinet meeting on Monday evening, Duterte expressed frustration over the spread […]
In April 2020, when the pandemic forced most of the world into lockdown, The IdeaFirst Company in the Philippines experimented with a shot-from-home digital series where literally no one was allowed to be physically together. Using iPhones held by the actors themselves who were filming in their own homes and talking to their co-actors, their […]
The existing tense relations between the United States and China in various fields, such as cyber-attacks, trade, the situation in Hong Kong or the alleged abuse of Uyghurs in China’s Xianjiang region, have worsened further in recent days. Beijing’s claims over Taiwan have been the latest open front. Although in practice it is an independent […]
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, who has been at the helm of the Asian nation for more than five years, has announced that he will not run for vice president in 2022 and will retire from politics. “The overwhelming… sentiment of Filipinos is that I am not qualified and it would be a violation of the […]
Indonesian police killed a separatist rebel during a clash this week in Papua province that were followed by a deadly insurgent attack on public facilities, a provincial police spokesman announced on Friday. Meanwhile, the armed wing of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) on Friday claimed that its fighters shot down a small cargo plane, […]
MOU facilitates trade promotion, creates business opportunities HONG KONG, Sept 11, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – With business travel continuing to be restricted due to the global pandemic, Hong Kong is exploring ways to foster stronger economic ties with its trading partners. The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) and the Thai Ministry of Commerce’s […]
