BEIJING: A “powerful explosion” ripped through a container ship on Friday ( Aug 9 ) in eastern China ‘s , Ningbo-Zhoushan Port, one of the world’s busiest. No injuries or deaths were soon brought on by the explosion. A game of lights spewed dirt high into the air into the ship’sContinue Reading
Kim Ye-ji, a South Korean Olympic silver medalist and pistol shooter, collapsed at a press conference on Friday ( Aug 9 ) allegedly as a result of stress and exhaustion. A state official said by phone at the time of her collapse at the occasion in Imsil, the state whereContinue Reading
A Spanish court has ordered the government’s business regulation to rescind Maria Ressa’s report on past president Rodrigo Duterte’s strategy against unlawful drugs. The media company Rappler was led by Nobel laureate Maria Ressa. The Court of Appeals overturned the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission’s ( SEC ) orders andContinue Reading
After a judge overturned a bank’s decision to screen the media organization, Manila’s Nobel laureate Maria Ressa’s information website Rappler won an appeal to have its business license reinstated. The Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) overstepped its authority by ordering Rappler’s shutdown in 2018, the Court ofContinue Reading
HOW MUCH IS AT STAKE? The Nankai Trough will likely experience a magnitude 8-9 megaquake within the next 30 years, according to Japan’s government, with a 70 % chance of breaking out within it. In the worst-case situation 300, 000 lives may become lost, experts estimate, with some engineers sayingContinue Reading
BANGKOK: Thailand’s disbanded opposition Move Forward unveiled a new leadership and political vehicle on Friday ( Aug 9 ) that will become the biggest party in parliament, naming it People’s Party, and promising to advance its predecessor’s progressive platform. The Constitutional Court on Wednesday disbanded the anti-establishment movement Move Forward,Continue Reading
Last year, an ally of ethnic rebel groups captured the government’s northern demand in the city of Lashio, house to about 150, 000 people. The junta’s capture of the local command, its second by its opponents since the government’s 2021 revolution, has sparked a rare public criticism of its backers.Continue Reading
Idea OF UPHEAVAL If Srettha is removed, a new state may be formed. With no chance of success and the possibility of a significant shakeup in the ruling empire, Phu Thai would need to propose a new prime ministerial candidate for the parliament to vote on. As Thailand struggles toContinue Reading
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida canceled a trip to Central Asia on Friday ( Aug 9 ) after earthquake scientists warned the nation to prepare for a potential “megaquake.” Eight people were seriously injured by a magnitude 7.1 tremor in the south, which the Japan Meteorological Agency ( JMA )Continue Reading
A US federal grand jury in Miami on Thursday ( Aug 8 ) indicted the former head of the Philippines ‘ electoral commission for allegedly accepting payments from a company that provided voting equipment for the nation’s 2016 elections. Andres” Andy” Bautista, 60, faces one count of conspiracy to undertakeContinue Reading