It is the first time that people will be able to visit cemeteries during the season of Undas, or All Saints’ Day, since the COVID-19 pandemic began. But safety measures will be put in place.
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Near death experience leads to drastic change in life direction & purpose
Top in Tech Award win elevated his community work & personal brand Johnson Lam used to live a full-throttle life focused on the interests of three people, âI, Me, Myselfâ. It was about career, climbing the corporate ladder, as quick…Continue Reading
“The signal with the visit to Yan’an is one of celebrating a parallel (with Mao) and brooking no opposition,” wrote Manoj Kewalramani from the Takshashila Institution in Bengaluru, India. A 16-minute news segment about the visit on state broadcaster CCTV showed several portraits of Mao, and a report by theContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: India has extended curbs on sugar exports by one year until October 2023, the government said, but the world’s biggest producer of the sweetener is still expected to fix a quota for this year’s overseas sales. India, also the world’s biggest sugar consumer, this year restricted exports throughContinue Reading
In October 2022, India abstained from voting in a UN Security Council draft resolution against Russia’s annexation of areas of Ukrainian territory it has seized. This passive support for Vladimir Putin’s imperialism is at odds with India’s membership of the Quad — the other three Quad nations voted to condemn Russian aggression. India’s vote underlines that on defense and security matters […]Continue Reading
BEIJING: Shanghai Disneyland will operate at reduced capacity from Saturday (Oct 29) to comply with COVID-19 measures, the resort said in a statement, in another sign of tightening curbs across China as it seeks to contain the spread of coronavirus infections. The amusement park will operate with a reduced workforceContinue Reading
ALOR SETAR: Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) pro tem chairman Mahathir Mohamad said he was willing to forget Mr Muhyiddin Yassin’s “betrayal” so that GTA and Perikatan Nasional (PN) can work together to face the 15th General Election (GE15). Dr Mahathir said the opposition parties could only defeat UMNO by workingContinue Reading
The United States has gambled big in its latest across-the-board sanctions on Chinese companies in the semiconductor industry, believing it can kneecap China and retain its global dominance. From the slogans of globalization and “free trade” of the neoliberal 1990s, Washington has reverted to the technology-denial regimes that the US and its allies followed during the Cold […]Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Friday its policy towards North Korea had not changed after a senior U.S. official responsible for nuclear policy raised some eyebrows by saying Washington would be willing to engage in arms-control talks with Pyongyang. Read full storyContinue Reading
MANILA : The Philippines has recorded 72 deaths from Tropical Storm Nalgae that caused floods and landslides in southern provinces, the country’s disaster agency said on Saturday (Oct 29). Maguindanao province was the most affected with 67 people dead, while two were killed in Sultan Kudarat, another two in South CotabatoContinue Reading