
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi convicted of corruption, jailed for 7 years
A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the…
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A Myanmar junta court sentenced ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to seven years in prison for corruption on Friday, a legal source told AFP, ending the…
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Jailed former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak received a presidential pardon on Tuesday, cutting short his 17-year sentence on corruption charges, the…
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The Cannes Film Festival demanded on Monday the immediate release of award-winning actress Taraneh Alidoosti, among the most prominent persons arrested in…
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Kimberley Westgarth says she was so disgusted by Kanye West's recent anti-Semitic comments that she is getting rid of her tattoo of him.
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A former executive of the premier roofing firm Jacintocolor Steel Inc. is facing charges of theft, cybercrime, and violations of the anti-bouncing check law…
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The United States Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned Kingdom of Jesus Christ founder Pastor Apollo Quiboloy over his…
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‘We are grateful to BSP’s proactive stance in promoting interoperability of our finance system.’
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Philippine lawmakers have proposed a $4.9 billion sovereign wealth fund to be chaired by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to boost growth, but critics warn it…
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China's top Covid official and multiple cities have signaled a possible relaxing of the country's strict zero-tolerance approach to the virus, after nationwide…
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Although Australia is seen as one of the world's cleanest political systems, a string of controversies, including expenses abuse, political interference by…
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China's security forces detained people Monday at the scene of a rare demonstration as authorities worked to extinguish protests that flared across the country…
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Six million people were on Friday under Covid lockdown in a Chinese city home to the world's largest iPhone factory, after clashes between police and workers…
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Iran has arrested two prominent actors who expressed solidarity with the protest movement and removed their headscarves in public in an apparent act of…
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Protesters in southern China clashed with police in a rare display of public opposition to anti-Covid measures, videos posted online showed, after lockdowns in…
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President Bongbong Marcos, Jr. has appointed lawyer Ernesto V. Perez as Secretary of the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA), Malacañang announced on 14 November.
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National Basketball Association superstar LeBron James said Brooklyn guard Kyrie Irving should be allowed back on court after the anti-semitism furor that saw…
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The collective experience of a global pandemic has affirmed how interconnected the world and its people are. That is why the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation…
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The United States government, through the Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, recently gathered international…
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