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Thailand’s plan to legalise casinos big threat to Philippine gaming sector

Thailand’s plan to legalise casinos big threat to Philippine gaming sector

Admin 02 Mar,2025 11:00

MANILA – Thailand’s controversial plan to legalize casinos to lure more tourists is a “big threat” to the Philippines’ gaming sector, which would face fierce co...
UK minister resigns over overseas aid cut

UK minister resigns over overseas aid cut

Admin 01 Mar,2025 11:00

LONDON - UK international development minister Anneliese Dodds said on Friday she was resigning from the Labour government over cuts to overseas aid ordered by...
Vietnam drags feet over 'urgent' pollution problem

Vietnam drags feet over 'urgent' pollution problem

Admin 01 Mar,2025 11:00

HANOI — Toxic smoke billows from a burning mound of plastic bags and leaves on Le Thi Huyen's farm in Hanoi, a city battling an alarming air pollution surge tha...
Why Nepal’s photography industry is unkind to newcomers

Why Nepal’s photography industry is unkind to newcomers

Admin 01 Mar,2025 11:00

KATHMANDU – Pabindra Shrestha’s journey into photography was not straightforward. Born in Patan, he grew up in a family where creativity was not the obvious car...
Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide

Services collapsing as USAID cuts health contracts worldwide

Admin 28 Feb,2025 11:00

LONDON/JOHANNESBURG - US-funded health projects around the world, including those providing lifesaving care, received termination notices from Washington on Thu...
Constitutional crisis looms as Trump admin flirts with defying the courts

Constitutional crisis looms as Trump admin flirts with defying the courts

Admin 28 Feb,2025 11:00

WASHINGTON — Former United States president Andrew Jackson famously reacted to an unfavourable ruling by the Supreme Court chief justice with the defiant rejoin...
Thailand to introduce tourism tax during upcoming high season

Thailand to introduce tourism tax during upcoming high season

Admin 28 Feb,2025 11:00

BANGKOK – The tourism tax of 300 baht a person will come into force for foreign tourists by the end of this year, Tourism and Sports Minister Sorawong Thienthon...
UN expert, Amnesty slam ‘absurd’ clip of Gaza as seaside resort posted on Trump social media

UN expert, Amnesty slam ‘absurd’ clip of Gaza as seaside resort posted on Trump socia...

Admin 28 Feb,2025 11:00

ISLAMABAD – A UN expert and Amnesty International official on Wednesday slammed an apparent AI-generated video depicting battle-ravaged Gaza rebuilt into a seas...

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