Military: Philippines delivers supplies to troops at disputed South ...
WEB5 days ago · The Philippines successfully delivered supplies to troops stationed at Second Thomas Shoal, the military announced Friday, marking the second unhindered mission to the disputed reef since Manila and Beijing agreed in July to ease tensions over such operations.. However, some tense standoffs have occurred lately between the rival …
Pacific nations sound the alarm on sea-level rise, again. Is anybody ...
WEB5 days ago · Pacific nations delivered a clear message to the U.N. General Assembly this year: Climate action was failing to slow accelerating sea-level rise, but statehood would endure even if land territories did not. Many Pacific island nations sit just a few meters above sea level, leaving them at risk of flooding, storm surges and coastal erosion that ...
At UN, Bangladesh’s Yunus outlines reforms underway to ensure …
WEB5 days ago · In his first speech on the international stage as Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus on Thursday described how a short and swift “people’s movement” had thrust on him the responsibility of rebuilding state institutions to ensure free elections. After loud cheers and applause greeted him at the hall of the United Nations General ...
Myanmar citizens in Thailand face extra risks on dangerous roads
WEB6 days ago · Reflecting that demographic shift, the number of accidents involving people from Myanmar has risen sharply. Data for 2023 from the Road Accident Victims Protection Co. Ltd. shows that 380 Myanmar nationals were killed and more than 8,000 were injured in road accidents. That was a sharp increase from 2021, when there were 206 deaths and …
UN report highlights scars of US nuclear testing in Marshall Islands
WEB6 days ago · The United States must consider a formal apology and full reparation to Marshall Islands citizens whose human rights have been violated by the legacy of nuclear testing in the Pacific, U.N. rights experts said in a new report. Between 1946-58, the U.S. conducted 67 known nuclear tests in the Marshall Islands that combined were more than …
Café culture brews change in Thailand’s far south — BenarNews
WEB5 days ago · Patrons watch men play checkers at Ma-ae tea shop, a common activity in tea shops in Yala city, southern Thailand, Sept. 7, 2024. Muhammadfaton Mateh/BenarNews. A cultural shift is unfolding in Yala, one of the provinces in Thailand’s southern border region, where deeply rooted tea shops are bumping up with an influx of more modern cafés.
Pacific leaders to meet after China’s ‘concerning’ ICBM missile test
WEB6 days ago · China’s defense ministry said in a statement that the People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force successfully launched an ICBM carrying a training simulated warhead into the high seas of the Pacific Ocean early on Wednesday. “It accurately landed in the designated sea area,” the ministry said. It was not clear what type of ICBM was tested.
Indonesia’s Jokowi mostly ignored diplomacy, gave UNGA miss; …
WEB6 days ago · Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has decided to pass on his final opportunity to speak directly to an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York. During the entire decade of his presidency, the leader of the world’s third-largest democracy has not made a ...
Philippines reestablishes presence at disputed shoal
WEB6 days ago · The Philippines has reestablished a presence in Sabina Shoal, the National Security Council said Thursday, nearly two weeks after pulling its lone coast guard ship out of the disputed South China Sea reef.. Manila announced the move despite Beijing claiming it “has indisputable sovereignty” over the shoal, the latest flashpoint between the two …
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