Tackling the pandemic of inequality in the Asia-Pacific region
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MARTIN SANCHEZ-UNSPLASH AFTER TWO YEARS of human devastation, the world is learning to live with COVID-19 while trying to balance the protection…
Medical mystery: Some people may be immune to coronavirus
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XAVI CABRERA-UNSPLASH ONE of the more astonishing things that scientists learned from deliberately exposing volunteers to COVID-19 was that nearly half of…
Oxfam says 263 million more face extreme poverty
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A HOMELESS MAN walks through Manhattan in New York City in this March 31 photo. — SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES VIA BLOOMBERG THE…
Ukraine rights group tells top UN body that rape is being used as weapon of war
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REUTERS UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations is increasingly hearing accounts of rape and sexual violence in Ukraine, a senior U.N. official…
Taiwan issues first war survival handbook amid China threat
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REUTERS TAIPEI — Taiwan’s military released a handbook on civil defense for the first time on Tuesday, giving citizens survival guidance in…
Taiwan premier calls for speedy passage of chip protection laws
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TAIPEI – Taiwan‘s premier has called for the swift passage of revisions to laws mandating tougher punishments to prevent China from stealing…
As Malaysia tests AI court sentencing, some lawyers fear for justice
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STOCK PHOTO | Image by VBlock from Pixabay BANGKOK – Few cases ruffle Hamid Ismail after nearly two decades as a lawyer,…
U.S. monitoring rise in rights abuses in India, Blinken says
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith via Flickr. WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony…
Biden to Modi: Buying more Russian oil is not in India’s interest
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REUTERS WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden told Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that buying more oil from Russia was not in India’s…
Learn about the controversial South China Sea arbitration through this MCLE course by Atty. Fretti Ganchoon
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Conflicts pertaining to territories are among the global constants even in the modern times. In this part of the world, a long-standing…