MANILA: The Philippine’s government has said it will ensure the welfare of an elephant currently held at the Manila Zoo. The Palace made the statement after UK rockstar Morissey called on President Benigno Aquino III to allow the elephant to go into retirement. Animal rights groups have also called for the animal’s release, after documentation [...]
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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia and China governments agreed to establish a working group on immigration cooperation, Malaysia’s Deputy Home Minister Datuk Lee Chee Leong said in comments published by Bernama on Saturday. He said in a statement issued following his meeting with China’s Vice-Minister of Public Security, Meng Hongwei, in Beijing Friday, that the two [...]
The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species today hailed the efforts of a Chinese organization that carried out two nationwide operations this year to successfully combat wildlife crime. The National Inter-Agency CITES Enforcement Collaboration Group (NICECG) of China was awarded a Certificate of Commendation by the Secretary-General of the Convention on International [...]
KATHMANDU: Two Singapore nationals reportedly died as a result of altitude sickness near Tibet’s holy Mt. Kailash, the country’s ministry of foreign affairs reported. The two, a 66-year-old man and a 61-year-old woman had been part of a 10-member Singapore tour group of Buddhist devotees. They were visiting Mount Kailash, a 6,638 meter-tall mountain considered [...]
NEW DELHI: India sent out conflicting signals on international relations and security in this part of the Asian region by announcing the easing of economic ties with its troublesome neighbor Pakistan on one hand and upping the ante along a critical part of its border with China on the other. A top army commander said [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia wants China’s business and they investors in an effort to boost the country’s economic growth, which has seen ups and downs in recent months. Malaysia’s Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai said Chinese investors are being sought as China has been Malaysia’s biggest trading partner since 2009. “We were the [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: Maria thought life was good. She had a job in Malaysia as a secretary and was going to be sending money back home to help her family make ends meet. “It was great, got this job and then came here to Malaysia,” she told Bikyamasr.com at her Kuala Lumpur flat. “Then I found [...]
KUALA LUMPUR: Animal rights activists across Southeast Asia have called on their respective governments to end dog-fighting after 8 South Korean nationals were arrested in the Philippines after running an illegal dog fighting ring in the country. Police said on Sunday they had rescued some 300 pitbulls. “It is wrong and disgusting that people still [...]
Hong Kong (dpa) – Pregnant women from mainland China will be banned from giving birth in Hong Kong’s public hospitals to halt a beds crisis in maternity wards, a media report said Thursday. The number of beds in private hospitals allocated for mainland mums-to-be will also be cut, the Standard reported. York Chow Yat-ngok, secretary [...]
Manila (dpa) – Two suspected robbers threw a grenade and opened fire inside a shopping mall in the Philippine capital on Thursday, wounding six people, police said. The suspects attacked a bank employee delivering money to a foreign exchange outlet inside the Robinsons Mall in the commercial district of Ortigas in Manila. Superintendent Danilo Pecana, [...]
Tokyo (dpa) – Japan executed three inmates Thursday morning, local media reported, citing unnamed Justice Ministry sources. The executions were the first to be carried out since July 2010. those occurred under former justice minister Keiko Chiba, who had opposed capital punishment before taking the position. The ministry in the past has declined to identify [...]
Beijing (dpa) – A Tibetan monk has died in the latest self-immolation protest against the Chinese government in the south-western province of Sichuan, reports said on Thursday. Lobsang Sherab, 20, set fire to himself late Wednesday in Cha township, or Chara in Tibetan, in Sichuan’s restive Aba, or Ngaba, area. Sherab had returned to Cha [...]
NEW DELHI: On Wednesday afternoon Tibetans living in exile in India tried to storm a five star hotel in the capital where Chinese president Hu Jintao is staying in protest against the Chinese occupation of Tibet. The police have arrested about 25 Tibetans for the attempted storming of the hotel, and have virtually laid siege [...]
CAIRO: Egypt`s Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr signed an agreement with his South Korean counterpart, Kim Sung Hwang, for the establishment of a Joint Ministerial Committee between Egypt and South Korea, as part of his current visit to Seoul. The ministry said his visit was also “to discuss strengthening cooperation in the political, economic and [...]
Manila (dpa) – Philippine police on Wednesday launched a manhunt for a mayor and a former governor accused of masterminding the killing of a radio broadcaster and environmentalist. A court in Puerto Princesa City in Palawan province, 600 kilometers south-west of Manila, ordered on Tuesday the arrests of Coron town Mayor Mario Reyes and his [...]
Beijing (dpa) – China has allowed relatives to visit leading rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng for the first time since he was imprisoned in a remote western region, his brother and wife said on Wednesday. Gao Zhiyi confirmed that he had visited his brother at the Shaya Prison in the Xinjiang region but he declined to [...]
LAGOS: Tecno Telecoms Limited, a Chinese mobile phone manufacturer in Nigeria, has finally re-opened its customer service center after it was initially clamped down by the NCC in Lagos. The center was sealed by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) due to failure to seek approval for over 35 of its 40 mobile phone models sold [...]
Kamikochi, Japan (dpa) – Mount Fuji in Japan is regarded as one of the world’s most beautiful mountains. With its even flanks and almost symmetrical cone, Fuji, or Fuji-san, has also been revered as a sacred site since time immemorial. Europeans are familiar with the prominent silhouette of this 3,776-metre-high peak, which stands as a [...]
Seoul (dpa) – The leaders of 53 nations and four international organizations were expected to issue a statement Tuesday at the conclusion of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul. Official discussions focused on how best to secure nuclear material and facilities against terrorists. One of the key pledges was expected to be a reduction [...]
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