Schools and firms across Philippines shut as jeepney drivers start strike
Drivers say cost of upgrading colourful vehicles, a crucial part of transport system, completely unaffordable A week-long strike by drivers of Philippine jeepneys began on...
Month : March 2023
Southwest Airlines plane hits birds and makes emergency landing in Cuba
Smoke enters cabin of US Boeing 737 after nose and engine were struck during departure of flight 3923 for Florida A US jetliner taking off...
Growers count cost as Cyclone Gabrielle buries New Zealand vineyards in silt
Deadly storm left wine regions of Hawkes Bay and Gisborne covered in mud just before harvest time Wine-growing regions in New Zealand’s North Island have...
UK urged to seek release of Tunisian opposition figure jailed in crackdown
Daughter of Said Ferjani, who lived in UK for more than 20 years, says he has been falsely imprisoned and asks MPs to intervene Britain...
State of emergency declared in Vanuatu after second cyclone in a week
Cyclone Kevin passed over the capital Port Vila less than three days after Cyclone Judy cut power in the city A state of emergency was...
China sets modest economic targets as it seeks to bounce back from Covid woes
At the opening of the Communist party’s National People’s Congress, outgoing premier Li Keqiang confirmed a further rise in defence spending as well China has...
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil organisers convicted under national security law
Three Hong Kong Alliance members, including prominent pro-democracy activist Chow Hang-tung, face up to six months in jail Three former members of a Hong Kong...
China says military budget to increase again by ‘appropriate’ level
Spokesperson does not specify figure but announces rise is needed to meet complex security challenges China’s military budget is set to increase again, the spokesperson...
Two children among 17 people killed after fire at Jakarta fuel storage depot
Another 60 people injured and hundreds evacuated after fire at Pertamina’s Plumpang depot At least 17 people, including two children, have died after a fuel...
Canadian government urged to test sick patients for herbicide
Patients in New Brunswick with array of symptoms ‘show signs of exposure to glyphosate’, says neurologist A neurologist who believes his patients are suffering from...
