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According to a report from the US Congress-funded Voice of America (VOA), a number of industry titans have voiced their concerns with investments in coal as propagated by President-elect Donald Trump. Locals in West Virginia, a state whose economy is highly dependent on the coal industry, remain skeptical of Donald...
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A recent telephone survey released by a nonprofit think tank known to be aligned to Taiwan’s ruling Pan-Green Coalition have shown that controversial issues such as same-sex marriage and National Health Insurance coverage are dividing the country. The survey also indicated that President, Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) popularity continues to slide as her unfavorability...
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In October, one of the largest LGBTQ events in Asia was held in Taipei, Taiwan, attracting over eighty thousand people. Below are excerpts from a story from the Associated Press: ” (AP) — Su Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women...
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Below is an excerpt from The Straits Times: “(Straits Times) – For China, the biggest question or factor in dealing with a Republican President Donald Trump in the White House is what he will do with the Asia-Pacific rebalance strategy of outgoing Democratic President Barack Obama.” Australia now...
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(The Guardian) – China has passed a law that bans film content deemed harmful to the “dignity, honour and interests” of the country. It also encourages the promotion of “socialist core values”. Booming box-office receipts have drawn Hollywood studios and a growing Chinese film-making industry into fierce competition for...
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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: PBS has announced that Republican nominee Donald J. Trump has reached the 270 Electoral Vote threshold needed to become President-elect of the United States of America. CNN reports that Secretary Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump to concede the race. UPDATE: Secretary Clinton made her concession...
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In a recent blog post on November 8th, renowned exiled UK-based Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, or RPK for short, revealed that former Second Minister of Finance, Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, or Husni for short, has been attempting to buy the silence of women that he had allegedly sexually assaulted...
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Below is a timeline depicting how Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the 91-year old former Prime Minister of Malaysia, managed to cobble together a loose alliance of former political foes and disgruntled members of the ruling Barisan Nasional regime to oppose the current Prime Minister, Najib Razak. Recently, he marched to...
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(China Daily) – Decades of breakneck economic growth led to China becoming the second largest economy on Earth, but as a result inequality has grown. Since Deng Xiaoping launched economic reforms in 1978, China has gone from one of the most equal societies, to one of the most unequal....
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(BBC) – A German yachtsman is believed to have been abducted by Filipino Islamist militants, the Philippines’ army says. The naked body of a woman found on an abandoned yacht is thought to be his wife, army spokesman Filemon Tan said. 70yo German Jurgen Kantner missing/kidnapped off the Phillippines,...
According to a report from the US Congress-funded Voice of America (VOA), a number of industry titans have voiced their concerns with investments in coal as propagated by President-elect Donald Trump. Locals in West Virginia, a state whose economy is highly dependent on the coal industry, remain skeptical of Donald...
A recent telephone survey released by a nonprofit think tank known to be aligned to Taiwan’s ruling Pan-Green Coalition have shown that controversial issues such as same-sex marriage and National Health Insurance coverage are dividing the country. The survey also indicated that President, Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) popularity continues to slide as her unfavorability...
In October, one of the largest LGBTQ events in Asia was held in Taipei, Taiwan, attracting over eighty thousand people. Below are excerpts from a story from the Associated Press: ” (AP) — Su Shan and her partner are raising 5-month-old twins together, but only one of the women...
Below is an excerpt from The Straits Times: “(Straits Times) – For China, the biggest question or factor in dealing with a Republican President Donald Trump in the White House is what he will do with the Asia-Pacific rebalance strategy of outgoing Democratic President Barack Obama.” Australia now...
(The Guardian) – China has passed a law that bans film content deemed harmful to the “dignity, honour and interests” of the country. It also encourages the promotion of “socialist core values”. Booming box-office receipts have drawn Hollywood studios and a growing Chinese film-making industry into fierce competition for...
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: PBS has announced that Republican nominee Donald J. Trump has reached the 270 Electoral Vote threshold needed to become President-elect of the United States of America. CNN reports that Secretary Hillary Clinton has called Donald Trump to concede the race. UPDATE: Secretary Clinton made her concession...
In a recent blog post on November 8th, renowned exiled UK-based Malaysian blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin, or RPK for short, revealed that former Second Minister of Finance, Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, or Husni for short, has been attempting to buy the silence of women that he had allegedly sexually assaulted...
Below is a timeline depicting how Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the 91-year old former Prime Minister of Malaysia, managed to cobble together a loose alliance of former political foes and disgruntled members of the ruling Barisan Nasional regime to oppose the current Prime Minister, Najib Razak. Recently, he marched to...
(China Daily) – Decades of breakneck economic growth led to China becoming the second largest economy on Earth, but as a result inequality has grown. Since Deng Xiaoping launched economic reforms in 1978, China has gone from one of the most equal societies, to one of the most unequal....
(BBC) – A German yachtsman is believed to have been abducted by Filipino Islamist militants, the Philippines’ army says. The naked body of a woman found on an abandoned yacht is thought to be his wife, army spokesman Filemon Tan said. 70yo German Jurgen Kantner missing/kidnapped off the Phillippines,...