Flooded areas in Philippines’ Mindanao need help
In the Bangsamoro autonomous region, aid must come fast to affected localities to avoid rekindling poll-related violence and a ‘full-blown humanitarian crisis,’ group warns.
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UN fears 427 Rohingya perished at sea on May 9-10
UNHCR called on authorities in the region to take urgent action to prevent future tragedies, saying that saving lives and rescuing those in distress at sea is a humanitarian…
What are robot chefs cooking up for South Korea’s struggling school kitchens?
Much-praised, much-loved Korean school meals wear out workers. Can automation be a fix?
2025 Osaka Expo venue hit by swarms of mosquito-like insects
The insects, called chironomids, do not bite people or suck their blood, but that has not made them any less unpopular with Expo visitors, who describe them as “disgusting.”
Universities and hospitals get the largest multimillion-dollar donations in Singapore
In April, it was reported that Nanyang Technological University received $110 million from UOB and the Wee Foundation. National University of Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew School of…
When justice didn’t blink: A rare moment of ‘Noor’ for women in Pakistan
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court verdict in the Noor Mukadam case, a glimmer of accountability emerges from the shadows of impunity.
Korean ‘Aegyo’: The psyche behind childlike adults
People-pleasing cute acts offer window into role of cute behavior in Korean culture.
Everest in five days: British team’s speed climb triggers Nepal proble
Ex-special force soldiers climb in record time after xenon gas treatment in Germany.
Missing for 2 years, wife of former Singapore basketball coach confirmed dead in Japan
Ms Patricia Wu-Murad was reported missing on April 10, 2023, after failing to show up at another inn where she had a reservation.
AI system eyed to eliminate Japan’s ‘transportation blank areas,’ improve bus, taxi coverage
The ministry aims to improve convenience by using AI analysis to arrange reservation-based buses for the elderly to use for hospital visits and secure cabs for tourists during…