Top Philippine police officials undergo surprise drug test
Early this month, the police reported that 24 out of 115,983 officers and personnel tested positive for illegal drug use in random drug tests conducted from Jan to Aug 2023.
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Nepal’s patients suffer as doctors go on strike
Doctors have halted services at all hospitals across the country, except for emergency care, in protest against attacks on doctors in Hetauda.
Armed robber arrested for luxury watch heist in Hong Kong is 10 years old
His accomplices in the heist involving 20 luxury watches worth HK$3.7million are not much older, with one of them 14 years old and the other aged 19.
Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah listed in 2023 TIME100 Next emerging leaders
This year’s list has included Shah along with other rising leaders in health, climate, business, sports, the arts, who are engineering new solutions to society’s most pressing…
Scandal pushes Johnny’s to give its entertainers 100％ of appearance fees for one year
The all-male talent agency also said it will appoint a person outside the company as chief compliance officer when it announces a new management structure on Oct 2, and will draw…
Offices, homes of Korean reporters searched over alleged 2022 election meddling
The prosecution alleges that the reporters had defamed President Yoon online when he was a presidential candidate, in what they claim was an election meddling attempt.
Harmanpreet among three Indians on TIME100 Next 2023 list of emerging leaders
National women’s cricket team captain Harmanpreet Kaur is among the three Indians, along with Nandita Venkatesan and Vinu Daniel, named by TIME magazine as the top 100 emerging…
Singapore stands out in survey linking national identity to ethnicity and religion
Singaporeans, in contrast to the other nationalities surveyed, were not as religious, with 22 per cent of respondents not identifying with any religion.
No policy issued to ban purchase, use of iPhones: Chinese foreign minister
China is Apple's third-largest market and accounted for 19 per cent of the company's US$394 billion revenue last year, Bloomberg reported.
Thai academic warns of economic downside from government’s THB10,000 handout scheme
Researcher Nonarit Bisonyabut urged the new administration to reduce spending and utilise some of the money to create social welfare for the people instead.