Philippines: Asia’s unsung success story?
It’s my contention, however, that, against all odds, the Philippines is Asia’s unsung success story. Despite our broken politics and kakistocracy, the country has managed to…
Politics
BJP has suffered erosion in its strongholds: Senior Congress leader
Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor asserted after having travelled across the country for election campaigning that people are looking for change.
INDIA bloc has diseases worse than cancer: PM Modi
While addressing a rally in Shravasti on Wednesday, PM Modi said the three diseases of the opposition alliance are: being deeply communal, extreme casteists, and extreme…
INDIA alliance leaderless, none of its leaders have the calibre to become PM: Union Home Minister
Amit Shah urged people of West Bengal to vote for the BJP and vowed that “TMC goons” will be punished for their atrocities against the people.
To Lam elected President, pledges to work towards making Vietnam a developed nation
Vietnam's National Assembly on Wednesday morning elected To Lam, 67, to become the President for the 2021-26 term, during its ongoing 7th plenary session of the 15th-tenure.
Solicitor General admits there were abuses during Duterte’s drug war in House probe
During the first hearing, lawmakers sought to retrace the actions then taken by the Department of Justice as the death toll rose and complaints piled up over irregularities in…
Kim Jong Un’s portrait is publicly displayed in North Korea for the first time
Portraits of leaders are at the core of North Korea’s state-sponsored cult of personality that has buttressed the Kim family’s rule since the country’s foundation in 1948.
Revote on South Korea Marine probe bill to be held next week
The bill gives the opposition party exclusive power to recommend candidates for a special counsel to probe into the allegations that the administration had inappropriately…
Former PM Yingluck confident of new people’s constitution under Pheu Thai government
Ex-PM Yingluck Shinawatra, whose caretaker government was toppled by a coup on May 22, 2014, expressed optimism in a Facebook post on the 10th anniversary of the coup.
Chairman of media group arrested to build pressure on press: Nepali editors
In a joint letter to Prime Minister Dahal, 31 editors of mainstream media outlets urged him to look into Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s wrongdoings.