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‘Matter of time’ before Taiwan has no allies: minister

Amber Wang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 19 12:26 AM

Chinese vice foreign minister Le Yucheng says it is ‘a matter of time’ before Taiwan lost all of its diplomatic allies. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: December 28, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 28 11:45 PM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

Saying goodbye to omicron

Oswald Rivas, AFP
Updated as of Dec 28 09:47 PM

A woman tapes the word "Omicron" on a handmade doll depicting the COVID-19 variant in Managua, Nicaragua on Monday. Read more »

Nicaragua editor held in move seen to target critics

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 15 08:48 AM

A top editor of Nicaraguan daily La Prensa was jailed Saturday after police raided the newspaper. Read more »

Police raid Nicaraguan paper critical of government

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 14 08:39 AM

Police in Nicaragua on Friday raided the premises of independent newspaper La Prensa, which had branded the government a "dictatorship." Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 19, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 01 05:24 PM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Hurricane Iota causes massive flooding in Nicaragua

Orlando Sierra, AFP
Posted at Nov 19 02:59 PM

Storm Iota, which made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, killed at least 30 people as it smashed homes, uprooted trees and swamped roads during its destructive advance across Central America.  Read more »

Storm Iota leaves over 30 dead in Central America

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 19 02:56 PM

Iota made landfall in Nicaragua as a "catastrophic" Category 5 hurricane Monday, but its remnants will continue to be deadly through Thursday even as 2020's biggest Atlantic storm subsided over El Salvador. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: November 18, 2020

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Updated as of Sep 01 05:24 PM

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Hurricane Iota kills 9 in Nicaragua

AFP
Posted at Nov 18 02:10 PM

People stand outside their damaged houses waiting for help after the passage of Hurricane Iota in Bilwi, Nicaragua on Tuesday. Read more »

‘Worst storm in decades’: Central America reels, as death toll shoots past 100

Josue Decavele and Gustavo Palencia, Reuters
Posted at Nov 07 05:00 AM

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei indicated the death toll caused by calamitous storm Eta could jump even higher. Read more »

Fake news punishable by years in prison under proposed Nicaraguan law

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 29 11:35 AM

Deputies from Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's party on Monday proposed a law that would make spreading fake news on social media punishable by up to four years in prison, government sources said. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 27, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 28 03:06 AM

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The future of spectator sports

Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters
Posted at Apr 27 09:46 AM

Despite most sports being cancelled around the world because of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), some smaller groups have devised ways to continue with their activities. Read more »

American daredevil walks tightrope across active volcano

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 05 08:52 PM

Masaya, 635 meters (2,083 feet) high and 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Managua, is one of only eight volcanoes in the world with an active lava lake. Read more »