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Cities reboot: Will adapting to COVID-19 change urban life for good?

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 29 03:31 PM

"The pandemic has highlighted, more than ever before, how integrally linked housing is to health and life." Read more »

As COVID persists and US election nears, China growth lifts Asia

Stella Qiu and Cynthia Kim, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 02:49 PM

While international attention has been focused on the looming US election and the struggle to halt the spread of the coronavirus in the Americas and Europe, China has quietly been clocking up improvements in several key sectors. Read more »

Millions vote in India's first election in shadow of coronavirus

Saurabh Sharma, Reuters
Posted at Oct 28 06:39 PM

Health authorities in one of India's most populous states faced a big test on Wednesday with the country's first state assembly election being held since the novel coronavirus epidemic began, despite calls to postpone it. Read more »

Vietnam races to prepare devastated central region as typhoon nears

Khanh Vu, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 27 08:08 PM

(UPDATE) Authorities in Vietnam were scrambling on Tuesday to move more than half a million people out of harm's way ahead of a powerful typhoon set to dump more heavy rain on a central region devastated by weeks of intense weather. Read more »

Indonesia says 'Jurassic Park' project no threat to Komodo dragon

Stanley Widianto, Reuters
Posted at Oct 27 03:20 PM

Indonesia's environment ministry on Tuesday sought to calm outrage over construction of an island tourism project being dubbed "Jurassic Park", after an image went viral on social media of a Komodo dragon facing off with a big truck. Read more »

Europe's dying villages woo immigrants to survive

Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 21 02:00 PM

"It's not about where you're from, but about using your skills and getting involved... many got work offers because all of a sudden they were involved in a craftsmen's network." Read more »

How Eloisa Lopez shot this picture of Reina Mae Nasino at Baby River’s burial

JEROME B. GOMEZ
Updated as of Oct 20 09:00 PM

Relatives and lawyers repeatedly begged jail guards to remove Reina’s handcuffs even for just a few minutes so she could hold Baby River for the last time. They repeatedly refused Read more »

Thai protesters vow new demonstration despite crackdown

Patpicha Tanakasempipat, Reuters
Posted at Oct 17 01:38 PM

Thai protesters said they would hold another demonstration on Saturday despite a crackdown by police on more than three months of protests that have targeted the powerful monarchy as well as the government.   Read more »

Millennials' love affair: China's second-hand luxury goods market booms

Reuters
Posted at Oct 16 06:54 PM

China's love for luxury is spilling over into the once shunned second-hand goods sector, with online stores surfing a wave of pent-up demand from shoppers, led by millennials, who have been forced into belt-tightening by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

S.Korea culls 1,500 pigs after new cases of African swine fever - report

Reuters
Posted at Oct 09 03:13 PM

For the first time in a year, South Korea found new cases of African swine fever on a farm this week, forcing authorities to cull at least 1,500 pigs, the Yonhap news agency said.  Read more »

As Rome boosts micro-mobility, some complain of E-scooters gone wild

Angelo Amante, Reuters
Posted at Sep 24 07:23 AM

ROME - They're a far cry from the ancient Roman chariots immortalized in the 1959 classic movie "Ben-Hur", but critics say they can be just as dangerous in the wrong hands. Read more »

Many Filipinos keen on role of independent press, keeping politicians in check: survey

Reiven Pascasio, VERA Files
Posted at Jul 13 01:23 AM

The furor over the 70-11 vote by the House committee on legislative franchises on July 10 to deny the franchise renewal of ABS-CBN broadcast network mirrors a recent survey result showing a majority of Filipinos giving importance to independent journalism and keeping politicians in check. Read more »

NBA won't bar coaches from 'bubble' solely due to age

Field Level Media/Reuters
Posted at Jul 02 06:40 AM

The NBA will not exclude coaches from participating in the season's resumption near Orlando based solely on their age, coaches union president Rick Carlisle said Wednesday.   Read more »

UK COVID-19 death toll tops 54,000 including suspected cases: Reuters tally

Reuters
Posted at Jun 23 06:33 PM

Britain has the second-highest death toll in the world on a per capita basis, according to Reuters calculations based on deaths following confirmed coronavirus tests. Read more »

Media and public trust

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jun 19 01:10 AM

In principle, people’s trust on media should be a given because media’s role is public service – to give the public information , as truthfully as it can- that will empower them to make decisions in the daily life, including on matters of national interests. The reality, however, is not that simple.  Read more »

98 of 115 Filipinos sickened with COVID-19 in Malaysia have recovered: envoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 25 05:59 PM

Only 17 Filipinos are still undergoing treatment. Read more »

OPEC, Russia meet again to approve biggest ever oil cut

Katya Golubkova, Rania El Gamal and Ahmad Ghaddar, Reuters
Posted at Apr 13 01:29 AM

OPEC, Russia and other oil producing nations were meeting on Sunday in a bid to clinch a deal on the biggest oil cut ever, amounting to 10 percent of global supply, after their initial efforts to support oil prices amid the coronavirus pandemic were blocked by Mexico. Read more »

Four wounded in attack on Iraqi military base that houses US forces

Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 01:53 AM

Four people were wounded on Sunday in an attack on Balad air base in northern Iraq which houses US personnel. Read more »

Boeing brings back humans after automation problems on 777 assembly

Reuters
Posted at Nov 15 08:35 AM

The world's biggest planemaker said it had stopped using robots for the forward and rear sections of the fuselage. According to industry sources, the system had caused problems with reliability and rework issues. Read more »

Robredo clarifies stand on 'drug war', says it needs to be reassessed, not halted

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 28 08:49 AM

 Vice President Leni Robredo on Sunday said she called on the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte to reassess its anti-narcotics campaign--not to "stop" the campaign as was earlier reported by a wire news agency. Read more »