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Wall Street stocks shrug off Capitol Hill unrest, eye end of Trump term

John Biers, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 09:16 AM

Wall Street stocks mostly rose Wednesday, shrugging off unrest in Washington as rioters, angry supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump, stormed the US Capitol, disrupting a vote to make official Trump's November election defeat.   Read more »

Protests and pandemic: will pent-up resentment, frustration among Hong Kong’s youth explode again into social unrest?

Lilian Cheng and Tony Cheung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 05 01:16 PM

Hong Kong leaders must tackle students’ pent-up resentment against the government and frustration over the coronavirus pandemic, experts have said, warning that anger could explode again into social unrest.   Read more »

Hong Kong teachers, pupils punished over bullying of police officers’ children

Chan Ho-him, South China Morning Post
Posted at Oct 22 02:14 PM

Hong Kong's Education minister reveals his department has investigated 25 suspected cases since civil unrest erupted last year. The government is taking zero-tolerance approach and teachers could be deregistered in most serious cases. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 19, 2020

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Updated as of Oct 20 12:30 AM

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

Thai protesters carry on amid gov't threats

Sakchai Lalit, AP
Posted at Oct 19 09:23 PM

A growing tide of protests calling for the prime minister to resign by threatening to censor news coverage, raiding a publishing house and attempting to block Telegram. Read more »

Kyrgyzstan president resigns to end post-election crisis

Tolkun Namatbayeva, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 15 06:01 PM

Kyrgyzstan's President Sooronbay Jeenbekov resigned on Thursday, saying he wanted to bring an end to the crisis sparked by disputed parliamentary elections earlier this month.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 9 2020

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Posted at Oct 09 11:50 PM

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

Societal, not social, distancing

Juni Kriswanto, AFP
Posted at Oct 09 10:34 AM

Activists gather during a nationwide strike in Surabaya, Indonesia on Thursday against a controversial new law which critics fear will favor investors at the expense of labor rights and the environment. Read more »

DFA raises alert level 2 in Mali, urges Pinoys to prepare for evacuation

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Posted at Sep 22 01:30 PM

MANILA— Filipinos based in Mali were urged to restrict movement and prepare for evacuation as the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) raised Alert Level 2 there, warning of threats to security due to political unrest. Read more »

US on brink as vigilantes, guns and hate stoke fears ahead of election

Charlotte Plantive, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 01 02:11 PM

Shootings that left 3 dead at protests against police brutality have stoked fears of rising violence as a deeply divided US heads into elections amid economic collapse, a deadly pandemic and the worst social upheaval since the 1960s.  Read more »

Daughter of Jolo church bombers could be behind fresh twin blasts: analyst

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Updated as of Aug 25 08:59 AM

One of 2 deadly explosions that ripped through Jolo, Sulu this week could have been carried out by the daughter of 2 Indonesian suicide bombers that attacked a church there last year, a security analyst said Tuesday. Read more »

No link yet between twin Sulu blasts, earlier slay of 4 soldiers: military

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Updated as of Aug 25 09:58 AM

Investigators have yet to find a link between the twin blasts that killed 14 people in Sulu province this week and the fatal shooting of 4 soldiers there in June, a military official said Tuesday. Read more »

Philippine military eyes Abu Sayyaf as responsible for twin Jolo bombing

Rose Carmelle Lacuata, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 24 11:14 PM

Authorities suspect the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) masterminded the twin bombing in Jolo, Sulu which left at least 13 people dead and over 70 injured, a military official said Monday afternoon. Read more »

Twin blasts rock Sulu town plaza; at least 15 killed, 75 wounded

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Updated as of Aug 24 07:41 PM

At least seven soldiers, a policeman, and six civilians were killed, while 75 were injured as twin explosions ripped through the town plaza of Jolo in the southern province of Sulu on Monday noon, authorities said. Read more »

Trump threatens to send federal law enforcement forces to more cities

Peter Baker, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Monica Davey, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 21 01:06 PM

President Donald Trump plans to deploy federal law enforcement to Chicago and threatened on Monday to send agents to other major cities — all controlled by Democrats.   Read more »

Trump says he is staying in Washington to protect law and order

Reuters
Posted at Jun 27 10:56 AM

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Friday canceled a planned weekend visit to his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, and said he was staying in Washington "to make sure LAW & ORDER is enforced." Read more »

104 quakes recorded on Kanlaon Volcano in last 24 hours: PHIVOLCS

Yasmin Pascual-Dormido, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 23 12:50 PM

A total of 104 earthquakes were recorded on the western flanks of Kanlaon Volcano during the last 24-hour observation period, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said Tuesday.  Read more »

Demonstrations, COVID-19 pandemic chipping away at HK domestic worker population

Jan Yumul, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 14 12:56 AM

Political unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic are chipping away at the number of OFWs in Hong Kong, and there's more trouble ahead as Beijing is hellbent on imposing a highly contentious national security law for the Special Administrative Region.    Read more »

‘Black Lives Matter’: ano ba ang ugat ng racism sa Amerika?

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Posted at Jun 10 01:50 PM

Ano ba ang ugat ng mahabang pakikipaglaban ng Black Americans sa racism?  Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: June 9, 2020

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Posted at Jun 10 01:20 AM

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