Philippines Evacuations Typhoon

Philippines Orders Mass Evacuations as Typhoon Usagi Nears, UN Seeks $32.9 Million in Aid

The Philippines ordered widespread evacuations on Wednesday (Nov 13), as Typhoon Usagi bore down on the northeast province of Cagayan. Usagi is the fifth major storm to strike the island nation in three weeks, putting additional strain on already-exhausted government...
Tragedy in Zhuhai, China

Tragedy in Zhuhai: A Car Attack Claims 35 Lives and Injures 43 Others

A devastating incident rocked the city of Zhuhai in southern China on Monday, November 11, as a man driving a small SUV rammed into pedestrians exercising around a popular sports complex, leaving 35 dead and 43 injured. Authorities reported the...
Commuters drive past an anti-Israel billboard covering the facade of a building in Tehran

Iran Constructs First “Defensive Tunnel” in Tehran Following Israeli Strikes on Key Targets

Iran has commenced construction on a specialized underground tunnel in the heart of its capital, Tehran. The project, reported by Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency, comes in the wake of Israel’s unprecedented strikes on Iranian soil earlier this month. Designed...
Casino Tycoon Lui Che Woo

Casino Tycoon Lui Che Woo, Architect of Macao’s Rise to Gambling Supremacy, Passes Away at 95

Lui Che Woo, the Hong Kong-born casino magnate whose vision helped Macao overtake Las Vegas as the world’s gambling capital, has died at the age of 95. Galaxy Entertainment, his company, confirmed that Lui passed away on November 7 in...
Chinese Police Clamp Down on Viral Cyclist

Chinese Police Clamp Down on Viral Cyclist Dumpling Craze, Citing Safety Concerns

A nighttime cycling phenomenon, born from the whimsy of university students, has taken central China by storm over the past few weeks. The viral trend, which saw thousands of cyclists pedaling 80 kilometers from Zhengzhou to Kaifeng in search of...
Vietnam

Vietnam’s Communist Party Leader To Lam Congratulates Donald Trump on Presidential Victory, Discusses Economic Ties

Vietnam's Communist Party Chief, To Lam, congratulated former U.S. President Donald Trump on his recent electoral victory in a phone call on Monday. The conversation between the two leaders covered avenues for enhancing economic collaboration, according to an official statement...
Artificial boulders fill the studio of Vector architects in Beijing

Architect Dong Gong: Creating Soulful Spaces in a Rapidly Changing China

In the sprawling studio of Vector Architects in Beijing, artificial boulders appear scattered across the floor, like the remnants of a recent landslide. Their surfaces are rugged, craggy, and meticulously sculpted in polystyrene before being coated with a chalky gray...
Vietnam

Vietnamese Police Raid Financial Firm Amid $150 Million Debt Scandal, Investor Protests Erupt

Vietnamese authorities launched an intensive investigation into GFDI Company, a financial investment consultancy, following a dramatic raid that occurred after hundreds of aggrieved investors gathered outside the firm’s offices to demand the return of their investments. The Ministry of Public...
Singapore-Malaysia Border

Record-Breaking Cross-Border Traffic Between Singapore and Malaysia Sees Over 543,000 Travellers in a Day

More than 543,000 travelers crossed the Singapore-Malaysia land border on September 6, marking a record-breaking single-day figure, according to a statement from Singapore's Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Monday. This new milestone was achieved during Singapore’s September school holidays,...
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