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Premier Hun Sen declared Cambodia’s attempt at oil extraction a “failure” on Sunday, just eight months after the kingdom achieved its long-awaited milestone of producing its first drop of crude. In late December the nation announced it had extracted oil from its waters in the Gulf of Thailand which experts believe boasts significant deposits. But the operation, led by Singapore’s KrisEnergy, was endangered after the company was unable to pay its debts and filed for […]
Two Sumatran tigers were recovering at a Jakarta zoo after being infected with coronavirus, Indonesian officials said Sunday, as they probed how the critically endangered animals got sick. Nine-year-old Tino and 12-year-old Hari tested positive in mid-July after they experienced flu-like symptoms, trouble breathing and appetite loss. But the male tigers were on the mend after treatment. “Both animals are healthy now,” Suzi Marsitawati, head of Jakarta’s Parks and Forest Service, said in a statement. […]
Myanmar’s military seized power on February 1, ousting the civilian government and arresting its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi. More than 900 people have since been killed and thousands of others arrested during the violent suppression of mass protests against junta rule. Here is a look back at the six months since the military brought Myanmar’s nascent democracy to a sudden end: – Pre-dawn raids – Soldiers detain Suu Kyi and her top allies during […]
Myanmar’s junta chief said Sunday that elections would be held and a state of emergency lifted by August 2023, extending the military’s initial timeline given when it deposed Aung San Suu Kyi six months ago. The country has been in turmoil since the army ousted the civilian leader in February, launching a bloody crackdown on dissent that has killed more than 900 people according to a local monitoring group. A resurgent virus wave has also […]
Nesthy Petecio is now one win away from giving the Philippines another Tokyo Olympic gold after beating Italy’s Irma Testa after their women’s feather (54-57kg) semi-final boxing match during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the Kokugikan Arena in Tokyo.
Japan’s northern Hokkaido region was supposed to offer cooler climes for next week’s Olympic marathons and race walks, but now the area is battling a heatwave. Olympic organisers moved the two events from Tokyo in 2019, worried that even shifting the start times to dawn would not be enough to keep athletes safe from the heat. The summer temperatures in Hokkaido’s Sapporo were expected to be kinder — around five or six degrees Celsius cooler […]
Olympic Filipino swimmers Remedy Rule and Luke Gebbie share their personal experiences Via: EBC Japan Bureau’s Tyra and Dennis Lu
NCR shifts to ECQ Aug. 6-20 Travel ban on India, 9 other nations extended to Aug. 15 Duterte, Austin renew PH-US alliance US Defense Secretary Austin says US security commitment to Philippines ‘ironclad’ Bangladesh evacuates 10,000 Rohingya from landslide-hit camps Thai hospitals short of beds as Covid cases due to Delta variant soar Cambodia imposes virus curbs along Thailand border over Delta fears Hero’s welcome for Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist Pres. Duterte awards Hidilyn […]
Four people were reported dead and more than 180 injured as thousands of firefighters battled huge blazes spreading across the mediterranean resort regions of Turkey’s southern coast. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvrMTg7zols
America’s Robert Finke secured the Olympic distance double Sunday by winning the men’s 1500m gold medal to go with his 800m title. The 21-year-old delivered a devastating final 50m to pull clear of a tight field in a race that was neck-and-neck from the off. Finke touched first in 14mins 39.65secs ahead of Ukrainian Mykhailo Romanchuk (14:40.66) and Germany’s Florian Wellbrock (14.40.91). Gregorio Paltrinieri would ordinarily have been favourite as defending champion and second fastest […]
By Lade Jean Kabagani MANILA – Artemio Rocamora, 88, is looking forward to meeting his fellow weightlifter, Olympian and Philippine Air Force officer Hidilyn Diaz. Rocamora placed 19th in the light heavyweight division of the 1964 Tokyo Games while the 30-year-old Diaz will be etched in history books as the Philippines’ first Olympic gold medalist. She also snatched a silver at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. Incidentally, the ongoing Games are also being held in […]
Caeleb Dressel claimed his fourth Tokyo gold and earned the title of world’s fastest swimmer Sunday with an Olympic-record 21.07 seconds in the 50m freestyle final. The American was untouchable in an event he has dominated in recent years, hitting the wall ahead of France’s Florent Manaudou (21.55), who won gold at London in 2012 and silver at Rio 2016. Brazilian Bruno Fratus (21.57) was third. Dressel had his usual powerful start off the blocks […]
