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UNION GLACIER, ANTARCTIC (Reuters) — The mannequin challenge has ignited inspiration around the world and across many sports but a group of marathon runners braved extreme temperatures to perform what is believed to be the southern-most “Mannequin Challenge” on Friday (November 25). Athletes already had the advantage of already being ‘frozen to a spot’ with temperatures hovering at around -20c before they set off for Antarctica Ice Marathon race. Runners from 17 countries piled on […]
BANGKOK, Thailand (AFP) — Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn will be proclaimed the new king of Thailand later Thursday, his office said, opening a new chapter for the powerful monarchy in a country still mourning the death of his father. Vajiralongkorn, 64, who inherits one of the world’s richest monarchies as well as a politically troubled nation, will ascend the throne 50 days after King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s death. In complex protocols, the prince will on Thursday […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan has mobilized its military to help with a second mass cull of 230,000 chickens amid a spreading outbreak of a highly contagious strain of avian flu, officials said. The highly virulent H5 strain was found in chickens at a farm in Joetsu city in Niigata prefecture, the local government said in a statement late Wednesday. It said that 2,100 people, including 1,020 members of the military, were being mobilized in […]
(Reuters) — The first of its kind in eight years: OPEC finally agreed to cut output. Taking the biggest hit: OPEC’s largest pumper, Saudi Arabia. It’ll account for nearly half of the cartel’s deal to curb output by 1.2 million barrels a day from the current 33.6 million barrels. What’s more, non-OPEC producers, like Russia, agreed to reduce output as well. Combined, the cuts will amount to two percent of global production. “This is a […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton surprised a New York gala with an unscheduled appearance to promote UNICEF and honor singer Katy Perry, one of the top celebrity supporters of her ill-fated presidential campaign. The United Nations Children’s Fund presented Perry an award Tuesday night at its Snowflake Ball, a glitzy annual evening to benefit the international organization. Clinton unexpectedly entered to introduce Perry, taking the stage to the sound of the pop […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The ASEAN Secretariat, in cooperation with the ASEAN Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Network, organised a workshop on Thursday (November 24, 2016) to raise awareness and enhance cooperation among various stakeholders to promote the practice of CSR in ASEAN. Over the last few decades, the region has made substantial progress in promoting CSR. The Workshop exchanged ideas on the practices and experiences of implementing CSR by various ASEAN entities and stakeholders with the […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — To effectively implement the recently adopted Master Plan on The Association of Southeast Asian Nations Connectivity (MPAC) 2025, ASEAN needs a robust monitoring and evaluation system. The report Enhancing ASEAN Connectivity Monitoring and Evaluation released on Tuesday (November 28, 2016) at the ASEAN Secretariat assessed the progress and achievements made in the MPAC 2010, drew out the policy implications, and outlined lessons for the future. Since the implementation of the MPAC 2025 is […]
(Eagle News) — The whole country has been placed under terror alert level 3, after police presented two of five suspects who were involved in the failed bomb try in Manila, particularly near the United States Embassy along Roxas boulevard. Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said that this means that there would be mobile checkpoints all over the country, but clarified that this does not mean that the public […]
JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Switzerland on Tuesday, November 28 convened the Inaugural ASEAN-Switzerland Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AS-JSCC) Meeting to mark the launch of their formal partnership. This meeting formalises ASEAN-Switzerland partnership following the conferment of the status of an ASEAN Sectoral Dialogue Partner on Switzerland during the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting on 24 July 2016 in Vientiane. Befitting the significance of the occasion, Switzerland sent a […]
(Reuters) — On Wednesday (November 30), more than a dozen ‘Angels’ were attended to by a busy team of hair and make-up artists in the run up to the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion show. This year the glitzy event is taking place in Paris – a first for the French capital. Top models, including sisters Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Alessandra Ambrosio, joked around and posed for photographers backstage in their lacy lingerie […]
Thousands of soccer fans in the Brazilian city of Chapeco filled the Chapecoense stadium on Thursday (November 30) in a moving vigil to the victims of the deadly Colombia plane crash which virtually wiped out the entire soccer team. With the stadium bathed in the club’s green and white colours, some 10,000 fans were joined by friends and family of the soccer players killed in the tragedy. In union, the stadium sang out the names […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Los Angeles Lakers head coach Luke Walton said they are going to have to “get creative” with their roster after guard Nick Young was placed on the injured list on Wednesday. The 31-year-old Young suffered a strained right calf muscle in the Lakers’ 105-88 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday and is expected to be out for two to four weeks. “It will be tough,” Walton said. […]
