Fundamental to any national development plan is or should be a population policy: it is not a policy to control the number of children you have for this is a basic human right of all individuals, but rather a cross-sectoral evidence-based plan and management on our collective progress as a people, as a nation. Populations, […]
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China house collapse death toll rises to eight
Eight people were killed after a group of houses collapsed in China on Monday, local authorities said. The four buildings caved in during the early hours in Wenzhou in the eastern province of Zhejiang, the Lucheng district government said in a social media posting. [restrict] Eight people were found dead and five had been rescued […]
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Health of Thailand’s ailing 88-year-old king deteriorates
BANGKOK (AP) — The health of Thailand’s ailing 88-year-old king has deteriorated and his condition is unstable, the palace said, adding to concerns about the eventual succession of the monarchy. Doctors performed a hemodialysis on King Bhumibol Adulyadej to purify his blood and changed a tube that drains excess cerebrospinal fluid during a 2 ½-hour […]
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Green Climate Fund urged to blacklist coal-funding agencies
Export credit agencies that support coal projects should be banned from receiving money from the UN’s major climate finance body, a coalition of NGOs has said. The Green Climate Fund (GCF) administers US$9.9 billion, provided by developed countries for projects that will help poor countries cope with climate change. [restrict] The fund is still establishing […]
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Once-powerful Philippines Church divided, subdued over drug killings
MANILA (Reuters) – Catholic priests from the Philippines Church, an institution that helped oust two of the country’s leaders in the past, say they are afraid and unsure how to speak out against the war on drugs unleashed by new President Rodrigo Duterte. In interviews with Reuters, more than a dozen clergymen in Asia’s biggest […]
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Major Australian party leaders reaffirm racial tolerance
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The leaders of Australia’s two major political parties on Monday reaffirmed their commitment to racial tolerance in Australia after several senators called for a ban on Muslim immigration. Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull introduced an anti-racial discrimination motion to the House of Representatives at the request of opposition leader Bill Shorten. [restrict] […]