It is really imposed on us that we find an alternative to restructure our public finances, to account for this new normal.” The 73-year-old minister is part of a transitional cabinet appointed to ... ( read original story ...)
Thailand Seeks New Economic Chiefs During Worst Crisis
Thailand is replacing the top two officials steering the economy through its worst crisis ever, injecting more uncertainty into the policy outlook. ( read original story ...)
Iran executes man convicted of spying on US-slain general
Iran executed a man convicted of providing information to the United States and Israel about a prominent Revolutionary Guard general later killed by a U.S. drone strike, state TV reported on Monday. ( read original story ...)
Iran Executes Spy Involved in Tracking General Soleimani: ISNA
An Iranian who allegedly spied on the country’s slain General Qassem Soleimani was executed early Sunday, the semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported, citing Iran’s judiciary. ( read original story ...)
Vietnam actively engages in UN Human Rights Council’s 44th session
Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and other international organisations in Geneva, Switzerland – ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines defends anti-terror law before US Congress
MANILA — The Philippines‘ foreign ministry has told the U.S. Congress that political freedoms and human rights will be respected as concerns linger over an anti-terrorism law that takes effect on ... ( read original story ...)
Philippines resumes mass polio immunisation campaign amid coronavirus pandemic
MANILA (XINHUA) - The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) on Monday (July 20) resumed its mass polio immunisation campaign across the country to stem the spread of the infectious disease.. Read ... ( read original story ...)
Gamboa: Philippines is winning drug war
The Philippines is winning its war against illegal drugs. Such was the claim of Philippine National Police chief Gen. Archie Gamboa on Monday, a week before President ... ( read original story ...)
Human Rights Watch criticises Japan after report reveals abuse of athletes
A damning new study of sport in Japan has found child athletes have routinely suffered physical, sexual and verbal abuse from their coaches that led several take their own lives ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s sinking exports raise risks of prolonged economic downturn at home and overseas
Japan's exports plunged at a double-digit pace for the fourth month in a row in June, backing signs the coronavirus crisis has knocked the economy into its worst postwar recession and raising the ... ( read original story ...)