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Latest school shooting in Thailand may spur calls in Asia for more active safety drills

The latest shooting at a school in Thailand may increase interest in active shooter drills across Southeast Asia

The Independent UK · Sep 3

PHOTO ESSAY: Inside a detention center where scam workers wait for their return home

He had lost count of the number of times he was sold from company to company in the Philippines.

The Independent UK · Sep 2

ICE holds man with stage 4 cancer in detention despite permanent US residency

ICE spokesperson says Loreto Javar failed to disclose criminal conviction in Philippines when he applied for visa

The Guardian - US · Sep 1

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Isolated Tribe Can Swim Underwater For Long Hours, Which Has Developed A “New Mutant Gene”

The isolated Bajau tribe in the Philippines has evolved a new mutant gene that helps them swim underwater for long periods. Researchers have found that the secret lies in their spleen. Read the full article to uncover the incredible story of the Bajau people!

Bored Panda · Sep 1

'I Would Love for Them to Come': Charlie Puth Invites Filipino Couple to Philippines Concert After Heartwarming Video Goes Viral

Charlie Puth invites a 75-year-old Filipina and her amputee husband to his Manila concert after their emotional story of family separation and financial hardship went viral.

International Business Times UK · Sep 1

Alex Eala has one career main-draw win at the US Open. She’s already a global star

Alex Eala has become the Philippines’ biggest sporting star since Manny Pacquiao. Now her traveling army of fans have descended on Flushing Meadows

The Guardian - US · Sep 1

A YouTuber spent 4 years helping strangers find lost relatives; then a DNA test gave him a 22.7% match with a 66-year-old Texas woman who turned out to be his long-lost sister

Blair Clark and his wife Leah have spent more than four years on their YouTube show, The Leah and Blair Slog, helping people reconnect with relatives they’ve never known, or lost touch with. The couple, who live in the Philippines, have helped adoptees find biological parents and Amerasian Filipinos find…

The Times of India · Sep 1

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Global Market: AI hardware demand powers Asia’s manufacturing growth in August

AI hardware demand helped sustain manufacturing growth across several Asian economies in August, with China, Japan and South Korea recording expansion. Strong semiconductor and technology exports supported factory activity, while Taiwan, Malaysia and the Philippines also grew. However, the prolonged Middle East conflict and rising costs pose risks to the…

The Economic Times · Sep 1

The AI boom hasn’t stopped U.S. companies from hiring cheap offshore labor, and overseas call center employment is still skyrocketing

“The technology that was supposed to shrink the industry is fueling its expansion,” said Apollo chief economist Torsten Slok.

Fortune · Aug 29

Alexandra Eala Is the Pride of the Philippines and Tennis’s Next Great Superstar

Eala mania has taken the sport by storm, with her Filipino fan base poised to blanket New York for the U.S. Open.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 28

Canada updates visa processing times; Study, Super Visa waits rise for Indians

Canada updated visa processing times, increasing study permit waits for Indian applicants. Indian applicants now face a seven-week wait for study permits, a significant rise. Visitor visa processing for Indians also saw a slight increase to thirty-two days. Super visa wait times for India have now risen to sixty-one days.…

The Economic Times · Aug 27

Canada admits 1.8 lakh new PR in H1 2026; India leads source country despite declining share, China enters top 3

Canada welcomed 1.8 lakh new permanent residents in early 2026. Indian citizens formed nearly one-quarter of these new permanent residents. The Philippines and China followed India as major source countries for immigration. Canada's immigration plan targets 3.80 lakh admissions annually through 2028. India's share of permanent residents has decreased since…

The Economic Times · Aug 26

The week in pictures: a French woman in space, wildfires in Europe and the war in Ukraine

Russian drones carry out deadly strikes in Ukraine, astronaut Sophie Adenot becomes the first French woman to spacewalk, fires rage in Belgium and across Europe, and torrential rain hits the Philippines: FRANCE 24 takes a look at the week's most striking images.

France 24 · Aug 23

Internet Spots a Vitaly Zdorovetskiy Parallel After Swiss Tourist's Bali Videos Lead to Prison Sentence

The Swiss tourist's case has drawn comparisons with Vitaly Zdorovetskiy, who previously faced prison time in the Philippines over disruptive online content.

International Business Times UK · Aug 22

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The Economic Times · Aug 20

Why Taiwan and the South China Sea are two sides of the same strategic coin

Taiwan and the South China Sea hold significant global trade importance. China claims Taiwan and asserts sovereignty over the South China Sea. Tensions with China persist over these disputed maritime regions. The United States maintains unofficial relations and arms sales with Taiwan. Preventing Chinese regional hegemony remains a primary US…

The Independent UK · Aug 20

Why Taiwan and the South China Sea matter to the US and the world

U.S. Sen. Darline Graham faced criticism for saying national security was “not my thing” during a debate about Taiwan and the South China Sea

Medical Daily · Aug 20

A Prized Market Mushroom Makes People See Tiny Marching Figures, and Nobody Can Find the Chemical

DNA sequencing linked identical visions of tiny people in China and the Philippines to a single mushroom that contains no known hallucinogens.

The Times of India · Aug 19

A 9-year-old girl in the Philippines raised money to help one of the world's rarest birds; the child became an unlikely conservation campaigner

A nine-year-old girl named Gail Lim from Cebu City in Philippines has turned her love for wildlife into a meaningful conservation campaign, raising 20,000 Philippine pesos for the critically endangered ‘Cebu flowerpecker.’ She became interested in the tiny bird after learning that it is found only in Cebu and is…

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The Conversation · Aug 19

Microfinance was supposed to save Asia’s poor. Why has it failed to live up to its promise?

Microfinance was once celebrated as Asia’s tool to lift people out of poverty. From Bangladesh to India, Cambodia and the Philippines, the promise was simple: provide small loans to low-income households, help them start businesses, increase income and escape poverty.

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Student gunman ‘livestreams deadly Philippines school shooting’

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The Guardian - UK · Aug 18

Philippine school shooter kills fellow student and himself in livestreamed attack

Country’s second fatal school shooting in two months took place in southern city of ⁠Zamboanga

The Independent UK · Aug 18

Two dead in Philippines high school shooting as Grade 9 student wearing bodycam opens fire on classmates

The suspect was a ‘very bright student’ and a ‘Roblox fanatic’ who wore a body camera to livestream the attack, the mayor says

Bangkok Post · Aug 18

Two killed in high school shooting in southern Philippines

MANILA — Two people were killed in a shooting at a high school in the southern ‌Philippines on Tuesday and the situation was now under control, officials said, in the second such incident in the country in nearly two months.

The Economic Times · Aug 18

Student shot a classmate to death then killed himself at school in southern Philippines, mayor says

Two students died in a shooting at a Philippines high school Tuesday. The incident occurred at a school attached to Ateneo de Zamboanga University. Officials confirmed the situation was under control and no other injuries were reported. This follows a similar attack in June where three students were killed. The…

The Times of India · Aug 18

2 killed in school shooting in Philippines’ Zamboanga, gunman among casualties

A high school student carrying two pistols shot and killed a fellow student before taking his own life in an attack at a school campus in the southern Philippines on Tuesday. The incident was livestreamed using a body-worn camera, officials said.

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