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Brazilian lawmakers vote to impeach President Rousseff
(From AFP)
Brazilian lawmakers authorized impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff in a rowdy, circus-like showdown that plunged Latin America's biggest country into profound political crisis and sparked claims that democracy was under threat.
Opposition deputies in the lower house of Congress needed 342 of the 513 votes, or a two thirds majority, to send Rousseff to the Senate, which will now ...
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Japan quake rattles markets as factories shut; survivors queue for food
(From Reuters)
The Japanese share market fell more than 3 percent on Monday after a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.3 magnitude struck a southern manufacturing hub, killing at least 42 people and forcing major companies to close factories.
About 30,000 ...
Oil prices slide after Doha freeze deal failure
(From Reuters)
Oil prices slid on Monday after a meeting between major producing nations on a proposed output freeze fell apart, leaving the world grappling with an excess of unwanted crude.
The some 18 oil exporting nations, including non-OPEC Russia, had gathered ...
Saudi-Iran tensions scupper deal to freeze oil output
(From Reuters)
A deal to freeze oil output by OPEC and non-OPEC producers fell apart on Sunday after Saudi Arabia demanded that Iran join in despite calls on Riyadh to save the agreement and help prop up crude prices.
The development will ...
Oil freeze deal faces trouble as Saudi-Iran tensions spike
(From Reuters)
Saudi Arabia demanded on Sunday that Iran join a global deal on freezing oil output, jeopardizing an agreement between OPEC and non-OPEC producers that was supposed to help ease a glut and prop up the price of crude.
King ...
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China sets death penalty threshold in graft cases
(From AFP)
Corruption cases involving three million yuan ($463,000) or more may incur the death penalty in future, Chinese authorities ruled Monday, signalling that officials could ...
Indonesia finally allows talks on ’65-66 anti-communist atrocities
(From AP)
Indonesia has convened an unprecedented two-day discussion of that brings together survivors and representatives of the military which is blamed for orchestrating the atrocities.
In ...
20 foreigners involved in Bangladesh cyber heist: CID
(From Dhaka Tribune)
Criminal Investigation Department of Bangladesh has identified 20 foreigners who were allegedly involved with digital heist of $101 million from Bangladesh Bank.
Additional Deputy ...
Earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador not related, say scientists
(From The New York Times)
Earthquakes of magnitudes exceeding 7.0 struck Japan and Ecuador just hours apart on Saturday. Are the two somehow related?
Rescue workers search ...
Duterte remarks: Rape should never be joked about, says Australia
(Inquirer.net)
The Australian Embassy in the Philippines has issued a brief statement following a recent controversial remark of leading presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ...
Chinese aircraft lands at Fiery Cross Reef to evacuate 3 seriously ill workers
(From Reuters)
A Chinese military aircraft has for the first time publicly landed at a new airport on an island China has built in the disputed ...
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A new normal in US-Saudi ties will have to wait for next American president
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It should come as total surprise if an erudite scholar-statesman like US President Barack Obama never held in his palm Mao Zedong’s classic philosophical essay On Contradictions. Obama may not have a dialectical mind, but his extensive interviews with Jeffrey… Read More ›
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To be kind is to be cruel, to be cruel is to be kind: Spengler
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Just after the September 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, I warned that radical Islam would horrify the West into submission. In Europe, it has taken a giant step towards success. Europe’s horror at the prospect of human suffering… Read More ›
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Donald Trump, be the greatest dealmaker in history!: Spengler
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Dear Donald Trump: You are a great deal-maker. By your own account you’re the greatest dealmaker of the 20th century, and almost certainly the greatest dealmaker of the 21st century, even though it isn’t quite over yet. The Art of the… Read More ›
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Malaysia is all set to pick its beautiful petite queen. For the Miss Malaysia Petite Universal 2016, 20 finalists have been chosen out of 138 aspirants. The participants who registered for the pageant were selected after a round of interviews ... Read More
(From Hollywood Reporter)
Alibaba Pictures, the Chinese film studio set up by Jack Ma's e-commerce giant Alibaba, announced an agreement Monday to invest in two Paramount Pictures films, ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ and ‘Star Trek Beyond.’
The deal ... Read More
(From CNN)
Kirstie Elaine Alora will be the only Filipino taekwondo jin headed to the upcoming Olympic games in Rio after a second place finish at the recently concluded Asian Qualifying Tournament in Pasay City.
Alora finished second in a field of ... Read More
(From Korea Herald)
Actor Song Joong-ki kicked off his Asia fan meeting tour with “Song Joong-ki the fifth fan meeting in Seoul: the day we meet again” at the Grand Peace Hall in Kyung Hee University on Sunday.
It was attended by ... Read More
One man’s food is another man’s fright. While the West is conniving ways to put an end to cockroaches, China is going the extra mile to breed them. In fact, cockroach farms are a thriving business in China.
It is common ... Read More
The robot revolution has begun, and China is leading the race. Very soon, Made-in-China Arnold Schwarzenegger look-alikes carved out of silicon will start stealing our jobs. But for now, let’s put that thought to rest.
Right now, China is focusing on ... Read More