The newly-elected president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, has been almost universally condemned by the international community for his violent war against drugs and drug crime in his country, in which hundreds have been killed. Both the United Nations General Secretary, Ban Ki-Moon, and the President of the United States, Barack Obama, decried these violations of human and civil rights… Read more »
WSJ: Philippine authorities returned $15 million of $81 million stolen from Bangladesh’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in a February cyberheist, the first time the South Asian country has been able to retrieve any of the stolen money. Abu Hena Mohammad Razee Hassan, deputy governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, said the cash was delivered to the… Read more »
REUTERS: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned he may use his executive power to suspend a legal safeguard against arbitrary arrest and detention, and was willing to use drastic measures and even go to jail to make his war on drugs a success.The former prosecutor, dubbed “the punisher” and elected on promises of a fierce campaign to stop crime and… Read more »
UPI: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he plans to dismiss U.S. troops from the country by the end of his term in 2022, a move seen as a way to shore up ties with China and Russia. Duterte said the country will continue its military pact that gives U.S. troops access to Philippine bases under President-elect Donald Trump’s administration, but… Read more »
REUTERS: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Monday that Islamic State militants driven out of Syria and Iraq could set up in his country, and if that happened he would forego human rights obligations to keep his people safe. Duterte said the southern Philippine province of Mindanao was already a hotbed of rebellion and banditry and he was worried about… Read more »
Between July and September, or the third quarter of 2016, Japan posted a 0.5% expansion of the economy and a 2.2% rise in gross domestic product (GDP). However, this excelerated unexpected expansion is only expected to be temporary. While the forth quarter could still bring economic improvement to Japan, it is unlikely it will continue expand at this pace. Japanese… Read more »
For years, Hong Kong independence has been on the agenda of many MP’s within its parliament; however, the Communist Party of China has always been averse to the idea. Recently, two Hong Kong MP’s have pulled a massive stunt, purposely misreading their oaths to swear in to office, sneaking in a derogatory slur for China along with a number of… Read more »
AL JAZEERA: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told US president-elect Donald Trump that cooperation was the only choice for relations between the world’s two largest economies, with Trump saying the two had established a “clear sense of mutual respect”.
AL JAZEERA: Australia’s prime minister said on Monday that resettlement to the US of many of the 1,200 asylum seekers held in prisons on Papua New Guinea and the Pacific island of Nauru would begin after president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in January. Whether Trump honours the deal Australia reached with the outgoing Obama administration, and announced earlier this month, will… Read more »
BBC: Gross domestic product rose at an annualised rate of 2.2% in the three months to September, the third consecutive quarter of expansion. Japanese firms have relied on overseas sales to make up for lacklustre domestic demand.