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Happy Couple May Be In Big Trouble For Allegedly Bribing Their Way Onto One Of F1's Strictest Tracks
If there’s anywhere I wouldn’t want to brag about getting away with anything, it’s Singapore—a country so strict, it banned chewing gum. However, yet …
Formula OneThe west wanted Aung San Suu Kyi to be a saint. It’s no surprise she is not
The adulation heaped on the Nobel laureate recalled the treatment of Mother Teresa. But her failure to act on the Rohingya crisis has destroyed the myth<p>Aung San Suu Kyi’s PR account might as well have been managed by Bell Pottinger in recent weeks. Pro-democracy icons and Nobel peace prizewinners …
OpinionWhere to Eat in Tokyo Right Now
Our methodology is simple. We asked ourselves to be really honest, like “last meal” honest, about the food we live and fly for, and we canvased our trusted network of writers, chefs, and restaurateurs for the dishes they can’t stop dreaming about thereafter. What follows is the print-it-out …
TravelWhat to Do and Where to Go in India: A Mini Travel Guide
Shares 0<p><b>A vast, diverse country.</b> That is how I describe India. I’ve been here years ago and it was an amazing trip! If you are looking forward to …
India14 Things to do in Chiang Rai, Thailand
Chiang Rai, Thailand is often toured as part of a day trip to Northern Thailand from the more popular city of Chiang Mai. The ‘Golden Triangle’ tour, …
ThailandExplore Manila through its food culture – Filipino food not to be missed
Filipino food may not be as famous as that of the Japanese, Thai or Malaysian food, but there’s so much more in the Philippines that you should try. …
PhilippinesAung San Suu Kyi breaks her silence on Rohingya crisis, but a fellow Nobel laureate isn't impressed
It’s been more than a month since members of a Rohingya militant group attacked police outposts in northern Myanmar, killing 12 people.<p>The attack led to a massive Burmese military crackdown on the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic minority that is denied equal rights and widely despised by the Buddhist …
Aung San Suu KyiWhere to Eat in Bangkok Right Now
Earlier this year the Bangkok municipal government announced that it wanted to regulate and restrict the sale of street food in the Thai capital. Patrons and vendors had an epic collective freakout and the plan was put on pause, which means you can still get your hot, sour, salty, sweet fix while …
TravelUK to withdraw military work in Myanmar over Rohingya violence
Britain is to withdraw engagement with Myanmar's military until the campaign of violence against the Muslim Rohingya minority is ended.
Aung San Suu KyiMan claiming to have supernatural powers over crocodiles gets killed by one | GrindTV.com
A man in Indonesia claiming to have supernatural powers over crocodiles believed he would be safe to swim the waters of an estuary in search of a …
AnimalsSingapore's Famed Hawker Centers Are Under Threat
As Anthony Bourdain works to bring the hawker center to New York, questions abound as to whether it can actually survive back home.<p>In a 2003 episode of <i>A Cook’s Tour</i>, a less gray—and even skinnier—Anthony Bourdain comes to Singapore for the first time (on television, at least) and completes a …
SingaporeOxford Council Says They'll Take Away Aung San Suu Kyi's Freedom Award Unless She Denounces The Rohingya Crisis
"She has actually betrayed the trust we have placed in her as an inspiration and as a freedom fighter," one councillor said.<p>As international pressure on Aung San Suu Kyi mounts, the leaders of Oxford council – memories of whose city were said to sustain her during years of solitary confinement – …
Aung San Suu KyiHere are the 50 Highest Paying Jobs in the Philippines in 2016
IMAGE iStock<p>Every other year, the <b>Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)</b> releases the <b>Occupational Wages Survey (OWS)</b>, which lists the <b>average monthly</b> …
PhilippinesDuterte: I ‘invented’ bank account number of Trillanes
President Rodrigo Duterte guests for the second time in Erwin Tulfo’s program, “Sa Totoo Lang,” aired live on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017, over the …
PhilippinesIndonesia to trace and tax assets kept hidden during amnesty
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s government has issued new regulations aimed at tracing and taxing the wealth of taxpayers who were not pardoned in the nine-month tax amnesty that ended in March.<p>Around 972,000 taxpayers joined the amnesty program and declared assets worth a total of 4,881 trillion …
IndonesiaWilliam Pesek: Philippine peso flashes warning signs for Dutertenomics
Strongman Rodrigo Duterte is presiding over one of the world's peppiest economies. Philippine growth is a China-like 6.5%, a long-delayed …
PhilippinesHow Hillary Clinton Propped Up A Regime That Then Wiped Out Muslim Citizens
One of the most farcical claims in a series of farcical claims about failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is her list of so-called …
Conservative ViewWhat I learned about mindfulness by living with Japanese Buddhist monks for a week
<i>Have you ever wondered what it’d be like to have a sleepover at a sacred mountaintop temple? Well, rockstar healthy chef Candice Kumai decided to</i> …
LifestyleSingapore Press Loses Claim of Being Bigger Than New York Times
Singapore’s leading newspaper publisher had a market capitalization that was larger than that of The New York Times Co. -- until this month.<p>Singapore …
BusinessFishermen, including from Indonesia, 'kept like slaves' in Taiwan
A group of foreign fishermen in Taiwan were locked in tiny windowless rooms around the clock to stop them escaping while not at sea, prosecutors said …
TaiwanMissing from Ken Burns’ ‘Vietnam’: the patriotism and pride of those who fought
To understand Ken Burns’ 18-hour Vietnam documentary, listen to the music. The haunting score tells you: This will be a tale of misery. And indeed, …
Opinion12 Street Food Rules You Don't Know You're Breaking in Asia
Experts from a dozen countries around the continent weigh in.<p>Some street food rules are universal: Look for the stands with the longest lines. Don’t buy food that has been sitting out for who-knows-how-long in the hot sun. Carry translation cards if you have a serious allergy. Other etiquette is …
TravelInventive Modern House Brings Green Goodness to Urban Landscape
It is barely surprising news to know that we are increasingly moving away from nature and are stuck in a world dominated by concrete, glass, cement …
ArchitectureWhere is the South Vietnamese side?
Reading the many reviews about Ken Burns’s “The Vietnam War” PBS series, including Mark Atwood Lawrence’s Sept. 17 Outlook essay, “Vietnam War through the lives of those profoundly shaped by it,” I came to the conclusion that Americans care only about their side and their enemy, the communist …
OpinionNigeria compares Myanmar crisis to Bosnia and Rwanda
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari urged fellow leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to condemn Myanmar's "ethnic cleansing" of the …
United NationsMuch Doo-Doo About Nothing: A Thai Bathroom Emergency
<i>“Lemonade” is a series by Brandon Schultz chronicling his misadventures abroad, and how he turns his lemons into lemonade. Read the rest here.</i><p>We had …
Chiang MaiSingapore's Lee looks to patch up China relations on official visit
<b>Hong Kong (CNN) —</b> Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives in China Tuesday amid tensions with Beijing and unease in southeast Asia over China's increasingly muscular foreign policy.<p>Lee was not invited to China's One Belt, One Road conference in May, despite the city state's strong support …
ChinaEM ASIA FX-Most Asian currencies steady; yuan ticks up
Sept 20 (Reuters) - The following table shows rates for Asian currencies against the dollar at 0141 GMT. CURRENCIES VS U.S. DOLLAR Change on the day …
EconomyThe very least the UK owes the Rohingya is protection
Blame for the ongoing ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya in Myanmar is very easily traceable to British Colonial times.<p>Condemnation of the brutal campaign of ethnic cleansing being carried out against the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar is growing around the world, with the Dalai Lama, the Pope, Nobel …
Aung San Suu KyiActress goes solo to push for end to Philippines drug war
MANILA (Reuters) - Mae Paner is a policeman-turned-assassin, a widowed Zumba dancer, a photojournalist and an orphaned child. They are all characters in her new one-woman show against a bloody war on drugs in the Philippines.<p>Paner, better known by her stage name "Juana Change", said she wanted to …
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