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Japan claims Fukushima’s treated radioactive water is safe to drink.
A spokesman from China’s ministry of foreign affairs challenged a Japanese official who claimed treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant is safe to drink. This comes after Japan’s Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said the treated radioactive water from the nuclear ...
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MiG-29 jet fighters thunder across Burmese skies.
MiG-29 fighters roar across Burmese skies as the military junta targets ethnic rebels who are fighting for independence. The Kaichin Independence Army is the armed group fighting for the Kaichin people, an ethnic group composed of six tribes whose ancestral domain encompasses territories ...
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Is your home vulnerable?
A new app allows Filipinos to evaluate the vulnerability and safety of their houses from powerful earthquakes to help the public prepare for such natural disasters.The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) launched this week the "How Safe Is My House?" ...
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China's pulled out most of its ships at Julian Felipe Reef.
In a surprising move, the Philippines sent its strongest response yet against China’s expansion into the West Philippine Sea. Not since 2012 has the Philippines moved its naval forces to the West Philippine Sea to challenge China’s militarization of the area. The ...
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The ban was imposed by his predecessor Aquino.
President Rodrigo Duterte has lifted a nearly decade-old ban on new mining agreements imposed by his immediate predecessor Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III, in a bid to support the government’s ambitious infrastructure push.Duterte, through Executive Order No. 130, said new mining agreements could ...
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Japan is grappling with a fourth wave of infections.
Japan is mulling the cancelation of the Tokyo Olympics if COVID-19 continues to spread, a senior Japanese official said. Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the Liberal Democratic Party, told TBS that if surges in infections continue to swell within 100 days of the ...
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Filipinos protected the giant clams for many years.
Chinese fishermen harvested giant clams off the Philippines' Pag-asa (Thitu) Island while Chinese ships sailed close to Burgos (Gaven) Reef, based on photos released by Filipino security forces.The Philippines is demanding that China pull out its fishing and militia ships out of ...
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For Filipino-Chinese audience.
ABS-CBN's cable news channel ANC has started airing Chinatown News TV, a late night newscast that targets the Filipino-Chinese community.The program is delivered in a mix of Mandarin, Filipino and English. Before ANC, the newscast also aired on free TV via Net 25, according ...
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His lightsaber cuts through titanium.
James Hobson, aka The Hacksmith, is an engineer and inventor. He takes fictional ideas from movies, comics, and video games and turns them into real-life prototypes. Recently, Hobson made it to the Guinness World Records for building the world’s first retractable proto-lightsaber. For ...
