Despite Female Push, Garth Brooks Bests Carrie Underwood At CMAs
The Country Music Association Awards almost fully honored and highlighted the women of country music — whose songs have been heavily dismissed on country radio over the years — until two words were uttered when they named its entertainer of the year: Garth Brooks....
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Rhinos around the world
There is a tough road ahead for wild rhino populations, but growing support among country governments and the international community, as well as recent scientific, provides a hopeful future for this species. The private sector has been a key partner in African...
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NGOs: Venezuelan Migrants Need $1.35B in 2020 for Basic Services
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA - Funding of $1.35 billion will be needed to provide health care, education, nutrition and other services to Venezuelan migrants and to help their hosts in 2020, nongovernmental organizations said Wednesday. The request for increased...
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Malaysia’s Latest By-Election Poses a Test for Pakatan Harapan
Advertisement On November 16, voters in the rural electorate of Tanjung Piai will go to the polls in what promises to be a tight contest between the Pakatan Harapan government and the Barisan Nasional-PAS opposition. While the result of this by-election will have...
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Counting the Costs of Sam Rainsy’s Failed Return to Cambodia
Advertisement A bid by Cambodia’s opposition leader in exile Sam Rainsy to return with a “tsunami of supporters” and oust Prime Minister Hun Sen ended in folly this weekend after Thai Airways did what was expected and denied him passage on a flight to Bangkok.Earlier,...
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3 Witnesses Kick Off First Week of Historic Impeachment Hearings
CAPITOL HILL - The U.S. House of Representatives holds its first public hearings this week on the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump with testimony by three top diplomats on Wednesday and Friday. William Taylor, the highest-ranking U.S. diplomat in...
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‘Dreamers,’ Democrats Rally Behind DACA as US Top Court Mulls Program’s Fate
WASHINGTON - Immigrants known as "Dreamers" and senior Democrats rallied behind the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Tuesday as the U.S. Supreme Court considered whether to let President Donald Trump end it. Hundreds of demonstrators...
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What Would a Vietnam South China Sea Legal Challenge Mean?
Advertisement Last week, a high-ranking Vietnamese official made headlines with a suggestion that Vietnam may consider alternative measures in managing the South China Sea disputes it is embroiled in, including international arbitration which the Philippines had...
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Joint Military Exercise Puts Malaysia Defense Policy into Focus
Advertisement In early November, Malaysia concluded another joint military exercise between its armed services. While the holding of the exercise itself was a routine development, it nonetheless highlighted some of the ongoing activity underway with respect to defense...
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TAT joins forces with THAI to promote 60th anniversary promotions
Bangkok – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) is joining forces with Thai Airways International (THAI) to mark their 60th anniversaries in 2020 with a range of tourism promotions aimed at strengthening the kingdom’s positioning as a preferred tourist destination...
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Hong Kong Morning Commute Snarled by Barricades on Roads, Subway Lines
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam says protesters who threw Tuesday's rush hour commute into chaos by erecting barricades on roads and subway tracks were "extremely selfish." The actions marked another day of violent protests and disturbances in the Chinese...
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Video Raises Questions about Israeli Shooting of Palestinian
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - Israeli troops on Monday shot and killed a young Palestinian man during clashes in a West Bank refugee camp, but an amateur video indicated the man was unarmed and not participating in the unrest when he was shot. The Israeli military said it was...
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