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  • Religious whipping marks Good Friday in the Philippines
    BULACAN: Catholic zealots in the Philippines whipped their backs bloody and raw on Good Friday, as the fervently religious country marked Easter with gruesome displays of faith. Scores of men — their faces covered — walked barefoot as they flogged themselves with bamboo whips under a blazing sun near the capital Manila, while others carried wooden crosses as they were beaten, in a ritual frowned upon by the Church, PH Iinquirer reported.Roy Balatbat, his skin still bearing fresh wounds from a public flailing on Thursday, walked for about a kilometer, striking himself and stopping to prostrate in prayer on the hot ground. “It’s punishing but if you have a wish, you will endure the pain,” Balatbat, 49, told AFP in Hagonoy municipality, Bulacan province. “I have been doing this for 30 years since I was a young man. My devotion is that I will only stop when I can’t do it anymore.” While most devotees in the mainly Catholic nation spend Good Friday at church or with family, others go to these extreme lengths to atone for sins or seek divine intervention.Before the grisly flogging begins, the men’s barebacks are deliberately punctured to make them bleed. Veterans of the gory spectacle display scars of previous whippings, while others endure the punishing act for the first time.
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    2022-04-17
  • 5% of Japan firms based overseas impacted by Ukraine crisis: poll
    [Blazing fire and black smoke rise from an oil storage facility in Lviv, western Ukraine, on March 26, 2022, following missile strikes in the war against Russia. (Photo by=Kyodo)] TOKYO: Fifty-five percent of Japanese companies based overseas have had their business operations impacted, or foresee they will be impacted, by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a recent survey by a Japanese staffing firm showed, Kyodo reported.The online survey of 699 Japanese entities across 10 economies, conducted by Pasona Group Inc. in mid-March, found that firms based in France were by far the most affected with 92.3 percent responding they had been impacted in some way. As the only European country included in the survey, this was followed by Malaysia at 72.0 percent and Singapore at 66.7 percent. Of the 55 percent of the overseas-based firms, 43.2 percent said they already feel the effects of the conflict, while 22.7 percent said they expect to do so within a month and 26.8 percent within three months. The most cited impact among the 43.2 percent was soaring costs of raw materials including oil, chemicals and metals. This was followed by rising logistics costs and energy prices.The economies covered by the March 11 to 16 survey were the United States, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and India. The manufacturing sector made up the biggest group of companies at 43.6 percent, followed by trading houses at 20.7 percent and retailers and wholesalers at 9.9 percent.
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    2022-04-04
  • China reports highest COVID-19 new daily cases since Feb 2020
    [Police and security members in protective suits stand outside cordoned off food stores following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China March 29, 2022. (File photo by=REUTERS/Aly Song)] BEIJING: China on Sunday (Apr 3) reported a total of 13,287 new daily cases for Apr 2, the highest level since February 2020, with the majority in northeastern Jilin province and the financial hub of Shanghai which has virtually locked down the entire city. The country reported 1,506 confirmed coronavirus cases in the previous day, the national health authority said on Sunday, down from 2,129 a day earlier. But the number of new asymptomatic cases, which China does not classify as confirmed cases, surged to 11,781 on Saturday compared with 7,869 a day earlier. Of the new confirmed cases, 1,455 were locally transmitted, with 956 detected from Jilin and 438 from Shanghai. Shanghai, home of 25 million people, will carry out city-wide antigen testing on Sunday and mass nucleic acid testing on Monday, a senior official from the Shanghai health authority said at a press conference on Sunday.Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chunlan on Saturday also urged Shanghai city to "make resolute and swift moves" to curb the pandemic. The city has been striving to stop the outbreak by imposing a two-stage lockdown, prompting manufacturers to halt operations and causing severe congestion at Shanghai port, the world's biggest container transporting hub.
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    2022-04-04
  • China to cut paper and wood tariffs from New Zealand from April 7
    [Containers are seen at the Yangshan Deep-Water Port in Shanghai, China October 19, 2020. (File photo by=REUTERS/Aly Song)] BEIJING: China will implement an upgrade to the free trade agreement between Beijing and Wellington to eliminate tariffs of 12 wood and paper products imported from New Zealand from Apr 7, the Ministry of Finance said on Sunday (Apr 3), Reuters reported.The move follows the deal signed by the two governments in January to upgrade their existing free trade pact, allowing 99 per cent of New Zealand's US$3 billion wood and paper trade to China to receive tariff-free access over a 10-year implementation period. Import tariffs for products such as toilet or facial tissue stock and paper used for writing will be reduced to 6.8 percent and 4.5 percent from April 7 from current rates of 7.5 percent and 5 percent, respectively, and will be gradually cut over the next 10 years to reach zero."2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between China and New Zealand and April 7th is the 14th anniversary of the signing of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA)," the finance ministry said in the statement. China has eliminated or reduced tariffs on 75 wood and paper tariff lines for New Zealand products since the existing FTA entered into force in 2008.
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    2022-04-04
  • Taliban bans drug cultivation, including lucrative opium
    [An Afghan man works on a poppy field in Jalalabad province April 17, 2014. (File photo by=REUTERS/ Parwiz )] KABUL: The Taliban announced on Sunday (Apr 3) a ban on the cultivation of narcotics in Afghanistan, the world's biggest opium producer, Reuters reported."As per the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, all Afghans are informed that from now on, cultivation of poppy has been strictly prohibited across the country," according to an order from the Taliban's supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada. If anyone violates the decree, the crop will be destroyed immediately and the violator will be treated according to the Sharia law," the order, announced at a news conference by the Ministry of Interior in Kabul, said. The order said the production, use or transportation of other narcotics was also banned. Drug control has been one major demand of the international community of the Islamist group, which took over the country in August and is seeking formal international recognition in order to wind back sanctions that are severely hampering banking, business and development.The Taliban banned poppy growing towards the end of their last rule in 2000 as they sought international legitimacy, but faced a popular backlash and later mostly changed their stance, according to experts.
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    2022-04-04
  • Pakistan heads for early election amid move to remove PM Imran Khan
    [Imran Khan, elected in July 2018 vowing to tackle corruption and fix the economy, remains popular with some voters, even though a lot of his public support has been lost as a result of rocketing inflation and ballooning foreign debt. (Photo by= Getty Images)] Pakistan's president has dissolved parliament - a step towards early elections - following an attempt to remove PM Imran Khan from office, BBC reported. It comes after parliament's deputy speaker refused to hold a vote of no-confidence the PM was expected to lose. Mr Khan claims the US is leading a conspiracy to remove him because of his criticism of US policy and other foreign policy decisions he has taken.Opposition politicians ridicule the allegation, and the US has denied it. Imran Khan visited Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin as Russia was launching the invasion of Ukraine, He has previously criticised America's "War on Terror". The BBC's Secunder Kermani says prime minister is widely regarded as having come to power with the help of Pakistan's army, but now observers say they have fallen out. In public, however, both the military and Mr Khan deny there has been any falling out. His political opponents seized the opportunity to demand the no-confidence vote after persuading a number of his coalition partners to defect to them.There have been only two previous instances in Pakistan's political history when sitting prime ministers faced a vote of no confidence, and both times Benazir Bhutto, in 1989, and Shaukat Aziz, in 2006, emerged unscathed.
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  • Tokyo stocks' Nikkei index surges 3% to 2-month high on weak yen
    [A weaker yen enables exporters to earn more if they repatriate overseas profits. Ichikawa added that although Russia and Ukraine have yet to reach an agreement in cease-fire negotiations, the fact that talks are ongoing have raised cautious hopes that the crisis will not be drawn out. This file photo shows the Tokyo Stock Exchange. (Photo by=Mainichi)] TOKYO: The Nikkei stock index ended Wednesday at its highest level in more than two months, surging 3 percent as exporter issues advanced after the U.S. dollar rose above the 121-yen line for the first time in over six years, Kyodo reported. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 816.05 points, or 3.00 percent, from Tuesday at 28,040.16, its highest level since Jan. 18. The broader Topix index of all First Section issues on the Tokyo Stock Exchange finished 44.96 points, or 2.33 percent, higher at 1,978.70. Almost all industry categories gained ground, led by electric appliance and transportation equipment issues. The dollar remained firm after crossing the 121-yen line for the first time since February 2016 on Tuesday night. Dealers said it rose on expectations the interest rate gap between the United States and Japan will widen as the Federal Reserve has hinted at more aggressive interest rate hikes to tackle inflation. At 5 p.m., the dollar fetched 121.06-07 yen compared with 120.76-86 yen in New York and 120.47-48 yen in Tokyo at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Meanwhile, the euro was quoted at $1.1017-1018 and 133.37-41 yen against $1.1026-1036 and 133.21-31 yen in New York and $1.0983-0984 and 132.32-36 yen in Tokyo late Tuesday afternoon.
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    2022-03-24
  • Duterte not ready to lift the facemask requirement
    [A woman walks past a mural depicting frontline health workers wearing masks, along a street in Manila on November 10, 2021.(Photo by Ted Aljibe/AFP)] MANILA: Despite the improving pandemic situation, President Rodrigo Duterte is not yet inclined to lift the face mask requirement, citing the possibility of a new COVID-19 variant entering the country and causing another surge in infections, PhilStar reported. Duterte said the pandemic may remain "for the longest time" as COVID-19, which he called a "monster" continues to mutate. He noted that the wearing of face masks has helped prevent the spread of the virus. "The numbers are very low compared to the population. But you know, with regard to the mask, many are asking, you know, I am not ready to order the removal of the mask... I said it has done a lot of good that prevented the contamination from spreading. So it is far from over," Duterte said during a pre-recorded public address aired Tuesday."This monster is mutating and we cannot determine when this will end. But I guess it would be there or here for the longest time," he added. Duterte cited reports about the new COVID-19 variant discovered in Israel, a virus that he said would reach the Philippines "whether we like it or not."
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    2022-03-23
  • More than half of voters want Duterte policies improved but continued — survey
    [President Rodrigo Duterte presents to Lars Wittig, president of the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines, a copy Republic Act 11647 during the ceremonial signing of amendments to the Public Service Act on Monday, March 21, 2022. (Photo by King Rodriguez/ PCOO)] MANILA: More than half of Filipino voters would prefer the next administration to partially continue rather than change or fully continue the Duterte administration's policies, new survey results from public opinion research firm WR Numero Research suggest, PhilStar reported. According to a report of the survey results sent to media, 54.6% of voters want "soft continuity" of the administration's policies, which the political consulting firm said was "driven by President [Rodrigo] Duterte’s high approval rating." Only 29.6% of survey respondents said they prefer full continuity of Duterte-era policies, while only 15.8% wanted change. "This survey reflects one of the main criteria for how the voters will decide in the May 9 election," WRN's report reads. With less than six months left in his term, Duterte enjoys a high satisfaction rating with almost 68% of Filipino respondents who rated his administration as either very good or good.Of which, 34.1% responded, “very good" when asked how President Duterte fared in leading the country in the past five years while 33.9% answered 'good". In contrast, just around 20% found the administration’s performance to be lacking with 10.6% and 9.48% of the answering “Poor” and “Very Poor”, respectively.
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    2022-03-23
  • PH bound by treaty to side with US if Putin destruction of Ukraine spreads
    [Duterte said he believed that the Philippines has to remain neutral but “in the end,” may have to choose sides between Russia and Ukraine. (Photo from Inquirer)] MANILA: As the destruction of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin’s military unfolds before the eyes of millions, the United States went all out in its support for the former Soviet republic, drawing reactions from world leaders, including Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. But where Duterte stood in the conflict is still murky although the Philippine ruler has dropped hints, PH Inquirer reported. On March 4, Duterte said he believed that the Philippines has to remain neutral but “in the end,” may have to choose sides between Russia and Ukraine. “For me, we should stay neutral. But reality tells me that in the end, we’ll just have to select which side we will be,” Duterte said. While Duterte has yet to be categorical on which side the Philippine government will be, a more recent statement by Manila’s top diplomat to Washington seemed to unveil plans to support one of the countries involved in the war. The country, however, was neither Ukraine nor Russia. Instead, it was the United States, a longstanding ally of the Philippines and now an important supporter of Ukraine.According to Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Romualdez, Duterte said the Philippine government may open its facilities to the US if Putin’s quest to destroy Ukraine spilled over to Asia.
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    2022-03-23
  • US President Joe Biden says India 'shaky' in acting against old Cold War ally Russia
    [US President Joe Biden listens as India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a Quad nations' meeting held in the East Room at the White House in Washington, US, Sep 24, 2021. (File photo by= Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)] NEW DELHI: US President Joe Biden has said only India among the Quad group of countries was "somewhat shaky" in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, as India tries to balance its ties with Russia and the West, Reuters reported. While the other Quad countries, the United States, Japan, and Australia, have sanctioned Russian entities or people, India hasn't imposed sanctions on its biggest supplier of military hardware. India has urged an end to the violence in Ukraine but hasn’t condemned its old Cold War ally for the invasion. "In response to his aggression, we have presented a united front throughout the NATO and in the Pacific," Biden told a business forum on Monday (Mar 21), referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "The Quad - with the possible exception of India being somewhat shaky on some of these - but Japan has been extremely strong, so is Australia in terms of dealing with Putin's aggression." After a virtual summit between the Australian and Indian prime ministers on Monday, India's foreign ministry said Australia understood India's position on Ukraine, which "reflected our own situation, our own considerations". Even though India has grown close to the United States in recent years, it still depends on Russia for a continuous supply of arms and ammunition amid a Himalayan border standoff with China and perennial tension with Pakistan.
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    2022-03-23
  • In climate fight, rich nations must give up oil first: Report
    [For a 50/50 chance of limiting the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, 19 countries in which per capita GDP would remain above US$50,000 without oil and gas revenue would need to end production by 2034. (File photo by= AFP/Paul Ellis)] PARIS: Rich countries must end their oil and gas production by 2034 to cap global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius and give poorer nations time to replace fossil fuel income, according to a report released on Tuesday (Mar 22). The 70-page analysis from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research comes as nearly 200 nations kicks off a two-week negotiation to validate a landmark assessment of options for reducing carbon pollution and extracting CO2 from the air. The overarching objective, enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement, is to cap global warming "well below" 2 degrees Celsius, and 1.5 degrees Celsius if possible.A torrent of research since 2015, along with deadly extreme weather across the globe, has confirmed that the lower aspirational target is by far a safer threshold. Some poorer nations produce only a tiny percentage of global output but are so reliant on fossil fuel revenues that rapidly removing this income could undercut their economic or political stability, the Tyndall Centre report shows. By contrast, wealthy nations that are major producers would remain rich even if fossil fuel income were removed. Romain Ioualalen, global policy lead at Oil Change International, said the report is a "stark indictment of the climate failure" of wealthy nations. "Rich countries have 12 years to end their production of oil and gas but none has any plans to do so," he said.
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    2022-03-23
  • Biden: Russia 'exploring' US cyber-attacks
    [Cyber authorities in the US, UK and elsewhere have been warning not just about attacks on Ukraine but on so-called "spill over", where other countries are targeted or where a hack accidentally spreads outside of the theatre of conflict, according to BBC Analyst. (Photo by=SARAH SILBIGER)] President Joe Biden said on Monday that intelligence indicated a growing Russian cyber threat to the US.He said Russia was "exploring" cyberattack, but the US would use "every tool" to prevent and respond to such a move, BBC said. Mr. Biden suggested Moscow could act in retaliation for sanctions imposed on it after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Russia's foreign ministry has said bilateral ties between Moscow and the US were on the "verge of rupture". Mr. Biden has previously warned of a possible cyberattack from Russia, saying on 24 February the US was prepared to respond. In Monday's statement, Mr. Biden said that intelligence had been "evolving", and that the US believes the "Russian government is exploring options". Mr. Biden also called for US companies to "accelerate efforts to lock their digital doors". "You have the power, the capacity, and the responsibility to strengthen the cybersecurity and resilience of the critical services and technologies on which Americans rely. We need everyone to do their part," he said. Mr. Biden said the potential "malicious cyber activity" could be prompted by the "unprecedented economic costs" caused by economic sanctions imposed by the West. The cyber security world has been braced for some sort of large-scale cyber-attack from Russia since tensions began building between Russia and Ukraine, according to BBC Analyst.
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    2022-03-23
  • Sri Lanka deploys troops as fuel shortage sparks protests
    [Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst economic meltdown since independence in 1948, with rolling electricity blackouts and essential goods in short supply. Military officials said soldiers were deployed at pumping stations of the state-run Ceylon Petroleum Corp, which accounts for two-thirds of the fuel retail business in the nation of 22 million people. (Photo by=AFP/Ishara S. KODIKARA)] COLOMBO: Sri Lanka ordered troops to petrol stations Tuesday (Mar 22) as sporadic protests erupted among the thousands of motorists queueing up daily for scarce fuel. The South Asian Island nation is grappling with its worst economic meltdown in over seven decades, with rolling electricity blackouts and essential goods such as food and cooking gas also in short supply, AFP reported. Soldiers were deployed after angry crowds blocked the main artery in Colombo and held up traffic for hours because they were unable to buy kerosene oil on Monday, government spokesman Ramesh Pathirana said. Footage of the incident shared on social media showed a group of angry women blockading a tourist coach to protest shortages of kerosene needed for cooking stoves. "We saw tourists being held up, we are also hearing that some people may be hoarding oil and that is why the government decided to deploy the military," Pathirana told reporters in the capital. The troop call also follows the stabbing murder of a motorcyclist by another driver after a dispute over his place in a long queue for fuel outside Colombo. Three elderly people have dropped dead at fuel queues since Saturday, police said, adding that numerous petrol stations saw people camping overnight to wait for diesel and gasoline purchases.
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    2022-03-23
  • Maharashtra: Rubber penis in family planning kit sparks row
    [The rubber penises are part of a kit used by health workers. Opposition lawmakers say the rubber penis models will embarrass women health workers (Photo by=BBC MARATHI)] A rubber penis in family planning kits used by local health workers has led to a controversy in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Opposition lawmakers say the rubber models will embarrass female health workers who use the kits to spread awareness on reproductive health. But some workers say they have used similar models earlier without problems. The kit also includes a rubber uterus, which hasn't sparked any reactions. The kits have been given to Ashas - short for Accredited Social Health Activists, who are a crucial part of India's primary and community health programs. They perform a range of duties, including going from door to door to educate people about reproductive health and the use of contraceptives. This usually requires a lot of sensitivity, as sex is a taboo topic in many parts of India. Dr Archana Patil, director of Maharashtra's public health department, told BBC Marathi that around 25,000 kits that include the penis model had been distributed to health workers and rural health centers across the state. She added that the model has received negative feedback from only one district, Buldhana. BBC Marathi asked around seven Asha workers from Buldhana if they felt embarrassed about carrying the models of the penis and uterus. Some politicians, mainly from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in the opposition in the state, disagree.
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  • South East Asia feels economic pinch of Ukraine war
    [Real estate agent Justin Quek now spends 25% of his monthly budget on fuel. Mr Quek says he looks the other way when the numbers tick upward at the pump: "You just have to suck it up. It's the cost of doing business. Except now, one has to work a lot harder." (Photo from CNA)] Jia Ruiying, the owner of the country's only Russian supermarket, faces a whole other set of challenges. Russian Supermart, which stocks a range of food and drinks from across Eastern Europe, hasn't had a shipment for four days before Russia launched its attack on Ukraine on 24 February. "When the war started, a lot of Ukrainians, Russians, and Belarusians panicked and came to my store, afraid of not being able to get the food they want for their families here, " she says. As a result of the conflict, she is now planning to diversify her supply chain "to more places in Eastern Europe to avoid any delays in product shipments due to the Russian-Ukraine war". Like other business operators in South East Asia, Ms. Jia hopes for a chance to recover from the economic fall-out from Covid. Prior to the pandemic, businesses had been expanding in the region. Companies such as sportswear brands Nike, Adidas, and Puma had been shifting production from China to South East Asia to help cut down on manufacturing costs. Additionally, Southeast Asia gets most of its crude from the Middle East and parts of Africa and is, therefore, perhaps, less vulnerable than other nations directly impacted by sanctions on Russian oil. But a spike in oil prices has led to a sharp rise in petrol prices.
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