Category: International
CHILDREN UNDER 16 IN AUSTRALIA NO LONGER ALLOWED TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA FROM END OF NEXT YEAR – WORLD’S FIRST
Australia has passed a law – the world’s first – banning children and teenagers under the age of 16 from using social media and the new policy will s [...]
1ST MISS WORLD KIKI HÅKANSSON PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH
The 1st Miss World winner Kerstin Margareta “Kiki” Håkansson of Sweden passed away in California, United States at the age of 95 on 4 November. [...]
PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT MARCOS RESPONDS TO VICE PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE THREATENING TO ASSASSINATE HIM IF SHE ‘GETS KILLED’
Philippine authorities have stepped up security after the country’s Vice President Sara Duterte recently made a threat to have someone assassinating [...]
SURVEY: INDONESIA IS ASIA’S BEST COUNTRY FOR EXPATS IN 2024
Indonesia is this year’s best country in Asia for expatriates, according to a survey by InterNations, an online global network & guide for expatr [...]
POPE FRANCIS ANNOUNCES ‘WORLD MEETING ON CHILDREN’S RIGHTS’ TO BE HELD IN VATICAN CITY
Pope Francis announced yesterday that the Vatican will host a “World Meeting on Children’s Rights” on 3 February 2025, with the theme of “Love Them a [...]
INDIA, INDONESIA AND JAPAN ARE WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL ASIAN COUNTRIES
India is the world’s most beautiful Asian country, while Indonesia and Japan came second and third, respectively, according to a Rough Guides survey. [...]
CONVICTED OFW MARY JANE VELOSO SAVED FROM INDONESIAN DEATH ROW, SET TO RETURN TO PHILIPPINES SOON
Convicted overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Mary Jane Veloso has been saved from Indonesian death row and will soon return to the Philippines after over [...]
INDONESIA DEFEAT SAUDI ARABIA IN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Indonesia has won 2-0 over Saudi Arabia in their third-round 2026 World Cup Qualifier (Group C), which was held at Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Stadiu [...]
ENGLISH-MAJOR UNIVERSITY STUDENT BECOMES VIETNAM’S SECOND WINNER FROM BIG 4 PAGEANTS AFTER BEING CROWNED MISS INTERNATIONAL 2024
Huỳnh Thị Thanh Thủy, a 22-year-old English Language student of the University of Foreign Language Studies, a member of the University of Da Nang sys [...]
PRABOWO SUBIANTO IS OFFICIALLY INDONESIA’S NEW PRESIDENT
The inauguration ceremony for Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka, son of outgoing president [...]