DEMOCRACY-PRESS FREEDOM: YANGON- Myanmar to free more than 5,000 jailed for anti-coup protests
. . Yangon (AFP) – Myanmar will release more than 5,000 people jailed for protesting against a February coup that ousted
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ECONOMY: HÀ NỘI- Việt Nam ratifies ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement
ASEAN economic ministers officially signed the ATISA on April 23, 2019. — VNA/VNS Photo . . HÀ NỘI — The
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CYBER CRIMES: BANGKOK Thailand- Virtual influencers emerge as key force
Buoyed by rise of content creators . . The rising number of content creators and a broad variety of
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HEADLINE-ENVIRONMENT: MANILA, Philippines – Mindanao scientist wins Germany’s Green Talents Award for sustainability
. . MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina scientist has won the prestigious Green Talents award from the German government. Dr.
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HEALTH CARE: SINGAPORE – Digital disruption in healthcare unlikely to happen as quickly as in other sectors: Ong Ye Kung
Governments also want to be assured of public safety and efficacy of all treatments.ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG Clara Chong
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ARTS-PAINTING: NEW YORK- Van Gogh artwork looted by Nazis to be auctioned in New York
Vincent van Gogh’s 1888 work ‘Wheatstacks’. PHOTO: AP . . . NEW YORK (AP) – A watercolour by Vincent van
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SCI-TECH-ZOOLOGY: The Black Squirrel in Việt Nam dwells solely on one island
A Black Squirrel atop a tree. — Photo by Pip de Rouvray . . Pip de Rouvray* As a country to
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SCI-TECH-ENTOMOLOGY: Bees use natural GPS to return home at night
Researchers learnt that sweat bees in Panama can travel in pitch dark using their special ability to recognise visual patterns
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CHESS: 2021 US Chess Championships: Wesley So preserves share of lead in Round 8
. . . Defending champion Wesley So continued to share the lead with Alex Lenderman and Sam
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JOURNALISM-MEDIA: EVENTS- WYD, aspiring writers? UP Writers Club’s workshop is open again
EVENT by Jelou Galang In the words of that omnipresent voice-over that plays before we get into anything on YouTube, writing’s
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