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Philippines

Binaliw Landfill Faces New Environmental Questions: Where Is the Leachate Going?

CEBU CITY — The Binaliw landfill is facing renewed scrutiny as Cebu City officials question how contaminated wastewater, known as leachate, is being handled while the facility’s wastewater treatment system remains out of operation. The concern surfaced during a Cebu City Council inspection of the landfill on September 2, with Environment Committee chairperson Joel Garganera saying officials need to establish exactly where the collected leachate is being transported, how it is treated, and where

September 4, 2026

Sport

US Open Invited Nearly 100 Content Creators — But One Naomi Osaka Moment Exposed Tennis’ Growing Influencer Problem

NEW YORK — The US Open wanted to become bigger than a tennis tournament. Now, after smartphones, bright lights and social-media shoots began colliding with actual match play, organizers are confronting the uncomfortable side of that success. Nearly 100 content creators have received credentials for the 2026 US Open, almost twice the 54 accredited when the tournament launched its creator credential program in 2025. About 20 creators are focused specifically on the tournament’s booming food-and-d

September 4, 2026

Business

South Korea Lands $2 Billion From Four U.S. Giants — But the Bigger Prize Could Be Its Next Semiconductor Power Hub

South Korea has secured investment commitments worth about $2 billion from four major U.S. companies, but the significance of the announcement goes well beyond the headline number. The investments span semiconductor materials and equipment, advanced manufacturing and renewable energy — sectors increasingly intertwined as artificial intelligence, data centers and next-generation chip factories demand both sophisticated production technology and enormous amounts of electricity. South Korea’s ind

September 4, 2026

Business

Nepal Flood Horror: Families Search a “Wall of the Missing” as Thousands Remain Unaccounted For

For families across Nepal, the devastating floods of August 26 have turned hospitals, police stations and walls covered with photographs into places of desperate hope. At Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, relatives are scanning hundreds of photographs of missing people and unidentified bodies, searching for even the smallest clue that could reveal what happened to their loved ones. The disaster, believed to have been triggered by a glacier collapse, sent massive amounts of w

September 4, 2026

Business

ANA Adds 8 More Embraer E190-E2 Jets — But the Bigger Story Is What It Plans to Do With Them

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer confirmed on September 3 that it had signed an agreement covering eight additional E190-E2 regional jets for Japan’s ANA Holdings, building on the airline group’s original order placed in 2025. The new agreement raises ANA’s confirmed E190-E2 order from 15 to 23 aircraft, while ANA continues to hold options for another five jets. If those options are eventually exercised, the airline group’s E190-E2 fleet commitment could reach 28 aircraft. The first E19

September 4, 2026

Singapore

Raja Shahridah Escaped Poverty Through Education — But What She Does for Students Who Stop Showing Up Is the Real Story

SINGAPORE — Before Raja Shahridah Raja Suhaini became the teacher who refused to give up on students who stopped coming to school, she was a child who desperately wanted to escape the classroom herself. The 35-year-old Beatty Secondary School educator has now been named one of four National-Level winners of Singapore’s Caring Teacher Awards 2026 — an extraordinary turn for someone who has openly acknowledged that she once hated school, struggled to read and failed almost every subject during he

September 4, 2026

Asia

Quinn Emanuel and McDermott Hit by Social-Engineering Breaches — But the Bigger Warning Is What Hackers Were After

WASHINGTON — Two of America’s most prominent law firms have disclosed separate cybersecurity breaches involving sensitive information, adding to mounting evidence that the legal industry has become one of the most attractive targets for criminals who may not need sophisticated malware to get inside. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and McDermott Will & Schulte confirmed that unauthorized parties gained access to data in recent incidents involving social engineering, a technique in which attack

September 4, 2026

Singapore

Singapore’s PSI Hits Unhealthy Level as Haze Returns — But the Bigger Threat May Still Be Blowing In

SINGAPORE — Singapore’s air quality slipped into the unhealthy range on Friday morning, September 4, as worsening regional haze pushed the 24-hour Pollutant Standards Index in the central region to 101 — and weather conditions suggest the threat may not be over yet. At 7am, the National Environment Agency’s air-quality readings showed a 24-hour PSI of 101 in central Singapore, officially crossing the threshold from “Moderate” to “Unhealthy.” The rest of Singapore remained within the moderate r

September 4, 2026

Sport

Nick Kyrgios’ Cocaine Ban Is Already Over — But the Reason It Lasted Just One Month Could Spark a Bigger Tennis Debate

Australian tennis star Nick Kyrgios is eligible to return to the sport after serving a reduced one-month suspension for a positive cocaine test, bringing a dramatic anti-doping case to an unusually swift conclusion — but raising fresh questions about how tennis treats recreational drug use. The 31-year-old former Wimbledon finalist had been provisionally suspended since August 4, 2026, after a sample collected during the ATP 250 tournament in Mallorca, Spain, on June 22 tested positive for benz

September 4, 2026

Business

₱30-B DOTr Budget Boost Pushed as 149 Transport Projects Miss 2027 Funding, Mindanao Railway Left Out

MANILA, Philippines — A lawmaker is pushing Congress to add another ₱30 billion to the Department of Transportation’s proposed 2027 budget, arguing that dozens of major transport projects — including the long-delayed Mindanao Railway Project — could remain stalled unless lawmakers restore funding left out of the government’s spending plan. Cagayan de Oro 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez made the proposal during the House Committee on Appropriations’ deliberations on the DOTr budget, calling fo

September 3, 2026