By Our Reporter NEW DELHI (CONVERSEER) – Indian health authorities are responding to a Nipah virus outbreak after five confirmed cases of the incurable disease were detected in West Bengal, near the state capital Kolkata. Officials confirmed three new infections this week, involving a doctor, a nurse, and another healthcare worker, according to the Press…
MANILA (PNA, CONVERSEER) – Newly appointed Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) General Manager Nicolas Torre III will oversee the agency’s day-to-day operations and serve as its primary spokesperson following his appointment by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. In a speech at the MMDA headquarters in Pasig City on Monday, Torre thanked the MMDA for their…
By Our Reporter (CONVERSEER) – A new layer of security is being added to digital wallet transactions as In-App One-Time Passwords (OTPs) are set to replace SMS-based authentication for GCash users, a move aimed at reducing exposure to phishing scams and fraud. Beginning in the first quarter of 2026, users will receive their OTPs through…
By Our Reporter (CONVERSEER) – How true are the rumours that SB19’s Ken Suson and Filipina supermodel Jennica Sanchez are dating? Is it a matter of fact that there are sightings of them together? How real is the buzz that their common ground is fashion, and that together they look coming out from a glossy…
By Our Reporter (CONVERSEER) – The Department of Health (DOH) on Monday, 5 January 2026, reported a 100 per cent increase in road crash injuries during the recent holiday season. The DOH recorded 1,384 road crash injury cases from December 21 to January 5, double the 690 cases logged during the same period last year….
By Our Reporter BANGKOK (CONVERSEER) – Nigeria and Thailand have agreed to take their bilateral relationship to a strategic level. The commitment was made during a high-level meeting in Bangkok today, between Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, and his Thai counterpart, Sihasak Phuangketkeow. In a statement, Yusuf Tuggar proposed that Thailand help bridge…
By Frank Ulom BANGKOK (CONVERSEER) – Thailand’s Queen Mother Sirikit, renowned for her humanitarian work and decades of service to the Thai people, has died at the age of 93. The Royal Household Bureau announced that the Queen Mother passed away on Friday at a hospital in Bangkok after suffering complications from a blood infection….
Japan’s place in the United States’ Chinese Containment Coalition just rose as a result of the unexpected Sino-Indo rapprochement, before which the US wanted India to play a complementary role, so Japan is now at the forefront of this effort By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Putin’s senior aide Nikolai Patrushev gave an interview…
By Frank Ulom BEIJING (CONVERSEER) – Chinese researchers have achieved a major technological breakthrough that could transform the future of electric vehicles and energy storage. According to CCTV News on Thursday, scientists have successfully resolved the long-standing “bottleneck” in all-solid-state metal lithium batteries, resulting in a leap in performance. The new development is expected to…
Pakistani-US ties are on the cusp of a renaissance that could restore their Old Cold War-era “golden age” of relations provided that they remain on track as expected By Andrew Korybko SAN FRANCISCO (CONVERSEER) – Donald Trump’s claim that “the Prime Minister and Field Marshal of Pakistan…were with us right from the beginning” as the…
