MALE -- Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu has announced the government will ban children under 16 from accessing certain social media platforms to protect them from cyberbullying, online grooming and other digital threats, state media outlet PSM News reported on Monday.
Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Muizzu said protecting children from online harm had become a major concern for parents in the Maldives and abroad. (Maldive-Social Media-Ban)
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PHNOM PENH -- Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet said Tuesday that the kingdom has delivered a formal notice to Thailand and to the UN secretary general to begin compulsory conciliation proceedings under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea concerning the overlapping maritime claims with Thailand.
"We have taken this step to protect Cambodia's sovereignty and maritime rights in accordance with international law," he said in a special statement. "Cambodia has always sought to resolve dispute with our neighbors peacefully." (Cambodia-Thailand-Dispute)
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JAKARTA -- Indonesia's National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed a second-generation pyrolysis technology capable of converting plastic waste into industrial fuel, with a processing capacity of 1.25 tons of waste per day.
Agus Kismanto, a researcher at BRIN, said on Monday that the technology, named Liquid Fuel from Plastic Waste with Advanced Pyrolysis System for Industrial Scale, employs a continuous-multi-stage operating system that enables plastic waste to be fed directly into the reactor without prior sorting. (Indonesia-Technology-Fuel)
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MANILA -- The death toll from the collapse of a building under construction in Angeles City, Pampanga province, northern Philippines, rose to 20 after rescuers recovered three more bodies from the rubble, said local authorities Tuesday.
The local fire protection bureau said 20 were confirmed dead, 27 were rescued, and no more persons were reported missing in the incident. It said operations continue as rescuers carefully clear debris and expand access within the collapse site. (Philippines-Collapse-Toll) ■
