Philippines withdraws top diplomats from Canada over trash row

15 Sept 07:58 Key points summarised by AI

The Philippines has recalled top diplomats from Canada after Ottawa failed to meet a May 15 deadline to retrieve 69 shipping containers full of trash.
President Rodrigo Duterte had previously threatened war and vowed to personally escort the mislabeled waste back to Canada, escalating the long-running diplomatic row.
Canada maintains the waste, shipped between 2013 and 2014 and found to contain household garbage instead of plastics, was a commercial transaction but has since offered to take it back following a 2016 court ruling.

Detained Suu Kyi receives UK royal package: Myanmar govt

Today 03:08 Key points summarised by AI

Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate, Aung San Suu Kyi, received a package from Britain's King Charles III, which included two gardening books, a sealed envelope, and diplomatic communication.
The event marked the first release of images of Suu Kyi in two months and saw Myanmar authorities describe her as a "special female prisoner" for the first time.
Suu Kyi, who was deposed in a 2021 military coup that triggered an ongoing civil war, remains under house arrest on charges that rights groups contend are politically motivated.