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Sometimes 'safe spaces' harbour hidden dangers
News, John Lloyd, Published on 08/10/2018
» Few great social changes are wholly positive. "Safe spaces", for example. Most popular in universities, they're meant to provide a feeling of security for those who feel vulnerable, a place where students can avoid issues that might cause them distress.
Rohingya refugee boat capsizes, 12 dead
Reuters, Published on 09/10/2017
» COX'S BAZAR, Bangladesh: A boat carrying Rohingya Muslim refugees to Bangladesh capsized and at least 12 people, most of them children, drowned, police said on Monday, the latest victims of violence in Myanmar that has forced more than half a million people to flee.
China downplays US admiral’s nuclear strike threat
Associated Press, Published on 28/07/2017
» MELBOURNE – A spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry has downplayed a US admiral’s stated willingness to use nuclear weapons in a US-China conflict.
Why America should be optimistic about Trump
News, Published on 21/11/2016
» I'm a Donald Trump optimist. Like the many who don't support him, I am alarmed that he won. But I don't believe he will be as bad as the worst fears. It's a very modest definition of optimism, but I think it's the best liberals can come up with.
Sset steady above 1,500 in mixed week for equities
Business, Published on 25/07/2016
» Recap: US stocks closed out their fourth straight week of gains but European markets were mostly flat, amid concerns ranging from Brexit to the future of Turkey following a failed coup attempt. Japan slid back amid indications that central bank stimulus might not be as aggressive as traders had hoped for.
Myanmar's ruling party leader ousted in power play
Published on 13/08/2015
» YANGON - The leader of Myanmar's ruling party has been removed from his post, an official said on Thursday, after a shock police swoop on party headquarters that laid bare a power struggle among key political players ahead of elections.
Myanmar student leader joins Suu Kyi's party
Published on 19/07/2015
» YANGON — A leader of student protests in Myanmar in 1988 that grew into a nationwide pro-democracymovement will run in a general election in November for opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party, a party spokesman said on Sunday.
Abhisit: Reforms to fail without better charter
Reuters, Published on 01/05/2015
» Any achievements by Thailand's ruling junta while in power will be lost without significant changes to the country's draft constitution, Democrat Party leader and former prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said on Friday.
20 die in Myanmar army-rebel clashes
Published on 05/02/2015
» YANGON — Heavy fighting between Myanmar soldiers and ethnic insurgents this week has killed at least 20 people near the northeastern border with China, the government and an organisation representing the rebel groups said on Thursday.
Free speech and the crossing of a line
News, Published on 12/01/2015
» Within 24 hours of the tragic killings last Thursday at the Paris office of Charlie Hebdo, scores of editorials and commentaries poured out from the media, mainstream as well as alternative, about the need to defend freedom of expression from threats of terrorism.