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Myanmar junta asks rebels to stop fighting, join in elections
New York Times, Published on 27/09/2024
» For the first time in the three years since it staged a coup, the military in Myanmar has offered a major concession to the country's opposition forces, calling on them to heal the nation's rifts through "party politics" and prepare for the coming elections.
Israel rejects cease-fire talks, keeps up attacks in Lebanon
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/09/2024
» TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed the military would maintain its bombardment of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon indefinitely, undermining efforts by the United States and allies to secure a cease-fire that would ease the risk of a regional war.
Internet going crazy for chonky Australian penguin chick
Reuters, Published on 27/09/2024
» SYDNEY - Pesto the huge king penguin chick has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian aquarium, and now the bird can count Katy Perry as one of his biggest fans.
World's longest-serving death row prisoner wins landmark acquittal in 1966 murder retrial in Japan
Published on 27/09/2024
» SHIZUOKA, Japan: A Japanese court acquitted on Thursday an 88-year-old former professional boxer in a high-profile retrial decades after he was sentenced to death over a 1966 quadruple murder, saying investigators had fabricated evidence.
Hong Kong jails former editor for sedition
Published on 26/09/2024
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong court on Thursday night sentenced a former editor to jail for 21 months and released another after they had earlier been found guilty of conspiring to publish seditious articles in a ruling that has prompted an international outcry.
Japan sends first warship through Taiwan Strait, defying China
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/09/2024
» TAIPEI - Three United States allies sent warships through the Taiwan Strait in a rare defiance of China in those waters, on the same day Beijing fired its first intercontinental ballistic missile into the Pacific Ocean in 44 years.
Russia has ‘secret war drones project in China’
Published on 25/09/2024
» Russia has established a weapons programme in China to develop and produce long-range attack drones for use in the war against Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence agency and documents reviewed by Reuters.
China giving rare cash handouts to the poor
Published on 25/09/2024
» China is preparing to give one-off cash handouts to people in extreme poverty before Tuesday, in a rare announcement of direct aid just a day after announcing a sweeping programme to stimulate its sluggish economy.
Israeli defence firm woos Philippines
Published on 25/09/2024
» One of Israel’s major defence companies aims to clinch contracts under the Philippines’ ambitious military upgrade to bolster the country’s defences in the disputed South China Sea.
Julian Assange returning to public life
Published on 25/09/2024
» LONDON - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is set to make his first public appearance since being freed from a British jail when he gives evidence to the Council of Europe next week, his organisation said on Wednesday.