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Sweden will offer migrants $34,000 to go home
New York Times, Published on 14/09/2024
» STOCKHOLM - Sweden, a nation long known for its open-arms policy toward migrants, plans to drastically increase its cash offer — by 35 times, to more than US$34,000 — to those who agree to go home.
Malaysia shelves web traffic re-routing plan after censorship concerns
Published on 08/09/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said he has directed the communications regulator not to re-route web traffic through local domain name system (DNS) servers, according to a post on social media platform X on Sunday.
US voters targeted by Chinese influence online, researchers say
Published on 03/09/2024
» A Chinese social media influence operation is impersonating US voters, denigrating US politicians and pushing divisive messages ahead of the Nov 5 presidential election in the United States, new research by intelligence company Graphika showed.
Ukraine says it hits pontoon bridges in Russia, Moscow reports gains
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» KYIV - Ukraine said on Wednesday it was destroying Russian pontoon bridges with US-made weapons to defend its incursion into Russia's Kursk region, as Moscow said its forces had halted Kyiv's advance there and gained ground in eastern Ukraine.
Russia evacuates another border region amid growing Ukraine threat
Published on 12/08/2024
» MOSCOW - Russia on Monday evacuated parts of another region next to Ukraine after Kyiv sharply increased military activity near the border just days after its biggest incursion into sovereign Russian territory since the start of the 2022 war.
Russia hits back at Ukraine incursion, missile kills 2 near Kyiv
Published on 11/08/2024
» President Volodymyr Zelensky urged allies to allow Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory as a missile attack killed two near Kyiv and his troops continue to hold ground gained in a surprise cross-border incursion last week.
Drone kills ‘dozens’ of fleeing Rohingya in Myanmar
Published on 10/08/2024
» A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.
Myanmar junta says senior officers held as rebels take over major base
Published on 05/08/2024
» Myanmar's junta has lost communications with senior officers at a major military base near the Chinese border, in a rare admission of battlefield failure after rebels announced they had taken control of the key regional army headquarters.
Myanmar junta extends emergency rule as civil war rages on
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/08/2024
» YANGON - The Myanmar junta has extended the emergency rule that has been in place since a 2021 coup, as the generals struggle to quell a civil war with ethnic armed groups and pro-democracy fighters.
Philippines pushes bigger defence spending as China spat lingers
Published on 10/07/2024
» The Philippines will continue increasing defence spending as it seeks private sector’s support in safeguarding the nation’s claims in the disputed South China Sea.