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Scam centre 'war room' picks up pace
News, Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 01/09/2025
» The Royal Thai Police (RTP) has launched a full-time joint operation with Japan and India, the first of its kind, as part of the efforts to dismantle Cambodia-based call centre syndicates.
Protesters rally on International Women's Day, fearing far right
AFP, Published on 09/03/2025
» PARIS - Protesters took to the streets across the world Saturday to mark International Women's Day, demanding equal pay, political representation and an end to gender-based violence while voicing fears of rising repression.
Big rival protests kick off in London
Published on 26/10/2024
» LONDON - Right-wing, anti-immigrant protesters and opposing anti-racism demonstrators began large rallies in London on Saturday, closely watched by a beefed-up police operation aimed at heading off any clashes between the rival gatherings.
How India's past helped shape 3 US political leaders
Oped, Published on 17/10/2024
» On Aug 15, 1947, my father, George Mayer, celebrated India's freedom from 300 years of British colonial rule by flying kites with his friends off Howrah Bridge over the Hooghly River in Kolkata.
Thousands around world protest Middle East war as Oct 7 anniversary nears
Published on 06/10/2024
» PARIS/WASHINGTON - Thousands of protesters took to the streets in major cities around the world on Saturday demanding an end to bloodshed in Gaza and the wider Middle East as the start of Israel's war in the Palestinian enclave approaches its first anniversary.
Namibian court overturns anti-gay laws
Published on 22/06/2024
» WINDHOEK, Namibia - The High Court in Namibia has declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country.
‘Silent strike’ on Myanmar coup anniversary
Published on 01/02/2024
» Opponents of military rule in Myanmar staged a “silent strike” on Thursday as the country marked three years since the military coup that ousted the elected government of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Thailand's semi-democracy returns
Oped, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 01/12/2023
» The appointment of Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha as privy councillor has neatly bookended Thai politics over the past decade. It coincides with the 10-year anniversary of the street demonstrations that were led by the People's Democratic Reform Committee, paving the way for Gen Prayut to stage a military coup in May 2014. While the interim was a period of hard and soft military-authoritarian rule in 2014-19 and 2019-23, the new moving balance in Thai politics is a semi-democracy of sorts under the Pheu Thai Party-led coalition government.
Seoul celebrates Pride despite backlash
Published on 01/07/2023
» SEOUL: Tens of thousands attended South Korea’s largest annual LGBT festival on Saturday, vowing to continue fighting for gay rights after the Seoul city government denied them a prime location and gave it to an anti-LGBT Christian group.