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New York Times, Published on 15/05/2024
» SINGAPORE — Singapore was once known as an affluent and strait-laced city-state. Today, it is a glitzy international destination. It has hosted Taylor Swift concerts and Formula One-night races. And it is substantially richer, per capita, than the United States.
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2024
» Pro-Palestinian protesters briefly disrupted a commencement ceremony at the University of Michigan on Saturday while demonstrators faced off with police at the University of Virginia as U.S. colleges braced for more turmoil during graduation festivities.
Published on 02/05/2024
» LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of helmeted police swarmed the site of a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California at Los Angeles early on Thursday, arresting defiant demonstrators and dismantling their encampment.
Published on 01/05/2024
» NEW YORK - New York City police officers entered the grounds of Columbia University on Tuesday night to arrest and disperse pro-Palestinian protesters who took over a campus building nearly 24 hours earlier and have occupied a tent camp at the school for nearly two weeks.
Published on 21/04/2024
» LOIKAW, Myanmar — The night Suu Kyi thought she would die of her wounds on the front lines of a forgotten war, a crescent moon hung overhead. A pendant of the Virgin Mary dangled around her neck. Maybe those augurs saved her. Or maybe, she said, it was not yet time for her to die.
Published on 23/03/2024
» HONG KONG - A new national security law came into force in Hong Kong on Saturday despite growing international criticism that it could erode freedoms in the China-ruled city and damage its international financial hub credentials.
Published on 18/03/2024
» BERLIN/MOSCOW - The long lines of voters that formed outside polling stations in major Russian cities during the presidential election on Sunday were portrayed by opposition figures as a symbolic protest against a rubber-stamp process certain to keep Vladimir Putin in power.
Published on 18/03/2024
» BERLIN: Vladimir Putin on Sunday extended his rule over Russia until 2030, using a heavily stage-managed presidential election with no real competition to portray overwhelming public support for his domestic dominance and his invasion of Ukraine.
Published on 17/03/2024
» The dissident Russian rock band Bi-2 returned to the stage last week following a stint of detention in Thailand, amplifying their dissent against Moscow's incursion into Ukraine, according to news agency AFP.
New York Times, Published on 02/03/2024
» WASHINGTON - United States President Joe Biden announced the US would begin airdropping humanitarian aid into Gaza, joining other nations in a bid to relieve increasingly dire conditions wrought by the Israel-Hamas war, and expressed hopes for a temporary pause in the fighting by Ramadan.