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In Indonesia, dark past may be rewritten with government's new history books
Published on 19/05/2025
» JAKARTA - The Indonesian government's plan to release new history books has sparked concerns that some of the country's darkest chapters could be recast to show President Prabowo Subianto and late authoritarian ruler Suharto in a favourable light.
Covid narrative redux
Postbag, Published on 18/05/2025
» Re: "Protectionism will not protect", (Opinion, May 16).
Trump administration fires hundreds of Voice of America employees
Published on 16/05/2025
» The Trump administration on Thursday fired nearly 600 employees at Voice of America, a federally funded news network that provides independent reporting to countries with limited press freedoms.
Slovenia probes disappearance of latest Melania Trump statue
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» LJUBLJANA - The first Melania Trump statue in her native Slovenia was destroyed by fire and now its bronze replacement has gone missing, prompting a police investigation.
Russian ‘history hawk’ leading talks with Ukraine
AFP, Published on 15/05/2025
» ISTANBUL — Russia’s former culture minister and Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky took part in failed talks with Ukraine at the start of Moscow’s invasion in 2022 and has built a career promoting an ultra-patriotic version of Russian history.
Venezuela's fall deepens under Maduro's rule
Oped, Published on 15/05/2025
» What was akin to a celebration of global dictators and political rogues, Venezuela's Marxist dictator, Nicholas Maduro, visited Moscow to join Vladimir Putin in celebrating Russia's May 9 Victory Day Parade, the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph over Nazi Germany. Mr Putin's pantheon included communist China's leader Xi Jinping and Brazil's President Lula da Silva, among others.
Nazi files found in champagne crates in Argentine court basement
AFP, Published on 13/05/2025
» BUENOS AIRES - A hoard of World War II-era Nazi propaganda and membership documents has been unearthed in the basement of Argentina's Supreme Court, where it has lain, stashed in champagne crates, since 1941.
Thaksin prophecy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 06/05/2025
» Re: " '14th floor saga' paints a bad picture", (Opinion, May 5) & Thaksin probe welcome", (Editorial, May 1).
Trump plans 100% levy on foreign films, deepening trade war
Published on 05/05/2025
» President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he plans to impose a 100% tariff on films produced overseas, extending his restrictive trade policies on US imports to the entertainment sector for the first time.
EU fines TikTok €530m over China data transfer
AFP, Published on 02/05/2025
» DUBLIN - TikTok was hit with a massive EU fine of 530 million euros ($600 million) on Friday, accused of sending personal data of Europeans to China and failing to guarantee it was shielded from access by Chinese authorities.