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Aid cuts could affect US itself
News, Dave Kendall, Published on 02/05/2025
» "Armageddon" is the word veteran human rights campaigner Phil Robertson uses to describe the sudden shutdown of most of the US' aid programmes around the world.
15 potential successors to Pope Francis
AFP, Published on 21/04/2025
» VATICAN CITY - The April 21 death of Pope Francis triggered a period of mourning in the Catholic Church, but also kick-started the race for his successor.
US must change course with Myanmar
Oped, Brahma Chellaney, Published on 11/04/2025
» Myanmar needs help. After more than four years of brutal civil war, the country has been hit by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake, the strongest it has suffered since 1946. The resulting humanitarian crisis is dire, and continues to escalate, but despite an extraordinary appeal for international aid from Myanmar's military ruler, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the US has largely failed to deliver.
Protest as quake-hit Myanmar junta chief joins Bangkok summit
AFP, Published on 04/04/2025
» Protesters displayed a banner calling Myanmar's junta chief a "murderer" as he joined a regional summit in Bangkok on Friday, a week after a huge earthquake killed thousands, leaving desperate survivors pleading for food and shelter.
Earthquake shakes Myanmar military regime
Oped, Published on 03/04/2025
» Two powerful earthquakes jolted and devastated Myanmar, causing widespread death and destruction for a country already reeling from the effects of ongoing civil conflict. The M7.7 quakes created stunning devastation in central Myanmar as well as in neighbouring Thailand, killing more than 2,000 people and damaging the storied city of Mandalay.
Censure theatrics
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/03/2025
» Re: "Political experts split on censure outcome", (BP, March 26).
Rohingya in Bangladesh face dire consequences if aid money drops: UN agencies
Published on 24/03/2025
» GENEVA - Two United Nations agencies said on Monday that any shortfalls in funding from global donors could have dire consequences for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Scam victims are still stranded
Editorial, Published on 16/03/2025
» Social attention on the scam city in Myawaddy may fizzle out. Thousands of human trafficking victims lured into scam operations across the Thai borders may have returned home, but many more remain trapped -- inside and outside scam centres -- waiting for help. Meanwhile, human traffickers operate with impunity. This cannot continue.
'People will die': Trump aid cuts threaten refugees’ survival
New York Times, Published on 15/03/2025
» COX'S BAZAR — More than 1 million people in the world's largest refugee camp could soon be left with too little food for survival.
Hope dies in Thailand's broken system
Oped, Sanitsuda Ekachai, Published on 28/02/2025
» A woman, stunned, her husband holding her hand as she walks down the courthouse stairs. Prof Pirongrong Ramasoota, a respected scholar and commissioner of the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC), has been sentenced to two years in jail. Her crime? Having a dispute with a corporate giant during her work as a state media regulator.