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Myanmar's flooding death toll jumps to 74, state media reports
Reuters, Published on 15/09/2024
» Myanmar's flooding death toll rose to 74 as of Friday evening, according to a state media report on Sunday, after heavy rains triggered widespread floods across the war-torn country.
Hong Kong union wants investigation after HK Express pulls 2 blind passengers from flight
Published on 08/07/2024
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong union for the blind has called on Cathay Pacific Airways' budget carrier to investigate an incident involving two visually impaired passengers being forcibly removed from a flight in late May, an accusation the company has denied.
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages
Published on 02/07/2024
» With Myanmar’s currency plunging and inflation soaring, the owner of three mobile phone shops in Mandalay announced he was giving his employees a raise. Word of his generosity quickly spread on Facebook, and his workers cheered the news.
Myanmar residents lobby Japan to act over conscription law
Kyodo News, Published on 15/05/2024
» KYODO - Members of Myanmar's expatriate community in Japan are lobbying local assemblies to pressure the central government to accept their fleeing compatriots in the wake of the enforcement of a controversial conscription law by the junta in February.
Ragtag Myanmar resistance sees tide turning in forgotten war
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.
Biden, Xi discuss AI risks, Russia and fentanyl
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/04/2024
» WASHIGTONG - United States President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping spoke by telephone on Tuesday, their first one-on-one communication since meeting in California last November.
Thailand-Moscow chartered plane crashes in Afghanistan
Published on 21/01/2024
» Afghan authorities said a private plane carrying six people crashed in the northern part of the country, and a rescue team has been dispatched to the site.
N.Korean hackers laundering money with scammers, drug gangs in SE Asia: UN
Published on 15/01/2024
» LONDON: North Korean hackers are sharing money-laundering and underground banking networks with fraudsters and drug traffickers in Southeast Asia, according to a United Nations report published on Monday, with casinos and crypto exchanges emerging as key venues for organised crime.
Alleged fraudsters detained in Cambodia to be extradited to Japan
Kyodo News, Published on 07/11/2023
» PHNOM PENH - Twenty-five Japanese nationals detained in September in Cambodia for allegedly running a phone scam operation out of an apartment in Phnom Penh will soon be extradited to Japan for arrest, investigative sources said Tuesday.
Israel taps spyware firms to track hostages
Published on 26/10/2023
» Israel’s security services are pulling in spyware companies, including the maker of the notorious Pegasus software, to help track hostages in the Gaza Strip, people familiar with the matter say.