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Vietnam set to make it harder for media to protect sources, to expand state secrets
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2025
» HANOI — Vietnam's parliament adopted reforms to the media and state secrets laws on Wednesday which press freedom advocates say will make it harder for journalists to protect the identities of their sources and increase legal risks for reporting.
At least 20 dead in Jakarta fire
Published on 09/12/2025
» JAKARTA - A fire broke out at a seven-storey building in Indonesia’s capital on Tuesday, with 20 people confirmed dead, police said.
China executes ex-finance official for graft
Reuters, Published on 09/12/2025
» BEIJING — China executed on Tuesday a former general manager of China Huarong International Holdings, Bai Tianhui, for taking bribes totalling 1.1 billion yuan (US$156 million), state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) said.
Vietnam flooding submerges homes, kills 41, after relentless rain
AFP, Published on 20/11/2025
» NHA TRANG (VIETNAM) - Rescuers plucked stranded people from the rooftops of submerged homes as widespread flooding inundated central Vietnam, where authorities said on Thursday at least 41 people were killed.
BBC says sorry to Trump, but rejects defamation claim
AFP, Published on 14/11/2025
» LONDON - The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologising for a misleading edit of one of his speeches, but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit.
Trump threatens $1bn lawsuit, BBC apologises for biased video editing
AFP, Published on 11/11/2025
» LONDON — United States President Donald Trump threatened the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) with a billion-dollar lawsuit Monday as the broadcaster apologised for editing a speech that gave the impression he urged "violent action" ahead of the 2021 assault on the US Capitol.
Will Trump's call to resume nuclear testing fuel a US-China arms race?
Published on 02/11/2025
» US President Donald Trump's call to "immediately" resume testing of nuclear weapons, citing Beijing and Moscow's rapid nuclear build-up, could drive China to "accelerate" its own efforts to develop its strategic forces, according to analysts.
Virginia Giuffre shines light on Epstein ordeal in new memoir
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» NEW YORK — A memoir by one of Jeffrey Epstein's main accusers whose claims led to the downfall of Britain's Prince Andrew was released Tuesday, promising to keep Epstein's ties to United States President Donald Trump in the spotlight.
Most US nuke workers to be sent home as shutdown bites
AFP, Published on 18/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US agency in charge of nuclear weapons is putting most of its workforce on unpaid leave, a top Republican lawmaker warned Friday, as a prolonged government shutdown bit further into already crippled public services.
Indonesia set to buy Chinese J-10 fighter jets amid push to modernise military
Published on 17/10/2025
» Indonesia's top defence official says his country is set to acquire China's J-10 fighter jets, possibly making it the second foreign military to operate the model after Pakistan.