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Trump hits back at Biden, slams Haley in trip to Iowa
Reuters, Published on 06/01/2024
» SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - Former United States president Donald Trump used his first visit to Iowa this year to attack Republican competitor Nikki Haley and to hit back against Democratic President Joe Biden, who denounced him as a threat to American democracy earlier on Friday.
Deepfakes deceive voters from India to Indonesia before polls
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2024
» LONDON - Divyendra Singh Jadoun was busy making artificial intelligence-based visual effects and voice clones for film and television in India, when he began getting calls from politicians: could he create AI videos, or deepfakes, for their election campaign?
Japan and Malaysia sign $2.8m maritime security assistance deal
Reuters, Published on 16/12/2023
» TOKYO - Japan and Malaysia signed a security assistance deal on Saturday including a grant of ¥400 million (US$2.8 million) to boost Malaysia's maritime security, as Asian nations seek to counter an increasingly assertive China.
Peru's ex-president Fujimori freed from prison after 16 years
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2023
» LIMA - Former peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year prison term for human rights abuses during his decade-long rule in the 1990s, was released from jail late on Wednesday despite criticism from an international human rights court.
China lures Taiwan politicians with cheap trips
Reuters, Published on 01/12/2023
» TAIPEI - Beijing has sponsored cut-price trips to China for hundreds of Taiwanese politicians ahead of key elections on the island, according to Taiwan sources and documents, unnerving officials with a broad campaign that one called "election interference".
Hamas, Israel signal possible expansion of hostage-deal criteria
Reuters, Published on 28/11/2023
» DUBAI/JERUSALEM - Hamas said it had sought a new truce deal with Israel under which the Palestinian militant group would free hostages beyond the women and children it has already released from the Gaza Strip.
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake strikes Halmahera, Indonesia
Reuters, Published on 22/11/2023
» JAKARTA - A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck Halmahera, Indonesia, on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Myanmar hands 31,000 telecom fraud suspects over to China
Reuters, Published on 21/11/2023
» BEIJING - Myanmar authorities have handed over 31,000 telecom fraud suspects to China since law enforcement officers from both countries launched a crackdown on online scams in September, Chinese authorities said on Tuesday.
Myanmar junta imposes curfew amid surge in rebel-led fighting
Reuters, Published on 14/11/2023
» YANGON - Myanmar's junta has imposed a curfew in the western city of Sittwe, according to a government document and media reports, amid a surge in fighting on several fronts between the military and ethnic minority insurgent groups.
Caught up in war, Israel's migrants face tough choices
Reuters, Published on 25/10/2023
» MANILA/BANGKOK - Thousands of miles from home, Thai labourer Kamlue was on his way to harvest courgettes on an Israeli farm near the Gaza border on Oct 7 when the truck he was riding on came under heavy fire.