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UK royal finances in spotlight after Andrew's downfall
AFP, Published on 06/02/2026
» LONDON - The scandal surrounding disgraced former prince Andrew has thrust the British royal family and its opaque finances into the spotlight, with a parliamentary probe due in the coming months.
US arrests gang smuggling US$160m in AI chips to China
Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 13/12/2025
» US authorities have dismantled an illegal operation smuggling advanced artificial intelligence (AI) chips to China, seizing high-performance Nvidia processors worth US$160 million (about 5.6 billion baht). The seized goods primarily consisted of Nvidia's H100 and H200 chips, representing a significant breach of export controls.
Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam centre crackdown
Bloomberg and South China Morning Post, Published on 28/10/2025
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar’s military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals over the past nine months who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams.
France shuts Israeli weapons booths at Paris Air Show
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» LE BOURGET (FRANCE) - Geopolitical tensions roiled the opening of the Paris Air Show on Monday as French authorities sealed off Israeli weapons industry booths amid the conflicts in Iran and Gaza, a move that Israel condemned as "outrageous".
Trump signs order to ramp up US deep-sea mining
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - United States President Donald Trump has defied international norms on the nascent field of deep-sea mining, signing an executive order Thursday expanding the practice for rare earth minerals in domestic and international waters.
Algeria fires fanned by winds, extreme heat kill 34
AFP, Published on 25/07/2023
» ALGIERS - Wildfires raging across Algeria during a blistering heatwave have killed more than 30 people and forced mass evacuations, the government said on Monday.
China banking tycoon Bao Fan 'cooperating with investigation'
AFP, Published on 27/02/2023
» BEIJING - Chinese billionaire Bao Fan is "cooperating in an investigation" by authorities, his company said, almost two weeks after his disappearance sparked fears of a renewed crackdown on the nation's financial services industry.
Quake death toll passes 5,000 in Turkey and Syria
AFP, Published on 07/02/2023
» HATAY, Turkey: Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved frigid weather, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by an earthquake that killed more than 5,000 people.
Foreign students say Canada is exploiting them for ‘cheap labour’
Bloomberg, Published on 01/11/2022
» Some foreign students are accusing the Canadian government of using them as a cheap source of labour and discarding them once they’re no longer needed.
Malaysia fights $15bn asset seizure bid
Reuters, Published on 30/09/2022
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has vowed to challenge a move by the heirs of a former sultan to seize its Dutch assets as part of the descendants’ efforts to enforce a US$15-billion arbitration award against the Malaysian state.