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Myanmar junta hits back at Asean after being barred from meetings
Published on 17/08/2022
» Myanmar's military leadership on Wednesday lashed out at the Asean grouping of Southeast Asian countries for excluding its generals from regional gatherings, accusing it of caving to "external pressure".
J&J to end all sales of talc-based baby powder
Published on 12/08/2022
» Johnson & Johnson says it will stop selling talc-based baby powder globally in 2023, more than two years after it ended US sales of a product that has drawn thousands of consumer safety lawsuits.
India to surpass China as most populous country in 2023: UN report
Published on 11/07/2022
» NEW DELHI: India is set to surpass China as the world's most populous country in 2023, with each counting more than 1.4 billion residents this year, a United Nations report said on Monday, warning that high fertility would challenge economic growth.
Philippines activists push new petition seeking Marcos election ban
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2021
» MANILA: Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the early frontrunner for the Philippines presidency, was hit by another formal complaint on Thursday, as long-time opponents of his powerful family pile pressure on authorities to disqualify him from elections next year.
Suu Kyi's lawyer says he has been gagged by coup junta
Reuters, Published on 15/10/2021
» The head lawyer representing Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Friday authorities in the military-ruled country had imposed a gag order on him because they said his communications could cause instability.
Cambodia bat researchers on mission to track origin of Covid-19
Published on 20/09/2021
» STUNG TRENG, Cambodia: Researchers are collecting samples from bats in northern Cambodia in a bid to understand the coronavirus pandemic, returning to a region where a very similar virus was found in the animals a decade ago.
Myanmar's Suu Kyi returns to court but still 'somewhat dizzy'
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2021
» Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi returned to court on Tuesday, a day after she did not appear because she was unwell, seeming relieved but saying she was still "somewhat dizzy", her lawyer said.
Myanmar military arrests more journalists
Reuters, Published on 22/08/2021
» Myanmar's military government has arrested two more local journalists, army-owned television reported on Saturday, the latest among dozens of detentions in a sweeping crackdown on the media since a Feb 1 coup.
Arrest of second drug kingpin tightens dragnet
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2021
» A second senior leader of a vast drug syndicate has been arrested, a Thai narcotics official said, as a transnational dragnet tightens on the Sam Gor group, which police say dominates the $70 billion annual Asia-Pacific drug trade.
$2bn worth of drugs destroyed
Published on 26/06/2020
» AYUTTHAYA: Officials in Thailand and Myanmar destroyed 25 tonnes of illicit drugs worth more than US$2 billion on Friday, but conceded that the tide of drugs was growing as organised crime gangs boost supply and find new channels to do business.