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Clashes, homes torched in south Syria's Sweida despite ceasefire
AFP, Published on 20/07/2025
» SWEIDA (SYRIA) - Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria's Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to "slaughter" residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted.
Chinese police investigating 5 missing teens issue further warnings about telecoms crime
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/07/2025
» Chinese police are investigating at least five cases of missing teenagers believed to have been caught up in scam centres, including some who have lost contact with their families after travelling to Myanmar.
Toxic Thailand rivers pinned on Myanmar mines
AFP, Published on 11/06/2025
» CHIANG RAI — A sprawling new mine is gouged into the lush rolling hills of northeast Myanmar, where civil war has weakened the government's already feeble writ, and pollution levels are rising downstream in Thailand.
Protecting the Moon from Earthlings in spotlight
Reuters, Published on 06/02/2024
» WASHINGTON - An array of unconventional, privately funded plans to exploit the moon, including as a site for human ashes and sports-drink containers, has gathered steam in recent years as the US space agency pushes to make Earth’s natural satellite more accessible.
Japan's century of efforts to tame earthquakes
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» TOKYO - Takashi Hosoda was in a Tokyo skyscraper when the 9.0 magnitude quake struck on March 11, 2011, but the trained architect was "not particularly worried" as modern Japanese buildings are designed to protect their occupants.
ChatGPT drafts law as Latin America seeks to regulate AI
Diana Baptista of Thompson Reuters Foundation, Published on 11/07/2023
» MEXICO CITY: When Costa Rican lawmakers wanted to draw attention to the need to regulate artificial intelligence, they asked ChatGPT to write a new law to do it for them.
Ugandan troops join regional force in DR Congo
AFP, Published on 31/03/2023
» GOMA, DR Congo: Ugandan troops operating as part of an East African regional military force entered eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday, joining Kenyan and Burundian contingents to supervise a planned pull-back of M23 rebels.
Bayern Munich make Tuchel new coach after Nagelsmann firing
AFP, Published on 25/03/2023
» MUNICH (GERMANY) - Bayern Munich announced Friday they had appointed former Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel as their new boss after firing Julian Nagelsmann.
SVB's demise: Why didn't US bank regulators see it coming?
AFP, Published on 14/03/2023
» NEW YORK - With hindsight, there were warning signs ahead of last week's spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, missed not only by investors, but by bank regulators.
Israel's Cognyte won tender to 'sell intercept spyware to Myanmar' before coup
Published on 15/01/2023
» SINGAPORE: Israel's Cognyte Software Ltd won a tender to sell intercept spyware to a Myanmar state-backed telecommunications firm a month before the Asian nation's February 2021 military coup, according to documents reviewed by Reuters.