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Japan finally phases out floppy disks
The New York Times, Published on 06/07/2024
» Japan has finally scrapped every regulation requiring the use of floppy disks for administrative purposes, catching up with the times 13 years after the country’s producers manufactured their last units.
Myanmar shop owners jailed for raising wages
Br Richard C Paddock, The New York Times, Published on 02/07/2024
» With Myanmar’s currency plunging and inflation soaring, the owner of three mobile phone shops in Mandalay announced he was giving his employees a raise. Word of his generosity quickly spread on Facebook, and his workers cheered the news.
Years later, Philippines reckons with Duterte’s brutal drug war
The New York TImes, Published on 30/06/2024
» MANILA, Philippines — When Rodrigo Duterte was running for president eight years ago, he vowed to order the police and the military to find drug users and traffickers to kill them, promising immunity for such killings. In the months after, police officers and vigilantes mercilessly gunned down tens of thousands of people in summary executions.
Why Southeast Asia is crying over this Thai movie
The New York TImes, Published on 23/06/2024
» Daniel Nico Laudit says he does not cry easily. He decided to test his mettle this month in a cinema in Manila, Philippines, and documented the experience for his 4.5 million followers on TikTok.
Vietnam arrests prominent journalist for Facebook posts
The New York TImes, Published on 09/06/2024
» Authorities in Vietnam have arrested one of the country’s most prominent journalists and accused him of “abusing democratic freedoms” by posting articles on Facebook that “infringed on the interests of the state and the legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals.”
Eyes and ears everywhere in China
By Vivian Wang, The New York Times, Published on 25/05/2024
» BEIJING - The wall in the police station was covered in sheets of paper, one for every building in the sprawling Beijing apartment complex. Each sheet was further broken down by unit, with names, phone numbers and other information on the residents.
Farm animals are hauled all over the country; so are their pathogens
The New York TImes, Published on 20/05/2024
» The bird flu virus that is spreading through American dairy cows can probably be traced back to a single spillover event. Late last year, scientists believe, the virus jumped from wild birds into cattle in the Texas panhandle. By this spring, the virus, known as H5N1, had travelled hundreds of miles or more, appearing on farms in Idaho, North Carolina and Michigan.
Smoggy Bangkok gets a badly needed breath of fresh air
The New York TImes, Published on 12/05/2024
» For more than half a century, Thailand’s state-owned tobacco monopoly mass-produced cigarettes at a sprawling industrial estate in Bangkok. A steady stream of heavy trucks brought raw tobacco into the heart of the city and hauled millions of cigarettes away.
US-China to discuss arms control and artificial intelligence
David E. Sanger of the New York Times, Published on 07/05/2024
» WASHINGTON - US and Chinese diplomats plan to meet later this month to begin what amounts to the first, tentative arms control talks over the use of artificial intelligence.
Parts of Gaza in ‘full-blown famine’, UN aid official says
The New York TImes, Published on 05/05/2024
» JERUSALEM — The leader of the World Food Program said parts of the Gaza Strip are experiencing a “full-blown famine” that is spreading across the territory after almost seven months of war that have made delivering aid extremely challenging.