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UK minister questions relevance of UN refugee convention
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» LONDON - UK interior minister Suella Braverman is preparing to question whether the United Nations Refugee Convention is "fit for our modern age" during a keynote speech on Tuesday at a think-tank in Washington.
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A basement of horrors in Seoul
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 09/07/2023
» The hostel in central Seoul has a lot to recommend it. The rooms are tidy and affordable enough for K-pop fanatics on a budget and families in need of lots of space on vacation.
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Chinese students turn away from US universities
Published on 19/07/2020
» It was a tough decision for mainland university graduate Zancy Duan to give up her coveted place at a US Ivy League school.
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Germans opt for staycations as virus fears linger
AFP, Published on 23/05/2020
» OSTSEEBAD BINZ (GERMANY) - Germans usually love their sun-soaked summer holidays abroad. But fears of a second wave of coronavirus infections have prompted a new holiday destination of choice: their home country.
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Produce-rich Argentina's exports ravaged by coronavirus
AFP, Published on 09/04/2020
» BUENOS AIRES - The United Nations has warned of an impending food shortage due to the coronavirus pandemic as major exporters such as Argentina find it increasingly difficult to sell their produce.
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Myanmar official suggests downsizing or relocating controversial dam
Reuters, Published on 29/01/2019
» NAYPYITAW: A top Myanmar investment official on Tuesday suggested alternatives such as downsizing or relocating a stalled Chinese-backed dam project that has strained ties between the neighbours.
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Freed Cambodian surrogate mothers raise Chinese children
Published on 10/12/2018
» OUDONG, Cambodia: Sophea was eight months pregnant when Cambodian police told her she would have to keep the baby that was never meant to be hers - and forfeit the $10,000 she was promised for acting as a surrogate for a Chinese couple.
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Indonesia struggles with human trafficking networks
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 08/01/2018
» Tyas Weningsih Putri left her village in Kendal, Central Java in August 2016 to try her luck for a second time as a migrant worker in Malaysia.
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Prognosis: Improving
Asia focus, Anchalee Kongrut, Published on 03/04/2017
» Two decades ago, the healthcare system of Myanmar was best described as comatose. It had been in declining condition since independence from Britain in the late 1940s. Envisioned as offering free primary healthcare, the system failed to do so in practice and languished because of a lack of investment as the country grew increasingly isolated under Ne Win and subsequent military leaders. In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) ranked the healthcare system in Myanmar 190th out of 191 countries.
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Balkan youngsters emigrate en masse for better prospects
AFP, Published on 23/12/2016
» BELGRADE - Aleksa Konstantinov was one of the brightest maths students in Serbia this year but like many Balkan youngsters he immediately left for a US university after finishing school.
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