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China to start Australian TV anchor’s spying trial next week
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/03/2022
» China will put an Australian television anchor on trial over state secret charges that carry a maximum sentence of life in jail, escalating a case that has contributed to tensions between Beijing and Canberra.
Singapore to return airspace near Changi to Indonesia
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/01/2022
» Indonesia and Singapore have settled a dispute over airspace and signed an extradition deal after years of disagreement.
First rule of ‘Fight Club’: in China, the police always win
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/01/2022
» David Fincher’s 1999 “Fight Club” is at the centre of a social media firestorm in China after a new version of it replaced the original ending with a terse message saying all criminals were apprehended and the authorities triumphed.
1 year after coup, US will slap new sanctions on Myanmar
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/02/2022
» The US issued fresh sanctions against people and entities linked to Myanmar’s military that seized control of the government a year ago, with President Joe Biden warning “further costs” will be imposed as long as the junta doesn’t hold elections.
Unvaccinated risk losing jobs in Singapore
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/01/2022
» Workers in Singapore who refuse to be inoculated against Covid-19 may risk losing their jobs as new restrictions on office access take effect.
Prince Andrew must face sex-abuse lawsuit
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/01/2022
» Prince Andrew failed to convince a judge to toss a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a teenage girl decades ago.
Myanmar junta says will hold election in August 2023
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/12/2021
» Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing said there are plans to hold a fresh general election on August 2023, sticking to the military government’s timeline and defying pressure from the US to hold polls earlier.
TikTok sued by content moderator traumatised by graphic videos
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/12/2021
» NEW YORK: TikTok’s 10,000 content moderators are exposed to a regular diet of child pornography, rapes, beheadings and animal mutilation, according to a lawsuit filed against the video-sharing platform and its its parent, ByteDance Inc.
US hits Cambodia with arms embargo over China ties
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/12/2021
» The US on Wednesday imposed an arms embargo on Cambodia over its connections with China and human rights abuses, just days before sending a top State Department official to convince the Southeast Asian country to keep up pressure on Myanmar’s military regime.
UK High Court approves Julian Assange’s extradition to US
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/12/2021
» LONDON: London's High Court has granted a US request to extradite Julian Assange, in a remarkable legal blow to the man who has spent almost a decade fighting attempts to remove him from Britain.