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Born in blood, Myanmar's army prospers
New York Times, Published on 29/01/2018
» YANGON: For Myanmar's army, the campaign of atrocity it has waged to drive hundreds of thousands of ethnic Rohingya Muslims out of the country is no innovation. The force was born in blood 76 years ago and has been shedding it ever since.
Obama said to be in talks with Netflix to produce shows
New York Times, Published on 09/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions.
14m visitors to US face social-media screening
New York Times, Published on 31/03/2018
» Nearly all applicants for a visa to enter the United States -- an estimated 14.7 million people a year -- will be asked to submit their social-media usernames for the past five years, under proposed rules that the State Department issued Friday.
YouTube HQ shooter dead, four wounded
New York Times, Published on 04/04/2018
» SAN BRUNO, CALIFORNIA: At least four people were injured, one of them critically, in a shooting at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, on Tuesday afternoon, the police said. The shooter, who the police said was a woman, died from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Boracay, idyllic Philippines resort island, is closed to tourists
New York Times, Published on 05/04/2018
» A Philippine island that became famous for the white sand beaches and coral reefs that made it a haven for travellers, and then for the rapid development and pollution that threatened its idyllic shores, has been ordered closed to tourists for six months.
Belarus escort at heart of political flap faces new charges
New York Times, Published on 07/04/2018
» A Belarusian escort jailed in Pattaya who claims to have evidence of Russian meddling in US elections faces new criminal charges of solicitation and conspiracy, police say.
North and South Korea set bold goals
New York Times, Published on 28/04/2018
» SEOUL, South Korea: The leaders of North and South Korea agreed Friday to work to remove all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula and, within the year, pursue talks with the United States to declare an official end to the Korean War, which ravaged the peninsula from 1950 to 1953.
Transgender in the Philippines: passion and paradox
New York Times, Published on 30/04/2018
» MARIA RESPONDO, Philippines: Angel Cabaluna dusted makeup onto her thighs, styled her hair in loose curls and applied smoky eye shadow that glittered on her lids.
Facebook bug changed privacy settings of up to 14m users
New York Times, Published on 08/06/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook has been fighting for months the perception it did not do enough to protect people’s privacy. On Thursday, the company said it had again failed to keep the information of millions of users private.
They saw the light: 5 cave rescues that worked
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2018
» The world is watching as emergency workers in Thailand prepare to rescue 12 boys and a soccer coach who were discovered in a flooded cave on Monday.