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On these apps, the dark promise of mothers sexually abusing children
The New York TImes, Published on 08/12/2024
» The promotional photo showed a mother affectionately hugging and kissing her daughter. The girl, around 8 years old, smiled into the camera.
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.
Cyber-scam industry booms in plain sight in Cambodia
By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Published on 29/08/2023
» PHNOM PHEN: Around the world, reports of cyber-scam schemes targeting unsuspecting victims online have proliferated rapidly. Southeast Asia has become a centre of gravity for those criminal syndicates, often in remote and war-torn corners. But in Cambodia, the scam industry has been flourishing well within the reach of officials.
Star-studded party for Queen Elizabeth
AFP, Published on 04/06/2022
» LONDON: Britain geared up on Saturday for a "party at the palace" concert starring Diana Ross and Andrea Bocelli, set to be watched by millions to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's 70 years on the throne.
Second night of clashes in Philadelphia after police kill Black man
AFP, Published on 28/10/2020
» NEW YORK - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Philadelphia late Tuesday, with looting and violence breaking out in a second night of unrest after the latest police shooting of a Black man in the US.
Philippine army arrests wife of top Islamist militant in south
Published on 16/07/2018
» MANILA: Philippine soldiers arrested the wife of a top leader of a pro-Islamic State militant group, and killed a suspected bomber in separate raids in a southern city, the army said on Monday.