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US Supreme Court backs Trump admin's passport gender policy
AFP, Published on 07/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - The US Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Thursday to require passport applicants to be identified on the document by their biological sex at birth rather than their gender identity.
At Trump-themed Texas burger joint, diners eating it up
AFP, Published on 24/04/2025
» BELLVILLE, Texas - It is lunchtime at Trump Burger and diners are enjoying fast food and the frenetic first 100 days of their president’s second term.
Philippines’ Duterte bound for ICC’s Hague jail with spiritual advisers and volleyball
Bloomberg, Published on 13/03/2025
» Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be trading his cozy countryside home for the sterile walls of the International Criminal Court’s detention centre, following his high-profile arrest as part of a probe into his deadly war on drugs.
Do or DEI: Trump's assault on diversity divides America
AFP, Published on 28/01/2025
» WASHINGTON — For United States President Donald Trump's allies, his crackdown on the "illegal and immoral discrimination" of equal opportunities programs reflects a shifting electorate that has lost patience with ineffective and performative political correctness.
Black day? Guinness runs dry in UK pubs amid online craze
AFP, Published on 16/12/2024
» LONDON - At her London pub, landlady Kate Davidson has taken to issuing Guinness ration cards, but still the beer has run out amid a UK shortage of Ireland's national drink.
Cambodian court jails environmental activists
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2024
» PHNOM PENH - Ten activists from the Cambodian environmental group Mother Nature were found guilty on charges of plotting against the government and insulting the king, the group's founder said on Tuesday.
Leaderless US House ends week where it started
AFP, Published on 20/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - The Republican-controlled US House of Representatives was closing out a third week of dysfunction Friday, no nearer to replacing its ousted leader and with no realistic plan to end one of its worst institutional crises in decades.
55% of mainland Chinese back full-scale war to take control of Taiwan: poll
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/05/2023
» Just over half of mainland Chinese support a full-scale war to take control of Taiwan, according to a new survey that offers a rare insight into public opinion as Beijing takes an increasingly assertive stance towards the island.
US warns against Hong Kong travel over Covid rules, child separations
AFP, Published on 02/03/2022
» The United States warns citizens against travelling to Hong Kong, citing the risk of children being separated from parents as the Chinese city imposes controversial Covid isolation policies.
The B289bn defence plan that Taiwan hopes will deter mainland China
South China Morning Post, Published on 17/01/2022
» Taiwan will spend close to NT$240 billion (289 billion baht) on eight types of weapons to help boost its defences in the face of growing military threats from Beijing.