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Japan's beloved last pandas leave for China as ties fray
AFP, Published on 27/01/2026
» TOKYO — Two popular pandas are set to leave Tokyo for China Tuesday, leaving Japan without any of the beloved bears for the first time in 50 years as ties between the Asian neighbours fray.
Why is Myanmar's junta holding an election during a civil war?
Reuters, Published on 13/01/2026
» NAY PYI TAW — Myanmar's military-led government is holding a phased general election amid a civil war convulsing large areas of the Southeast Asian nation.
Myanmar junta seeks election legitimacy
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/12/2025
» In August 2024, Myanmar’s ruling military junta was losing ground fast.
Myanmar's complex civil conflict creating unlikely alliances among enemies
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» YANGON — A 24-year-old fighter from Myanmar's pro-democracy People's Defence Force (PDF) says many of those who fight alongside him have switched sides at times in the long-running civil war, with a lack of financial compensation forcing them to temporarily side with a junta-aligned armed group.
Guinea-Bissau youth hope presidential vote brings better life
AFP, Published on 22/11/2025
» BISSAU - Caramba Souare focuses on cleaning the car in front of him despite a din of surrounding festivities on the last day of presidential campaigning in Guinea-Bissau.
Iraq's social media mercenaries dying for Russia
AFP, Published on 05/11/2025
» BAGHDAD — Smiling broadly and clad in military fatigues, young Iraqi Mohammed Imad's last TikTok post was in a field carved up with heavy vehicle tracks in what appeared to be Ukraine. Smoke was rising behind him.
Impoverished Filipinos forge a life among the dead
AFP, Published on 30/10/2025
» MANILA - In teeming Manila, where poverty runs deep and millions lack adequate shelter, some of the living have found refuge among the dead.
How Hong Kong pair landed in Myanmar scam farm 'living a life worse than death'
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/10/2025
» HONG KONG — Having lived in safe Hong Kong all her life, Nancy never imagined that an overseas job would lead to forced labour in a scam farm, a harrowing experience that lasted for half a year before she could be reunited with her family.
Madagascar's protests fan anger against colonial France
AFP, Published on 16/10/2025
» ANTANANARIVO (MADAGASCAR) — Placards and slogans against France that surfaced in demonstrations against impeached President Andry Rajoelina this week exposed deep resentment against the former colonial power.
Appetite-regulating hormones in focus as first Nobel Prizes fall
AFP, Published on 06/10/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday -- the first in this year's Nobel season.