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Why China was so keen to get to alleged cybercrime boss Chen Zhi first
South China Morning Post, Published on 27/01/2026
» When a film about an investigation into a phone scam in Cambodia debuted at the Busan International Film Festival in 2018, it was not the cast or the plot that drew attention in China.
US shutdown poker: Which side has the winning hand?
AFP, Published on 27/10/2025
» WASHINGTON - Washington is in a standoff and the chips are down -- with the government shuttered for weeks, federal workers stuck in limbo and millions who rely on health insurance subsidies scared of losing the shirt off their backs.
India seeks ban on online betting apps to curb addiction, frauds
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/08/2025
» NEW DELHI — India has moved a legislation to ban online money gaming due to rising instances of addiction, money laundering and financial frauds through these applications.
Trump taps billionaire Musk to overhaul government
Reuters, Published on 13/11/2024
» US President-elect Donald Trump has named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world’s richest man who donated millions of dollars to helping Trump get elected.
Dozens held in Italian mafia crackdown
Reuters, Published on 27/06/2023
» MILAN: Dozens of people have been arrested in a new police raid against the ‘Ndrangheta mafia that has revealed how its multiple illegal activities have spread as far as Austria and Germany, Italian authorities said on Tuesday.
No more red envelopes: Netflix ejects DVD service
AFP, Published on 20/04/2023
» LOS ANGELES - After shipping out more than five billion DVDs in its trademark red envelopes, Netflix has finally called time on the movies-by-mail subscription service that launched the Hollywood streaming colossus.
Cyprus takes risky bet on casinos
AFP, Published on 01/06/2022
» LIMASSOL (CYPRUS) - Europe's largest gaming resort, the City of Dreams Mediterranean, is emerging from bulldozed vineyards and lemon groves on Cyprus's southern coast.
German parties meet as coalition haggling begins
AFP, Published on 03/10/2021
» BERLIN - German political parties will hold exploratory talks from Sunday as they jostle to form the next government after a close election, with the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) battling Angela Merkel's conservatives for the chancellery.
Germany heads into unknown as rivals scramble to lead next government
AFP, Published on 27/09/2021
» FRANKFURT - Germany headed into a period of unpredictability Monday after a close election saw both main parties claim the right to lead Europe's biggest economy, leaving the question of who will succeed Angela Merkel wide open.
Covid is killing the young in Brazil
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/04/2021
» RIO DE JANIERO: Rodolpho Sousa, a 28-year-old Brazilian lawyer, had been working from home near Rio de Janeiro when, in late February, one of his clients was jailed. Covid was hitting the prison and he was worried about her, less about himself. He went there to get her out.