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Aussie teens ask court to block social media ban
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2025
» SYDNEY — A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest court, two weeks before the world-first law is set to take effect.
Asean re‑engagement with Myanmar difficult, says Thai minister
Reuters, Published on 26/11/2025
» The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will find it difficult to re-engage with Myanmar even after its upcoming election, Thailand’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeo said on Tuesday evening, calling for the release of the country's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Seal milk is the cream of the molecular crop
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2025
» NEW YORK — Collecting milk from a nursing seal is no easy task.
This bird's beautiful, but he has a huge blind spot
New York Times, Published on 26/11/2025
» NEW YORK - To woo mates, male golden pheasants are dressed to impress. They strut around with cinnamon-colored tail quills and a striped hood of orange and black feathers. Then there is its forehead crest of yellow plumage that is slightly reminiscent of a certain politician’s slicked-back coiffure.
Truce fraying as Afghanistan, Pakistan trade blows
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» JIGE MUGHALGAI, Afghanistan - Afghanistan’s Taliban government vowed on Tuesday to “respond appropriately” to deadly overnight air strikes it blamed on Pakistan, a claim Islamabad denied, as tensions spiked a day after a suicide bombing in a Pakistani city.
Parents of abducted Nigerian students plead for rescue
AFP, Published on 25/11/2025
» PAPIRI, Nigeria - Parents of dozens of children kidnapped last week from a Catholic school in Nigeria are desperate for their release, with one father crying out that his son is so young he has not yet learned to speak.
Australian senator suspended for burqa stunt
Published on 25/11/2025
» CANBERRA - Australian Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday as a political prop in her push to ban the Muslim garment in public, sparking accusations of racism from Muslim senators.
Malaysia to follow Australia’s under-16 social media ban
Published on 24/11/2025
» Malaysia plans to ban social media accounts for children under 16 starting next year to protect them from online harm, joining a similar crackdown in Australia, local media reported.
Ukraine seeks NATO-like shield from US, counter-proposal says
Published on 23/11/2025
» Ukraine and its European allies will insist that discussions with Russia on any territorial swaps can only take place once the war ceases along the current line of contact, according to people familiar with a counter-proposal that will be presented to the US later today in Switzerland.
Singapore probe into alleged Prince scam ring widens with raid
Published on 23/11/2025
» Singapore authorities raided a car loan company that borrowed from a firm connected to Prince Holding Group, as the net widens on those linked to the alleged scam organisation and its chair Chen Zhi.