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Fraudsters flee Cambodia's 'scam city' after accused boss taken down
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» SIHANOUKVILLE (CAMBODIA) - Hundreds of people dragged away suitcases, computer monitors, pets and furniture as they fled a suspected Cambodian cyberfraud centre, after the country's most wanted alleged scam kingpin was arrested and deported.
'Severely restricted': Russia's Saint Petersburg faces cultural crackdown
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» SAINT PETERSBURG - Russian bookseller Lyubov Belyatskaya sighed as she lamented the "climate of widespread anxiety" that has taken hold in her native Saint Petersburg amid the war in Ukraine.
Suspect held in slaying of US insurance CEO
Reuters, Published on 10/12/2024
» ALTOONA, Pennsylvania - New York prosecutors have filed a murder charge against the suspect in the killing of a health insurance executive, a brazen shooting that set off a tense five-day manhunt that culminated in his capture in Pennsylvania on Monday.
US clampdown has crypto kings looking abroad
AFP, Published on 16/06/2023
» NEW YORK - After years on the sidelines, financial regulators in the United States are throwing the book at the free-wheeling cryptocurrency industry, with angry entrepreneurs threatening to take their business overseas.
Drones strike Russia's Ukraine border region
AFP, Published on 23/05/2023
» MOSCOW: Drones struck the Russian border region of Belgorod where security operations pressed into a second day after a cross-border raid blamed on fighters from Ukraine, authorities said Tuesday.
US to unveil 'significant' new Russia sanctions at G7
AFP, Published on 19/05/2023
» HIROSHIMA (JAPAN) - The United States unveiled "significant" new sanctions targeting Russia's "war machine" on Friday, as President Joe Biden meets fellow G7 leaders in Japan.
TikTok faces ban in Montana as US backlash continues
AFP, Published on 14/04/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US state of Montana on Thursday was on the verge of implementing a total ban on TikTok, after a proposal passed a key hurdle in the state's legislature.
Russian father convicted over anti-war comments held in Belarus
New York Times, Published on 31/03/2023
» Aleksei Moskalyov, a Russian father convicted over anti-war comments on social media in a ruling that put his custody of his 13-year-old daughter in jeopardy, was detained in Belarus after fleeing house arrest, his lawyer said Thursday.
Experts call on Hong Kong government to take falling objects at hospitals as wake-up call to review safety of all buildings
South China Morning Post, Published on 18/03/2023
» A recent spate of falling items in Hong Kong's public hospitals should serve as a wake-up call for the government and public institutions to review the safety of their buildings and their maintenance plans, industry experts have said.
UN admits aid failure for Syria as quake toll hits 33,000
AFP, Published on 13/02/2023
» KAHRAMANMARAS (TURKEY) - The United Nations denounced Sunday the failure to deliver desperately needed aid to war-torn regions of Syria, while warning the death toll of more than 33,000 from the earthquake that also struck Turkey is set to rise far higher.