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A new Russian embassy located quarter of a mile from Parliament House was deemed a security risk
Australia blocks new Russian embassy in Canberra over spying risk
CANBERRA — Australia has blocked Russia from building a new embassy near its parliament, citing a spying risk.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said intelligence agencies had given "very clear security advice" on the move.Laws specifically drafted to halt construction were rapidly passed on Thursday after legal attempts to block the Canberra development failed.Moscow's current embassy will not be affected by the new laws, which have bipartisan support.The new legislation also acknowledges that Russia may be eligible for financial compensation.A Russian diplomat told AFP that "the embassy is seeking legal advice" in the wake of the announcement.Moscow currently holds the lease for a patch of land, acquired in 2008, some 400 metres (0.25 miles) from Parliament...
June 15, 2023

Australia blocks new Russian embassy in Canberra over spying risk

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
India's wrestling chief charged with sexual harassment
NEW DELHI — India's outgoing wrestling chief has been charged in court after months of protests by the country's top wrestlers who accuse him of sexual harassment.Police have charged Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh with stalking, harassment and intimidation as well as making "sexually colored remarks".Singh, an influential MP from the ruling BJP party, denies the charges.However, police have suggested dropping charges involving a minor, which would have made his arrest imminent."No corroborative evidence" was found in allegations by the minor after a detailed investigation into the case, the prosecution lawyer said on Thursday.The protests had made headlines globally, especially after the police detained the wrestlers as they tried to march to India's new...
June 15, 2023

India's wrestling chief charged with sexual harassment

A rare photo taken inside North Korea during the pandemic, showing people at a crossing in Phyongysong. — courtesy NK News
Residents in North Korea tell of neighbors starving to death
SEOUL — People in North Korea have told the BBC food is so scarce their neighbors have starved to death.Exclusive interviews gathered inside the world’s most isolated state suggest the situation is the worst it has been since the 1990s, experts say.The government sealed its borders in 2020, cutting off vital supplies. It has also tightened control over people’s lives, our interviewees say.Pyongyang told the BBC it has always prioritized its citizens’ interests.The BBC has secretly interviewed three ordinary people in North Korea, with the help of the organization Daily NK which operates a network of sources in the country.They told us that since the border closure, they are afraid they will either starve to death or be executed for flouting the rules. It is extremely rare to hear...
June 14, 2023

Residents in North Korea tell of neighbors starving to death

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday held talks in Beijing.
Xi Jinping, Abbas announce establishment of ‘bilateral strategic partnership’
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday held talks and announced the establishment of “the bilateral strategic partnership,” state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.“Facing unprecedented changes in the world and the new developments in the Middle East, China stands ready to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Palestine, and work for a comprehensive, just and durable solution of the Palestinian question at an early date,” Xi said during their meeting.“The establishment of a strategic partnership will serve as an important milestone in bilateral relations that builds on past achievements and heralds a brighter future,” he said, adding that China will seize this opportunity to work with Palestine to advance bilateral...
June 14, 2023

Xi Jinping, Abbas announce establishment of ‘bilateral strategic partnership’

File photo shows Marawi City in the map of Philippines
Philippines announces killing of Daesh leader in East Asia
MARAWI CITY, Philippines — A team of soldiers and police killed the “emir” of the Dawlah Islamiya in a 10-minute clash in Marawi City before dawn Wednesday.The Philippine security authorities, announced Wednesday, the killing of the leader of the Daesh organization (so-called IS) Faharudin Pumbuaya Pangalian, during an armed clash with the army and police, in the city of Marawi southern Philippines.“A raiding team was in Marawi to serve Faharudin Pumbuaya Pangalian different warrants of arrest but killed him instead when he resisted and provoked a gunfight,” Police Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza.Nobleza is director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region revealed the raid and death according to the Philippine Star newspaper.More than 20 criminal cases have been...
June 14, 2023

Philippines announces killing of Daesh leader in East Asia

Archaeologists are shown here working at Tam Pa Ling cave in northeastern Laos
Early humans left Africa and reached Asia earlier than thought, fossil discovery reveals
SYDNEY — Humans originated in Africa, but when exactly our earliest ancestors left the continent and how they spread around the world has been intensely debated by archaeologists.Two fossils unearthed in a cave in northern Laos suggest that Homo sapiens, our own species, was living in the region some 86,000 years ago, according to a new study. The finding challenges the prevailing idea that humans’ path across the globe was linear and took place in a single wave about 50,000 to 60,000 years ago.“Chances are that this early migration was unsuccessful, but this does not distract from the fact that H. sapiens had arrived in this region by this time which is a remarkable achievement,” said study author Kira Westaway, an associate professor at Macquarie University in Australia, via...
June 14, 2023

Early humans left Africa and reached Asia earlier than thought, fossil discovery reveals

A man films the sea before the arrival of Biparjoy, at Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 13
Tens of thousands evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for Cyclone Biparjoy
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — Tens of thousands of people are being evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for the impact of Cyclone Biparjoy, which is expected to make landfall in densely populated areas across the subcontinent Thursday, putting millions of lives at risk.Biparjoy has been churning across the northeastern Arabian Sea, heading toward southern Pakistan and western India since late last week, with winds of 160 kph (100 mph) and gusts up to 195 kph (121 mph). It has weakened slightly since Tuesday, sustaining winds of 150 kph (90 mph), equivalent to a Category 1 hurricane.Landfall is expected Thursday afternoon local time, bringing the triple threat of heavy rain, damaging winds and coastal storm surges across the region, according to the India Meteorological Department.Mass...
June 14, 2023

Tens of thousands evacuated as India and Pakistan brace for Cyclone Biparjoy

Two people are dead after a Japanese Self-Defense Force member allegedly fired at his colleagues in a shooting range at Hino City, Gifu prefecture, on June 14
Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range
TOKYO — Two people were killed Wednesday after a cadet allegedly opened fire on members of his own unit at a military training center in central Japan, the country’s Ground Self-Defense Force (SDF) has told CNN.The shooting took place during a live-fire training exercise and several other people were wounded, the SDF confirmed to CNN. The cadet was arrested and the motive has yet to be established, authorities said.Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said the incident happened around 9 a.m. at a shooting range in Hino City in the central Japanese prefecture of Gifu.“We have received a report that the SDF personnel who fired the rifle has already been taken into custody. We will refrain from giving further details as the investigation is ongoing,” Matsuno said.Matsuno...
June 14, 2023

Two dead after Japanese cadet opens fire on colleagues at shooting range

Jocelyn Chia, a lawyer turned comedian, is a prominent performer in New York
MH370 joke: Malaysia asks Interpol to track down New York comedian
KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysia is seeking Interpol's help in tracking down a New York-based comedian who joked about the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.Jocelyn Chia, a US national who grew up in Singapore, is being investigated under laws related to incitement and offensive online content, police say.Her joke, posted online last week, prompted an official protest from Malaysia and an apology from Singapore.MH370 went missing after taking off from Kuala Lumpur in March 2014.Despite a four-year search in the Indian Ocean, the main body of the plane was never found. All 239 people on board are presumed dead.On Tuesday Malaysian national police chief Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said an application was going to be filed with Interpol to get Ms Chia's "full identity" and...
June 14, 2023

MH370 joke: Malaysia asks Interpol to track down New York comedian

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (left) with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. — courtesy Twitter
NSA Sullivan meets Modi ahead of scheduled US visit
NEW DELHI — US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi ahead of his scheduled US visit next week and discussed issues of mutual concern.Sullivan on Tuesday made some promising remarks on the upcoming state visit of Modi. He said President Biden is thrilled with what's happening in India and PM Modi's visit will fundamentally remove obstacles in defense and high-tech trade between India and the United States."Reviewed progress under India-US Initiative on Critical & Emerging Technologies (iCET) and other issues of bilateral cooperation. Look forward to meeting US President Joe Biden during my upcoming State Visit to the US," tweeted PM Modi soon after meeting Sullivan.The Prime Minister's Office said in a statement that...
June 14, 2023

NSA Sullivan meets Modi ahead of scheduled US visit

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