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Communal fighting and war have displaced some hundreds of thousands of Rohingya in Rakhine State
Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'
BANGKOK -- Aid agencies are warning of starvation in war-torn Myanmar's Rakhine State, with the World Food Programme (WFP) making an urgent appeal for more donations to avoid a "full-blown disaster".The agency has been trying to feed the rapidly rising number of displaced people in the state, including the 140,000 Rohingya Muslims who have been living in camps since they fled their homes during communal fighting in 2012.The civil war which was ignited by the 2021 military coup has destroyed the economy across much of Myanmar and created huge humanitarian needs.But the situation in Rakhine, which has been cut off from the rest of the country because of a military blockade, is significantly worse than other areas.On 20 April, a 50-year-old father living in the Ohn Taw Kyi camp...
August 15, 2025

Fears of starvation in Myanmar as UN warns of 'disaster'

Prabowo's flagship free meals programme has become the target of food safety concerns and heated anti-government protests
More than 300 ill in Indonesia after eating free school lunches
JAKARTA -- Some 365 people have fallen ill in an Indonesian town after eating school lunches, the largest spate of food poisonings to hit President Prabowo Subianto's free meals program so far.The meals have temporarily been suspended in Sragen, in central Java, as food samples are being tested for contamination, local authorities said.The program - which costs an estimated $28bn (£21bn) - delivers on a campaign promise by the president to combat stunting in the country.But it has been plagued by a string of food poisonings, as well as criticisms that its high price tag has put considerable strain on the government's finances - with several ministries having their budgets cut as a result.Wizdan Ridho Abimanyu, a ninth-grader in Sragen, told Reuters he was awakened in the middle of...
August 15, 2025

More than 300 ill in Indonesia after eating free school lunches

Rescuers at the site of the flash flood in Indian-administered Kashmir
Dozens dead in flash floods on popular Himalayas pilgrimage route
DELHI – Flash floods have killed 46 people in a village hosting Hindu pilgrims in Indian-administered Kashmir.The flooding took place in the remote village of Chositi in Kishtwar district, which is on a busy pilgrimage route to a famous shrine in the Himalayas.Videos shared online showed dramatic flood waters, vehicles being washed away and rescuers searching for survivors in damaged homes, as people cried in the streets – some caked in mud.Dozens of pilgrims have been evacuated to safety, but at least 50 people are feared missing, and a rescue operation is still under way.The floods were triggered by a cloudburst, officials said, with Federal Minister Jitendra Singh, who is also an MP from Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was on a "massive scale" and rescue teams were finding it...
August 15, 2025

Dozens dead in flash floods on popular Himalayas pilgrimage route

Nanjing massacre was the darkest chapter of the years-long Sino-Japanese war
A massacre on the eve of WW2 still haunts China-Japan relations
TOKYO – Japanese vlogger Hayato Kato's 1.9 million followers are used to his funny clips about exploring China, where he has been living for several years.But on 26 July he surprised them with a sombre one."I just watched a movie about the Nanjing Massacre," he said, referring to the Japanese army's six-week rampage through Nanjing in late 1937, which, by some estimates, killed more than 300,000 civilians and Chinese soldiers. Around 20,000 women were reportedly raped.Dead To Rights, or Nanjing Photo Studio, is a star-studded tale about a group of civilians who hide from Japanese troops in a photo studio. Already a box office hit, it is the first of a wave of Chinese movies about the horrors of Japanese occupation that are being released to mark the 80th anniversary of...
August 15, 2025

A massacre on the eve of WW2 still haunts China-Japan relations

A man watches a TV screen showing a news programme with an image of Kim Yo-jong, in Seoul, 4 June 2020
Kim Jong-un's sister mocks South Korean attempts to improve relations
SEOUL — North Korea has ridiculed South Korea’s attempts to restart dialogue, while denying that it has removed propaganda loudspeakers from the border as Seoul has suggested.Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, claimed on Thursday that the South Korean military was lying when it said Pyongyang had taken the measure in response to its own recent dismantling of its front-line speakers.The senior official said that North Koreans “have never removed loudspeakers installed on the border area and are not willing to remove them.”In response, South Korean army spokesperson Colonel Lee Sung-joon cautioned against “being easily swayed” by North Korean statements, suggesting that Pyongyang often makes false claims.The latest comments from the Korean peninsula come...
August 14, 2025

Kim Jong-un's sister mocks South Korean attempts to improve relations

US President Donald Trump is set to meet his Russian counterpart Vladmir Putin on Friday
US warns of additional tariffs on India if Trump-Putin peace talks fail
MUMBAI — US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has warned that Washington could increase secondary tariffs on India.He said the decision would depend on the outcome of President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday."We've put secondary tariffs on Indians for buying Russian oil. And I could see, If things don't go well, then sanctions or secondary tariffs could go up," Bessent said in an interview to Bloomberg TV on Wednesday.Earlier this month, Trump imposed a 25% penalty on India in addition to 25% tariffs for buying oil and weapons from Russia.The US has been trying to mediate a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, and on Wednesday, Trump warned of "severe consequences" if Moscow did not agree to a peace...
August 14, 2025

US warns of additional tariffs on India if Trump-Putin peace talks fail

Vanuatu says the deal is a win-win situation for both countries
Australia and Vanuatu agree to $328m security and business deal
SYDNEY — Australia and Vanuatu have agreed to a 10-year deal, aimed at strengthening security and economic ties, worth A$500m ($328m; £241m).The so-called Nakamal agreement - the result of months of negotiations - will transform Australia's relationship with its Pacific neighbour, leaders from both countries said on Wednesday."We are family," Australia's deputy prime minister Richard Marles said, adding, "Our future is very much bound together". Vanuatu's leader Jotham Napat described the deal as "win-win situation" for both nations.The deal, to be officially signed in September, comes as Australia tries to grow its influence in the region, to counter China's increased spending and power.While the Australian government did not provide...
August 14, 2025

Australia and Vanuatu agree to $328m security and business deal

Mamta Pathak taught chemistry at a government college for 36 years
Chemistry on trial: How a professor tried to convince a court she didn't kill her husband
DELHI — "Are you a chemistry professor?" the judge asked."Yes," Mamta Pathak replied, clasping her hand in a respectful namaste.Draped in a white sari, glasses perched on her nose, the retired college teacher stood before two judges in a courtroom in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, speaking as if delivering a forensic chemistry lecture."In the post-mortem," she argued, her voice trembling but composed, "it is not possible to differentiate between a thermal burn and an electric burn mark without proper chemical analysis."Across the bench, Justice Vivek Agarwal reminded her, "The doctor who conducted the post-mortem said there were clear signs of electrocution."It was a rare, almost surreal moment — a 63-year-old woman,...
August 14, 2025

Chemistry on trial: How a professor tried to convince a court she didn't kill her husband

British MP Tulip Siddiq's corruption trial begins in Bangladesh
DHAKA — The trial of Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over corruption allegations has formally begun in Bangladesh.The former minister did not attend the hearing, where investigators from the country's corruption watchdog set out the case against her and 20 other individuals, including her aunt, her mother, her brother and her sister.She is accused of influencing her aunt Sheikh Hasina, who was ousted as Bangladesh's prime minister last year, to secure a plot of land in a suburb of the capital Dhaka for her family members.The MP for Hampstead and Highgate, who denies the allegations, said the "so-called trial" was "a farce" built on "fabricated accusations and driven by a clear political vendetta".Hasina fled Bangladesh for India last August after being ousted...
August 14, 2025

British MP Tulip Siddiq's corruption trial begins in Bangladesh

Do Kwon
'Cryptocrash king' Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud
NEW YORK — A South Korean former tech executive accused of helping to spark a cryptocurrency crisis that cost investors more than $40bn (£31.8bn) has pleaded guilty to two criminal counts of fraud.Do Kwon was the boss of Singapore-based Terraform Labs, which operated two cryptocurrencies - TerraUSD and Luna - both of which collapsed in 2022, triggering a wider sell-off in the crypto market.The US says he was responsible for the failure of the two digital currencies, accusing him of "orchestrating a multi-billion dollar crypto asset securities fraud".As part of the plea deal, prosecutors have agreed to refrain from seeking a sentence longer than 12 years. Kwon is due to be sentenced on 11 December.Kwon's guilty plea "underscores the importance of accountability in the...
August 13, 2025

'Cryptocrash king' Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud

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