Category: Asia

SCIENTISTS IN JAPAN DEVELOP PLASTIC THAT DISSOLVES IN SEAWATER WITHIN HOURS

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Wed 04 June 2025: Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife. While scientists have long experimented with biodegradable plastics, researchers from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science and the University of Tokyo say their new material breaks down much more […]

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CHINESE COUPLE CHARGED WITH SMUGGLING TOXIC FUNGUS INTO US

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Wed 04 June 2025: Federal prosecutors say the couple intended to carry out research on the toxic pathogen at the University of Michigan. US federal prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals with smuggling a toxic fungus into the United States, which authorities claim could be turned into a “potential agroterrorism weapon”. The charges against Jian […]

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LEE JAE-MYUNG SWORN IN AS SOUTH KOREA’S NEW PRESIDENT AFTER MONTHS OF POLITICAL CHAOS

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Wed 04 June 2025: Lee Jae-myung was sworn in as South Korea’s new president Wednesday following his historic win in snap elections, local media reported. He took the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony at the National Assembly in Seoul, Yonhap News Agency reported. On Tuesday, Lee was elected as the country’s 14th president […]

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200 INMATES OVERPOWER GUARDS IN PAKISTAN, FLEE AMID QUAKE TREMORS

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Tue 03 June 2025: Over 200 inmates attacked guards and fled when tremors saw them removed from cells as safety precaution. More than 200 inmates have escaped from a prison in Pakistan after they were moved from their cells for safety amid earthquake tremors, officials have said. Several dozen of the prisoners that broke out […]

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INDIA MILITARY CONFIRMS LOSS OF FIGHTER JETS IN RECENT CONFLICT WITH PAKISTAN

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Sun 01 June 2025: The Indian military confirmed for the first time on Saturday the loss of fighter jets in recent clashes with Pakistan. Anil Chauhan, the chief of the Indian Defence Staff, told Bloomberg TV that “what is important (for India) is not the jet being down, but why they were down.” “… why […]

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BANGLADESH’S EX-PM HASINA ACCUSED OF ORGANISING ‘SYSTEMATIC ATTACK’

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Sun 01 June 2025: Fugitive former prime minister Sheikh Hasina orchestrated a “systemic attack” on protests against her government, Bangladeshi prosecutors said on Sunday at the opening of her trial over the deadly crackdown. “Upon scrutinising the evidence, we reached the conclusion that it was a coordinated, widespread and systematic attack,” Mohammad Tajul Islam, chief prosecutor at […]

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