Sun 02 March 2025: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi said he fears a possible foreign funding cut would put thousands of persecuted Rohingya, currently sheltering in southeastern Bangladesh, in hunger and insecurity. Bangladesh has been hosting more than 1.2 million Rohingya in the southeastern Cox’s Bazar district since they fled a military […]
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Sat 01 March 2025: China has launched an AI model to diagnose rare genetic diseases more quickly and accurately, state-run media reported. PUMCH-GENESIS aims to bridge the gap in diagnosing diseases by making the process faster and easier as delayed diagnosing and misdiagnosing can be critical for patients, according to the Xinhua news agency. The model can promptly flag possible […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: Thailand’s government repatriated dozens of Uyghur Muslims to China from a Bangkok detention centre on Thursday, a move confirmed by Beijing, Anadolu has reported. The country’s national police commissioner, Police General Kitrat Phanphet declined to comment on the reports, insisting that it is a “security matter” and “more time is needed” before he […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: The rise reflects an increase in marriages after the COVID pandemic as well as government policies taking effect. South Korea’s birthrate, the lowest in the world, rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, as policy efforts to incentivise companies and Koreans to embrace parenthood started to pay off. […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: US President Donald Trump said Saturday if Afghanistan wants aid from America, the Islamic Emirate must return US military equipment left behind during the 2021 troop withdrawal. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump said the Taliban’s military parades of the equipment “makes him angry. The IEA has said […]
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Thu 27 February 2025: A wildfire in northeastern Japan led to the evacuation of thousands of alarmed residents, caused damage to structures, and triggered the deployment of military helicopters to combat the intense fire, local media reported on Thursday. Aerial footage from public broadcaster NHK showed a helicopter dumping water on one of multiple locations […]
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Wed 26 February 2025: On Wednesday, China stated that Taiwan’s efforts to buy weapons from the United States “won’t protect Taiwan independence forces,” according to the state-operated Global Times. Zhu Fenglian, a representative from Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office, made these remarks in response to news that Taiwan’s governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is considering a […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: Authorities in India imposed 84 blackouts across 16 states and territories, a report by Access Now and the #KeepItOn coalition has said. New Delhi: India imposed 84 internet shutdowns in 2024, only one behind Myanmar, which topped the list of global internet shutdowns. However, among democratic nations, India recorded the highest internet […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: Several social activists, locals and thinkers from the state feel that UCC could spark religious clashes in the communally tense state. New Delhi: Days after Uttarakhand became the first state in India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC), the Gujarat government announced that it was forming a high-level committee to discuss […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: Starbucks’ Malaysian operator, Berjaya Food, reported a loss of 67 million Malaysian ringgit ($15.1 million) over the last six months of 2024, according to company figures released on Thursday. Revenue for the period dropped 46% to $55.6 million compared to the same timeframe in the previous year. Berjaya Food’s stock price […]
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