Category: Asia

KASHMIR’S CM OMAR ABDULLAH URGES INDIA TO DECIDE FATE OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES AND “MUST NOT BE TREATED LIKE ANIMALS”

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Tue 10 December 2024: The Jammu and Kashmir government has asked the Indian government to decide the fate of the Rohingya refugees living in the restive region, but until such a decision is taken, the refugees should be treated with dignity. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who leads a government with limited powers formed after India scrapped the region’s autonomy in 2019, told […]

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HONG KONG MEDICS MOVE TO USE AI TO TREAT HIGH RISK PATIENTS AT EARLY STAGE

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Tue 10 December 2024: Hong Kong public hospitals aim to incorporate artificial intelligence to identify and treat high-risk patients at an earlier stage, according to local media. Dr. Cheung Ngai-tseung, Hong Kong Hospital Authority’s head of information technology and health informatics, said that they were looking to integrate AI into the clinical management system to […]

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AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP’S RETURN, CHINA’S XI CALLS FOR EMBRACING COOPERATION

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Tue 10 December 2024: China’s President Xi Jinping Tuesday called for embracing global solidarity and cooperation, weeks ahead of former US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House. “Humanity is a closely entwined community with a shared future. Countries are not riding separately in some 190 small boats, but are rather all in a […]

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SOUTH KOREA’S EX-DEFENSE MINISTER ARRESTED OVER HIS ROLE IN BOTCHED MARTIAL LAW DECLARATION

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Sun 08 December 2024: South Korea’s former defense minister was taken into custody early Sunday for his role in last week’s martial law declaration, which plunged the country into a deepening political crisis. Kim Yong-hyun had already resigned after the short-lived martial law declaration by President Yoon Suk-yeol, which was lifted within hours after parliament […]

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INDIA CITES ‘NATIONAL INTEREST’ IN DEFENDING ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL

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Sat 07 December 2024: India cited “national interests” and commitments to various regimes in defending arms supplies to Israel. “The issue of India’s exports, including India’s exports of anything which directly or indirectly has any military implications, is guided by our national interest and by our commitments to various regimes,” Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said in response to a […]

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WORLD BANK REPORTS MODEST ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFGHANISTAN AMID CHALLENGES

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Thu 05 December 2024: Afghanistan’s economy is showing modest signs of growth after two years of severe contraction, the World Bank has said. In its latest development update issued late on Wednesday, the financial institution said modest GDP growth of 2.7 percent was driven by private consumption. The partial recovery, coupled with falling food prices, […]

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ROHINGYA MUSLIMS FACE NEW THREAT FROM ARAKAN ARMY AFTER BEING PERSECUTED BY MYANMAR MILITARY

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Wed 04 December 2024: Nay San Lwin, co-founder of the Free Rohingya Coalition, told Anadolu that Arakan Muslims (Rohingya), long persecuted by Myanmar’s military, are now facing new threats from the Arakan Army. He urged the international community to establish a safe zone to protect the vulnerable population from escalating violence, describing it as the […]

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