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Hong Kong press freedom sinks to record low: journalist survey
Aug 20, 2024 (AFP)
Published every year since 2013 by the Hong Kong Journalists Association (HKJA) and the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI), the Press Freedom ...
Trump shares doctored images showing Taylor Swift support
Aug 19, 2024 (AFP)
Swift has not yet publicly thrown her weight behind any presidential candidate in the November 5 election, but she backed President Joe Biden in 2020 and has pr...
Indonesia celebrates Independence Day in future capital
Aug 17, 2024 (AFP)
The $32-billion megaproject on Borneo island was expected to officially become Indonesia's political capital on Saturday, but construction delays and funding pr...
Second retired general to join interim Bangladesh cabinet
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, 71, and three others joined the "council of advisers", the de facto cabinet now running Bangladesh under the leadership of Nobel laurea...
Trump takes fire for comment on top military medal
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
At a campaign event with Jewish supporters late Thursday in New Jersey, Trump turned to Miriam Adelson and noted that during his time in the White House he'd gi...
Thai lawmakers elect Shinawatra heiress as PM
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
Paetongtarn Shinawatra -- the youngest leader in Thailand's history as a constitutional monarchy and the second woman premier after her aunt Yingluck -- assumes...
China supports Myanmar junta plan for fresh elections: FM
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military deposed the government of Aung San Suu Kyi and seized power in 2021. The coup upended a ten-y...
US renews support for Myanmar opposition as China meets junta
Aug 16, 2024 (AFP)
Two senior US officials met virtually with the shadow National Unity Government -- which consists mostly of lawmakers ousted in a 2021 coup -- as well as key et...
Myanmar junta chief, China FM discuss 'stability' as clashes rage
Aug 14, 2024 (AFP)
China is a major ally and arms supplier to the junta, but analysts say it also maintains ties with ethnic groups fighting the military in Myanmar's northern Sha...
Trump holds meandering live 'chat' with backer Musk, after delay
Aug 13, 2024 (AFP)
In a very one-sided conversation on X, Trump vented about a "zombie apocalypse" of immigration, repeatedly blasted President Joe Biden as "stupid", and mused on...
Hong Kong top court rules against democracy leaders in protest case
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
The conviction centred on a peaceful August 2019 march through the city at the height of Hong Kong's democracy protests that went ahead in defiance of a police ...
Indonesia president holds first cabinet meeting in future capital
Aug 12, 2024 (AFP)
The $32-billion megaproject Nusantara was widely expected to be inaugurated on August 17, Indonesia's Independence Day, but building delays and funding woes hav...
China says 'welcomes' formation of interim govt in Bangladesh
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
"China has noted the establishment of an interim government of Bangladesh and welcomes this," a foreign ministry spokesperson said in a statement. Nobel Peace P...
Venezuelan opposition offers 'guarantees' to Maduro if he leaves
Aug 09, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking to AFP via voice notes sent while in hiding amid fears for her safety, Maria Corina Machado also called for greater support from the international comm...
Fears for women's rights as Iraqi bill resurfaces
Aug 08, 2024 (AFP)
The bill would allow citizens to choose either religious authorities or the civil judiciary to decide on family affairs. Critics fear this will lead to a slashi...
Antony Blinken, U.N. leader call on Venezuela to restore democratic norms following election unrest
Aug 07, 2024 (UPI)
Blinken spoke with Guterres during a call where they reiterated "their readiness to support an inclusive, Venezuelan-led process towards the re-establishment of...
Harris running mate's background raises eyebrows in China
Aug 07, 2024 (AFP)
Demonstrators spent weeks on Beijing's Tiananmen Square demanding democracy before the military conducted a deadly crackdown on June 4, 1989. Walz was married o...
Bangladesh Nobel winner Yunus ready to lead after Hasina flees
Aug 06, 2024 (AFP)
Microfinance pioneer Yunus, 84, is credited with lifting millions out of poverty -- earning the enmity of ousted Hasina and the wide respect of millions of Bang...
Venezuela army vows 'absolute loyalty' to Maduro after opposition appeal
Aug 06, 2024 (AFP)
Opposition leaders Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia and Maria Corina Machado on Monday appealed to the "conscience" of the military and police officers -- traditionally...
Bangladesh's army chief Waker-Uz-Zaman takes charge after PM's ouster
Aug 05, 2024 (AFP)
Bedecked with medal ribbons on his green fatigues and wearing a four-star general's cap, Waker said 76-year-old Hasina had quit and that the army would "form an...
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