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Cambodian leader orders election law change
Cambodian leader Hun Sen yesterday ordered election laws to be changed to ban anyone who fails to vote in an upcoming poll from ever running for office -- a move that will affect exiled rivals.
13 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Over 6,000 killed in first 20 months: report
More than 6,000 civilians were killed in Myanmar in the first 20 months after the February 2021 military coup, a report published yesterday by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo said.
13 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Gender biases not improved over past decade
Gender inequality has remained stagnant for a decade, according to research by the United Nations released yesterday, as cultural biases and pressures continue to hinder women’s empowerment and leave the world unlikely to meet the UN’s goal of gender parity by 2030.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Seoul skyscraper scaling ends in arrest
A British man was arrested in South Korea yesterday after he attempted to climb the country’s tallest skyscraper -- the fifth highest in the world -- without equipment, police said.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
10 people dead, more injured
A bus carrying wedding guests overturned and killed 10 people in an “unimaginable” night-time crash as it travelled through a wine-growing area north of Sydney, police said yesterday, announcing a string of charges against the driver.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
UK PM Sunak hits back at Johnson
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak yesterday lashed out at his predecessor Boris Johnson in a row over political honours for allies of the former premier.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
41 people killed in attack on camp
Militants have attacked a camp for displaced persons in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, killing at least 41 people, a local official said yesterday.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
‘Get out of here’
The injured mother of four Huitoto Indigenous children who survived a May 1 plane crash in Colombia told her kids to “get out of here” before she died four days after the crash.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Polls body to probe PM frontrunner Pita
Thailand’s prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjareonrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run in last month’s election, a top official said yesterday, in another setback as he battles to win backing for his premiership.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Global nuclear arsenal grew last year
The number of operational nuclear weapons rose slightly in 2022 as countries implemented long-term force modernisation and expansion plans, a leading conflict think-tank said yesterday, warning that the world was entering a dangerous phase.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Syria faces torture case at top UN court
Canada and the Netherlands have taken Damascus to the International Court of Justice over allegations of torture, the tribunal said yesterday, in the first case at the UN’s top court over Syria’s brutal civil war.
12 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi dies
Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy's largest media company before transforming the political landscape, has died on Monday, according to sources
12 June 2023, 09:04 AM
10 killed in Australia wedding bus crash
Ten people have died in a wedding party bus crash in Australia's Hunter wine region in New South Wales, police said Monday, announcing the arrest of the 58-year-old driver
12 June 2023, 01:55 AM
At least 27 killed in Pakistan
Heavy rains followed by strong winds killed at least 27 people, including eight children, in northwest Pakistan, officials said yesterday.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Trump magnifies attacks on Justice Dept
Former President Donald Trump used the first public appearance since his federal indictment to ratchet up attacks on the Justice Department, accusing prosecutors, without evidence, of a politically motivated campaign to keep him from the White House.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM
10 Chinese warplanes cross median line
Taiwan’s air force yesterday scrambled into action after spotting 10 Chinese warplanes crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, as the island’s defence ministry said four Chinese warships also carried out combat patrols.
11 June 2023, 18:00 PM
China has been spying from Cuba for some time, US official says
China has been spying from Cuba for some time and upgraded its intelligence collection facilities there in 2019, a Biden administration official said on Saturday, following a report about a new spying effort underway on the island
11 June 2023, 02:37 AM
Missing children found after 40 days in Amazon
Four Indigenous children who had been missing for more than a month in the Colombian Amazon rainforest were found alive and flown to the capital Bogota early yesterday.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Suspect charged with attempted murder
The Syrian refugee detained in the stabbing of six people including four young children in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with “attempted murder”, a prosecutor said yesterday.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM
Sudanese capital quiet as ceasefire takes hold
The Sudanese capital Khartoum was relatively calm yesterday morning as a US and Saudi-brokered 24-hour ceasefire took effect, providing a window for humanitarian assistance and giving the public a break from the intense fighting.
10 June 2023, 18:00 PM