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Amazon mining boss wanted by Brazil for sheltering Jair Bolsonaro’s spy chief has businesses, properties in Florida Hong Kong proposes sweeping overhaul of sex crime laws
Hong Kong authorities have proposed a major overhaul of outdated sexual offences laws, including criminalising same-sex rape, introducing new offences and establishing a uniform age…
Current Affairs
Why Myanmar’s closer ties to India are unlikely to give China cause for concern
Myanmar President Min Aung Hlaing’s back-to-back visits to India and China have been described as an effort to avoid becoming overdependent on either country, but…
Tourism Malaysia lays out plan to entice Chinese travellers
Malaysia’s bet on Chinese tourists is increasingly being shaped by the same forces influencing their itineraries: short videos, lifestyle apps, online personalities and newly opened…
Police officer admits taking upskirt footage and trying to grab colleague’s gun
A Hong Kong national security police officer has admitted filming upskirt footage of a woman and attempting to grab a colleague’s handgun in an apparent…
Critical rescue window passes in quake-hit Venezuela as death toll nears 1,500
The critical 72-hour window for finding survivors of the powerful twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela had completely closed by Monday, leaving international teams facing a…