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Viet Families Pushed Off Land For Trump-linked Project Malaysia’s ‘Op Godfather’ probe reaches Daim’s daughter as Asnida pleads not guilty
A daughter of Malaysia’s late former finance minister Daim Zainuddin was charged in a Kuala Lumpur court on Tuesday over allegations that she failed to…
Current Affairs
Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun begins ‘journey of peace’ in Shanghai
Taiwanese opposition leader Cheng Li-wun said she hoped to make the Taiwan Strait “safe” and not one of the world’s “most dangerous places” as she…
Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash
The British government was under growing pressure on Monday to bar American rapper Kanye West from entering the country after he was named as the…
Strait of Hormuz: are France and Germany just out to ‘manage their irrelevance’?
France and Germany have ramped up diplomatic efforts to contain the fallout from an escalating Middle East oil crisis, seeking to project European autonomy and…
The danger in the Global South’s pursuit of AI as a magical cure
Much Western discourse on artificial intelligence has lately focused on establishing safeguards and installing guardrails against powerful new AI systems, algorithmic bias, the collusion of…