(Reuters) BANGKOK, June 9 – More than 5,500 Myanmar refugees living in camps along Thailand’s border have found jobs since Bangkok eased employment curbs last year, an approach that offers a regional example, a senior U.N. refugee official told Reuters. The step came in response to a sharp decline in global humanitarian funding, in part as U.S. […]
(Reuters) TAICHUNG, Taiwan, June 9 – Taiwan’s military simulated destroying an invading Chinese force in a coastal exercise on Tuesday, firing off rockets and artillery to stop an amphibious assault in what it described as a more realistic combat scenario with less preparation time. China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, has […]
(Reuters) DUBAI/JERUSALEM, June 9 – Two U.S. pilots whose helicopter crashed near the Strait of Hormuz “are fine”, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday after the New York Times reported the crew of an Apache gunship had been rescued after the aircraft went down near the Iran-controlled waterway. It was not immediately clear whether the […]
AL Jazeera: Iran and Israel have paused tit-for-tat attacks against each other that had threatened to unravel the fragile ceasefire in place since April 8, but tensions remain high. Tehran has warned that fighting could resume if Israel continues with its attacks, including on Lebanon. The ceasefire is also facing pressure from growing public disagreements between Israel […]
Al Jazeera: Israeli forces have killed at least 14 people and wounded dozens in air attacks across southern Lebanon after Iran warned of “crushing measures” if Israel presses ahead with its assault on the country. The killings on Monday came after Iran and Israel traded fire in the most significant escalation since their “ceasefire” began on April […]
BBC: OpenAI has revealed plans to sell shares to the publicthrough a stock listing expected to be one of the largest public offerings ever. The artificial intelligence (AI) company behind the popular chatbot ChatGPT said on Monday that it had made a confidential filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to pursue an initial […]
BBC: Donald Trump has been booed at a basketball match in New York as he became the first sitting US president to attend the NBA Finals. The catcalls came after frustrated ticketholders waited for hours in lines that stretched more than two blocks outside Madison Square Garden on Monday due to the intense security restrictions […]
BBC: Ukraine’s sustained campaign of drone attacks on Russian-occupied territories is disrupting Moscow’s supply lines and intensifying a fuel crisis already triggered by long-range strikes on Russia’s oil refineries. Crimea – which Russia illegally annexed in 2014 – in particular has been experiencing serious logistical difficulties and shortages. Many of the issues stem from recent […]
BBC: Political parties usually survive defeat. What they often struggle to survive is the sudden loss of power. That is the predicament facing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, a state of more than 100 million people in eastern India. Barely a month after being voted out of office, the party is facing a […]
BBC: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met King Charles III at Windsor Castle on Monday following talks with Ukraine’s European allies. After their private meeting, Zelensky thanked the UK for its “ironclad” support and revealed he planned to invite the King for a state visit to Ukraine in the future. It comes after the leaders of […]
