China expels top military commanders in latest anticorruption purge
The announcement comes just days before the Communist Party's powerful Central Committee meets in Beijing.
‘Have a great life!’ Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-lawmaker Santos
George Santos was jailed for seven years for stealing identities, including from members of his own family.
China expels No. 2 general and 8 others from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive – AP News
- China expels No. 2 general and 8 others from the Communist Party in anti-corruption drive AP News
- China: Communist Party expels top generals in military crackdown BBC
- Xi Removes China’s No. 2 General in Escalating Purge of Military Leadership The Wall Street Journal
- China expels two top generals from Communist Party in anti-corruption crackdown CNN
- Sacked Chinese generals ‘disloyal’, dealt ‘serious blow’ to military: PLA Daily South China Morning Post
Over 60 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over alleged scams – BBC
- Over 60 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over alleged scams BBC
- South Koreans freed from Cambodian scam centres return home under arrest Al Jazeera
- South Korea Targets Cambodia’s Scam Industry After Kidnappings, Torture and a Death The New York Times
- Mysterious deaths of Korean livestreamer Ah-young and TV host Seo Se-won in Cambodia reexamined amid safety warnings The Korea Times
- South Koreans return from Cambodia facing investigation over online scams Reuters
Trump only one who can force Putin to negotiating table, Finnish president tells BBC
You have to "force Russia to come to the negotiating table" and that is the deal the US leader is trying to make," Alexander Stubb said.
How an old suitcase revealed a hidden family fortune, lost under Nazi rule
The contents of his late father's case led Antony Easton to uncover a rich and tragic history.
German far right setting agenda as opponents amplify its ideas, study finds
Normalisation of far-right stances likely to affect success of such parties at ballot boxes across Europe, say researchers
Mainstream parties are increasingly allowing the far right to set the agenda, researchers in Germany have found, describing it as a shortcoming that had unwittingly helped the far right by legitimising their ideas and disseminating them more widely.
The findings, published in the European Journal of Political Research, were based on an automated text analysis of 520,408 articles from six German newspapers over the span of more than two decades.
Continue reading...Does each boat strike off the coast of Venezuela save 25,000 US lives?
Trump administration provides no evidence, making drug-related life-saving claims from boat strikes unverifiable.
Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case
Former Republican US representative walks free after being sentenced in April to more than seven years in prison for deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 people
Donald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.
Santos left the Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey just hours later and was “on his way home”, his attorney Joseph Murray told Agence France-Presse by phone late on Friday.
Continue reading...South Koreans freed from Cambodian scam centres return home under arrest
South Korea has banned citizens from going to parts of Cambodia amid growing concerns over the country's scam industry.
UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process – AP News
UK sees lessons from Northern Ireland that could aid the fragile Gaza ceasefire process – AP News
With rare earths, deft diplomacy (and ample flattery), Pakistan shows how to deal with Trump 2.0 – CNN
- With rare earths, deft diplomacy (and ample flattery), Pakistan shows how to deal with Trump 2.0 CNN
- Comment: Converting $500m FWO–USSM MoU into cash flow The News International
- Pakistan’s Strategic Mineral Wealth The Nation (Pakistan )
- Pakistan’s $7 Billion Reko Diq Copper Gold Project Expansion Advances Discovery Alert
- Local business role in Reko Diq sought Dawn
Starmer’s China Woes Mean an ‘Unwieldy Mess’ Just Got Messier – Bloomberg.com
- Starmer’s China Woes Mean an ‘Unwieldy Mess’ Just Got Messier Bloomberg.com
- How a U.K. Spy Case Against China Abruptly Fell Apart The New York Times
- The Chinese Spy Scandal That Is Rocking Britain’s Government The Wall Street Journal
- ‘A new era’: UK facing rising threats from state actors as well as terrorists, says MI5 chief CNN
- ‘You’re in spy territory’: how two UK nationals got tangled in a Chinese espionage row The Guardian
AI chatbots are hurting children, Australian education minister warns as anti-bullying plan announced
Jason Clare says artificial intelligence is ‘supercharging bullying’ to a ‘terrifying’ extent
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A disturbing new trend of AI chatbots bullying children and even encouraging them to take their own lives has the Australian government very concerned.
Speaking to media on Saturday, the federal education minister, Jason Clare, said artificial intelligence was “supercharging” bullying.
Continue reading...South Koreans return from Cambodia facing investigation over online scams – Reuters
- South Koreans return from Cambodia facing investigation over online scams Reuters
- Nearly 60 South Koreans repatriated from Cambodia over alleged scams BBC
- South Korea Targets Cambodia’s Scam Industry After Kidnappings, Torture and a Death The New York Times
- South Koreans freed from Cambodian scam centres return home under arrest Al Jazeera
- Student’s alleged torture death by Cambodia scammers sparks turmoil in South Korea The Guardian
From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- From barracks to palace: Soldiers who led military coups to become state leaders ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Gen Z protesters toppled Madagascar’s president. Should other African leaders worry? CNN
- Madagascar coup leader Randrianirina sworn in as president Reuters
- Madagascar’s President Was Ousted After Youth Protests. Now What? The New York Times
- Travel advisory issued for this destination due to riots, ‘crime and unrest’ New York Post
Lebanon court orders son of late Libyan leader Gaddafi freed on $11m bail
Hannibal Gaddafi, youngest son of Muammar Gaddafi, has been held for nearly a decade without trial in Lebanon.
India: How is the ethnic conflict in Manipur affecting ordinary citizens?
101 East travels to northeast India, where a brutal civil war has killed hundreds and displaced tens of thousands.
Senior Hamas official: Terror group can’t commit to disarm, is open to 3-5 year truce – The Times of Israel
- Senior Hamas official: Terror group can’t commit to disarm, is open to 3-5 year truce The Times of Israel
- Exclusive: Hamas aims to keep grip on Gaza security and can't commit to disarm, senior official says Reuters
- Hamas defends public executions of Palestinians, threatens fragile peace deal by refusing to lay down arms New York Post
- Hamas will not commit to disarm until further negotiations, official says Middle East Eye
- Is Hamas ready to hand over control of Gaza after war? Group reacts ahead of Sharm El-Sheikh Peace Summit in Egypt Mint