- Myanmar military shuts down a major cybercrime center and detains over 2,000 people AP News
- Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound The Guardian
- Notorious cyber scam hub linked to Chinese mafia raided BBC
- Myanmar junta says seized 30 Starlink receivers in scam centre raid France 24
- Myanmar junta raids scam hub powered by Elon Musk’s Starlink South China Morning Post
Woman trying to kill cockroach sets South Korea apartment block ablaze
A neighbour died after falling to the ground in a failed attempt to escape through a window.
US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China’s dominance
The two countries will boost investments to expand mining and processing of critical minerals, amid dependency on China.
US and Australia sign rare earths deal to counter China’s dominance
The two countries will boost investments to expand mining and processing of critical minerals, amid dependency on China.
University of Arizona becomes seventh US college to reject Trump’s ‘compact’
Administration has pushed nine universities to sign a deal that seeks to make changes in line with conservative ideas
The University of Arizona has become the seventh US university to reject a Trump administration proposal that would grant schools funding priority if they agreed to support the administration’s conservative agenda.
The decision follows the administration’s push for nine universities to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education,” which seeks to make sweeping changes to campus culture, hiring and admissions practices and foreign student enrollment. Demands from the Trump administration’s 10-point compact include reforms to the way race or ethnicity are used in admission and hiring practices, as well as a commitment to strict definitions of gender, among others.
Continue reading...Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound
Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reported
Myanmar’s military has raided a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media has reported.
According to a report in Monday’s Myanma Alinn newspaper, Myanmar’s army raided KK Park, a well-documented cybercrime centre, as part of operations starting in early September to suppress online fraud, illegal gambling, and cross-border cybercrime.
Continue reading...Body of missing woman found buried behind abandoned Philadelphia school
Kada Scott was missing for two weeks before anonymous tip led police to wooded area with remains in shallow grave
Remains found buried in a wooded area behind an abandoned school are those of Kada Scott, a 23-year-old woman who had been missing for about two weeks, prosecutors in Philadelphia said on Monday.
Authorities said an anonymous tip led police back to the area they previously searched and they found the remains in a shallow grave. DNA tests confirmed her identity.
Continue reading...Japan’s parliament is set to elect Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister – AP News
- Japan’s parliament is set to elect Sanae Takaichi as nation’s first female prime minister AP News
- Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister BBC
- Sanae Takaichi is Japan’s New Prime Minister, and She’s a Heavy Metal Drummer The New York Times
- Japan to elect first female leader, a hawk who promotes ‘Japan First’ The Washington Post
- Japan's next finance minister could unsettle the yen bears Reuters
One dead after rare tornado topples construction cranes near Paris
The tornado killed one construction worker on a building site, injured 10 others and left four in critical condition
A tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said.
The town of Ermont, about 20km (13 miles) north-east of Paris was worst hit by the sudden twister that caused damage across about 10 districts.
Continue reading...France’s former president Sarkozy will begin serving a 5-year prison sentence Tuesday – NBC News
- France's former president Sarkozy will begin serving a 5-year prison sentence Tuesday NBC News
- Nicolas Sarkozy going from France’s presidential palace to a Paris prison AP News
- France puts a former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, behind bars The Economist
- Sarkozy received by Macron at Élysée Palace before five-year prison term starts on Tuesday Euronews.com
- 'Nicolas Sarkozy's supporters have undermined the foundations of political and judicial life' Le Monde.fr
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,335
Here are the key events from day 1,335 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Israel continues deadly Gaza truce breaches as US seeks to strengthen deal
About 100 Palestinians killed since ceasefire entered into effect on October 10, according to Gaza officials.
Prince Andrew tried to hire ‘internet trolls’ to hassle Virginia Giuffre, book claims
Andrew hid behind Balmoral’s ‘guarded gates’ to escape court papers, accuser says in memoir Nobody’s Girl
Prince Andrew’s team tried to hire “internet trolls to hassle” his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, while he hid behind the “well-guarded gates” of Balmoral Castle to avoid being served court papers, according to allegations in her posthumous memoir.
Giuffre wrote of the 2022 confidential settlement of her sexual abuse civil claim against the royal, widely rumoured to be $12m (£9m), that her lawyers “were going to ask for the moon” and her team had agreed it “had to be more than mere money”.
Continue reading...Anti-malaria funding cuts could lead to ‘deadliest resurgence ever’, study warns
Expected reduction in contributions by wealthy countries likely to cost millions of lives and billions in lost growth
Slashed contributions from wealthy countries to an anti-malaria fund could allow a resurgence of the disease, costing millions of lives and billions of pounds by the end of the decade, according to a new analysis.
The fight against malaria faces new threats, including extreme weather and humanitarian crises increasing the number of people exposed, and growing biological resistance to insecticides and drugs, the report warns.
Continue reading...Nearly half of UK garden space is paved over, RHS study finds
Homeowners urged to use more robust planting and permeable materials to help mitigate flood risk
Nearly half of the UK’s garden space is paved over, a new study has found.
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has conducted the largest ever audit of the UK’s gardens, and found that they are an untapped – and until now, mostly unmeasured – potential resource for nature.
Continue reading...US appeals court says Trump can send soldiers to Portland, Oregon
Dissenting justice says decision 'erodes core constitutional principles' and risks violating freedom of expression.
US man accused of faking own death after rape conviction gets at least five years in prison
Nicholas Rossi, who fled US, receives first of two sentences after being convicted of raping two women in Utah in 2008
A judge has sentenced a Rhode Island man who appeared to fake his death and flee the United States to avoid arrest of at least five years in prison for rape.
The sentence handed down Monday for Nicholas Rossi, 38, was the first of two he faces after being convicted separately in August and September of raping two women in northern Utah in 2008. He is scheduled to be sentenced in November for the second conviction.
Continue reading...Argentina’s central bank says it signed $20bn currency swap deal with US
Central bank says deal part of a comprehensive strategy to help it respond to forex and capital markets volatility.
Inquiry recommends Lisbon funicular trams stay closed after September crash
September Lisbon funicular crash killed 16 due to faulty cable, prompting closure of other funiculars for safety checks.
Lisbon funicular crash initial report reveals litany of failings
A preliminary report says a cable that broke on the Glória funicular last month had never been certified, and mentions other failures.