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Ahom Valour Makes Its Way Into NCERT Textbooks In Step Towards Honouring Assam’s Legacy
News18
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July 17, 2025
Last Updated:July 17, 2025, 16:13 IST The Ahoms, who migrated in the 13th century from Mong Mao (in present-day Myanmar) to Brahmaputra Valley, laid the foundations of one of the most enduring and effective dynasties In November 2022, Assam CM...
Made In Singapore: ‘Orchid diplomacy’ has flowers named after Obama, Pope Francis and Jackie Chan
The Straits Times
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July 18, 2025
SINGAPORE – “Selected for vigour and the amount of growth it produces,” remarked then British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as she posed for photos with an orchid named after her in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. It was 1985, and that was the...
Cambodian government arrests more than 1,000 suspects in cybercrime raids
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 18, 2025
A crackdown by Cambodian authorities on cybercrime operations has resulted in the arrests of more than 1,000 suspects in the past week. The South-East Asian country's Prime Minister Hun Manet issued the order authorising state action for...
Philippines Officials Say Illegal Offshore Gambling Operators Are Moving to Pakistan
Casino Beats
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July 17, 2025
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Authors Featured at Berkshire Free Library’s 11th Annual Blueberry and Book Festival
Owego Pennysaver Press - New York
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July 18, 2025
If you have never had the chance to meet a published author, here is your chance. The authors for the 2025 eleventh Berkshire Blueberry and Book Festival fundraiser are several of our prolific past favorites, as well as several newcomers that the...
New Zealand Keen To Boost Pineapple Imports From Malaysia - DPM Zahid
Bernama
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July 18, 2025
From Ahmad Erwan Othman WELLINGTON, July 18 (Bernama) -- New Zealand has expressed interest in increasing imports of Malaysian pineapples, driven by strong demand for the tropical fruit, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi....
‘Don’t be arrogant’: Zahid hits back at critics of his NZ working visit, says Malaysia must be ready to learn from others
Malay Mail
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July 18, 2025
WELLINGTON, July 18 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi expressed regret over the actions of certain quarters who belittled his working visit to New Zealand. He said such criticisms were inappropriate and served only to...
India needs rare earth magnets. One forgotten PSU holds the key
Mint
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July 16, 2025
The dimly lit office is in a run down building, with a small signage anyone can easily miss. The 30-square feet reception area has no room for visitors. Operating under the department of atomic energy, which is headed by the Prime Minister, IREL...
Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime; Crisis Group reports violence ‘likely’ if elections occur
Democratic Voice of Burma
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July 18, 2025
Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime Residents of northern Shan State told DVB that regime troops recaptured six urban wards of Nawnghkio town from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on Wednesday following a counteroffensive...
Donald Trump’s tariffs list returns, Taco or not
The Irish Times
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Like a dog to a bone, Donald Trump always returns to tariffs. He is now proposing a modified list of them on a range of countries, including close allies and a number of desperately poor nations, to be imposed on August 1st. Will he chicken out,...
General : New Zealand Seeks Associate Membership In ASEAN Halal Council - DPM Zahid
Bernama
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July 18, 2025
From Ahmad Erwan Othman WELLINGTON, July 18 (Bernama) -- New Zealand has expressed its interest in joining the ASEAN Halal Council as an associate member, signalling a strong commitment to strengthening halal cooperation with Malaysia and the...
The Doi Tung Model and Alternative Development in Thailand
Borgen Magazine
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July 16, 2025
OXFORD, United Kingdom — Doi Tung is a mountainous area in northern Chiang Rai province, near the border with Myanmar. Today, it is a popular destination for tourists seeking to explore its lush forests and the cultures of six distinct ethnic...
Rising inventories, stronger dollar keep copper under pressure
Business Recorder
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July 18, 2025
LONDON: Copper prices edged down on Thursday as the dollar strengthened and stocks in the Asian warehouses registered with the London Metal Exchange kept on rising in anticipation of a 50% import tariff by the US Three-month copper prices on the...
US Signs Strategic Civil Nuclear Agreement with Malaysia– while Planning a Security Alliance in the Asia-Pacific Region
Inter Press Service
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July 16, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations Malaysia is Chair of ASEAN for 2025. UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2025 (IPS) -...
Damming the River by Feeling the Stones: China’s Mekong Hydropower Strategy
New Security Beat - Washington DC
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July 17, 2025
For decades, China has been the dominant force in hydropower development across the Mekong subregion, financing, and constructing massive dam projects that have transformed Southeast Asia’s economic and environmental landscape. Many analysts have...
World News | 5 US Immigrants Deported to Eswatini in Africa Are Being Held in Solitary Confinement
Latestly
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July 17, 2025
Cape Town, Jul 18 (AP) Five immigrants deported by the United States to the small southern African nation of Eswatini under the Trump administration's third-country programme are in prison, where they will be held in solitary confinement for an...
The Israel-Syria Dilemma
Foreign Policy
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Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report, where we are wondering how serious U.S. President Donald Trump was this week when he discussed the possibility of signing an executive order officially renaming the sport of soccer as “football”...
Curated Experiences for the Sophisticated Explorer
Salon Prive Magazine
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July 15, 2025
For those who crave more than typical travel itineraries, the world offers a wealth of curated adventures designed not just to impress, but to inspire. The sophisticated explorer seeks the exceptional and the kind of experiences that blend...
Philippines may negotiate US tariffs down to 10% — BMI
Business World
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July 17, 2025
By Luisa Maria Jacinta C. Jocson, Senior Reporter THE PHILIPPINES has room to negotiate with the US to bring down its reciprocal tariff to as low as 10% using defense concessions as a key bargaining chip, according to Fitch Solutions’ research...
Global governance in the geo–technology era
Diplomatic Courier
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or nearly a century—from NATO and the Bretton Woods institutions to the political dominant consortia of the G7 and G20—international governance has largely been the domain of governments. Newly emergent global realities are challenging these...