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Nicaragua: Ortega Orders Greater Snitching on Neighbors
Havana Times
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July 20, 2025
to capture and prosecute the “terrorists” and “conspirators” Daniel Ortega during the July 19, 2025 ceremony. // Photo: CCC The dictator threatened the “traitors,” showered praise on China and Russia, and reiterated that the United Nations must be...
Govt To Scrutinise Dixon’s JV Firms With Chinese Companies: Report
Inc42
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July 17, 2025
SUMMARY Due process will be followed when their application comes under Press Note 3 rules Only two days ago, Dixon signed agreements with Chongqing Yuhai Precision Manufacturing and the Indian arm of Kunshan Q Technology Dixon looks to set up a...
World AFP Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
Yahoo News
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China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday. The region is in an "uncertain moment", facing cuts in official...
Expanding influence: Western aid cuts cede ground to China in Southeast Asia: study
RTL Today
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July 20, 2025
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday. The region is in an "uncertain moment", facing cuts in official...
Western Aid Cuts Cede Ground To China In Southeast Asia: Study
International Business Times
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July 20, 2025
China is set to expand its influence over Southeast Asia's development as the Trump administration and other Western donors slash aid, a study by an Australian think tank said Sunday. The region is in an "uncertain moment", facing cuts in official...
FATF is Behind the Curve on Cambodia’s Cyber-scam Compounds
The Diplomat
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July 18, 2025
The global Financial Action Task Force (FATF) watchdog has yet to publicly grasp the dangers posed by the growth of cyber-scam compounds, including converted casinos, in Cambodia since the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial controls at Cambodian casinos...
Indictments served on former Minister Keheliya Rambukwella and family
The Island
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July 17, 2025
Food intended to feed 27,000 starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will soon be incinerated in the wake of President Donald Trump’s closure of the United States’ aid agency. A senior US official on Wednesday said nearly 500 tonnes of...
UPSC Weekly Current Affairs Quiz | July 13 to July 19, 2025
The Indian Express
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July 19, 2025
UPSC Weekly Quiz is a current affairs-based quiz on relevant topics from the past week, curated for the aspirants of competitive examinations. Attempt the weekly quiz every Saturday and find answers to the MCQs with explanations.🚨 Click Here to...
Securing India’s borders
The Sentinel - Assam News
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Justice Biplab Kumar Sharma (Former Judge, Gauhati High Court) Borders are more than just lines on a map; they define our sovereignty, national security, and international relationships. India, with its vast and diverse geographical expanse,...
Contraction-proof policies amidst a serious downturn — Phar Kim Beng
Malay Mail
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July 19, 2025
JULY 19 — Whether or not Malaysia secures a lower tariff rate from the United States is, in the grand scheme of things, likely immaterial. President Donald Trump’s tariff crusade is not about fairness, economic logic, or even coherent strategy. It...
Citizens of nowhere
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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Get The Gavel A weekly SCOTUS explainer newsletter by columnist Kimberly Atkins Stohr. Some stateless people entered the United States and remain here legally, protected by asylum or another status. But like many undocumented immigrants, most live...
26 Years of Persecution: Surviving, Escaping, and Remembering CCP’s Attacks on Falun Gong
The Epoch Times
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July 20, 2025
(L–R) Falun Gong practitioners Shi Baohua, Liu Ziyu, Hunter Wang, and He Zhiwei share their experience escaping the Chinese Communist Party's persecution of Falun Gong. Larry Dye/The Epoch Times Shi Baohua opened her eyes. She was in a hospital...
CBM sells US$640K, THB500K on 30 June
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 1, 2025
July 02, 2025 Nyein Nyein 19 The facade view of the Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) in Nay Pyi Taw. The Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) sold US$643,634.29 to commodities importing companies and $377.362.5 to edible oil companies on 30 June after...
USAID food for nearly 30,000 hungry kids to be destroyed: Official
Al Jazeera
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July 16, 2025
Food intended to feed 27,000 starving children in Afghanistan and Pakistan will soon be incinerated in the wake of President Donald Trump’s closure of the United States’ aid agency. A senior US official on Wednesday said nearly 500 tonnes of...
When a train comes to Aizawl: How the new railway line brings both hope and hesitation in Mizoram
The Indian Express
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July 19, 2025
Lalhmachhuani, 45, has never left Mizoram. She runs a small eatery out of her home in Sairang, 20 km from capital Aizawl, and rarely gets to step out. But these days, with all the talk of a train coming to the nearby Sairang station, Lalhmachhuani...
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...
Conjuring an Election Illusion in War-Torn Shan; Raiding Offshore Gas to Stay Afloat; and More
The Irrawaddy
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July 19, 2025
Shan’s Sham Poll Training on electronic voting machines kick offs in eastern Shan State on July 15. / CINCDS The junta began training officials on electronic voting machines in northern Shan State on Thursday, ahead of its planned “national...
What are Trump's tariffs on ASEAN countries?
Fresh Plaza
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July 9, 2025
President Trump recently dispatched tariff letters to 14 countries, with 10 in Asia, threatening elevated reciprocal tariffs ranging from 25% to 40%, starting August 1, unless trade agreements are secured, as reported by APNews. ASEAN nations,...
Kaladan project holds key to regional port connectivity, Sonowal at BIMSTEC meet
The Assam Tribune
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July 16, 2025
Guwahati, July 16: The Kaladan project can be replicated in all the ports of the BIMSTEC countries for augmenting waterways connectivity, said Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal. Sonowal said with improved regional...
A poetic odyssey through time, memory, and mysticism
The Hans India
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July 20, 2025
Dr. Maja Herman Sekulić [Serbia/USA] is a towering literary figure whose work excels in poetic grandeur, aesthetic beauty, prophetic insight, and global reach. A Princeton Ph.D. in World Literature and double Fulbright Fellow, she is a...