Asia
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Confused Lebanese savers fight for their savings
BEIRUT: When a Lebanese bank told Aref Yassin that it had closed accounts worth $20 million from the professional syndicate…
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Biden administration rules Myanmar military committed genocide against Rohingya: report
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration has formally ruled that violence against the Rohingya minority by Myanmar’s military amounts to genocide and…
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Indians fight in court for right to be forgotten online
It has been more than a decade since Indian actor and reality TV star Ashutosh Kaushik was arrested for drunk…
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‘Mission impossible’: UN in Cambodia showed early limit of nation building
PHNOM PENH: Just over 30 years ago, a crackling radio in a refugee camp on the Thai border told Sam…
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Bankers leave Hong Kong as Beijing and COVID-19 remake the city
Those who work in the financial sector help cement Hong Kong’s position as one of the world’s top five largest…
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Deadly Beach Ritual in East Java Reveals Dark Side of Spiritual Groups in Indonesia
WHY DO PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THEM? Spiritual groups with cult-like tendencies have existed throughout Indonesia for hundreds of years, said…
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Japan’s COVID-19 border policy keeps thousands of foreigners in limbo
Frustrated students have gathered around the world near Japanese diplomatic connections to protest. In Barcelona, Spain’s second-largest city, Laura Vieta…
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Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron withdraw from Myanmar
PARIS: Oil giants TotalEnergies and Chevron Corp, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, said on Friday (Jan. 21)…
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Ex-security chief arrested as Kazakhstan cracks down on unrest
ALMATY: Kazakhstan’s former intelligence chief has been arrested on suspicion of treason, the state security service said on Saturday (Jan.…
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Russia sends troops to crush Kazakhstan uprising as new violence erupts
ALMATY: New violence broke out in Kazakhstan’s main city of Almaty on Thursday (January 6) when Russia sent paratroopers to…
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