Yangon general hospital, Myanmar

At least 500 people hospitalised in Yangon cholera outbreak

A total of 500 people have been hospitalised for severe diarrhoea in Myanmar's largest city, a Yangon official said on Monday (Aug 17), with nearly 150 testing positive for cholera. Myanmar's infrastructure and health sector are creaking after more than...
US Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Elbridge Colby

US ‘Digging In’ Across Indo-Pacific, Not Retreating From Asia, Pentagon Says as Allies Urged to Boost Defence

The United States has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the Indo-Pacific, dismissing concerns that Washington is scaling back its role in Asia while urging regional allies to take on greater responsibility for their own defence amid growing geopolitical competition. Speaking...
Migrants, some of them minors, queue to receive food staples from local NGO Media Luna Blanca

Spain Imposes Border Checks on Italian Travellers in Tit-for-Tat Response to Rome’s Controls Following Ceuta Migrant Surge

Spain on Saturday (Aug 8) started border checks on travellers arriving from Italy, responding to similar measures Rome imposed following a massive migrant rush into the Spanish north African enclave of Ceuta. "I don't see a lot of the word...
AI Is Reshaping Strategy Consulting, but Human Influence Still Defines

AI Is Reshaping Strategy Consulting, but Human Influence Still Defines the Industry

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is forcing every knowledge-based profession to confront a difficult question: what happens when machines can perform much of the intellectual work that humans once charged a premium to provide? For the global strategic consulting...
Shifting Boundaries of Asian Identities , Asia ,Region, Society

Word, Region, and Society: The Shifting Boundaries of Asian Identities

Dr. Laxman Singh In the study of Asian sociology and anthropology, human identity is one of the most dynamic and multi-layered concepts. An individual’s or a community’s background is rarely fixed in stone. Instead, it continuously shifts, adapts, and acquires...
jantar mantar delhi protest

Beyond Castes and Banners: How Gen Z’s Jantar Mantar Movement Rewrote India’s Political Script

Dr. Anil Singh When the history of modern Indian youth movements is written, the historic gathering at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar will mark a watershed moment. What began as a desperate cry against systemic corruption in competitive examinations evolved into a...
Ukraine War

Russia’s ‘Black Widow’ Scam: Families of Fallen Soldiers Battle Fraud as War Death Benefits Become Target of Marriage Schemes

When 37-year-old Maria learned that her 59-year-old father, Yuri, had been killed while fighting in Ukraine, she expected grief. Instead, she was confronted with a second, equally devastating shock: her father had secretly married a woman she had never heard...
China export

China’s Export Machine Powers Global Surge as Subsidy Debate Fuels Fears of a New ‘China Shock’

China’s export boom is reshaping the global economy, reigniting concerns among governments, economists and businesses over whether the world is entering a second era of disruptive Chinese manufacturing dominance. With Chinese exports reaching nearly US$4 trillion last year, policymakers across...
China Cracks Down on AI Romance as New Rules Target Emotional Chatbots Popular Among Women and Digital Companion Platforms

China Cracks Down on AI Romance as New Rules Target Emotional Chatbots Popular Among Women and Digital Companion Platforms

A man who listens without judgment, responds with patience, remembers every conversation, and is available at any hour of the day sounds like the ideal partner. Increasingly, for many women in China, that partner is not a person but an...
New York Stock

Global Stock Markets Rise as Tech Stocks Rebound, Jumps Despite US-Iran Tensions and Falling Oil Prices

Global financial markets ended mostly higher on Thursday as investors returned to technology stocks, shrugging off renewed military exchanges between the United States and Iran. While geopolitical tensions remained elevated, easing oil prices and renewed optimism surrounding artificial intelligence (AI)-related...
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