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Japanese journalist wins damages from rapist
A Tokyo court today awarded 3.3 million yen (US$30,375.55) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito, who accused former TV reporter Noriyuki Yamaguchi of rape in one of the most high-profile cases of the #MeToo movement in Japan. Yamaguchi, who has denied the allegations, was ordered
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Taiwan fights election fake news ‘bombarded by China’
Taiwan is ramping up efforts ahead of a Jan 11 election to combat fake news and disinformation that the government says China is bombarding the island with to undermine its democracy. But Taiwan’s main opposition party, the Kuomintang, which favours
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Australia issues travel advisory for its citizens travelling to India
Demonstrators gather behind a police barricade during a protest against a new citizenship law in New Delhi on December 17. (Photo: Reuters) The Australian government on Tuesday asked its citizens to exercise high degree of caution while travelling to India
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Pakistan court sentences Musharraf to death for treason
A Pakistani court sentenced today former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to death on charges of high treason and subverting the constitution, government officials said. Musharraf, who seized power in a 1999 coup and later ruled as president, is not in
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‘Night of horrors’: Inside the Indian university stormed by police
As dusk fell on Sunday, police smashed their way into the main library of New Delhi’s Jamia Millia University, firing tear gas shells as scores of terrified students barricaded doors and hid inside bathrooms to protect themselves. Video footage shot
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Sri Lanka’s ‘Foundation of Goodness’ turns around a village decimated by tsunami
When Kushil Gunasekera returned to Seenigama in Sri Lanka’s Galle district days after it was wiped out by a massive tsunami on Dec 26, 2004, he got to work. Houses had collapsed, bodies floated in the sea water that had
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Syed Saddiq: Sorry for SEA Games failure
KUALA LUMPUR: Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman has apologised for the country’s failure to meet 70-gold target at the recent SEA Games in the Philippines. “As the Youth and Sports Minister, I assume full responsibility for
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Hong Kong government urged to stop violence, resolve problems
Hong Kong’s chief secretary, Matthew Cheung, said today he was disappointed with recent protest violence after a period of relative calm, as the Asian financial hub geared up for more anti-government demonstrations in coming days. Cheung, speaking at a weekly
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India citizenship law protests spread across campuses
Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses today as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country’s founding as a secular republic. Students pelted stones
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Indonesia takes EU to WTO over ‘discriminatory’ palm oil policy
JAKARTA: Indonesia added fuel to its ongoing feud with the European Union last week by filing a lawsuit to the World Trade Organization (WTO) against the bloc’s palm oil policy, which Indonesia has deemed discriminatory to its palm oil sector. Trade
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