• 02/22/2025

Cambodia to bar anyone who doesn’t vote from running as candidates in future elections

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hun Sen, who has been in office since 1985, said the change was needed so that candidates show civic responsibility. The bill is certain to pass into law, and will prevent exiled opposition figures…

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‘Make friends with more countries’: Chinese scholar says Beijing should reconsider ties with Russia

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Moscow is taking advantage of and ‘pursuing unilateral use of China’, according to US affairs expert during forum hosted by Renmin University, while international relations professor says Beijing should stand ‘neither with Russia nor…

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Hong Kong companies look to AI to streamline human resources tasks and keep them ahead in cutthroat competition for talent

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Official statistics show Hong Kong’s working population shrank by 6 per cent to 3.46 million in 2022, prompting stiff competition for talent that some companies are turning to AI to win. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/3223957/hong-kong-companies-look-ai-streamline-human-resources-tasks-and-keep-them-ahead-cutthroat?utm_source=rss_feed

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Fact Check: Trump’s Misleading Defenses in Classified Documents Case

New York Times The former president drew misleading comparisons to others, misconstrued the classification process and leveled inaccurate attacks at officials. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/us/politics/trump-indictment-documents-fact-check.html

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What’s at Stake as Southern Baptists Move to Bar Women Pastors

New York Times The Southern Baptist Convention, often a bellwether for evangelical America, is grappling with divisions over the role of women in leadership. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/us/southern-baptist-convention-pastors-women.html

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‘How Do You Measure A Year?’ Review: A Lifetime in 28 Minutes

Wall Street Journal This short documentary on HBO, featuring Jay Rosenblatt as director and his daughter Ella as subject, tenderly captures her growth from age 2 to 18. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-do-you-measure-a-year-review-a-lifetime-in-28-minutes-58946d4d

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Several Japan Self Defense Force personnel may be dead in shooting

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-746221

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Reaction to counteroffensive: Russia redeploys 20 helicopters to airfield in Berdiansk

Pravda Ukraine of Berdiansk with the beginning of counteroffensive operations of Ukraine’s Defence Forces on the Zaporizhzhia front. Source: Skhemy project (Radio Liberty) [an investigative reporting project] with reference to Planet Labs satellite images for 13 June Details: In total, there are at least 27 helicopters of the Russian army at the occupied Berdiansk airfield…

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Wall Street Journal Goldman Sachs is at war with itself https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-amp-raquo-b74014b7

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South Korea PM Han Duck-soo offers to drink treated Fukushima water to soothe critics of Japan’s discharge plan

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Fukushima’s waste water discharge is one of several issues that critics accuse the South Korean government of trying to gloss over as it seeks closer ties with Japan and the US. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3223952/south-korea-pm-offers-drink-treated-fukushima-water-soothe-critics-japans-discharge-plan?utm_source=rss_feed

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