Category: Asia Pacific
LGBTQ rights still lag in Pacific region despite Cook Islands’ move to lift gay sex ban
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The Cook Islands follows other Pacific Island nations in wiping colonial-era sodomy laws from the statutes, beginning with the Marshall Islands in 2005. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/australasia/article/3218161/lgbtq-rights-still-lag-pacific-region-despite-cook-islands-move-lift-gay-sex-ban?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreYour Tuesday Briefing: China Walks Back Ambassador’s Comments
New York Times Also, Beijing is trying to control chatbots and Thailand prepares for tense elections. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/briefing/china-ambassador-baltic-thailand-asia.html
Read MoreIndia to overtake China as world’s most populous nation this week, UN says
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The South Asian country’s population is rapidly growing, and is expected to hit 1,425,775,850 people by the end of April. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3218211/india-overtake-china-worlds-most-populous-nation-week-un-says?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreUS sanctions Chinese men linked to notorious North Korean hackers
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Wu Huihui and Cheng Hung Man allegedly laundered virtual currencies for members of the Lazarus Group, known for the Sony Pictures hack in 2014. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3218209/us-sanctions-chinese-men-linked-notorious-north-korean-hackers?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWorld’s most chilling cults, from Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo to Swiss sect Solar Temple
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. In Guyana in 1987, US preacher Jim Jones coerced his People’s Temple sect into committing ‘revolutionary suicide’, urging parents to give their children poison https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3218201/worlds-most-chilling-cults-japans-aum-shinrikyo-swiss-sect-solar-temple?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWHO fires senior official over ‘unacceptable’ sexual misconduct
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Fijian doctor Temo Waqanivalu was dismissed ‘following findings of sexual misconduct against him and corresponding disciplinary process’. https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3218205/who-fires-senior-official-over-unacceptable-sexual-misconduct?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreTesla readies export of Model Y to Canada from China
Reuters Reuters exclusively reported that Tesla has begun producing the Model Y in Shanghai with the intention to sell it in Canada this year, marking the first time it will ship cars to North America from China. Because of the cheaper pricing on the new version of the Model Y, both the entry-level version of…
Read MoreChina guides banks to further cut deposit rates
Reuters Reuters exclusively reported that members of China’s “interest rate self-regulatory mechanism,” mostly banks, met this month and were urged to reduce deposit rates as a way to guide the country’s savings into spending and more productive investments. The post China guides banks to further cut deposit rates appeared first on Reuters News Agency. https://www.reutersagency.com/en/reutersbest/article/china-guides-banks-to-further-cut-deposit-rates/
Read MoreIndia High Court rejects bid to overturn seizure of US$676 million from Xiaomi amid sour India-China tech relations
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. India’s High Court has rejected a plea from Chinese technology company Xiaomi to return funds worth more than US$600 million, which were seized due to alleged foreign exchange violations. https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3218188/india-high-court-rejects-bid-overturn-seizure-us676-million-xiaomi-amid-sour-india-china-tech?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreVirgin’s Richard Branson joins calls urging Singapore not to hang man over 1kg of cannabis
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Tangaraju Suppiah is expected to be hanged on Wednesday for a 2017 conviction, but billionaire Richard Branson said the case against Tangaraju was circumstantial and that Singapore ‘may be about to kill an innocent…
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