• 03/15/2025

Public sex by tourists in Thailand’s Pattaya sparks call for misconduct clampdown

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Police are known to have traditionally closed an eye to the city’s sex trade and its fringe activities but are now tightening enforcement. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300406/public-sex-tourists-thailands-pattaya-sparks-call-misconduct-clampdown?utm_source=rss_feed

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Trump Officials Split Over How Hard to Go on Mexican Cartels

New York Times A Mexican delegation will meet in Washington on Thursday to finalize a security deal, as White House officials debate a strategy for fighting cartels and stemming the flow of drugs across the border. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/americas/mexico-trump-cartels-washington.html

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Austrian Parties Reach Deal to Form Government Without Far Right

New York Times The announcement was a victory for mainstream political parties, after earlier talks involving the hard-right Freedom Party broke down. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/austria-government.html

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Ontario Voters Head to the Polls. Here’s What to Know.

New York Times Voters in Ontario will decide on Thursday whether to re-elect Doug Ford, a Conservative who is among Canada’s harshest critics of President Trump, as the province’s premier. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/canada/canada-election-ontario-doug-ford.html

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How Yehonatan Indursky Fled His Ultra-Orthodox Life — and Returned

New York Times Despite the strictures of his faith, Yehonatan Indursky continues to make TV. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/magazine/yehonatan-indursky-shtisel-kugel-orthodox.html

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Abu Dhabi hosts second International Dialogue of Civilizations and Tolerance Conference

Jerusalem Post According to the conference’s organizers, the event aimed to convene experts from academia, politics, and other sectors to address the ‘core issues at the heart of civilizational dialogue.’ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-843970

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Abu Dhabi hosts second International Dialogue of Civilizations and Tolerance Conference

Jerusalem Post According to the conference’s organizers, the event aimed to convene experts from academia, politics, and other sectors to address the ‘core issues at the heart of civilizational dialogue.’ https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-843970

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Asian gold investors cash in on record prices, selling holdings amid global uncertainty

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Geopolitical tensions and Donald Trump’s tariff threats have fuelled a gold price surge, leading many Asian investors to sell off. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3300385/asian-gold-investors-cash-record-prices-selling-holdings-amid-global-uncertainty?utm_source=rss_feed

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Israel showing ‘unprecedented disregard’ for human rights in Gaza: UN

Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The UN Human Rights chief says the Israeli regime has been demonstrating an “unprecedented disregard for human rights” in its military onslaught in the Gaza Strip, calling the humanitarian situation there a “catastrophe.” https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/02/27/743584/UN-rights-chief-condemn-Israel-aggression-Gaza-accountability-

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North Korea Is Sending More Troops to Russia, South Korea’s Spy Agency Says

New York Times The fresh deployment comes after North Korea suffered heavy casualties on the front lines in Russia’s war against Ukraine, the South’s spy agency says. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/asia/north-korea-troops-russia.html

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