Category: Regions
Volunteers clean up Bali’s beach from ‘worst’ monsoon-driven trash
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Hundreds of volunteers joined a clean-up as monsoon rains brought waves of plastic waste to the tourist-favoured beaches. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293424/volunteers-clean-balis-beach-worst-monsoon-driven-trash?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreIn Mexican Desert, Digging for a ‘Miracle’: Bringing the Missing Back Home
New York Times Tens of thousands of people have vanished in northern Mexico, many because of cartel violence. An unlikely partnership offers families a form of closure. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/americas/mexico-desert-missing-cartels.html
Read MoreGaza Rescuers Are Haunted by Voices of Those They Couldn’t Save
New York Times Rescuers rushing to the scene of Israeli airstrikes save those who they can, but are forced to leave many behind. “My soul is tired from this war,” one said. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/middleeast/gaza-war-rescuers-trauma.html
Read MoreVietnam’s BrahMos plans spotlight India’s rising security role in Southeast Asia
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The US$700 million deal would make Vietnam the second nation in the region to acquire the supersonic cruise missiles after the Philippines. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3293325/vietnams-brahmos-plans-spotlight-indias-rising-security-role-southeast-asia?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreOutgoing US administration plans $8 billion arms sale to Israel
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The outgoing administration of US President Joe Biden reportedly plans to propose to the Israeli regime an $8 billion arms deal. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740274/Biden-administration-arms-deal-Israeli-regime-genocidal-war-Gaza-Strip
Read MoreMyanmar releases thousands of prisoners to mark Independence Day
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The ruling junta released more than 6,000 prisoners as part of a mass amnesty marking the 77th anniversary of independence from Britain. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3293417/myanmar-releases-thousands-prisoners-mark-independence-day?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreSouth Korea fatal crash cockpit transcript nearly complete, investigators say
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Investigators say the recording may hold clues to the final moments of Jeju Air flight 2216, as the US and Boeing join the search. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3293415/south-korea-fatal-crash-cockpit-transcript-nearly-complete-investigators-say?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreQassam Brigades targets five Israeli battle tanks in north Gaza
Disclaimer: PressTV is affiliated with the state broadcasting agency of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not a reliable news source. The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has announced that its fighters targeted five Israeli army tanks in the northern Gaza Strip. https://presstv.ir/Detail/2025/01/04/740270/Qassam-Brigades-targets,-destroys-5-Israeli-battle-tanks-in-northern-Gaza
Read More‘His disguise was a facade’: How IDF revealed identities, Hamas’s plans in hospital
Jerusalem Post “It was made to look like a hospital, and patients were brought there just for appearances,” Master Sgt. (Res.) G. said. https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-836040
Read MoreSouth Korean Unrest Conspiracy Theories Are Spread by Social Media
New York Times Right-wing YouTubers helped President Yoon Suk Yeol win his election. They are now his allies in the wake of his botched imposition of martial law. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-conspiracy-theories.html
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