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Facebook executive in India files police complaint after report on content practices
22Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
USA, World

Facebook executive in India files police complaint after report on content practices

NEW DELHI: A top Facebook executive in India has filed a police complaint in New Delhi saying she is receiving death threats after a media report said she and the U.S. social network company allegedly favoured Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party. Ankhi Das, Facebook's top public-policy executive in India, in her complaint to Delhi police, as reported by Indian media, said the threats followed a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that said she opposed applying Facebook's hate-speech rules to a politician from Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some other Hindu nationalist individuals and groups. Das said that after the WSJ report last week some individuals online had "intentionally vilified" her due to their political affiliations and were engaging in abuse. "I am extremel...
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Philippines records 39 COVID-19 deaths, 2,110 new cases
22Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
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Philippines records 39 COVID-19 deaths, 2,110 new cases

MANILA: The Philippines on Sunday (Jul 26) reported 39 deaths related to the novel coronavirus and 2,110 additional infections. Its total deaths now stand at 1,932, with 80,448 confirmed cases, the Department of Health said in a bulletin. Download our app or subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on the coronavirus outbreak: https://cna.asia/telegram
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Why Japan, South Korea and China can’t put the past behind them
22Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
China, World

Why Japan, South Korea and China can’t put the past behind them

Aug. 15 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. How can we understand where Japan has come from, where it is today and where it is going? To answer these questions, it’s important to reflect on just how much the world has changed since Japan’s surrender. A good place to start is the 70th anniversary in 2015, arguably the low point in Sino-Japanese relations. To mark the occasion, the Advisory Panel on the History of the 20th Century and on Japan’s Role and World Order in the 21st Century released its report Aug. 6. It acknowledged Japan’s aggression in East Asia, writing that Japan “lost sight of the global trends, and caused much harm to various countries, largely in Asia, through a reckless war.” Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reified much of the report in his Aug. 14 stateme...
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The U.S.-China relationship is a Shakespearean tragedy
22Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
China, World

The U.S.-China relationship is a Shakespearean tragedy

The one common and peculiar aspect of most Shakespearean tragedies is the fact that the catastrophic events and unfolding misfortunes seem almost inevitable. While characters within the play are well aware of the fact that things are quickly going from bad to worse, it seems almost impossible to change the course of events. Unfortunately, the current U.S.-China relationship seems to be showing the same tendency. Many Shakespearean tragedies were caused by accidents, which in turn were a result of carelessness and miscommunication. U.S.-China relations have never been smooth and peaceful, and have in the past experienced various ups and downs and dangerous crises such as the 1999 bombing of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade and the 2001 military aircraft collision incident, among others. Th...
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Hong Kong reports 69 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths as local transmissions stay high
21Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
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Hong Kong reports 69 new COVID-19 cases, 2 more deaths as local transmissions stay high

HONG KONG: Hong Kong reported 69 new coronavirus cases and two deaths on Thursday (Aug 13), as authorities cautioned the global financial hub still faced a critical period to control the virus, which has seen a resurgence since early July. Of the new infections, 65 were locally transmitted. Since late January, more than 4,200 people have been infected in Hong Kong, with 65 fatalities. The Hospital Authority announced that an 88-year-old female COVID-19 patient died on Thursday afternoon. The other death was a 74-year-old woman who lived in Wong Tai Sin, according to the South China Morning Post. On Thursday, Hong Kong International Airport said passengers from China will be able to transit through Hong Kong to other destinations from Aug 15 until Oct 15, in a boost for its dominan...
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Four new SkillsFuture Work-Study programmes launched, with more than 140 places over the next 2 years
21Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
Singapore, World

Four new SkillsFuture Work-Study programmes launched, with more than 140 places over the next 2 years

SINGAPORE: Fresh graduates will have more job and training opportunities with the introduction of four new SkillsFuture work-study programmes unveiled at the virtual SkillsFuture work-study fair on Wednesday (Aug 12). The programmes, introduced by the Institutes of Higher Learning, will offer Singaporeans more than 140 places over the next two years. Among these is the first SkillsFuture work-study degree programme by the National University of Singapore (NUS), in partnership with SkillsFuture Singapore and Sea Limited - a Singapore-based global consumer internet company. Minister of State for Education and Manpower Gan Siow Huang said on Wednesday the Government has set a target of making work-study opportunities available to 12 per cent of each cohort by 2025. Speaking at the vir...
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Fierce competition starts between US, China for energy corridors in central asia
21Aug mmBy Mike TrudellNo Comments
Asia, China, World

Fierce competition starts between US, China for energy corridors in central asia

Amid already heightened tensions between the United States and China, the Trump administration has now called "for a new alliance of democracies" to counter China's aggressive policies, and, in a retaliatory move, Beijing has begun adding more potential new trade and energy corridors linking Central Asia with South Asia and the Middle East.To counter China's aggressive expansionist policies in the South China Sea, the US has decided to have a quadrilateral alliance with Japan, Australia and India.Maleeha Lodhi, who has served as Pakistan's ambassador to Britain, the US and the United Nations said, “Fundamental realignments are taking place across the world at a challenging, transformative time in international affairs when global power is shifting to the East. Our region is no exception an...
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Trump administration finalizes oil drilling plan in Alaska wildlife refuge
21Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
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Trump administration finalizes oil drilling plan in Alaska wildlife refuge

related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery. 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery. The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to issue decades-long leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in U.S. leadership. REUTERS: The Trump administration on Monday finalized a plan to allow oil and gas drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, putting it on track to issue decades-long leases in the pristine wilderness area before a potential change in U.S. leadership. The energy industry and Alaska Governor Michael Dunleavy said opening ANWR to drilling would create jobs and boost the state'...
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India’s coronavirus cases rise by a daily record of 55,078
21Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
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India’s coronavirus cases rise by a daily record of 55,078

BENGALURU: India reported another record surge in daily COVID-19 cases on Friday (Jul 31), taking the total to 1.64 million, as the government further eases virus curbs in a bid to resuscitate the economy, while also trying to increase testing. Infections jumped by 55,078 in the past 24 hours, while the death toll rose by 779 to 35,747, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on its website. The ministry also said it aimed to raise the country's capacity to 1 million coronavirus tests per day in the medium term, from a record 600,000 on Friday. The federal government this week announced the reopening of yoga institutes and gymnasiums, and removed restrictions on the movement of people and goods. Download our app or subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on ...
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China’s young job seekers struggle despite economic recovery
21Aug By Desk TeamNo Comments
China, World

China’s young job seekers struggle despite economic recovery

ZHENGZHOU: Biology student Ma Jingjing wandered the hall of a job fair in central China among other young Chinese hoping to find work in an economy crushed by the coronavirus pandemic. Ma, 26, is one of almost 9 million people graduating and entering the job market this year at a time of great uncertainty, an issue that has the ruling Communist Party worried to the point that President Xi Jinping has made it a priority. The world's second-largest economy may have rebounded sharply from a historic virus-induced contraction, but its young graduate jobless rate in June was more than three times that for urban unemployment. Ma was among hundreds of young faces streaming in and out of the job fair on a recent weekend in Zhengzhou, where employers in industries ranging from real estate to...
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