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Chinese authorities began searching homes in the Tibetan capital Lhasa this month to determine whether Tibetans are accessing foreign radio and TV programs via satellite dishes, city police and two Tibetans with knowledge of the situation said.
The Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the UN, Muhammad Abdul Muhith, introduces a draught resolution on “Follow-up to the Declaration and Program of Action on a Culture of Peace” during the General Assembly meeting on the topic on June14,2023-UN Photo/Manuel Elias
Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun-Fat, asnd most recently, Best Actress Oscar Ź Michelle Yeoh were the icons of Hong Kong’s heyday as the Hollywood of Asia. Despite stricter controls and censorship, Hong Kong is reportedly experiencing a film revival despite the industry’s decline over the past 20 years.
Three weeks of fierce fighting between junta troops and ethnic Karenni forces in eastern Myanmar has killed at least 35 civilians, including three children, a domestic human rights group and local residents said.
The Zimbabwean dollar took a nosedive and was trading at more than 6000 against the dollar on Monday, up from about 2600 on the black market, showing that efforts by the central bank of Zimbabwe to arrest the sharp depreciation of the country’s currency are failing.
Four siblings were found in the Amazon jungle after going missing for 40 days, as seen in a recently released video. The children’ experience began when the plane suffered an engine failure and crashed in the middle of a dense Colombian jungle.
Bangladesh’s anti-corruption agency on Monday charged 146 people, including a top bank official said to be close to the ruling party, for the alleged embezzlement of U.S. $209 million from BASIC Bank.
More than 5,000 people have fled their homes in Myanmar’s southernmost Tanintharyi region, locals told RFA Monday.
Reporters are briefed by United Nations Scretary-General António Guterres on his policy brief on information integrity on digital platforms.
Environmental groups and aid agencies say that Ukraine faces a long road to an as-yet undetermined environmental catastrophe. A river in southern Ukraine was inundated last week by an explosion at a vital dam, threatening a host of ecosystems and the largest nuclear power plant in Europe.