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What causes earthquakes? Where was the earthquake just now?
The North Jersey Record - New Jersey
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Earthquakes aren't uncommon in some parts, but recent earthquake activity in New Jersey is rare and leaves many questioning why it seems to be happening so much lately. Within a few days, two small earthquakes hit north Jersey. According to United...
Asean needs to spend US$178 billion to fix plastic leakage by 2050: OECD
Eco-Business
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August 6, 2025
Lower-middle income countries in the region like the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar will shoulder the most cost, with more than 3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) that needs to be spent by mid-century, read the study by...
Asia’s longest free-flowing river faces threats of dams and diversions
Mongabay
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August 6, 2025
The Salween River, at around 3,300 kilometers, or 2,000 miles, is Asia’s longest free-flowing river, running from Tibet through Myanmar to the Andaman Sea. But Indigenous groups and communities living along its banks in China, Myanmar and Thailand...
New data reveals more than 4 in 5 Australians are emotionally invested in children affected by global conflict
The National Tribune
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August 11, 2025
Nearly [1] one in five children worldwide is growing up in the shadow of war – a figure that has almost doubled in the past 30 years. With new research revealing that [2] 87% of Australians feel deeply for children affected by conflict, Save the...
India`s only ape Western Hoolock Gibbon under threat: Primatologist
Mid Day Mumbai
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August 6, 2025
Habitat loss due to encroachment, unregulated resource extraction, infrastructure development, tea plantations, shifting cultivation, hunting, and wildlife trafficking are threats to these primates, he said Image for representational purposes only...
Busways charts a greener, smarter future
The Business Times Singapore
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August 5, 2025
IN 2006, Sunny Chong founded Busways with a vision that was as personal as it was professional. “I started the company because of my passion for engineering and the exciting challenges it brings,” says Sunny, who is also the company’s Chairman. “I...
Capitalist China and socialist revolution
AntiCapitalist Resistance
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August 11, 2025
Capitalist China and socialist revolution by Simon Hannah [Published by Resistance Books in 2023] The economic and political growth of China and its transformation into a world power is one of the defining features of the modern age and will have...
The Misunderstood Purpose of Economic Sanctions
New Lines Magazine
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August 11, 2025
In 2024, the Biden administration imposed eight rounds of sanctions on 17 extremist West Bank settlers and leaders of organizations that had played a particularly egregious role in fomenting violence against Palestinians. The administration also...
The Beginning of the 2025 Election Landscape — Not the Same as 2010
MoeMaKa
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August 1, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 31 Perspective (MoeMaKa, August 1, 2025) The Beginning of the 2025 Election Landscape — Not the Same as 2010 Four and a half years after the military coup, the junta—formally named the State Administration...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on Nagorno-Karabakh, BIMSTEC and more (Week 122)
The Indian Express
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August 10, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...
TV host recounts harrowing filming nightmare that left him 'nearly sentenced to death'
Fox News
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August 6, 2025
TV personality and conservationist Forrest Galante tells Sean Hannity about a harrowing brush with life imprisonment after breaking the law in Myanmar. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Cocaine hippos, narrow escapes from the law and...
Israel’s Druze Community and the Question of Suweida: Between Leverage and Limitation
The Syrian Observer
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August 10, 2025
In Israel, the Druze community occupies a complex position: celebrated as loyal citizens by the state, yet subject to systemic inequalities that have persisted since the 1950s. Their story has returned to the spotlight amid speculation about...
Asean’s quiet diplomacy helped halt Cambodia-Thailand clashes: Sec-Gen Kao
The Straits Times
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August 6, 2025
SINGAPORE – Asean played a pivotal role in helping to halt the July border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, but its hands were tied to a large extent, given that the clash’s root causes were embedded in domestic dynamics on both sides. What...
Trump's tariff turmoil highlights the influence of non-trade factors
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 1, 2025
Myanmar, Laos, Serbia and Syria. They seem unlikely targets for some of the most aggressive moves in Donald Trump's war on the global trading system. Yet these small and troubled nations are among those facing the highest tariffs from the United...
Deck to the future!
SuperyachtNews
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August 4, 2025
Image courtesy of Feadship Let’s be honest, there is a timelessness to teak and a reason why it’s endured. Its sleek, golden honey-brown grain has become synonymous with what we consider a yacht is supposed to look like. It’s tactile, elegant and...
Opinion | Decoding Modi's Indo-Pacific Strategy: How Ties With Philippines Have Grown
News18
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August 5, 2025
Last Updated:August 05, 2025, 08:00 IST The timing of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's visit is significant, as the two countries conduct their first joint maritime exercise in the contested South China Sea Philippines President...
Summer profile: Rachael Cummings, humanitarian director, Save the Children, Gaza
Swissinfo
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August 5, 2025
Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close Share This content was published on August 5, 2025 - 17:00 6 minutes...
Indonesia’s ballistic missile deployment, a first in Southeast Asia, could shift regional power balance
Channel News Asia
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August 11, 2025
Within the region, Vietnam is known to possess Soviet-era Scud-class ballistic missiles and North Korean derivatives like the Hwasong-6, with ranges of 300 to 500 km, but those systems are Cold War-era and not newly acquired. Myanmar, meanwhile,...
MTB, RCCY sign MoU to jointly carry out charitable activities
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 31, 2025
MTB Bank and Rotary Club of Central Yangon (RCCY) at the signing of the MoU According to the Myanmar Tourism Bank, the MTB and the Rotary Club of Central Yangon (RCCY) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly implement social welfare...
U.S. senator urges Musk to stop Starlink fraud use
GCN
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August 9, 2025
The misuse of advanced technologies by transnational networks is raising concerns in the United States, especially when these tools are used for large-scale fraud. The most recent case involves SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet service, which...