TikTok’s poaching of Disney’s Kevin Mayer to be its CEO was just the most visible part of a broader strategy by its Chinese owner to shift its centre of power away from China at a time of rising global tensions, …
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Myanmar NGOs Call on National Rights Body to Take Up Abuses in Conflict Zones
More than 20 rights NGOs have urged the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission, which was revamped in January and has been criticized as toothless, to focus on reported rights violations committed during the COVID-19 pandemic by military troops in conflicts …
Thai Economic Crime May Be Undetected As Reports Drop, Survey Says
Thai citizens who have tried to download a COVID-19 contact tracing app found that, in some cases, hackers were trying to lure them to fake versions of the app launched by the government last week. Thailand moved immediately to warn …
Why Vietnam’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Won’t Be Like California’s
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Vietnam’s financial hub is setting aside land to develop what locals call a new “Silicon Valley,” a reference to the area of California where a lot of new technology is developed, but with not-so-California characteristics, such as …
5.4-magnitude quake hits Port Vila of Vanuatu
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted 94 km NW of Port Vila, Vanuatu at 22:52:13 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
The epicenter, with a depth of 13.86 km, was initially determined …
Japan to compile $1.1 trillion second extra budget
Japan’s government will compile a second extra budget worth 117.1 trillion yen ($1.1 trillion) to cushion the economic blow from the coronavirus pandemic, a draft of the budget obtained by Reuters showed on Wednesday, Trend reports citing
The budget, which …