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Month: April 2024

Posted on April 10, 2024

Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo draws ire of artists over AI-generated Eid illustration

Critics called the act “difficult to forgive” as it felt like a betrayal of creative workers.

Posted on April 10, 2024

Southeast Asia still doesn’t ‘know India’, survey shows, as New Delhi urged to boost engagement with region

Only 14.2 per cent of respondents were confident India would ‘do the right thing’ and contribute to global stability, while 30.5 per cent had ‘little confidence’.

Posted on April 9, 2024

Human rights breaches can arise from climate inaction, ECHR rules

Governments across Europe can expect added scrutiny of their plans to address the effects of climate change following a “landmark” ruling by the European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday, an expert in public and administrative law has said.

Posted on April 9, 2024

Philippine lawmaker calls Duterte-Xi verbal pact ‘hearsay’, says no ‘sound basis’ for probe

Any accord should be in written form as per the Vienna Convention on the Law of the Treaties, and ratified by the senate, says lawmaker Francis Tolentino.

Posted on April 9, 2024

Cambodia probes YouTubers’ abuse of monkeys at Angkor Wat Unesco site: ‘needs boundary between human intervention in nature’

Authorities say abuse of monkeys at the Angkor Unesco World Heritage site is a growing problem as people look for new ways to draw online viewers to generate cash.

Posted on April 8, 2024

April Fool’s joke spurs trade mark dispute in Ireland

The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) would be likely to succeed in claiming that fast-food chain Supermac’s infringed its trade mark rights in Ireland in respect of an April Fool’s joke it posted on social media.

Posted on April 8, 2024

Controversial enlistment of 36 Chinese nationals by Philippine Coast Guard auxiliary unit can be traced to softer past stance on Beijing

The unit is said to be the ‘secret weapon’ of the Philippine Coast Guard, which is often involved in dodging Chinese vessels in the South China Sea.

Posted on April 8, 2024

Myanmar junta ‘losing strength’, Thai PM says: ‘it’s time to reach out and make a deal’

Myanmar is in the throes of an insurgency on multiple fronts, with the junta facing its biggest challenge since mounting a coup to seize power in 2021.

Posted on April 7, 2024

To fix US-China relations, we must centre the lives of ordinary people

Travelling to China helped American students appreciate country’s complexity and share moments of joy with Chinese people. In-person interactions between Americans and Chinese must be preserved, even and especially as relations between their governments become more tense.

Posted on April 7, 2024

Filipino women and their Palestinian spouses find hope in Metro Manila’s ‘Little Gaza’

The Philippine government has been criticised for lacking a crisis response programme to help Palestinian refugees.

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