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Legal experts at Pinsent Masons say that a recent decision in a UK court, finding that BHP is liable for potentially billions more in compensation following the 2015 collapse of the Fundao tailings dam in Brazil that killed 19 people, is a “significant landmark in mass action litigation”.

The Trump administration said on Monday it is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar in the United States, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn Southeast Asian country and citing the military junta’s planned elections as evidence of an improving situation.
The move sparked concern for individuals who may be forced to return to Myanmar, which has been in political turmoil since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, ousting a civilian government and sparking a…

A woman in Thailand shocked temple staff when she started moving in her coffin after being brought in for cremation.
Wat Rat Prakhong Tham, a Buddhist temple in the province of Nonthaburi on the outskirts of Bangkok, posted a video on its Facebook page, showing a woman lying in a white coffin in the back of a pickup truck, slightly moving her arms and head, leaving temple staff bewildered.
Pairat Soodthoop, the temple’s general and financial affairs manager, said on Monday that the 65-year-old…

South Korea, under President Lee Jae-myung, has repeatedly proclaimed its desire to improve relations and re-engage in diplomacy with North Korea. Yet a landmark agreement with Washington formalised last week reveals a starkly different priority: advancing military capabilities that will almost certainly drive the two Koreas further apart.
The United States has officially approved South Korea’s pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines while supporting Seoul’s efforts to secure uranium enrichment…

Heavy rain, severe flooding and landslides in Vietnam have killed at least 90 people in the last week, authorities said on Sunday, leaving others stranded on rooftops and mountain roadways blocked.
Relentless rain has lashed south-central Vietnam since late October, and popular holiday destinations have been hit by several rounds of flooding, with economic losses estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Whole sections of coastal Nha Trang city were flooded last week, while deadly…

With ex-leader Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, Bangladesh is turning its focus towards a referendum aimed at reforming its political system and rebuilding its democratic institutions.
Interim leader Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel laureate who assumed office after last year’s uprising, earlier this month pledged to hold a national vote on the blueprint for change, timed to coincide with February’s planned parliamentary election.
But analysts have cast doubt on…

Indonesian films and series are seeing a surge in interest on international streaming platforms. In recent years, several titles broke through to wider audiences and have made it into Netflix’s Global Top 10.
Notable examples include The Elixir, which has been viewed by over 11 million people, and Norma, which has captured the attention of Southeast Asia, reaching No 1 in Indonesia and No 2 in Singapore in mid-August.
So, how have Indonesian films managed to gain recognition on the global stage?

In 2004, Joshua Cooper Ramo, now co-CEO of Kissinger Associates, coined the term “Beijing Consensus” as an alternative to the Washington Consensus, the neoliberal framework of economic policies devised in the 1980s by the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and US Treasury.
China had just joined the World Trade Organization and, within the country, there was considerable scepticism that a Beijing Consensus existed.
Come 2007, and as the global financial crisis broke out – first with the US…

Businesses that provide software, data and technology infrastructure to financial institutions are among the companies to be selected for direct regulation under the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).

The UK’s leading competition authority is considering whether to look in detail at how well the private dentistry market in the country is functioning following a request to do so by chancellor Rachel Reeves.