Nurses at the Bangladeshi hospital treating 16-year-old Rohingya refugee Mohammad Junaed for a bullet wound have had to tie him to his bed to stop him jumping out of it in pain whenever the morphine starts to wear off.
The traumatised teenager should be in intensive care after he was shot in the head allegedly by soldiers in his native Myanmar just days ago. But his family, who fled the fighting across the border with little more than the clothes they were wearing, have no way of paying the…
Asia’s Palestine? Myanmar’s Rohingya: stateless, persecuted and a new cause for religious extremism
The recent clashes in northwestern Myanmar between Muslim Rohingya insurgents and the country’s military and police, which erupted on August 25, have already sown the seeds of a regional sectarian and humanitarian crisis. The violence, part of much wider, longer-running unrest in Rakhine state, caused 400 civilian deaths according to official counts, and displaced at least 270,000 people, many of whom are now desperately short of food and water. In response, sentiment against Buddhist-…
Second UK Finance Bill 2017 published
The UK government has published its second Finance Bill of 2017, including legislation to introduce restrictions on corporation tax deductions for interest payments and other provisions which were removed from the Finance Bill published before the general election on 8 June.
UK businesses should honour pre-Brexit data protection rights of foreign citizens post-Brexit, says EU
UK businesses should continue to honour the data protection rights of customers and staff based in the EU and elsewhere overseas post-Brexit, the European Commission has said.
Online authentication experts warn of cyber risks in EU proposals for PSD2 standards
Forcing banks to let financial technology (fintech) companies deliver payment services to their customers via their own user interfaces would put the security of customer data at risk, EU policy makers have been warned.
Tutu makes heartfelt plea for Nobel laureate Suu Kyi’s intervention in Rohingya crisis
Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu has called on Aung San Suu Kyi to end the violence against her country’s Rohingya Muslim minority in a heartfelt letter to the Myanmar leader.
The 85-year old archbishop said the “unfolding horror” and “ethnic cleansing” in the country’s Rakhine region had forced him to speak out against the woman he admired and considered “a dearly beloved sister”.
Despite Suu Kyi defending her government’s handling of the…
Government finalises guidance on new corporate ‘failure to prevent’ tax evasion offences
Final guidance for the new corporate criminal offences of failure to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion has been published by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC).
Scientists sniff out Southeast Asia’s first truffle species in northern province of Thailand
Gastronomes of the world delight. Two new types of truffle have been unearthed in Thailand’s far north, scientists announced on Thursday in what they called a first for Southeast Asia.
Researchers at Chiang Mai university said they had identified two brand new species and confirmed that tuber magnatum – the same species as Italy’s much sought after white truffle – had been found in a national park surrounding Mount Suthep in northwestern Thailand.
“We confirmed…
North Korea celebrates nuclear test with fireworks and massive rally
North Korea held a mass celebration for the scientists involved in carrying out its largest nuclear blast to date, with fireworks and a mass rally in Pyongyang.
Citizens of the capital lined the streets Wednesday to wave pink and purple pom-poms and cheer a convoy of buses carrying the specialists into the city, and toss confetti over them as they walked into Kim Il-sung Square.
“We offer the greatest honour to Comrade Kim Jong-un, the Supreme Leader who brought us the greatest…
China bans initial coin offerings, HK tightens regulations
China’s central bank has banned all initial coin offerings (ICOs), Bloomberg has reported, while Hong Kong’s financial regulator has warned that the sales constitute ‘securities’ and need to be controlled as such.