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The New Zealand government has been forced to defend the new campaign aimed at enticing Australian tourists over
New Zealand's tourism drive draws ire
WELLINGTON — Depending on how you read it, New Zealand's latest tourism tagline can be a well-meaning plea for people to visit — or a threat to kick Kiwis out."Everyone Must Go!" reads a slogan printed across posters of people in New Zealand's majestic landscapes — part of a NZ$500,000 ($285,000; £227,000) campaign unveiled on Sunday.But what was meant as a catchy call to action aimed at Australian tourists has been accused of being tone-deaf, as New Zealand deals with record emigration rates and unemployment.The government has defended the campaign, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon saying he "[appreciates] there's lots of chat about whether everyone loves the slogan or not"."The fact that we're talking about it is a good thing. It's...
February 18, 2025

New Zealand's tourism drive draws ire

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Anger in Pakistan over death of child maid
RAWALPINDI — A couple in north-east Pakistan have been detained for allegedly murdering a 13-year-old girl who worked for them as a maid, for allegedly stealing chocolates.The girl who goes only by one name, Iqra, succumbed to multiple injuries at the hospital last Wednesday. A preliminary police investigation said she had been tortured.The case in Rawalpindi has sparked widespread outrage and posts with the hashtag #JusticeforIqra garnering tens of thousands of views, and reigniting debate over child labour and the mistreatment of domestic workers.Laws pertaining to child labor can vary across the country, but children under the age of 15 cannot be employed as domestic workers in the province of Punjab."I felt completely shattered inside when she died," Iqra's father, Sana...
February 18, 2025

Anger in Pakistan over death of child maid

The US state department dropped the phrase 'we do not support Taiwan independence' from a fact sheet on Taiwan-US ties
China anger as US amends wording on Taiwan independence
WASHINGTON — The US State Department has dropped a statement from its website which stated that Washington does not support Taiwan's independence — a move which has sparked anger in China.China said the revision "sends a wrong... signal to separatist forces advocating for Taiwan independence", and asked the US to "correct its mistakes".The department's fact sheet on Taiwan-US relations earlier included the phrase "we do not support Taiwan independence" — this was removed last week as part of what it said was a "routine" update.A US spokesperson was quoted as saying that it remains committed to the "One China" policy, it said, where US recognises and has formal ties with China rather than Taiwan.China sees self-governed Taiwan...
February 17, 2025

China anger as US amends wording on Taiwan independence

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South Korea removes Deepseek from app stores over privacy concerns
SEOUL — South Korea has banned new downloads of China's DeepSeek artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, according to the country's personal data protection watchdog.The government agency said the AI model will become available again to South Korean users when "improvements and remedies" are made to ensure it complies with the country's personal data protection laws.In the week after it made global headlines, DeepSeek became hugely popular in South Korea leaping to the top of app stores with over a million weekly users.But its rise in popularity also attracted scrutiny from countries around the world which have imposed restrictions on the app over privacy and national security concerns.South Korea's Personal Information Protection Commission said the DeepSeek app...
February 17, 2025

South Korea removes Deepseek from app stores over privacy concerns

The verdict in Pritam Singh's trial comes as Singapore is gearing up for its next general election
Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh guilty of lying to parliament
SINGAPORE — Singapore's opposition leader Pritam Singh has been found guilty of lying under oath to a parliamentary committee.The charges against Singh relate to his handling of Raeesah Khan, a former lawmaker from his party, who lied to parliament in a separate case.The verdict in this high-profile trial comes as Singapore is gearing up for its next general election, which must be held by November. Singh's Workers' Party holds nine out of 87 elected seats in parliament.In Singapore, any MP can lose their seat or be barred from running for office for five years if they are fined at least S$10,000 ($7,440; £5,925) or jailed for more than a year.District Judge Luke Tan, who delivered the verdict on Monday to a packed courtroom — live streamed to more members of the press —...
February 17, 2025

Singapore opposition leader Pritam Singh guilty of lying to parliament

A foreign worker waves to the camera after his release from a scam centre on the Thai-Myanmar border
Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centers
BANGKOK — More than 250 people from 20 nationalities who had been working in telecom fraud centers in Myanmar's Karen State have been released by an ethnic armed group and brought to Thailand.The workers, more than half of whom were from African or Asian nations, were received by the Thai army, and are being assessed to find out if they were victims of human trafficking.Last week Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra met Chinese leader Xi Jinping and promised to shut down the scam centers that have proliferated along the Thai-Myanmar border.Her government has stopped access to power and fuel from the Thai side of the border, and toughened up banking and visa rules to try to prevent scam operators from using Thailand as a transit country for moving workers and cash.Some...
February 13, 2025

Hundreds of foreigners freed from Myanmar's scam centers

Australia said a Chinese J-16 jet was involved in an unsafe and unprofessional interaction before an Australian military's P-8A aircraft
Australia accuses China of 'unsafe' fighter jet move
SYDNEY — A Chinese fighter jet released flares in front of an Australian military aircraft while flying over the South China Sea early this week, authorities in Canberra have said.Australia's defense ministry said it "expressed concerns" to its Chinese counterparts over the "unsafe and unprofessional interaction".No one was injured and there was no damage to Australia's P-8A surveillance jet after Tuesday's incident, the ministry said.But China said the Australian aircraft "intentionally intruded" into its airspace and that the Chinese fighter jet responded in a "legitimate, lawful, professional, and restrained" manner.This is the latest in a string of encounters between the two countries' militaries in the region, where China's...
February 13, 2025

Australia accuses China of 'unsafe' fighter jet move

Last year's violence was the worst Bangladesh had seen since its 1971 war of independence
Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says
DHAKA — Former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina and her government tried to cling on to power using systematic, deadly violence against protesters that could amount to "crimes against humanity", the UN has said.UN human rights investigators accused the deposed government of a brutal response to mass opposition last year, in which they said up to 1,400 people had been killed, mostly by security forces.The UN team said "an official policy to attack and violently repress anti-government protesters" had been directed by political leaders and senior security officials.Hasina, who had been in office for 15 years, fled by helicopter to India shortly before crowds stormed her residence last August.The unrest began as student-led protests against quotas in civil service...
February 12, 2025

Crackdown on Bangladesh protesters may be crime against humanity, UN says

Police and the state's healthcare watchdog are investigating the incident
Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' video
SYDNEY — Two Australian nurses have been suspended after a video appeared to show them threatening to kill Israeli patients and boasting about refusing to treat them.The man and woman — both employees at a Sydney hospital — are now being investigated by police, officials in New South Wales (NSW) said.State Health Minister Ryan Park said that a "thorough investigation" would be carried out to make sure there had been "no adverse [patient] outcomes", but that a "rapid" examination of hospital records had not turned up anything unusual.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the video as "sickening and shameful" after it began circulating online.It comes less than a week after Australia passed tougher laws against hate crimes...
February 12, 2025

Australian nurses suspended over 'vile' video

China has emerged as one of the world's largest players in the global generic pharmaceutical market
'Ineffective' generic drugs fuel rare public anger in China
BEIJING — Public anger in China over concerns raised by doctors that generic drugs used in public hospitals are increasingly ineffective has led to a rare response from the government.Doctors say they believe the country's drug procurement system, which incentivizes the use of cheap generic drugs over original brand-name pharmaceuticals, has led to costs being cut at the expense of people's safety.But officials, quoted by multiple state media outlets on Sunday, say the issue is one of perception rather than reality.One report said different people simply had different reactions to medicines and that claims about them being ineffective had "mostly come from people's anecdotes and subjective feelings".The official response has done little to allay public fears over...
February 12, 2025

'Ineffective' generic drugs fuel rare public anger in China

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