India clinch T20 series against Australia to ease Cricket World Cup pain | Cricket News

India clinch T20 series against Australia to ease Cricket World Cup pain | Cricket News

India beat Australia by 20 runs to take an unassailable 3-1 lead in the five match T20 cricket series. India have exacted a modicum of revenge for their loss to Australia in the final of the 50-overs Cricket World Cup by clinching the T20 series against them with a match…

Hong Kong journalist missing after reporting trip to China, report says | Media News

Hong Kong journalist missing after reporting trip to China, report says | Media News

Kyodo News says South China Morning Post reporter Minnie Chan became unreachable after attending forum in late October. A reporter with Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post has gone missing in China after a work trip, a Japanese news outlet has reported, raising fears that she has been detained by…

‘I missed my family’: Tears and smiles as Thai captives come home | Israel-Palestine conflict News

‘I missed my family’: Tears and smiles as Thai captives come home | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Bangkok, Thailand – Three words in English gave Thai migrant worker Khomkrit Chombua the first signal in 50 days that his captors in Gaza were about to release him: “You go Thailand.” Khomkrit was among 17 Thai captives who arrived in Bangkok on Thursday, tired and visibly thin but appearing…

LGBTQ advocates cheer Thailand’s latest drive for same-sex marriage law | LGBTQ News

LGBTQ advocates cheer Thailand’s latest drive for same-sex marriage law | LGBTQ News

Bangkok, Thailand – Somphat Satanavat has big plans for his wedding day. He has started looking for just the right hotel for the banquet, something in a neoclassical or colonial style. He knows the type of traditional Thai music he wants played and pondered the guest list. But as a…

Philippine government, communist rebels to revive peace talks | Armed Groups News

Philippine government, communist rebels to revive peace talks | Armed Groups News

If negotiations succeed, the rebels will end their 50-year armed struggle and transform into a political movement. The Philippine government will resume peace talks with the country’s communist rebels, in a bid to end decades of civil strife. Authorities will re-engage with the New People’s Army (NPA), the military wing…

Australia to ban single-use vape imports from 2024 | Health News

Australia to ban single-use vape imports from 2024 | Health News

Australia is also planning legislation to ban the manufacture, advertising or supply of disposable vapes. Australia will bar imports of single-use e-cigarettes starting next year, cracking down on the nicotine products that are popular with youth. The ban will come into effect on January 1, Australia’s government announced on Tuesday,…

For Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists, justice must wait | Civil Rights News

For Hong Kong’s arrested pro-democracy activists, justice must wait | Civil Rights News

Taipei, Taiwan – Closing arguments are due to begin in Hong Kong on Wednesday in the high-profile trial of 16 pro-democracy activists and legislators, more than 1,000 days after they were arrested by national security police. Ten days have been set aside for prosecutors and defence lawyers to summarise their…

A Reinvigorated Regional Commitment to Tsunami Preparedness in Asia & the Pacific — Global Issues

A Reinvigorated Regional Commitment to Tsunami Preparedness in Asia & the Pacific — Global Issues

Source: UNESCO-IOC (The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.?) Opinion by Temily Baker, Juliette de Charry (bangkok, thailand) Friday, November 24, 2023 Inter Press Service BANGKOK, Thailand, Nov 24 (IPS) – Between 1970 and 2022,…