Reuters: When Shen Mengyu graduated with a master’s degree from a top Chinese university in 2015, she could have landed a comfortable job in government or at one of China’s internet giants. Instead, she went to work at a car parts factory in the southern city of Guangzhou, pursuing her interest in labor activism. In…
Reuters: The wife of imprisoned Reuters journalist Wa Lone, who is facing up to 14 years in jail in Myanmar for allegedly violating the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, gave birth to a girl on Friday. Wa Lone, 32, and his colleague Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained since December accused of obtaining secret state…
Desk Report: When you wake up in the morning to the sound of your alarm after a less than satisfactory night’s sleep, it can be all too tempting to press the snooze button and stay in bed for a few extra minutes.However, doing so can be extremely detrimental for your health, causing both your body and…
Dailymail.UK: The wealthiest among us are also the most likely to steal, drive reckless, lie, cheat on their partners and ignore the needs of poorer people, scientists say. According to a renowned psychologist from the University of California, Berkeley, belonging to a higher social class is a predictor of increased unethical behaviour.In fact, the negative…
Reuters: Schools teaching half a million Palestinian refugees will reopen across the Middle East as planned later this month, a U.N. agency said on Thursday, despite funding cuts by its biggest donor the United States. The opening of the schools on Aug. 29 had been in doubt after the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…
Desk report: A tribunal in Dhaka today directed jail authorities to show cause for their failure to produce Jahangir Alam alias Rajib Gandhi, one of eight accused in the Holey Artisan café attack case, before the court on two consecutive dates, reports the daily star. Judge Mojibur Rahman of the Ant-Terrorism Special Tribunal of Dhaka…
BBC: A Malaysian court has ruled that the evidence against two women accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korea’s leader is strong enough for the case to go to trial. Kim Jong-nam died at Kuala Lumpur’s airport last year after the toxic VX nerve agent was rubbed on his face. Siti Aisyah and Doan…
Abrar Hussain: Italian PM Giuseppe Conte has declared a 12-month state of emergency in the Liguria region after the motorway bridge collapse in Genoa which has taken the lives of 39 people. Conte also said he would make an initial €5m ($5.7m) available from central funds to the north-western region after a request from the…
M Humayun Kabir: Former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee passed away yesterday afternoon at a hospital in India. He was 93. Vajpayee, who was placed on life support as his condition worsened on Wednesday, breathed his last at 5.05pm, reports The Times of India. The former Indian PM was admitted to All India Institute…
Al Jazeera: An unknown number of fighters have launched an attack on an intelligence service centre in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. There are no details on casualty figures yet. The assault on Thursday morning started at approximately 10:15am local time at the training centre overseen by the National Security Directorate in the city’s Qala-e-Wazir area. “At…