Category: Regional
Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at The Hague to defend Burma genocide charges 28 years after winning Nobel Peace Prize
AUNG Sang Suu Kyi has appeared at the UN’s highest court to defend Myanmar against charges it committed genocide against the Rohingya. The1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner, [...]
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UK to still fund Burma camps despite fears of ‘apartheid-like’ conditions
The UK has broken ranks with the UN and will keep funding “closed” Rohingya camps inside Myanmar despite fears that doing so may entrench [...]
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95 Rohingya in Burma face jail as Hague hears ‘genocide’ case
Nearly100 Rohingya appeared in a Myanmar court Wednesday after being arrested for trying to flee persecution, their lawyer said, as leader Aung San Suu Kyi addressed the [...]
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Aung San Suu Kyi defends Burma against genocide allegations
Nobel peace prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi has defended Myanmar’s military against genocide allegations made at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) amid accusations [...]
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Burma’s Suu Kyi to take the stand in genocide case
Aung San Suu Kyi is set to speak out in Myanmar’s defence at the UN’s top court on Wednesday, a day after the former democracy icon was urged to “stop the [...]
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UN: Nearly a half billion in Asia-Pacific still going hungry
Nearly a half billion people in the Asia-Pacific are still malnourished and eliminating hunger by 2030 requires that millions escape food insecurity each month, according to [...]
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Burma’s Suu Kyi to lead genocide defence at World Court
Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi will lead Myanmar’s defence at the World Court on Wednesday, where her country faces accusations of genocide against its [...]
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High stakes: Burma’s Lady gambles image in Rohingya genocide lawsuit
From democracy champion to defending Myanmar against genocide charges, the shock decision by civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi to face the UN’s top court risks further [...]
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Burma’s Suu Kyi arrives at UN court for genocide hearings
Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived at the UN’s International Court of Justice on Tuesday to defend her country over charges of genocide against its [...]
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Swe Zin Htet on being the first openly gay Miss Universe contestant: ‘People in Burma are not accepting of this’
Swe Zin Htet, the reigning Miss Myanmar, is making major progress for both her country and for the Miss Universe pageant as a whole. The 21-year-old told People who will [...]
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Timeline: How the crackdown on Burma’s Rohingya unfolded
A brutal crackdown on the minority Rohingya has brought Myanmar to the UN’s highest court and charges of genocide. Aung San Suu Kyi, former political prisoner, Nobel [...]
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An icon’s journey: Aung San Suu Kyi’s life in troubled Burma
On Tuesday, World Human Rights Day, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi will fight accusations of genocide brought against her country at the International Court of Justice at [...]
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Aung San Suu Kyi to appear at ICJ as Burma faces genocide case
Myanmar leader will defend country against charges of genocide over a 2017 crackdown on the Rohingya filed by Gambia. Aung San Suu Kyi will appear at the International Court [...]
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Vietnam’s richest man bets $2 billion to sell cars to US
The billionaire behind six-month-old Vietnamese auto startup VinFast plans a feat even Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. couldn’t pull off during their early [...]
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Miss Universe celebrates its first openly gay contestant
The Miss Universe beauty pageant has featured an openly gay contestant for the first timeand she hails from a country where homosexuality is criminalised. Twenty-year-old Swe [...]
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