Australia sets January 2027 start for political donation caps amid scrutiny of billionaire backing #Australia #Politics
Australia sets January 2027 start for political donation caps amid scrutiny of billionaire backing
New limits arrive with major gaps still in dispute Australia will introduce federal political donation and campaign spending caps on 1 January 2027 , setting a AU$50,000 annual donation limit alongside a AU$90 million campaign ceiling for a national party.…
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October 13, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Australia sets January 2027 start for political donation caps amid scrutiny of billionaire backing #Australia #Politics
North Korea Expands Armed Drone Tests Beyond Panghyon as Production Grows #NorthKorea #Politics
North Korea Expands Armed Drone Tests Beyond Panghyon as Production Grows
Armed drones move beyond their development base North Korea is reportedly moving its missile carrying Saetbyol-9 drones from Panghyon Airfield in North Pyongan Province to other airfields for weapons tests, widening a program whose physical expansion includes seven new hangars…
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October 13, 2026 at 1:19 AM
North Korea Expands Armed Drone Tests Beyond Panghyon as Production Grows #NorthKorea #Politics
Nepal Supreme Court Nominees Face Scrutiny Over Seniority, Inclusion and Undisclosed Assessments #Nepal #Politics
Nepal Supreme Court Nominees Face Scrutiny Over Seniority, Inclusion and Undisclosed Assessments
Four nominations expose a split over how merit is measured Nepal's Judicial Council has recommended four judges for vacant Supreme Court seats, including judges ranked fifth, 13th and 16th among High Court judges, without recording comparative assessment scores in its…
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October 13, 2026 at 1:15 AM
South Korea's Brazilian Egg Imports Face Scrutiny Over Costs and ₩120 Billion Support Budget #SouthKorea #Economy
South Korea's Brazilian Egg Imports Face Scrutiny Over Costs and ₩120 Billion Support Budget
₩39,000 to import a tray, ₩4,980 at the supermarket South Korea imported 1.12 million Brazilian eggs at ₩1,300 each, equivalent to ₩39,000 for a tray of 30, while subsidizing supermarket sales of imported eggs at about ₩4,980 per tray in…
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October 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
South Korea's Brazilian Egg Imports Face Scrutiny Over Costs and ₩120 Billion Support Budget #SouthKorea #Economy
South Korean Homeroom Teacher Replacements Rise 38.6% as More Teachers Ask to Step Down #SouthKorea #Education
South Korean Homeroom Teacher Replacements Rise 38.6% as More Teachers Ask to Step Down
Teachers initiate nearly two thirds of classroom changes South Korea recorded 575 homeroom teacher replacements during school terms at public elementary, middle and high schools in 2023 to 2025, up from 415 in 2020 to 2022. The 38.6% increase points…
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October 13, 2026 at 12:43 AM
South Korean Homeroom Teacher Replacements Rise 38.6% as More Teachers Ask to Step Down #SouthKorea #Education
IMF Completes Maldives Review as Debt Payments Ease Default Pressure but Dollar Shortages Persist #Maldives #Economy
IMF Completes Maldives Review as Debt Payments Ease Default Pressure but Dollar Shortages Persist
Review completed, detailed findings await publication The International Monetary Fund Executive Board concluded its 2026 Article IV consultation with the Maldives on September 14, following a year in which the country repaid a US$500 million Islamic bond but continued to…
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October 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
South Korea’s Forced School Fights Draw Mostly Light Penalties as Victim Care Needs Rise #SouthKorea #Education
South Korea’s Forced School Fights Draw Mostly Light Penalties as Victim Care Needs Rise
490 cases reveal a gap between harm and discipline South Korean education committees reviewed 490 cases of emerging forms of school violence involving 684 victims and 1,232 students identified as perpetrators from the 2024 academic year through August 2026. Yet…
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October 13, 2026 at 12:22 AM
South Korea’s Forced School Fights Draw Mostly Light Penalties as Victim Care Needs Rise #SouthKorea #Education
Jet Li Reflects on Daughter's Depression and the Conversations That Brought Them Closer #China #Health
Jet Li Reflects on Daughter's Depression and the Conversations That Brought Them Closer
A Father's Account of a Crisis He Recognized Late Jet Li has described how his youngest daughter showed signs of distress at seven, experienced a severe worsening of depression at around 12 or 13, and later sent him a message…
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October 13, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Singapore's CRIMSON-1 Launches Perovskite Solar Cells and AI Into Orbit #Singapore #Technology
Singapore's CRIMSON-1 Launches Perovskite Solar Cells and AI Into Orbit
A 5kg satellite puts two technologies to the test Singapore's CRIMSON-1 satellite is testing flexible perovskite solar cells and artificial intelligence about 520km above Earth, bringing two laboratory technologies into an environment where power, heat and communications capacity are tightly…
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October 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Singapore's CRIMSON-1 Launches Perovskite Solar Cells and AI Into Orbit #Singapore #Technology
Nepal Central Bank Bill Raises Independence Concerns Over Government Powers and Shorter Terms #Nepal #Economy
Nepal Central Bank Bill Raises Independence Concerns Over Government Powers and Shorter Terms
Three proposed changes put central bank autonomy at issue Nepal's parliamentary Finance Committee has approved changes to the Nepal Rastra Bank Act that would shorten the guaranteed tenure of central bank leaders from five years to three, retain the government's…
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October 12, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Singapore Sets AI Risk Rules for Financial Firms, With Deadlines in 2027 and 2028 #Singapore #Technology
Singapore Sets AI Risk Rules for Financial Firms, With Deadlines in 2027 and 2028
Two deadlines put AI oversight on the financial sector agenda Singapore's financial institutions have until 7 October 2027 to meet core supervisory expectations for artificial intelligence oversight, followed by a second deadline on 7 October 2028 for broader controls, capabilities…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Singapore Sets AI Risk Rules for Financial Firms, With Deadlines in 2027 and 2028 #Singapore #Technology
EU and Thailand Provisionally Close Most Trade Pact Chapters, With Market Access Still Unresolved #Thailand #International
EU and Thailand Provisionally Close Most Trade Pact Chapters, With Market Access Still Unresolved
Phuket talks move the agreement closer to completion The European Union and Thailand have provisionally closed most chapters of their proposed free trade agreement after a tenth negotiating round in Phuket, shifting the remaining work toward market access and sensitive…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
EU and Thailand Provisionally Close Most Trade Pact Chapters, With Market Access Still Unresolved #Thailand #International
Nepal Court Orders Rs153.8 Million Repaid in Bhutanese Refugee Scam, but 53 Claims Fail #Nepal #Politics
Nepal Court Orders Rs153.8 Million Repaid in Bhutanese Refugee Scam, but 53 Claims Fail
Repayment ordered, with major gaps unresolved Kathmandu District Court has ordered eight defendants in Nepal's fake Bhutanese refugee scam to repay Rs153.797 million to 59 people, placing the largest liability, Rs74.7 million, on Sandesh Sharma of Dang. Former deputy prime…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Vietnam Climate Scenarios Warn of Rice Losses, Dangerous Heat and Rising Coastal Risks #Vietnam #Environment
Vietnam Climate Scenarios Warn of Rice Losses, Dangerous Heat and Rising Coastal Risks
Rice losses and stronger storms sharpen the case for adaptation Vietnam's updated 2025 climate scenarios project rice yield losses exceeding 10% in some Mekong Delta growing seasons if global warming reaches 4°C, alongside a roughly threefold increase in the annual…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Vietnam Climate Scenarios Warn of Rice Losses, Dangerous Heat and Rising Coastal Risks #Vietnam #Environment
LH Chief Warns of Sharp House Price Falls as Lawmakers Challenge Supply Delays and Rising Debt #SouthKorea #Economy
LH Chief Warns of Sharp House Price Falls as Lawmakers Challenge Supply Delays and Rising Debt
A price forecast meets a widening supply gap South Korea's main public housing developer faced a stark challenge at the National Assembly on October 12, 2026: explain why only 13,293 homes had reached the reported construction start stage against an…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:39 PM
LH Chief Warns of Sharp House Price Falls as Lawmakers Challenge Supply Delays and Rising Debt #SouthKorea #Economy
Myanmar Investigators Trace Military Airstrikes and Election Abuses as Civilian Attacks Continue #Myanmar #Politics
Myanmar Investigators Trace Military Airstrikes and Election Abuses as Civilian Attacks Continue
Investigators identify units behind attacks on civilians United Nations investigators have identified some Myanmar military units and their command structures behind airstrikes on civilians, moving their inquiry beyond documenting destruction toward establishing who may bear criminal responsibility. Their eighth annual…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
IMF Finds AI Is Changing Asia's Hiring as Programmer Demand Falls About 10% #Thailand #Technology
IMF Finds AI Is Changing Asia's Hiring as Programmer Demand Falls About 10%
Hiring pressure rises where AI can do more tasks Employer demand for programmers fell about 10% relative to less exposed occupations during 2024 and 2025, according to International Monetary Fund research presented in Bangkok on October 12, 2026. The analysis,…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:22 PM
IMF Finds AI Is Changing Asia's Hiring as Programmer Demand Falls About 10% #Thailand #Technology
EU Sanctions North Korean Missile Technician and Russian Firms Over Military and Economic Ties #NorthKorea #International
EU Sanctions North Korean Missile Technician and Russian Firms Over Military and Economic Ties
Seven new listings target missiles, labour and fuel The Council of the European Union imposed sanctions on three individuals and four entities on October 12, 2026, targeting a North Korean missile technician in Russia, a Russian property developer employing North…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
EU Sanctions North Korean Missile Technician and Russian Firms Over Military and Economic Ties #NorthKorea #International
SAS Personnel Refuse Questions as Afghanistan Inquiry Examines Killings and Missing Evidence #Afghanistan #Politics
SAS Personnel Refuse Questions as Afghanistan Inquiry Examines Killings and Missing Evidence
Refusals put direct testimony at risk A high proportion of SAS personnel approached by the public inquiry into alleged unlawful killings in Afghanistan have refused to answer its questions, Lord Justice Haddon-Cave has said. The inquiry is examining allegations involving…
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October 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
SAS Personnel Refuse Questions as Afghanistan Inquiry Examines Killings and Missing Evidence #Afghanistan #Politics
Thai PBS challenges audit disclosure as reports seek 85.22 million baht in repayments #Thailand #Politics
Thai PBS challenges audit disclosure as reports seek 85.22 million baht in repayments
Two disputes emerge from a 5.09 billion baht spending review A reported State Audit Office letter dated October 7, 2026, asks the Thai PBS policy board to take action concerning director Vanchai Tantivitayapitak and pursue repayment of 85,222,935.65 baht over…
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October 12, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Snow Man's AMENITY Tops One Million in First Week, Tying B'z Album Record #Japan #Entertainment
Snow Man's AMENITY Tops One Million in First Week, Tying B'z Album Record
A Million Copies and a Record Shared With B'z Snow Man's AMENITY sold 1,014,000 copies in its opening week on the Oricon Weekly Album Ranking, giving the nine member group its fifth consecutive album to pass one million sales in…
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October 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Snow Man's AMENITY Tops One Million in First Week, Tying B'z Album Record #Japan #Entertainment
KP Emergency Puts Constitutional Limits, Detentions and Elected Rule at the Center of Pakistan’s Dispute #Pakistan #Politics
KP Emergency Puts Constitutional Limits, Detentions and Elected Rule at the Center of Pakistan’s Dispute
Two constitutional powers, one displaced government Governor Faisal Karim Kundi is administering Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with an 11 member advisory council after President Asif Ali Zardari imposed emergency and governor’s rule on the advice of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The federal…
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October 12, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Prachin Buri Floodwater Tests Find High Petroleum Contamination Near Industrial Waste Landfill #Thailand #Environment
Prachin Buri Floodwater Tests Find High Petroleum Contamination Near Industrial Waste Landfill
One sampling point records 114,860 milligrams per litre Water collected about 65 metres from a leaking embankment near an industrial waste landfill in Hua Wa, Si Maha Phot district, Prachin Buri, contained petroleum hydrocarbons at a reported concentration of 114,860…
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October 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Prachin Buri Floodwater Tests Find High Petroleum Contamination Near Industrial Waste Landfill #Thailand #Environment
ICE Detains Hong Kong Residents Protected From Deportation as Congress Proposes Permanent Residency #HongKong #Politics
ICE Detains Hong Kong Residents Protected From Deportation as Congress Proposes Permanent Residency
Protection Through February 2027 Has Not Prevented Arrests At least 12 Hong Kong residents protected from deportation under a presidential directive have been detained at U.S. airports since June 2026, according to immigration lawyers. Judges subsequently ordered their release after…
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October 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM