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¿Por qué Estados Unidos deporta migrantes a África?

¿Por qué Estados Unidos deporta migrantes a África?

Por Uriel Blanco, CNN en Español Estados Unidos ha comenzado a deportar migrantes con antecedentes penales a países de África con los que no tienen ningún vínculo, una práctica sin precedentes que ha generado preocupación entre organizaciones de...

Map Shows Countries That Don't Allow Dual Citizenship

Map Shows Countries That Don't Allow Dual Citizenship

Data mapped by Newsweek shows which countries do not allow dual citizenship. Why It Matters A recent Harris Poll survey revealed that 42 percent of U.S. adults have thought about or intend to move abroad to enhance their lifestyle or financial...

Authors Featured at Berkshire Free Library’s 11th Annual Blueberry and Book Festival

Authors Featured at Berkshire Free Library’s 11th Annual Blueberry and Book Festival

If you have never had the chance to meet a published author, here is your chance. The authors for the 2025 eleventh Berkshire Blueberry and Book Festival fundraiser are several of our prolific past favorites, as well as several newcomers that the...

The Doi Tung Model and Alternative Development in Thailand

The Doi Tung Model and Alternative Development in Thailand

OXFORD, United Kingdom — Doi Tung is a mountainous area in northern Chiang Rai province, near the border with Myanmar. Today, it is a popular destination for tourists seeking to explore its lush forests and the cultures of six distinct ethnic...

At AFMC’s iconic War Surgery Museum, a glimpse into how surgeons fought to save lives of frontline soldiers

At AFMC’s iconic War Surgery Museum, a glimpse into how surgeons fought to save lives of frontline soldiers

Are you curious about the life of an Indian Army surgeon in active combat, and the challenges they face on the warfront? If so, just step into the War Surgery Museum at the Armed Forces Medical College in Pune where you can walk past Samurai...

Donald Trump’s tariffs list returns, Taco or not

Donald Trump’s tariffs list returns, Taco or not

Like a dog to a bone, Donald Trump always returns to tariffs. He is now proposing a modified list of them on a range of countries, including close allies and a number of desperately poor nations, to be imposed on August 1st. Will he chicken out,...

‘Don’t be arrogant’: Zahid hits back at critics of his NZ working visit, says Malaysia must be ready to learn from others

‘Don’t be arrogant’: Zahid hits back at critics of his NZ working visit, says Malaysia must be ready to learn from others

WELLINGTON, July 18 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi expressed regret over the actions of certain quarters who belittled his working visit to New Zealand. He said such criticisms were inappropriate and served only to...

Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime; Crisis Group reports violence ‘likely’ if elections occur

Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime; Crisis Group reports violence ‘likely’ if elections occur

Nawnghkio in northern Shan State retaken by regime Residents of northern Shan State told DVB that regime troops recaptured six urban wards of Nawnghkio town from the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on Wednesday following a counteroffensive...

Airstrikes have killed 33 in Karenni State since January

Airstrikes have killed 33 in Karenni State since January

From Jan. 1 to July 9, airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force have killed 33 civilians and injured 94 in Karenni State, according to the Interim Executive Council (IEC), a provisional government set up on June 12, 2023 by the Karenni...

America’s Plan To Send Deportees To Africa Needs A Rethink

America’s Plan To Send Deportees To Africa Needs A Rethink

THINGS ARE STILL a bit murky amid chatters and uncertainty surrounding a purported plan by the United States of America to offload scores of deportees, many of who are victims of the country’s aggressive crackdown on immigrants and a ragedy policy...

‘Love scam’ targeting overseas workers

‘Love scam’ targeting overseas workers

THE Bureau of Immigration (BI) has uncovered a new kind of scam hub abroad with fake job offers primarily targeting unsuspecting Filipinos who are looking for overseas employment. Immigration Commissioner Joel Anthony Viado disclosed Tuesday the...

Southeast Asia: Just about 20% of women in WHO Southeast Asia region have health insurance

Southeast Asia: Just about 20% of women in WHO Southeast Asia region have health insurance

About one in every five women in the WHO Southeast Asia Region, including India, are covered under a health insurance according to a new study published in The Lancet Regional Health Southeast Asia. The study Health insurance coverage among men...

New Delhi hosts mega meet to celebrate Dalai Lama’s birthday

New Delhi hosts mega meet to celebrate Dalai Lama’s birthday

The International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) in commemoration of the 90th birth anniversary of His Holiness 14th Dalai Lama, conducted a daylong celebration on the 13th of July at New Delhi. Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden Rinpoche,...

Damming the River by Feeling the Stones: China’s Mekong Hydropower Strategy

Damming the River by Feeling the Stones: China’s Mekong Hydropower Strategy

For decades, China has been the dominant force in hydropower development across the Mekong subregion, financing, and constructing massive dam projects that have transformed Southeast Asia’s economic and environmental landscape. Many analysts have...

Any interested person can join Sejong Cultural Academy Korean language course 2025

Any interested person can join Sejong Cultural Academy Korean language course 2025

Korean cooking course was in progress at Sejong Institute in Shanghai from 3 to 5 July. Applications are now open for 2025 Sejong Cultural Academy Korean language course scheduled in August, said Myanmar Embassy in the Republic of Korea. The...

Indians lost Rs 7,000 cr in 5 months to Chinese-controlled cyber fraud network of 5 countries

Indians lost Rs 7,000 cr in 5 months to Chinese-controlled cyber fraud network of 5 countries

Indians have lost the most money to Chinese-controlled cyber criminals operating out of Myanmar, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand in the first five months of 2025. According to a report by the Indian Express, citing data by the Indian Cyber...

Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify

Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify

Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 11 (Moemaka, July 12, 2025): Civilian Casualties from Daily Airstrikes Intensify The Myanmar military junta’s daily airstrikes—using fighter jets and bombing missions—have sharply increased in recent weeks,...

UEC and MNHRC hold coordination meeting

UEC and MNHRC hold coordination meeting

The coordination meeting between the Union Election Commission and the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission underway on 8 July 2025 at the UEC Office in Nay Pyi Taw. The Union Election Commission (UEC) and the Myanmar National Human Rights...

ICE can deport migrants to a ‘third country’ with just six hours’ notice, memo says

ICE can deport migrants to a ‘third country’ with just six hours’ notice, memo says

Open this photo in gallery:Alex Brandon/The Associated Press U.S. immigration officials may deport migrants to countries other than their home nations with as little as six hours’ notice, a top Trump administration official said in a memo,...

More than 40,000 local and oversea jobs created in late April

More than 40,000 local and oversea jobs created in late April

Myanmar created more than 40,000 local and oversea jobs for citizens in late April, according to the Department of Labour. The total number of local jobs created by the government and the private sector was 24,048— 15,309 in Yangon, 455 in Nay Pyi...

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