Glaciers throughout the region have thinned by approximately half a metre each year since 2000, Immerzeel says. The glacier close to the collapsed slope retreated more than 300 metres between 2010 and
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At least 124 land and environmental defenders were killed worldwide in 2025, according to Global Witness, bringing the number of documented killings and long-term disappearances since 2012 to more than 2,375. The
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Turkey has released 106 demonstrators detained during a protest against a nationwide crackdown on LGBTQ people, activists and organisations, while courts have continued to order the detention of others in an expanding
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China reduced its holdings of US Treasuries to an 18-year low in July, highlighting a broader retreat by foreign holders of American government debt as concerns over the sustainability of Washington’s finances
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The Government of Fiji has declared a national emergency to address a rapid increase in HIV infections, seeking to contain the virus and protect public health. The health crisis, first evident in
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That new route arrives as China’s trade with Southeast Asia continues to expand. According to China’s General Administration of Customs, bilateral trade between China and ASEAN reached about 4.34 trillion yuan, or
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The US Embassy in Colombo has declined to comment further on a special police investigation into a major narcotics seizure at the China-managed Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), despite questions over the
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Ranjan Senaratne Bandara, Officer-in-Charge of the ‘Q’ Division of the State Intelligence Service (SIS), has been arrested in connection with the continuing investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks, as prosecutors raise
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The renminbi’s role in South-east Asia is moving beyond trade settlement as companies increasingly incorporate the Chinese currency into their treasury strategies, financing arrangements and capital-market activities. Karen Ng, Standard Chartered’s head
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Malaysia’s multibillion-dollar data-centre expansion is creating a broader opportunity for the country to capture more of the artificial intelligence supply chain, with companies and industry leaders looking beyond server facilities towards chips,
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Hackers claiming responsibility for a data breach at Revolut have threatened to sell confidential records belonging to hundreds of customers to other criminal groups unless the British online bank pays a ransom
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Oil prices in China have surged to record highs as refiners in the world’s biggest crude importer intensify their search for supplies amid growing fears over the security of exports from the
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On a Monday morning in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, Sam Altman arrives for an interview looking remarkably understated for a man who has become one of the most recognisable figures in the
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Five years after returning to power, the Taliban controls Afghanistan more firmly than many expected. Yet territorial control has not translated into the elimination of militant networks operating from Afghan soil. That
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The Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague has sentenced former Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty of war crimes including unlawful detention, torture, murder and
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