Cempaka Asean

MSN – AFP , 18 May 2023  Map showing Central Asia countries. China's President Xi Jinping will host a two-day summit with the leaders of five Central Asian leaders in Xi'an starting May ...

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Yahoo – AFP , Martin Abbugao and Allison Jackson, May 10, 2023  The turmoil in junta-ruled Myanmar has dominated talks at the ASEAN summit in Indonesia Southeast Asian nations said Wedn...

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Yahoo – AFP , Kim Il-sung, March 1, 2023  Born into an elite North Korean family with ties to the ruling dynasty, Oh Hye Son grew up believing she was "special" -- but then she tasted fr...

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Yahoo – AFP , Stuart Williams, October 18, 2022  Alarm grew on Tuesday over the wellbeing of Iranian sports climber Elnaz Rekabi after she competed at an event in South Korea without a h...

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Yahoo – AFP , Ebrahim Raisi, September 22, 2022  Veteran journalist Christiane Amanpour said Thursday that an interview with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was scrapped after he insiste...

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Yahoo – AFP , August 26, 2022  Pope Francis has asked Pyongyang to invite him to North Korea, saying in a televised interview on Friday that he would not turn down a chance to visit and ...

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France24 – AFP ,  21 August 2022  Gay rights campaigners have long said Singapore's law runs afoul of the affluent city-state's increasingly modern and vibrant culture Roslan RAHMAN AFP...

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Yahoo – AFP , 25 July 2022  Myanmar's junta has executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party and a prominent activist, state media said Monday, in th...

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Yahoo – AFP , 25 July 2022  Droupadi Murmu was sworn in as India's president on Monday, making her the first person from one of the country's marginalised tribal communities to serve as ...

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France24 – AFP , 11 June 2022  A career diplomat who speaks fluent English, Choe Son Hui served as a close aide to Kim Jong Un during talks with the United States LUONG THAI LINH POOL/A...

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France24 – AFP , 3 June 2022  Ghada Ahmed (R) works on a car in Saudi Arabia, where garages are tapping women as a source for mechanics Fayez Nureldine AFP Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) �...

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Yahoo – AFP , Frank Bainimarama, 30 May 2022 Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that that Beijing is willing to work with other major powers in the Pacific region to help island na...

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  Yahoo – AFP , May 11, 2022  Japan is the only Group of Seven nation that does not recognise same-sex unions (AFP/Philip FONG) (Philip FONG)  Tokyo will begin recognising same-sex pa...

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France24 – AFP , 23 April 2022  The Dalai Lama was presented with a block of ice carved from one of the fast-melting glaciers in India's Himalayan Ladakh region - Office of His Holiness ...

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Yahoo – AFP , April 7, 2022  David Gilmour: 'We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an independent, peaceful democratic country being invade...

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Yahoo – AFP , April 7, 2022  Concern for the human rights of Qatar's army of migrant labourers has refused to go  away as the World Cup nears, despite promised reforms by the emirate's r...

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Yahoo – AFP , 24 January 2022 A photo released by Pakistan's Press Information Department shows Justice Ayesha Malik being sworn in as a supreme court judge (AFP) Pakistan swore in Ayes...

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Yahoo – AFP , December 25, 2021 Assembly-line workers at a factory in Fuyang in eastern China (AFP/STR) Chinese lawmakers are discussing new rules to prevent workplace discrimination and ...

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Yahoo – AFP, 8 November 2021  Australian footballer Josh Cavallo has said he would be scared to play in Qatar (AFP/Handout) Australian footballer Josh Cavallo, who came out as gay last ...

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Yahoo – AFP , 9 October 2021  Philippine journalist Maria Ressa (pictured after her arrest in 2019) says her Nobel Peace Prize is for 'all journalists around the world' (AFP/TED ALJIBE) ...

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  Yahoo – AFP , September 9, 2021 A group of Malaysian mothers won a landmark case overturning unequal citizenship rules in the Southeast Asian country (AFP/Handout) A group of Malaysia...

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Yahoo – AFP , Sun, 18 April 2021  The coup in Myanmar has sparked mass protests against the military junta Myanmar's shadow government on Sunday urged Southeast Asian leaders to give it ...

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Yahoo – AFP , 28 December 2020  Authoroties said former Chinese lawyer and citizen journalist Zhang Zhan had spread "False remarks" online. A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for f...

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Yahoo – AFP, Gregory Walton, October 27, 2020  Qatar Airways crew prepare to enter Sydney international airport to fly a repatriation flight back to France on April 2, 2020, amid the CO...

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Yahoo – AFP , October 22, 2020  Goldman Sachs Asia showed 'serious lapses and deficiencies in its management supervisory' Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission said Global finan...

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