It's been eight months since 38-year-old Nan Hanrui has been to her parents' home in Myanmar due to the outbreak of COVID-19 earlier this year. Living in Ruili city, Yunnan province, where two ... ( read original story ...)
American faces prison in Thailand over bad hotel review
Wesley Barnes sued by resort owner after posting negative comments on Tripadvisor ... ( read original story ...)
American Could Face Prison Time in Thailand for Posting Negative Tripadvisor Reviews of Resort
The American, who lives in Thailand, spent a weekend in jail after police arrested him under the country's defamation laws ... ( read original story ...)
US man faces jail in Thailand over hotel review
A US man is facing up to two years in jail in Thailand after posting negative reviews of a hotel he stayed in. He was sued by the resort under the country's strict anti-defamation laws. Wesley Barnes, ... ( read original story ...)
Armenia, Azerbaijan conflict escalates; Turkey calls allegation of downing jet ‘absolutely untrue’
Armenia said one of its warplanes was shot down Tuesday by a fighter jet from Azerbaijan’s ally Turkey. Both Turkey and Azerbaijan denied it. ( read original story ...)
In Japan, a revolutionary response to the pandemic: salarymen in shorts
As companies rethink Japan’s intense work culture, one chief executives plans to move his workers to a picturesque island. ( read original story ...)
Children in rural Bangladesh suffering with no schools amid Covid-19 pandemic
Online classes are lecture based and children cannot actively participate, a parent said Students in villages are suffering in terms of studies with no physical school to go to, due to the effect of ... ( read original story ...)
In Pakistan, a tweet can bring a death sentence
Last month, I sent a tweet — intended as a commentary on Pakistan’s problem of political abductions — that sparked a violent backlash of gender-based slurs, slut-shaming and death threats. By the next ... ( read original story ...)
Amnesty halts India operations, saying it is being silenced
The human rights group Amnesty International halted work in India on Tuesday, accusing the government of having frozen its bank accounts as punishment for speaking out about alleged rights abuses. ( read original story ...)
Amnesty International to stop work in India, cites government harassment and threats
Amnesty International announced Tuesday it would close its operations in India after its bank accounts were frozen and its executives were interrogated following the publication of two reports by the ... ( read original story ...)