In Bangladesh, protests are no longer about the quota system
The violence has led even common people to demand the prime minister’s exit.
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Malicious actors trying to exploit global tech outage for their own gain
As the world continues to recover from massive business and travel disruptions caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, malicious actors are trying to exploit the situation for their own gain.
Bangladesh army enforces curfew as students-led protests spiral
Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the capital Dhaka on Saturday during a curfew meant to quell deadly students-led protests against government job quotas that have killed at least 105 people this week.
Bangladesh imposes shutdown as death toll from student protests mounts
Communications blackout persists as deadly crackdown on demonstrators continues in the nation of 170 million.
Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina cancels foreign trips following deadly clashes
This week’s violence has killed at least 105 people so far, based on a count of victims reported by hospitals, and poses a significant challenge to Hasina’s autocratic government after 15 years in office.
Nguyen Phu Trong, Powerful Vietnamese Leader, Is Dead at 80
Nguyen Phu Trong, the hard-line general secretary of Vietnam’s Communist Party who presided over his country’s economic and geopolitical transformation, and reshaped its leadership with his “blazing furnace” anticorruption campaign, died on Friday at a hospital in Hanoi. He was 80.
Vietnam Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong, the country’s most powerful leader, dies at age 80
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party and the country’s most powerful politician, has died following months of ill health, official media said Friday. He was 80.
Blazing oil tankers in Singapore Strait spotlight perils of dark fleet ships
Hafnia Nile, a Singapore-flagged refined-products tanker, and Ceres I, a crude oil tanker sailing under the flag of Sao Tome & Principe, are 55km (34 miles) northeast of the tiny island of Pedra Branca, at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait.