In India’s richest state, exam scams kill escape from farm crisis
Ganesh Kale took three dozen exams but was robbed of a fair shot because of corruption. So he tried to take his life.
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South China Sea: Philippines’ David vs Goliath sovereignty struggle encapsulated – in tiny Thitu Island
Manila is rushing to develop the 33-hectare (82-acre) Thitu Island, with the government planning to pour in billions of pesos to upgrade it. Just over 200 civilians and military personnel currently live there.
Japan cracks down on vice clubs forcing women customers into sex work
Activists applauded the police action, but said authorities could have acted much sooner to crack down on the problem – and cautioned that much more needs to be done to halt the international trafficking of women.
Russian nuclear company reports attack on Zaporizhzhia plant
Russia's nuclear power corporation, Rosatom, accused Ukraine's military on Sunday of launching a series of attacks on the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station and the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog called for such incidents to cease immediately.
CNBC Daily Open: What rate hike?
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Monday Briefing: Israel Pulls Some Troops from Southern Gaza
The Israeli military said it withdrew a division of ground troops from southern Gaza yesterday. The move raised questions about its plans as the war reached the six-month mark — Israeli media reported that the withdrawal meant there were no Israeli troops actively maneuvering in southern Gaza.
Russia gifts North Korea ‘battlefield laboratory’ for weapons tests by using its missiles against Ukraine
“I don’t believe that in my recent memory that the North Korean military has had a battlefield laboratory quite like the Russians are affording them to have in Ukraine,” said General Charles Flynn, the US Army Pacific’s commanding general.
Malaysia is awash with profitable start-ups, so why aren’t investors interested?
Like many entrepreneurial Southeast Asians, 35-year-old Malaysian businessman Lee Zhern Je left a stable job to bet on himself. In 2015, he resigned from a major consulting firm in Kuala Lumpur to start Epic Unicorn, his own digital marketing company.