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Sallie Bingham, a novelist and memoirist, famously clashed with her brother, leading to the fall of a Kentucky publishing dynasty that her paternal grandfather established in 1918 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...

Indonesian authorities crack down on pirate protest flag - Politics - The Jakarta Post Over the past month, students and activists in the country have put up the pirate sign used by "One Piece" character Monkey D. Luffy as a symbol of protest against several government policies ahead of...

In Indonesia, the pirate banner was first taken up by disgruntled truck drivers but snowballed into a movement. "I personally raised the One Piece flag because the red and white flag is too sacred to be raised in this corrupt country," said a student www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

U Myint Swe, Acting President of Myanmar Installed by Military, Dies at 74

The military government announced that acting president Myint Swe would be given a state funeral, but in Myanmar, few tears were likely to be shed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...

Michael Lydon was a founding editor of Rolling Stone. He's a seasoned music journalist, spending time with the Beatles and touring with the Grateful Dead and the Rolling Stones www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/a...

Stella Rimington, First Woman to Lead British Intelligence Agency, Dies at 90

Stella Rimington, the first woman to lead MI5, Britain’s domestic intelligence service, and the spy chief widely regarded as the inspiration for the character “M” in the James Bond movies, died on Sunday. She was 90 www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/w...

VOA director fired after declining reassignment to low-level post Kari Lake tried to dispatch Michael Abramowitz to North Carolina. When he refused, she fired him.

Michael Abramowitz, the director of Voice of America, has been fired after refusing to accept what he called an “illegal” reassignment to run a broadcasting station in North Carolina, according to a new court filing www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Sandra Grimes, Who Helped Unmask a C.I.A. Traitor, Dies at 79

In 1992, CIA analyst Sandra Grimes became suspicious when she discovered large deposits in the bank account of Aldrich Ames, the CIA deadliest traitor, whose betrayal cost the lives of at least eight double agents in Russia www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/u...

Danantara unveils sweeping reforms for SOE executive bonuses, incentives - Regulations - The Jakarta Post State asset fund Danantara has announced a major overhaul of bonus and compensation rules for SOE directors and commissioners, aligning rewards with global standards.

Indonesia's state asset fund Danantara has announced a major overhaul of bonus and compensation rules for SOE directors and commissioners, aligning rewards with global standards of corporate governance www.thejakartapost.com/business/202...

Trump Fired America’s Economic Data Collector. History Shows the Perils.

Donald Trump’s decision to fire Erika McEntarfer, the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, was a troubling step.

“This is the kind of thing you would only expect to see in a banana republic,” said Janet Yellen, a former chair of the Federal Reserve www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

In Delhi and New York, Hindu Right Wing Lines Up Against Mamdani

As Zohran Mamdani gets within striking distance of becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, he is drawing fire from supporters of India’s populist prime minister, who accuse him of being anti-Hindu www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/w...

YouTube video by DW History and Culture Why metalheads are happier people

Heavy metal is often described as deafening and aggressive. Psychologist Nico Rose argues in his book "Hard, Heavy and Happy" about the effects of heavy metal on body, mind and soul, helping fans cope with anxiety and depression www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhD0...

YouTube video by DW News Sheikh Hasina to be tried in absentia in Dhaka despite repeated extradition requests | DW News

The trial of Sheikh Hasina begins in Dhaka. She's been charged over the deaths of hundreds of Bangladesh students during last year's anti-government protests. Hasina will be tried in absentia, despite repeated demands to have her extradited from India www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0qO...

Prabowo redeems PDI-P’s Hasto, Tom Lembong - Politics - The Jakarta Post The announcements were made late Thursday after consultations between the government and party factions in the legislature in Jakarta and Bali.

President Prabowo granted legal clemency to former trade minister Tom Lembong and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto, in a move that appears to have been arranged behind closed doors and has taken many by surprise www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

Indigenous conservationists lead the fight to save Mentawai’s endangered primates SOUTH SIBERUT, Indonesia — As night falls over the Siberut jungle, a fire crackles inside the Tateburuk clan’s wooden home, or uma. The walls are covered in traditional Mentawai carvings of forest cre...

Five of the six primate species found in the Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands have traditionally been hunted. With widespread deforestation and the erosion of traditional practices that governed hunting behavior, all of the islands’ primates are now endangered news.mongabay.com/2025/05/indi...

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals The Mysterious Rise of China’s Desert AI Hubs

A Bloomberg investigation found China is building a small city of AI data centers in a Xinjiang desert and looking to buy 115,000 of Nvidia’s best chips to power them despite a U.S. export ban www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s1v...

Arab States Call for Hamas to Disarm Amid Push for a Palestinian State

In a surprise move, 22 Arab countries have joined unanimously in the call for Hamas to lay down its weapons, release all hostages and end its rule of the Gaza Strip, conditions that they said could help the establishment of a Palestinian state www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/w...

YouTube video by CBS Mornings How China is still buying sanctioned Iranian oil

A CBS News investigation reveals ship-to-ship transfers off Malaysia's coast, near Singapore, used to hide Iranian oil bound for China. The secret trade has helped Iran generate billions despite U.S. sanctions and efforts to curb its nuclear ambitions www.youtube.com/watch?v=isYA...

YouTube video by CNA Insider How Singapore's Deepest Mass Rapid Transit Station Was Built | Singapore Hour

How Singapore's deepest Mass Rapid Transit station was built? Bencoolen station is 43-meter down. It is located in a busy business area with an intersection www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvWT...

SIS removes ‘Islam’ from name after Selangor Sultan’s advice, stands firm on women’s rights Its executive director, Rozana Isa, said the decision was made during an extraordinary general meeting on 11 July, and the group will now go by its re...

Women’s rights group Sisters in Islam has officially removed the word ‘Islam’ from its public name following advice from the Sultan of Selangor, Sharafuddin Idris Shah. The group will now go by its registered name: SIS Forum (Malaysia) thesun.my/malaysia-new...

Faced with threats of 50 percent tariffs and demands to end a criminal case in Brazil, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said he wouldn’t take orders from U.S. President Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/w...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Peter Beinart - "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning" | The Daily Show

Peter Beinart discussed his book "Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning," speaking out against Israel and learning the U.N.’s failure to hold Benjamin Netanyahu accountable www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5kX...

YouTube video by DW News Thailand accuses Cambodia of breaking truce | DW News

Thailand has again accused Cambodia of breaking their ceasefire agreement. The Thai military says Cambodian troops attacked their disputed frontier at three separate points. Cambodia denies breaking the truce www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gT...

Jollibee stings McDonald's in Philippines (Published 2005)

Sometime in the late 1970s, Tony Tan Caktiong, the owner of a small ice cream parlor in a lower- middle-class neighborhood here, learned that an American hamburger chain was coming to invade the Philippines www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/b...

Two media companies in Riau Islands fall victim to fictitious ‘ojol’ orders - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post Fictitious orders for hundreds of online motorcycle taxi drivers in Riau Islands constituted a terror threat against two media companies, media executives said.

Hundreds of fictitious online motorcycle taxi orders disturbing two media companies in Batam and Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands, on Sunday, in what is believed to be a planned action aimed at disrupting editorial operations of both newsrooms www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...

It’s the dinner pairing that has the U.S. and Canada buzzing: The newly single pop star Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, the former prime minister of Canada, dropped by a high-end restaurant in Montreal for a meal together www.tmz.com/2025/07/29/k...

Andy Byron is 50 and Kristin Cabot is 52.⁠ Nobody would say that getting publicly caught on camera having an affair is a good thing. But the affair feels more interesting and more modern: the middle-aged man getting into trouble with a middle-aged woman www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...

In Los Angeles, Michael Ochs’s photographs represented virtually total coverage of every musician who made the pop charts over the decades, starting in the 1950s. His 70 file cabinets began with an ’80s group called the A’s and continued all the way to ZZ Top www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

YouTube video by DW News Anne Applebaum: 'The West doesn't understand the extremism of Putinism' | DW News

Historian @anneapplebaum.bsky.social talked about why Donald Trump is so patient with Vladimir Putin and what Putin's ultimate goals are in Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm_R...

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English Thai-Cambodian ceasefire offers hope, but wounds from conflict remain

Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to a ceasefire. The news was greeted with joy by many of the nearly 400,000 people who have been displaced by the days of fighting. But the conflict has left huge disruption and distrust www.youtube.com/watch?v=AblV...

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