(CNN)Australia will use its citizens’ drivers license photos to compile a nationwide facial recognition database in the name of fighting terrorism, much to the chagrin of privacy advocates. Described as a National Facial Biometric Matching Capability by the Australian government, it will allow law enforcement to access “passport, visa, citizenship and driver license images” to identify people of interest. Turnbull… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41495792 The job market in India has become historically sluggish in the past year. This follows as the recently elected Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi, promised that his party would create 10 million jobs if he was elected. Since his election, the unemployment rate has risen from 4.9% to 5% and India’s citizens are beginning to question their prime… Read more »
http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/04/news/economy/india-economy-modi-slowdown/index.html India’s economy, once hailed as a global bright spot, is down in the dumps. Growth in the South Asian nation fell during the first six months of 2017 from 7% to 5.7%, its slowest pace in three years, and analysts say the road to recovery is steep. “We’re on a downward spiral,” said Mohan Guruswamy, head of the Center… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35048251 “We have an opportunity in this country not to go down the American path.” TODAY’S MORTGAGE RATES 3.04% APR 15-YEAR FIXED Select Loan Amount $225,000 Calculate Your Mortgage Payment GETTY IMAGES Home News Sport Weather Shop Earth Travel 10/5/2017 Are Australia’s gun laws the solution for the US? – BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-35048251 2/10 Those were the words of former… Read more »
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-41510730 The government in the western state of Maharashtra has ordered a probe after suspected pesticide poisoning killed at least 50 farmers. Journalist Jaideep Hardikar reports from Yavatmal district, one of the worst affected areas. Pravin Soyam, 23, was in perfect health when he suddenly developed a chest pain, followed by vomiting and nausea. Then, he became completely disoriented. He… Read more »
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/29/sport/north-korea-2018-winter-olympics-figure-skating/index.html (CNN) — On Friday afternoon, in the small Bavarian ski-town of Oberstdorf, figure skaters Ryom Tae-Ok and Kim Ju-sik became the first North Korean athletes to qualify for South Korea’s 2018 Winter Olympics — a development that could have diplomatic implications as well as sporting ones. The pair — who perform to the music of The Beatles and have… Read more »
http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/myanmar-to-take-back-rohingya-from-latest-influxes-only-official STRAITS TIMES | October 3, 2017 One of the worst ethnic cleansings in history is taking place right now in Myanmar ( known as Burma to us) with the Rohingyas. Many international news organizations have been covering for weeks how they are being forced from their homes into the neighboring country of Bangladesh, the total of refugees hitting 500,000… Read more »
Article Title: India and China’s New Players in Central Asia’s Great Game http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-china-new-players-in-central-asias-great-game/articleshow/60905273.cms As recently learned in class, IGOs play a big role in our worlds economic, social and political prosperity. In recent news, the countries in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have been working together in order to maintain economic prosperity through trade. Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan are large suppliers… Read more »
YANGON (AFP) – Rohingya militants have set fire to houses in Rakhine state in recent days to intensify the exodus of the Muslim minority, the office of Myanmar’s commander-in-chief said on Thursday (Oct 5), in an apparent rebuke to fresh accusations of arson by the army. More than 500,000 Muslim Rohingya have run from communal bloodshed in Myanmar in the… Read more »
STRAITS TIMES | October 4, 2017 Mr Kim Jong Nam could barely breathe, had abnormally small pupils and was sweating excessively when he turned up at a clinic in the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) one morning in February, a court heard yesterday. Mr Kim, the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, later started to have seizures… Read more »
