Ye Htut is a 64-year-old retired lieutenant colonel in the Myanmarese army, who also served as a spokesperson and information minister in the military-backed government of President Thein Sein from 2013 to 2016. Recently, he was arrested on charges of corruption and sedition due to...
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Thousands hit the streets of New Zealand Tuesday in protest at the new government’s plan to reconsider policies that helped the indigenous Māori community, Al Jazeera reported. Following a call by the Te Pāti Māori party, protesters gathered in front of parliament in Wellington, as well...
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Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo dissolved the country’s opposition-controlled parliament this week, just days after an attempted coup by members of the country’s National Guard, Bloomberg reported. Embalo announced Monday that the West African country is experiencing “a serious political crisis,” saying there was “strong evidence...
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Norway on Tuesday approved deep-sea mining exploration, becoming the first country to do so, even as it has received harsh criticism from environmental groups and the fishing industry over the potential damage such extraction can cause marine ecosystems, the Financial Times reported. Norway’s minority center-left government...
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Axolotls are a wonder of nature: These amphibians have the ability to stay young – known as neoteny – and fully regenerate lost limbs. But sadly these unique abilities haven’t prevented the salamander species from becoming critically endangered. Mainly found in Mexico City’s Lake Xochimilco, censuses have...
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