Elon Musk Deepfake Crypto Scam Raises Alarm In Hong Kong, SFC Responds In a recent advisory, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) issued a stern warning about a cryptocurrency scam involving deepfake technology. This sophist... (photo: AP / Matt Rourke) CoinGape Elon Musk Hong Kong Photos United States Wikipedia: Elon Musk Who are the Rohingya and what is happening in Myanmar? Fresh outbreak of violence after decades of ethnic tensions has prompted tens of thousands of people to flee to Bangladesh Described as the world’s most persecuted peop... (photo: AP / Reza Saifullah) The Guardian Human Rights Myanmar Photos Rohingya Genocide Wikipedia: Rohingya genocide Elon Musk pushes plan for Chinese data to power Tesla’s self-driving cars Shanghai/Singapore — Tesla is pushing ahead with plans to power the global development of its self-driving system with data from China that could be processed within th... (photo: AP / John Raoux, File) Business Day Chinese Elon Musk Photos Teslas Wikipedia: Elon Musk Putin and Xi vow to step up fight to counter US ‘containment’ China's President Xi Jinping, left, and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, right, attend an official welcoming ceremony Thursday in front of the Great Hall of the People ... (photo: AP / Sergei Bobylev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) West Hawaii Today China Photos Russia US Foreign Policy Wikipedia: ChinaRussia relations North Korea test-fires suspected missiles a day after US and South Korea conduct a fighter jet drill SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Friday, South Korea’s military said, a day after South Kore... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon) North Shore News Kim Jong Un N Korea Photos US Foreign Policy Wikipedia: North Korea and weapons of mass destruction New Caledonia says situation ‘calmer’ after state of emergency imposed Authorities in New Caledonia have described the situation in the French Pacific territory as “calmer” after Paris declared a state of emergency in response to violenc... (photo: AP / Thomas Padilla) Al Jazeera France New Caledonia Pacific Photos Taiwan grapples with divisive history as new president prepares for power Taipei, Taiwan – Even as Taiwan prepares for the inauguration of its eighth president next week, it continues to struggle over the legacy of the island’s first presid... (photo: Creative Commons / Bernard Gagnon) Al Jazeera China Photos Politics Taiwan State of emergency takes effect in New Caledonia after four killed in riots France has declared a state of emergency in its Pacific island territory of New Caledonia and deployed police and military reinforcements in an attempt to end days of unr... (photo: AP / Clotilde Richalet, File) Al Jazeera Elections France New Caledonia Photos Climate change could force Bangkok to move, official warns Thailand may have to consider relocating its capital Bangkok because of rising sea levels, a senior official in the country's climate change office has said. | Projection... (photo: Creative Commons) RTE Bangkok Climate change Environment Photos Can’t blame all Chinese cyberattacks on the government The UK’s national security agency, MI5, warned in April that British universities participating in military research are targets for cyberattacks by foreign states. | M... (photo: AP / Alastair Grant) Asiatimes Britain China Cyberattacks Photos Indonesia seeds clouds to block rainfall after floods killed at least 58 people while 35 are missing Indonesian authorities seeded clouds on Wednesday, trying to prevent further rain and flash floods after deluges that hit the country's Sumatra Island over ... (photo: AP / Fachri Hamzah) Hong Kong Standard Asia Indonesia Photos Sumatra YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court order YouTube has blocked access to a popular protest song in Hong Kong, a week after a court in the city granted a government request to ban the anthem. In a statement on Wedn... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky, File) CNN Censorship China Hong Kong Photos Hunger striking democracy and royal reform activist dies in Thai prison Bangkok, Thailand – Netiporn “Bung” Sanesangkhom was known by her friends and family as courageous, outspoken, and fierce. At just 28 years old, she was a formidabl... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit) Al Jazeera Democracy Human Rights Photos Thailand No, Japan’s actually not a xenophobic country The other day at a fundraiser, Joe Biden made a casual comment that I consider to be the worst gaffe of his entire term as president. He declared that two of America’s ... (photo: Creative Commons / ) Asiatimes China Japan Photos Politics France backs controversial New Caledonia vote changes amid continued unrest France has adopted controversial reforms to New Caledonia’s voting rules, which have led to the worst unrest in the Pacific territory in more than 30 years. | The admin... (photo: AP / Mathurin Derel) Al Jazeera Democracy France New Caledonia Photos Some Papua New Guineans Have Denisovan Genes, And It Might Protect Them From Malaria New research has found that lowland populations of Papua New Guinea have Denisovan genes that may have helped them develop a resistance to malaria. The findings are part ... (photo: IRIN News / David Swanson) IFL Science Papua New Guinea Photos Science Biden, Trump China tariffs draw on old, losing playbook As Joe Biden throws down the gauntlet in his bid to defeat Donald Trump, the US president risks repeating one of his predecessor’s biggest blunders. | This week, Biden ... (photo: AP / Andy Wong, File) Asiatimes China Global Trading Photos US States Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder, vows to fight on ahead of crucial court date LONDON (Reuters) - In a week's time, WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange could be on a flight to the United States at the end of his years-long legal battle to avoid extrad... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth) The Star Julian Assange Photos Press Freedom WikiLeaks Wikipedia: Julian Assange New Caledonia closes its airport, imposes curfew amid violence New Caledonia mobilized security forces, closed its international airport, and imposed a curfew in the capital after protests turned violent and police were attacked, the... (photo: GFDL / Pilettes) LBC International France New Caledonia Photos Politics Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan... (photo: AP / Rod McGuirk) Al Jazeera Afghanistan Australia Photos Whistleblower
