Kabul, Afghanistan: Taliban has been warned by Afghanistan to not stop transporting military equipment, which they seized from the Afghan military, to Pakistan. These military equipment and tanks are seized by the Taliban terrorists during clashes with Afghan forces. “Anyone smuggling the military tanks to Pakistan will be directly targeted […]
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The Disinfomercial: How Larry King Got Duped Into Starring in Chinese Propaganda
The broadcasting icon’s fake interview with a Russian journalist went viral on social media, spread by accounts tied to China’s government. Jacobi Niv had paid Larry King a few thousand dollars apiece to narrate half a dozen videos for companies or projects in Israel, where King is still a big […]
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Chinese nationalists call for retaliation measures against US diplomacy
Patriots were disappointed with the choice of Chengdu The United States’ abrupt decision to shut down the Chinese consulate in Houston on July 22 shocked China, and in a tit-for-tat expected measure, Beijing announced the closure of the US consulate in Chengdu in Western China two days later. Chinese nationalists were disappointed […]
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Social distancing between the state and poor migrants in India
Many of India’s internal migrants will die this summer because of how the state has handled this crisis. n 25 March 2020, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed the world’s largest lockdown in a bid to stem the threat of COVID-19. The stringent lockdown triggered a mass exodus from cities across India, […]
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Can Nepal cope with the return of migrant workers?
With thousands of Nepali migrant workers forced to return home because of COVID-19, the country is facing serious challenges COVID-19 is forcing an unprecedented level of reverse migration of Nepali migrant workers from around the world. The underlining problems related to the dependence on temporary labor migration and remittances is […]
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Darshan: an intimate experience of transformation
A new documentary on the sacred art of South Asia provides a message of hope in divisive times. “Art is life and life is art,” says Lok Chitrakar, a Nepali folk artist and teacher whose smile lights up his face as he talks to the camera. What Chitrakar is trying […]
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US and China are both raising the military stakes in the South China Sea
Just when Trump might be looking for a diversion. In the run-up to November’s election, Donald Trump’s position looks increasingly fraught as his poll ratings slip. If he does become more desperate he may look for a foreign diversion, perhaps a useful little war in a far-off place with not […]