The junta has stepped up bombardments by air in an attempt to reclaim territory from ethnic armies.
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String of celebrity scandals renews debate on South Korea’s ‘cancel culture’
In a matter of days, three big entertainers in South Korea have made headlines in separate scandals.
Portugal braced for mass disruption in first general strike for 12 years
PM Luís Montenegro appears to have been taken aback by the strength of feeling against his government’s labour reforms.
Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ immigration visas
The special visas will be awarded to those who can show they can make a “substantial benefit” to the US.
Indigenous deaths in custody in Australia hit highest level since 1980
New figures show that 33 of the 113 deaths in custody between last July and this June were Indigenous
US seizes oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, Trump says
Venezuela condemns the operation as an act of “international piracy”, vowing never to be an “oil colony”.
Venezuelan opposition leader makes first public appearance after months in hiding
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado, who has been in hiding since January, speaks to the BBC in Oslo after her secretive journey.
Ex-president’s daughter sworn in as South African MP after half-sister quits
Brumelda Zuma will represent the party led by her father in parliament after her half-sister resigned.
US jets tracked circling Gulf of Venezuela as tensions mount
The F/A-18 Super Hornets appear on flight tracking sites near Maracaibo, Venezuela’s second-largest city.
At least 22 killed in building collapse in Morocco
The two four-storey buildings that came down in Fez contained eight families, state media report.