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Rebel group takes key Myanmar border town and rare earth mining hub in setback for military regime
Witnesses say a powerful rebel group has seized a key trading town in northeastern Myanmar on the Chinese border, taking control of a lucrative rare earth mining hub in another setback for the ...World - ABC News - Yesterday -
Scotland’s ‘industrial-scale’ forestry triggers opposition in border town
Campaigners say fast-expanding spruce plantations are pushing out farmers and native tree speciesBusiness - Financial Times - November 10 -
Residents of Lebanese border town 'determined to stay' as rockets fly above
The residents of Rmeish have decided to stay despite the fighting raging all around them.Top stories - BBC News - November 16 -
New sanctions target Myanmar's military suppliers
Opponents of Myanmar’s military government have welcomed the latest sanctions imposed by the European Union, the U.K. and Canada on individuals and entities supplying aviation fuel and equipment to ...World - ABC News - October 30 -
Myanmar overtakes Syria as country with highest landmine casualties
Landmine use has significantly increased in Myanmar as conflict has spread after the military’s seizure of power in February 2021. Myanmar overtook Syria last year to become the country with the ...World - The Guardian - November 20 -
Kamala Harris, Border Enforcer
Behind the scenes, the president and vice president conducted a campaign to get the crisis under control.Top stories - The New York Times - October 30 -
Head of Myanmar's military government visits close ally China for the first time since taking power
Myanmar's state media says the head of Myanmar’s military government embarked upon an official visit this week to China, the embattled Southeast Asian nation’s most important international allyWorld - ABC News - November 5 -
2 million at risk of starvation in Myanmar state amid ‘total economic collapse’
Exclusive: a UN report will accuse the military of imposing ‘collective punishment’ on Rakhine state, more than three years after seizing power in a coup . Two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine ...World - The Guardian - November 7 -
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'My husband was forcibly conscripted. Months later he was dead'
Myanmar's mandatory conscription has upended the lives of countless people. The BBC spoke to four of them.Top stories - BBC News - November 10 -
Myanmar airstrikes indiscriminately target civilians a rights group says in a new report
Myanmar’s military has consistently targeted civilians and their communities as a form of collective punishment in the country’s southeast since the army seized power in early 2021World - ABC News - November 15 -
Myanmar rebel army ready for talks with junta, backed by China
An ethnic minority army that is part of a rebel alliance fighting Myanmar’s ruling military has announced its willingness to hold talks with the junta.Top stories - NBC News - Yesterday -
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Myanmar junta chief
Min Aung Hlaing accused of crimes against humanity over deportation and persecution of Rohingya minority. The chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) is seeking an arrest warrant ...World - The Guardian - 7 hours ago -
ICC prosecutor requests arrest warrants for the head of Myanmar's military regime
The ICC’s chief prosecutor asked judges to issue a warrant for the head of Myanmar’s military regime for crimes committed against the country’s Rohingya Muslims.Top stories - NBC News - 7 hours ago -
I.C.C. Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Warrant for Myanmar Junta Leader
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor accused Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing of crimes against humanity toward the country’s Muslim Rohingya.World - The New York Times - 1 hour ago -
New York Was a Shopping Town. Is It Again?
Small, medium and large: There seem to be signs of life for brick-and-mortar operations of every size in the city … once again.Lifestyle - The New York Times - October 31 -
Video captures moment town floods
A local resident filmed the moment Tenbury Wells flooded after the rising Kyre Brook caused a wall to collapse.Top stories - BBC News - 3 days ago -
What migrants and border officials are saying about Trump's border plans
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to conduct mass deportations of undocumented migrants as part of his immigration overhaul. CBS News immigration and politics reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez ...Top stories - CBS News - November 7 -
Trump "border czar" Tom Homan to visit border with Texas governor
Tom Homan and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will be serving meals to troops stationed as part of Operation Lone Star.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
Incoming Border Czar Tom Homan to visit southern border with Abbott
President-elect Donald Trump's Border Czar pick, Tom Homan, is in Texas Tuesday for a visit to the southern border with Gov. Greg Abbott. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez has more.Top stories - CBS News - Yesterday -
How a Data Center Divided a Small Missouri Town
Residents of Peculiar battled developers and some of their local officials to keep a giant data center out of their community.Tech - The New York Times - October 29 -
Towns makes mark for Knicks, drops 44 on Heat
In only his fourth game with the Knicks, Karl-Anthony Towns went wild with 44 points, by far the most by any New York player in this still-young season, leading his club to a 116-107 win over the ...Sports - ESPN - October 31 -
A Minnesota Town Transformed by Migrants Fights Political Rancor
Immigration is a divisive issue in this election, but diversity is reviving this particular community.Business - Inc. - October 31 -
In Spanish Town Devastated by Flood, a Grim Search for Bodies
Rescuers in Paiporta, where more than 60 people died, were still pulling bodies from the mud. “We are alive,” a resident said. “But we have lost everything.”Top stories - The New York Times - November 1 -
How Town & Country Magazine Is Evolving for the Digital Age
Stellene Volandes has brought new life to Town & Country, with snappy cover lines and an active social media presence. Could she be the next Anna Wintour?Business - The New York Times - November 5 -
Wrexham upset by League Two Harrogate Town
League Two Harrogate Town pull off one of the upsets of the round, beating League One Wrexham 1-0 to reach the second round of the FA Cup at Exercise Stadium.Top stories - BBC News - November 3 -
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William announces Earthshot Prize winners
Fifteen finalists, from countries including Kenya, Indonesia, the UK and Nepal, were competing for £1m funding for their environmental initiatives.Top stories - BBC News - November 6 -
'I'm called exotic for being black in a rural town'
Nyarai moved to Carmarthenshire when she was 13 and felt "very different" in a white, rural area.Top stories - BBC News - November 8 -
Buildings destroyed after huge town centre fire
More than 100 firefighters have been involved in tackling the blaze in Abergavenny.Top stories - BBC News - November 11 -
US towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water
Fights are cropping up nationwide over fluoride in drinking waterHealth - ABC News - 6 days ago