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Banking Singapore’s brains: How the grey matter of the dead can help improve lives

Brain Bank Singapore was officially opened on Nov 27, 2019. To date, 420 people have pledged to donate their brains. The young brain bank has also retrieved 11 brains and seven…

  • Published: April 3, 20258:27 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Japan prepares for war with new joint command, evacuation plans and missile unit deployments

These defence developments come as Japan is increasingly alarmed by the prospect of an invasion of Taiwan, which it deems an existential threat. Like its security ally the United…

  • Published: April 2, 202510:06 am
  • Author Walter Sim
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Why is X suing the Indian government over censorship? Musk’s heft within US administration could play a part

In its lawsuit, filed before the High Court of Karnataka on March 5, X says the Indian government has expanded its censorship powers illegally, empowering “countless”…

  • Published: April 1, 202510:24 am
  • Author Debarshi Dasgupta
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No Eid festivities for 2,500 tea workers in Bangladesh’s Sylhet

At least 70 Muslim tea workers' families and around 400 Hindu workers' families in the garden have been enduring misery without receiving their wages or rations for three months.

  • Published: April 1, 202510:23 am
  • Author Mintu Deshwara
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Bhutan’s silent majority

Bhutanese women struggle for political representation amid deep-rooted barriers.

  • Published: March 28, 202510:37 am
  • Author Sherab Lhamo
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Duterte drug war: Thousands killed, menace stayed alive

Government data acknowledged 6,000 people dead in the brutal campaign to rid the country of the drug menace. Human rights groups estimate the death toll to be as high as 30,000…

  • Published: March 28, 202510:36 am
  • Author Kurt Dela Peña
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Is it time for a term limit in Malaysia?

On March 16, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he that agreed with a proposal made to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to two parliamentary terms, but stressed that…

  • Published: March 28, 202510:35 am
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How South Korea’s massive wildfires started

They are believed to have started from simple mistakes by grave visitors, farmers, welders and even from burning a bag of chips near a valley.

  • Published: March 27, 20259:18 am
  • Author Yoon Min-sik
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Halted Tibet trade and dwindling income push Nepal’s yak herders to the brink

Before the COVID pandemic, yak and chauri trade thrived in eastern Nepal’s mountain districts, but border closures halted livestock exports.

  • Published: March 26, 202510:39 am
  • Author Ananda Gautam
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Bhutanese arts and crafts at the risk of losing authenticity

They face a growing threat from commercialisation, which risks eroding traditional craftsmanship.

  • Published: March 26, 202510:38 am
  • Author Thinley Namgay

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