US calls for end to mobile data blackout in 2 Myanmar states
Shawdesh Desk: The United States yesterday urged an immediate end to a mobile data blackout in parts of two Myanmar states, saying a service restoration would help provide transparency to ReadMore
At least 4 killed in shooting at bar in Rio de Janeiro state
Shawdesh Desk: Firefighters say at least four people were killed and one wounded at a bar in the city of Belford Roxo in Rio de Janeiro state amid reports that ReadMore
US, Taliban peace talks to end Afghan war enter crucial stage
Shawdesh Desk: Negotiators for the United States and Taliban Islamist militants will start on Saturday a seventh round of peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, offering what one ReadMore
El Salvador migrant dies in US border Custody
Shawdesh Desk: El Salvadoran man who crossed into the U.S. with his daughter collapsed at a border station and later died at a hospital, officials said Saturday. The man had ReadMore
Migrants plead to seek asylum in US, not Mexico
Shawdesh Desk: Several Central American migrants seeking asylum in the United States were allowed to return there on Thursday after being forced to wait in one of Mexico’s most violent ReadMore
Design chief to leave Apple, start new firm
Shawdesh Desk: Jony Ive, a close creative collaborator with Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs whose iPhone and other designs fuelled Apple’s rise to a $1 trillion company, will leave later ReadMore
Translator jailed over filming ‘fake documentary’
Shawdesh Desk: A Cambodian court jailed a fixer and translator for two years on Wednesday for his role in making a documentary about sex trafficking in the Southeast Asian country ReadMore
Court acquits ex-HK leader from corruption case
Shawdesh Desk: Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang saw his misconduct conviction quashed by the city’s top court on Wednesday, the final twist to one of the financial hub’s most ReadMore
