New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media

New Poll: 43% of Republicans Want to Give Trump the Power to Shut Down Media: The “enemy of the people” talk is working. A plurality of self-identified Republicans say they want Trump to have the power to take “bad” media outlets out.

Read These 3 Books About Global Warming - The New York Times

Read These 3 Books About Global Warming - The New York Times: Predictions and solutions in these books drawing on scientific research and social policy.

30 Years On, Aspirations of '88 Uprising Still Elusive

30 Years On, Aspirations of '88 Uprising Still Elusive: Three decades after Myanmar took to the streets to demand an end to dictatorship, the country can reflect on the progress it has made and the hard road still ahead.

Bookworm? Foodie? Both? This New Yangon Eatery Caters to You

Bookworm? Foodie? Both? This New Yangon Eatery Caters to You: Quick and Easy offers a tasty, inexpensive menu in a location lined with books.

Penan Film | Sarawak Report

Penan Film | Sarawak Report: Sarawak Report is an investigative journalism online news resource that offers an alternative vision of justice, transparency and a fairer future in Sarawak and Malaysia.

US-China trade war benefits Malaysia, says Mahathir - Nation | The Star Online

US-China trade war benefits Malaysia, says Mahathir - Nation | The Star Online: LANGKAWI: Malaysia is likely to benefit from the trade war between China and the United States in terms of attracting foreign investors, says Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

The fundamental need in Malaysian education reform - Siti Kasim Thots | The Star Online

The fundamental need in Malaysian education reform - Siti Kasim Thots | The Star Online: We need a head-on examination of our education philosophy to make our schools more education-centric and STEM-centric.

[Exclusive] Islamic panel to meet on Thursday | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News

[Exclusive] Islamic panel to meet on Thursday | New Straits Times | Malaysia General Business Sports and Lifestyle News: KUALA LUMPUR: The high-level panel on the federal institutions of Islam will convene for its first meeting this Thursday to address matters pertaining to Islamic administration, including in Sabah and Sarawak.

Expert on Nazi Germany Explains How 'Average' Citizens Enabled Hitler — Just Like Trump: 'Ordinary People Will Do Horrible Things' | Alternet

Expert on Nazi Germany Explains How 'Average' Citizens Enabled Hitler — Just Like Trump: 'Ordinary People Will Do Horrible Things' | Alternet: Historian Richard Frankel, an expert on Nazi Germany, says history doesn’t have to repeat itself — if we stop it.
President Donald Trump is a symptom of a much larger problem. New research suggests that Trump's supporters are so motivated by racism and bigotry that they may willing to overturn American democracy so that white Christians like themselves can maintain continued power over our society.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the Tyranny of Language | by Francis Wade | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the Tyranny of Language | by Francis Wade | NYR Daily | The New York Review of Books: Thirty years after graduating from his missionary-run high school near Nairobi, the Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o had gained enough distance to reflect on the lasting effect of colonial education policy in Kenya. “Behind the cannon was the new school,” he wrote in Decolonising the Mind, the 1986 exposition on cultural imperialism in which he examined how the colonial classroom became a tool of psychological conquest in Africa and beyond. “Better than the cannon, it made the conquest permanent,” he wrote. “The cannon forces the body and the school fascinates the soul.”

De Lima wants probe into plight of war-displaced families in Mindanao | News | GMA News Online

De Lima wants probe into plight of war-displaced families in Mindanao | News | GMA News Online: Detained opposition Senator Leila de Lima has asked the Senate to look into the situation of individuals and families who have fled their homes amid armed clashes between government troops and the Muslim extremists in Mindanao.   Current top breaking Philippine headlines regarding the nation, world, metro manila, regions and exclusive special investigative reports.

Report: Saudi-UAE coalition 'cut deals' with al-Qaeda in Yemen | Yemen News | Al Jazeera

Report: Saudi-UAE coalition 'cut deals' with al-Qaeda in Yemen | Yemen News | Al Jazeera: Military alliance battling Houthi rebels negotiated secret deals and recruited al-Qaeda fighters, AP report says.

Indonesia earthquake: lack of equipment hampers rescue efforts | World news | The Guardian

Indonesia earthquake: lack of equipment hampers rescue efforts | World news | The Guardian: Some rescuers forced to dig by hand after Lombok earthquake that killed at least 98 people

How the GRU spy agency targets the west, from cyberspace to Salisbury | World news | The Guardian

How the GRU spy agency targets the west, from cyberspace to Salisbury | World news | The Guardian: Accusations mount against the Russia army’s main intelligence directorate

HRW: Rohingya must be moved to safer areas in Cox's Bazar | News | Al Jazeera

HRW: Rohingya must be moved to safer areas in Cox's Bazar | News | Al Jazeera: Rights group calls on Bangladesh to relocate Rohingya refugees at risk from landslides and floods during monsoon rains.

S'poreans back from island tell of chaos; others still heading there, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

S'poreans back from island tell of chaos; others still heading there, SE Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times: Singaporeans returning on the first flights back from Lombok spoke of the chaos when the earthquake struck.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Duterte unveils Muslim autonomy law, urges end to conflict, Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

Duterte unveils Muslim autonomy law, urges end to conflict, Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times: MANILA • President Rodrigo Duterte unveiled a law yesterday granting greater autonomy to the Philippines' Muslim south, as he expressed hope the measure will at last end decades of bloody separatist conflict.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Buddhist leader the latest to face scrutiny, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times

Buddhist leader the latest to face scrutiny, East Asia News & Top Stories - The Straits Times: The latest public figure to be engulfed by China's #MeToo movement is one of the country's key religious leaders.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Nearly 200 Hindu Refugees to be Resettled in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

Nearly 200 Hindu Refugees to be Resettled in Myanmar’s Rakhine State: More than 1,200 Hindus are living in refugee camps in the townships of Maungdaw and Sittwe.

‘No Releases’ of Thousands Held For Years in Xinjiang Township Political ‘Re-education Camps’

‘No Releases’ of Thousands Held For Years in Xinjiang Township Political ‘Re-education Camps’: An official says there are no plans to release the approximately 6,000 detainees.

As Hong Kong Clamps Down, a Tiny Political Party Finds Itself in the Spotlight - The New York Times

As Hong Kong Clamps Down, a Tiny Political Party Finds Itself in the Spotlight - The New York Times: After the government sought to ban the pro-independence Hong Kong National Party, officials have tried to keep its leader from giving public talks

A Generation Grows Up in China Without Google, Facebook or Twitter - The New York Times

A Generation Grows Up in China Without Google, Facebook or Twitter - The New York Times: Many foreign internet giants are blocked, leaving some young Chinese to wonder what those services even are — and reinforcing Beijing’s ideological control.

Flame fades for Rohingya families amid mud and monsoons in Bangladesh | Global development | The Guardian

Flame fades for Rohingya families amid mud and monsoons in Bangladesh | Global development | The Guardian: A million people who fled Myanmar for Kutupalong are struggling to eat after floodwater soaked the firewood they use for cooking

Jokowi Orders Wiranto to Lead Disaster Management of Lombok Quake | National | Tempo.Co :: Indonesian News Portal

Jokowi Orders Wiranto to Lead Disaster Management of Lombok Quake | National | Tempo.Co :: Indonesian News Portal: President Jokowi orders Minister Wiranto to coordinate all
related parties in mitigating the impact of Lombok
earthquake.

Cambodia strongman Hun Sen swears to die if vote numbers inflated

Cambodia strongman Hun Sen swears to die if vote numbers inflated: Cambodia's strongman Premier Hun Sen Monday rejected claims the results from last month's widely criticised election had been falsified, saying he would stake his life on their accuracy. Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party claimed it won all 125 parliamentary seats in the deeply flawed

Duterte coalition shaken by rift, says visiting opposition leader | INQUIRER.net

Duterte coalition shaken by rift, says visiting opposition leader | INQUIRER.net: SAN FRANCISCO – A visiting civil society figure said that Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte let himself to be upstaged by the last-minute dramatic change in the leadership of the House of

Singapore cyber attack has hallmarks of state-linked group, government says | Reuters

Singapore cyber attack has hallmarks of state-linked group, government says | Reuters: Singapore's worst cyber attack in its history, in which personal information of about 1.5 million people including the Prime Minister was stolen, has the hallmarks of a state-linked group, the government's communications minister said on Monday.

Why so many people sleep in McDonald's in Hong Kong - CNN

Why so many people sleep in McDonald's in Hong Kong - CNN: In just five years there's been a sixfold increase in so-called McRefugees in Hong Kong -- residents who spend their nights sleeping in 24-hour McDonald's outlets across the city, a survey has found.

Worries Grow in Singapore Over China’s Calls to Help ‘Motherland’ - The New York Times

Worries Grow in Singapore Over China’s Calls to Help ‘Motherland’ - The New York Times: With ethnic Chinese constituting a majority of Singapore’s population, some fear the country could be an especially tantalizing target for China’s influence.

Saudi Arabia appeared to threaten Canada with a 9/11-style attack - Business Insider

Saudi Arabia appeared to threaten Canada with a 9/11-style attack - Business Insider: Saudi state media tweeted a graphic appearing to show an Air Canda airliner heading toward the Toronto skyline in a way that recalled the September 11, 2001, terrorist hijackings of airliners that struck the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.