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Women choosing abortions to keep work visas, slavery inquiry told
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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June 19, 2025
An obstetrician has told a parliamentary inquiry that hundreds of migrant women seek abortions with her each year to avoid breaching their visa conditions. Dr Trudi Beck, a GP based in NSW Riverina city of Wagga Wagga, told the inquiry an "unseen...
Blue Tigresses ready for road to AFC Women’s Asian Cup
The News Mill
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June 22, 2025
In just over 24 hours, the Indian senior women’s team will kick off their AFC Women’s Asian Cup Australia 2026 Qualifiers campaign in the northern Thai city of Chiang MaiIt wouldn’t be completely wrong to note that the continent’s premier...
Indian Women’s Football Team Eyes Fresh Start in AFC Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers After 2022 Heartbreak
Latestly
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June 22, 2025
Mumbai, June 22: In just over 24 hours, the Indian senior women's team will kick off their AFC Women's Asian Cup Australia 2026 Qualifiers campaign in the northern Thai city of Chiang MaiIt wouldn't be completely wrong to note that the continent's...
Sports News | After 2022 Heartbreak, Indian Women Eye Fresh Start in Asian Cup Qualifiers
Latestly
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June 22, 2025
Chiang Mai (Thailand), Jun 22 (PTI) More than three years after a COVID outbreak in the team derailed their campaign in the last AFC Women's Asian Cup, India will make a fresh bid for a place in the continental showpiece, with Mongolia being their...
If problems arise in the Portuguese-speaking community… it is complicated.
Portugal Pulse
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June 29, 2025
The President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, addressed the prevailing “wave” of fear during times of crisis on Saturday, highlighting the global influence of Portuguese-speaking nations. “In times of crisis, it is easy to appeal to fear and...
Raw talent of Priyadharshini Selladurai: From paddy fields of Thiruvarur to Thailand
The News Mill
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June 28, 2025
Raw talent’ is how coach Crispin Chettri defines Priyadharshini Selladurai, the Indian women’s national team’s newest goalscorer. As a loose ball landed right in front of her feet just inside the box, the 22-year-old midfielder’s eyes lit up. She...
Sports News | Raw Talent of Priyadharshini Selladurai: From Paddy Fields of Thiruvarur to Thailand
Latestly
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June 28, 2025
Chiang Mai [Thailand], June 28 (ANI): Raw talent' is how coach Crispin Chettri defines Priyadharshini Selladurai, the Indian women's national team's newest goalscorer. As a loose ball landed right in front of her feet just inside the box, the...
From interest to integrity: Rethinking the ethics of investment in Timor-Leste’s Asean — Khoo Ying Hooi
Malay Mail
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June 10, 2025
JUNE 10 — As Timor-Leste prepares to become Asean’s 11th member state by October 2025, the moment is marked not only by celebration but by heightened global attention. The announcement has sparked enthusiasm among investors and development...
LET 2025 topnotcher Jeanlyn Colipano shares story of perseverance, prayer
Cebu Daily News
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June 29, 2025
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Ever since she was a little kid, Jeanlyn Colipano had already dreamed of becoming a teacher someday. She recalled that she would often portray the role of a teacher while playing with her friends back then. “During our mga...
MOE to table amendments to Education Act for compulsory secondary education next month
The Sun Daily
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June 19, 2025
LANGKAWI: The Ministry of Education (MOE) will table amendments to the Education Act 1996 in Parliament next month to make it compulsory for children to receive education until the age of 17 to overcome the problem of student dropout. Education...
Asean Higher Education Minister meeting kicks off June 19 in Langkawi
The Malaysian Star
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June 19, 2025
LANGKAWI: The Asean Higher Education Ministers' Roundtable: Envisioning the Next Decade and Beyond has officially begun. The meeting started at about 2.30pm on Thursday (June 19), attended by Asean Higher Education Minister and delegates. The...
Kenny Archer: EMSONI and immigrants bring far more benefits than the racists can calculate
The Irish News
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AS I sat outside Windsor Park with my children recently, waiting for my wife to arrive and give us a lift home, a number of others leaving the stadium bade me farewell, calling me by name. ‘Do you know those people, daddy?’, asked my daughter....
Online children exploitation in Davao region vastly undetected
Davao Today
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June 18, 2025
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Authorities here recently lamented the lack of digital equipment and other monitoring tools to detect the rising incidence of Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC). This year, government authorities...
China Launches New 'ASEAN Visa' for Southeast Asian Nations and Timor-Leste
Tempo.co
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June 6, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - China has officially launched a new multi-entry "ASEAN Visa" aimed at boosting business travel and regional integration with Southeast Asia, the Foreign Ministry announced this week. The visa, announced Tuesday by the Ministry...
China rolls out 'ASEAN visa' for 10 ASEAN countries, ASEAN observer Timor-Leste
China Daily Global
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BEIJING -- China has launched an "ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Visa" for the 10 ASEAN countries and ASEAN observer Timor-Leste, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press briefing on Tuesday....
China launches ‘ASEAN visa’ for 10 ASEAN countries and Timor-Leste
Channel News Asia
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SINGAPORE: China has rolled out a special multiple-entry “ASEAN visa” for business personnel from the 10 ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries and ASEAN observer Timor-Leste, its foreign ministry announced on Tuesday (Jun 3)....
"Ang gabâ dilî magsabâ”: the reckoning that comes in silence
The Manila Times
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June 16, 2025
IN the shadow of a nation's collective memory, amid the noise of politics and the clamor of manipulated narratives, a Visayan proverb stands with quiet potency: "Ang gabâ dilî magsabâ." The curse, or more accurately, the reckoning, does not make...
China rolls out special Asean visa for 10 South-East Asian countries and also adds Timor Leste in list
The Malaysian Star
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June 3, 2025
SOUTH-EAST ASIA (Bernama): China has rolled out an Asean Visa for the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and Asean observer Timor-Leste, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The ministry’s spokesperson,...
China rolls out "ASEAN visa" for 10 ASEAN countries, ASEAN observer Timor-Leste
China Internet Information Center
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BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- China has launched an "ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Visa" for the 10 ASEAN countries and ASEAN observer Timor-Leste, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian told a regular press briefing on...
Thailand to face Myanmar in semifinals of ASEAN U-19 Women’s Championship today
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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June 15, 2025
The Myanmar U-19 women’s squad during a training session. PHOTO: MFF The semifinals of the 2025 ASEAN U-19 Women’s Championship will take place today with Myanmar scheduled to play defending champions Thailand at 2:30 pm Myanmar Standard Time,...