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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Amanda Laird, British theatre, calypso music, Caribbean identity, Casualty TV show, colonial legacy, cultural archives, diaspora experience, Driftwood play, Eric Williams, family separation, Identity Politics, language and culture, patois, postcolonial studies, Royal Shakespeare Company, sepsis recovery, St Kitts, steel bands, theatre writing, Trinidad history, Trinidad independence, Verity Bargate Award, women in theatre

Actor-turned-playwright explores identity, colonial legacy in long-gestating debut staged by Royal Shakespeare Company

“It all had to just crack open. Afterwards, the world seemed to me beautifully upside down.” British actor and writer

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 avian influenza, COVID-19 response, disease prevention, emergency response, epidemiology, genomic sequencing, GISRS, global health, health infrastructure, health security, influenza, Joint Risk Assessment, laboratory capacity, national health strategy, pandemic preparedness, public health policy, RespiMart, Southeast Asia, surveillance systems, vaccine deployment, Viet Nam, WHO partnership, world health organization, zoonotic diseases

Viet Nam builds pandemic preparedness capacity with WHO support, expands regional health leadership role

“These enhanced systems enabled the rapid deployment of laboratory responses to SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic.” Viet Nam has strengthened its

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 active ageing, age and fitness, athletic longevity, elderly athletes, endurance sports, fitness after 80, Harry Newton, healthy ageing, London Marathon, London sports event, long-distance running, Macclesfield, marathon participation, marathon running, older runners, oldest marathon runner, public health, retired grocer, running community, senior fitness, sports inclusion, sports inspiration, UK athletics, veteran runners

At 88, Harry Newton becomes London Marathon’s oldest runner, defying age with enduring participation

“I’ll keep doing it as long as I can.” Harry Newton, an 88-year-old retired grocer from Macclesfield, has become the

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 AI infrastructure, amazon, apple, artificial intelligence, Barbour ABI, Colliers, data centers, Digital Reef, energy demand, Equinix, google, grid connection crisis, infrastructure investment, meta, microsoft, National Energy System Operator, Nvidia, OpenAI, powered land, real estate market, Savills, Sembcorp UK, united kingdom, united states, Wilton International

AI data centre boom reshapes UK land market, fuels grid bottlenecks and speculative projects

“The demand that’s come through in the last couple of years — really because of AI — has exploded.” A

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026 arms control, atomic weapons, ceasefire, defense policy, Diplomacy, donald trump, geopolitical tensions, global security, Hiroshima, IAEA, International Relations, Iran conflict, Iran Nuclear Program, Israel Iran conflict, jd vance, Middle East tensions, nagasaki, nuclear deterrence, nuclear doctrine, nuclear threat, nuclear weapons, US foreign policy, US military strategy, World War II

Trump says US will not use nuclear weapons against Iran despite prior threats

Washington— U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would not use nuclear weapons against Iran, stepping back from earlier

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Asia politics, bilateral ties, birthright citizenship, chinese americans, diplomatic row, diplomatic tensions, donald trump, geopolitical relations, immigration policy, India foreign ministry, India US relations, Indian diaspora, indian national congress, International Relations, michael savage, Narendra Modi, policy debate, Randhir Jaiswal, Supreme Court, tariffs, trade negotiations, Truth Social, us india trade, US politics

India rebukes Trump over ‘hellhole’ remark amid citizenship row

New Delhi — India on Friday rejected as “uninformed” and “inappropriate” remarks shared by U.S. President Donald Trump that described

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 anutin chanvirakul, Asia politics, Bhumjaithai Party, constitutional ruling, democratic system, ethics violations, governance crisis, legal case, lese majeste law, monarchy law, move forward party, natthaphong ruengpanyawut, opposition crackdown, party dissolution, peoples party thailand, political ban, political reform, political tensions, sirikanya tansakul, Southeast Asia politics, supreme court thailand, thai judiciary, thailand elections, Thailand politics

Thai court accepts case against 44 opposition figures over royal law challenge

Bangkok— Thailand’s Supreme Court said on Friday it had accepted a petition accusing 44 current and former opposition lawmakers of

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 Asia politics, court case, criminal charges, democratic system, drone case, governance crisis, impeachment aftermath, intelligence leak, legal proceedings, martial law, Military Tensions, national security, north korea, political crisis, prosecutors, Pyongyang, security law, seoul central district court, south korea, south korea politics, trial update, Yonhap, yoon suk yeol

South Korean prosecutors seek 30-year sentence for Yoon in drone case

Seoul— South Korean prosecutors on Friday sought a 30-year prison sentence for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations he

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 AI investment, AI startups, alibaba, Anthropic, artificial intelligence, corporate regulatory risk India, data governance, donald trump, export controls, global talent, global tech competition, google deepmind, h1b visa, innovation policy, intellectual property, kamet capital, Meta AI, nvidia chips, OpenAI, singapore ai hub, southeast asia economy, talent mobility, tech geopolitics, technology transfer, US China rivalry

Singapore emerges as neutral AI hub amid intensifying US-China tech rivalry

Singapore — Singapore is increasingly positioning itself as a neutral base for artificial intelligence firms navigating geopolitical tensions between the

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NewsDesk MC April 24, 2026April 24, 2026 apartment fire, Asia news, blaze aftermath, disaster recovery, emergency response, emotional impact, fire tragedy, fire victims, firefighting response, Hong Kong fire, hong kong news, housing complex, human interest, personal loss, pet loss, recovery efforts, Rescue operation, residential fire, smoke inhalation, survivor story, Tai Po, tragedy hong kong, urban disaster, Wang Fuk Court

Hong Kong fire survivor returns to charred home in search of lost memories

Hong Kong — Nearly five months after a deadly blaze devastated a residential complex in Hong Kong, a survivor returned