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Feature: Myanmar youth embrace AI to shape future
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- As the world observed World Youth Skills Day on Tuesday, this year's theme, "Youth Empowerment Through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Skills," highlighted both the growing opportunities and challenges facing...
Myanmar businesspeople invited to join AYUSH UTSAV 2025
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 14, 2025
The AYUSH UTSAV 2025 which will be held at the Bharat Madapam Convention Centre, New Delhi, on 4-6 September 2025, welcomes the participation of Myanmar business entities, organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India, and trade...
‘Ticking time bomb’: Shoddy post-quake reconstruction puts more Myanmar lives at risk
Frontier Myanmar
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July 15, 2025
Almost four months on from a major earthquake, many homes still await repairs or demolition due to bureaucratic delays, while corruption and a shortage of quality materials and skilled workers mean cities aren’t building back better. By FRONTIER...
Myanmar's armed rebel groups lose edge in drone warfare
Deutsche Welle
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July 11, 2025
Armed groups fighting Myanmar's military regime are losing the edge they had built up in the use of drones in the civil war set off by a 2021 coup and may even be falling behind, experts and resistance fighters tell DW. "The military has been...
Nay Pyi Taw Zoological Garden hosts Animal Welfare Auditory Training Workshop
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 3, 2025
According to Htoo Zoos and Gardens, the Zoological Park Organization (ZPOT) of Thailand and Myanmar’s Htoo Zoos and Gardens jointly organized an Animal Welfare Audit Training Workshop at Nay Pyi Taw Zoological Garden from 24 to 26 June. The...
Myanmar kicks off intellectual property conference in Nay Pyi Taw
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar kicked off an international conference on intellectual property in Nay Pyi Taw on Thursday, the state-owned Myanmar Radio and Television reported. The conference was officially opened by Chairman of Myanmar's...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 10, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 10, 2025 Morning 🚩🚩 1. In Yebyu, Father and Three Children Killed by Junta Heavy Artillery Shelling According to local sources, a father and his three young children were killed in Kaw Hline Village, Yebyu...
SAC Chairman PM Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspects road repair in Nay Pyi Taw
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 4, 2025
State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing is pictured during his inspection of the repair and upgrading of roads in Nay Pyi Taw. Using new technology on Regulating Course Mix Design can save 18.44 tonnes...
Scientists end debate about Scotland's volcanic mystery that once rivalled Hawaii
Scottish Daily Express
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July 10, 2025
Scottish scientists have discovered that the landscape formed the Inner Hebrides once rivalled the volcanic hotspot of modern day Hawaii. Geologists from the University of Aberdeen have settled a scientific debate once and for all after...
Nay Pyi Taw to host International Copyright Conference 2025
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 1, 2025
The International Conference on Intellectual Property 2025 is scheduled to take place on 3 and 4 July at the Jasmine Naypyitaw Hotel. The conference aims to strengthen Myanmar’s copyright ecosystem, fostering innovation, economic development, and...
Engineering marvel: Mizoram's Bairabi–Sairang rail link features 32 tunnels, 55 bridges
The Assam Tribune
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July 10, 2025
Guwahati, July 10: The Central Government’s scheme to connect all the states of the North East region resulted in an engineering marvel as during the laying of the track between Bairobi to Sairang in Mizoram, multiple challenges had to be taken...
India needs rare earth magnets. One forgotten PSU holds the key
Mint
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July 16, 2025
The dimly lit office is in a run down building, with a small signage anyone can easily miss. The 30-square feet reception area has no room for visitors. Operating under the department of atomic energy, which is headed by the Prime Minister, IREL...
Philippines still getting reports of citizens trapped in scam centers
Philippine STAR
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July 16, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines expressed concern Wednesday, July 16, over continued reports of its citizens getting trapped in cyberfraud compounds across Southeast Asia, two years after regional leaders first vowed to stamp out the...
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 09, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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July 9, 2025
Myanmar Military News Updates – Jul 09, 2025 Evening 🚩🚩 1. NUG Acting President Duwa Lashi La Urges Armed Resistance Groups in Chin State to Resolve Disputes Peacefully July 9 With the entire ethnic population united in resisting the violent...
Collective Public-Private Action Vital To Fight Corruption - MACC
Bernama
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July 16, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 (Bernama) -- Efforts to combat corruption require a collective commitment from both the public and private sectors to build resilient institutions and an ethical society, according to Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission...
US Signs Strategic Civil Nuclear Agreement with Malaysia– while Planning a Security Alliance in the Asia-Pacific Region
Inter Press Service
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July 16, 2025
Armed Conflicts, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy - Nuclear Weapons, TerraViva United Nations Malaysia is Chair of ASEAN for 2025. UNITED NATIONS, Jul 16 2025 (IPS) -...
China-Myanmar crackdown exposes family-run crime empire involved in illegal casino operations
Asia Gaming Brief
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July 11, 2025
Chinese authorities have dismantled a sprawling criminal network in northern Myanmar run by the notorious Bai family, whose illicit empire spanned fake casinos, online fraud hubs, and drug trafficking—generating over RMB286 billion ($39.5 billion)...
At least 23 killed in airstrike on Buddhist monastery in Myanmar
The Independent
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July 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Myanmar, Russia hold workshop to cut maternal and newborn deaths
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 8, 2025
The inaugural event of the scientific and practical workshop on reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in progress on 7 July in Yangon . The opening ceremony of the scientific and practical workshop on reducing maternal and neonatal mortality,...
Mizoram eyes Rajdhani Express for inaugural run on Bairabi–Sairang line
The Assam Tribune
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July 16, 2025
New Delhi, July 16: The Bairabi-Sairang railway line, which has finally brought Mizoram's capital, Aizawl, on the country's railway network, will have to wait for a few more months for Vande Bharat trains. According to officials, since the...