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Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins 'Asia's Nobel Prize'
A Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the Khmer Rouge and a French environmentalist cleaning up Indonesian rivers were among the winners Wednesday of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize. "I'm... traumatised myself as a victim under the Khmer Rouge, but working to help survivors of the Khmer Rouge helped me heal myself too," he said in a 2017 interview.
Netflix in row over inspiration for Mexican drug 'queen' show
A Mexican woman whose links to drug traffickers earned her the nickname "Queen of the Pacific" is demanding compensation from Netflix for an award-winning show that she says is based on her life. "La Reina del Sur" is based on the novel with the same name by Spanish writer Arturo Perez-Reverte about a Mexican woman with links to drug lords.
Welcome: Palestinians with disabilities out front at Bethlehem hotel
In the heart of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians with learning disabilities are front and centre at a new boutique hotel welcoming guests from across the globe. Around five percent of Palestinians in the West Bank have a learning or physical disability, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics estimates.
Asian markets down again as traders eye more monetary tightening
Stock markets resumed their downward trend Wednesday, with traders fearing the Federal Reserve's determination to beat inflation with higher interest rates will tip the world's top economy into recession.
California law would make tech firms think of children
California legislators on Tuesday passed a bill to require tech firms to put the well-being of children over profits when designing apps or other online products. If signed into law, firms making apps or websites would have to build protections for children into products, even if they are intended for adults, according to the bill.
China's August factory activity weakens for second straight month
China's manufacturing activity dropped in August for the second month in a row, official data showed Wednesday, as strict zero-Covid restrictions and extreme heat hit growth. China's manufacturing PMI has been in contraction territory for five out of the past six months, in the wake of a disruptive monthslong lockdown in Shanghai and Covid-related restrictions elsewhere.
William and Harry to mark Diana anniversary in private, apart
Princes William and Harry will on Wednesday mark the 25th anniversary of the death of their mother Princess Diana, in private but apart as a feud between the brothers shows no sign of ending. This year the brothers will not take part in any official commemorations, preferring instead to mark the occasion in private with their own families.
Amazon to unveil its $1bn bet with 'Lord of the Rings' prequel launch
Stanley Kubrick once famously said J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy of novels was unfilmable. "The Rings of Power" is set in Tolkien's "Second Age" -- a period of history in his fictional Middle Earth world thousands of years before the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings."
Exec departures at Snap after report of workforce cuts
Two top executives at Snap are leaving to join Netflix, the streaming giant said Tuesday, after a report emerged that the Snapchat parent company is to slash its workforce by a fifth. Netflix said in a statement that Snap's chief business officer Jeremi Gorman and Peter Naylor, the vice president of ad sales for the Americas, will be joining the company in September.
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