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• Amazon announced plans to invest over $33 billion in cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand by 2039. • These investments are projected to contribute more than $64 billion to the collective GDP of the four nations and support over 56,300 annual full-time equivalent jobs in the data center supply chain. • The move aligns with the rapid growth of the ASEAN region, which is expected to become the world’s fourth largest economy with a digital economy valued at $560 billion by 2030.

Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global healthA US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak could make the situation worse, critics have warned.Declared a public health emergency of international concern on Sunday, the outbreak continues to spread with a new case reported in the DRC’s South Kivu province, an area under the control of armed rebel groups. Continue reading...

• CNN has launched a new four-part Original Series titled “K-Everything,” hosted and executive produced by Daniel Dae Kim, which premiered on May 9 via CNN International and HBO Max. • The series explores South Korea's rapid cultural ascent across four key pillars—music, film, food, and beauty—examining how the industry evolved from strict censorship to global acclaim. • By interviewing celebrated creators, the show analyzes the specific storytelling themes that have allowed Korean media to break streaming records and win Academy Awards.

NSW police establish crime scene at Canley Heights home after two pairs of men present at different hospitalsOne man has died and four others are in a serious condition after an alleged shooting at a Sydney home on Tuesday night.A crime scene was set up in Canley Heights, in the city’s southwest, after the men self-presented to two different hospitals nearby. Continue reading...

Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle the wind-driven fire in the Simi Valley area as at least one home is destroyedMore than 17,000 people were under evacuation orders in southern California on Tuesday as a wildfire threatened suburban homes.The wind-driven Sandy fire was reported Monday in the hills above Simi Valley, about 30 miles (48km) north-west of Los Angeles. Continue reading...

Eight southern states have moved to draw new maps after Callais decision, severely weakening the Voting Rights ActThe NAACP on Tuesday launched a campaign urging Black athletes, their families, alumni and fans to boycott athletic programs of public universities in states that “have moved to limit, weaken or erase Black voting representation”.In the announcement of the “Out of Bounds” campaign, the civil rights giant name-checked eight states – Tennessee, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas and Georgia – whose flagship public athletic programs generate more than $100m in annual revenue. Each of those states has moved to draw new maps to limit Black voting representation, following the supreme court’s Louisiana v Callais decision severely weakening the Voting Rights Act. Continue reading...

State department says Afrikaners in ‘emergency refugee situation’, a claim previously rebutted by South AfricaThe US government has said it will increase the number of white South Africans it admits as refugees this year from about 7,500 to 17,500, claiming that “unforeseen developments in South Africa created an emergency refugee situation.”Since starting his second term in office last year, Donald Trump has repeatedly made false claims that white Afrikaners are racially targeted and face a “white genocide”, which South Africa’s government has furiously rebutted. Continue reading...