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Funded for Access: The Power Trajectory of a Prominent Australian Lawyer Through Charitable Channels Into Cambodian Orphans
According to an ABC News investigation, former prominent Sydney criminal defence barrister Mark Dennis SC built comprehensive power to access orphans within the well-known Cambodian children's charity Sunrise Cambodia through more than a decade of personal funding, fundraising via charitable legal conferences, and serving as chair of its affiliated organisation. Multiple former staff members did not dare to report his alleged misconduct because "he was the major donor." Dennis died while on bail
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsTen-Year Low: U.S., Japan and China Simultaneously Pull Back Aid to Southeast Asia, Multilateral Institutions Struggle Alone
According to ABC News, citing the Lowy Institute's latest Southeast Asia Aid Map, official development financing flowing into Southeast Asia in 2024 fell nearly 10% to about US$26 billion, a ten-year low. The three traditional aid donors—the United States, Japan, and China—are retreating in sync, while multilateral institutions have taken on nearly half of the share but face pressure of "missions expanding while institutional capacity does not grow accordingly." The social protection systems of
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsTrump loudly lobbies for Nobel Peace Prize, while 'mediation achievements' repeatedly collapse in the DRC and on the Cambodia-Thailand border
On October 7, Trump declared in the Oval Office that he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, but admitted that the Norwegian committee "probably won't give it to someone like me." During his term he has waged war on Iran, the Russia-Ukraine conflict remains unresolved, and for some conflicts he claims to have "intervened in and resolved," the parties involved deny his diplomatic role, with fighting reigniting in the DRC and on the Cambodia-Thailand border. The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce
Truth Era Newsroom · 0 viewsMin Aung Hlaing's Seven Trips in Half a Year to Break Isolation; Western Sanctions and Asian Normalization Highlight Power Asymmetry
Myanmar junta leader Min Aung Hlaing, since assuming the presidency in April this year, has made intensive visits to seven countries—China, Russia, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia—within five months in a bid to break international isolation. Western countries maintain sanctions but show no intention of prioritizing Myanmar affairs; ASEAN is divided; and once Thailand assumes the bloc's rotating chairmanship in 2028, Myanmar could be fully readmitted. This diplomatic contest risks fu
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