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JioHotstar Goes on AI Hiring Spree as India’s Largest Streamer Bets on Homegrown Tech (EXCLUSIVE)

3 June 2026 at 00:30
India’s largest streaming platform, JioHotstar, is recruiting for more than 75 AI roles as the platform moves to build out a dedicated artificial intelligence division, the company revealed Wednesday. The push spans engineering, production automation and creative technology, with the streamer positioning India’s multilingual scale and engineering base as the foundation for a broader global […]

China arrests US academic at conference for ‘espionage activities’

Arrest of Min Zin, who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy, comes just month after Trump visit to Beijing

China has arrested a US scholar who writes about Myanmar and Chinese foreign policy on suspicion of spying.

Min Zin was suspected of “engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security,” China’s ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, Lin Jian, said on Friday.

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© Photograph: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

© Photograph: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

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  • US diplomat found dead in Myanmar as police treat case as possible homicide Associated Press in Bangkok
    Thai woman is in custody in connection with investigation after man was reportedly found dead at a hotel in YangonA US diplomat has been found dead in Myanmar’s largest city, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.US officials in Thailand and the US embassy in Myanmar referred questions on the case to the state department, which confirmed the “death of a US government employee” assigned to the embassy in
     

US diplomat found dead in Myanmar as police treat case as possible homicide

Thai woman is in custody in connection with investigation after man was reportedly found dead at a hotel in Yangon

A US diplomat has been found dead in Myanmar’s largest city, and members of the diplomatic community in Yangon say a Thai woman has been detained by police in connection with the investigation.

US officials in Thailand and the US embassy in Myanmar referred questions on the case to the state department, which confirmed the “death of a US government employee” assigned to the embassy in Yangon, but gave no other details.

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© Photograph: Thein Zaw/AP

© Photograph: Thein Zaw/AP

Thailand Launches Bangkok International Content Market, B2B Platform for Film, Series and Animation

3 June 2026 at 14:13
Thailand’s Creative Economy Agency (CEA) is launching the Bangkok International Content Market 2026 (BICM2026), one of the country’s first dedicated international marketplaces for film, series, and animation, set to run July 20–22 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok. The event is being developed jointly with the Department of International Trade Promotion under […]

‘Mapogo: The Lion Throne’ Vertical Documentary Series Set at FlareFlow

4 June 2026 at 00:00
COL Group’s FlareFlow and Singapore-based Bomanbridge Media have teamed on one of the first premium vertical-format documentary series, a wildlife title set to go live on the platform across 200-plus countries in late Q3 2026. Unveiled at Owl&Co’s Vertical Media Summit in Los Angeles, “Mapogo: The Lion Throne” was shot over multiple years in South […]

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