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'Based AI': Elon Musk praises Microsoft's ChatGPT-powered Bing for comparing an AP reporter to Adolf Hitler

The edgy CEO of Twitter, himself a critic of the media, lauded Microsoft's AI search engine for likening a journalist to despots Hitler and Pol Pot.

Fortune

Nate Thayer, rebel reporter who interviewed Pol Pot in the Cambodian jungle, has died

After tracking him for nearly a decade, Nate Thayer became the last Western correspondent to interview the murderous Khmer Rouge leader. Thayer died at his home in Falmouth, Mass., at age 62.

WEKU

Nate Thayer, reporter who interviewed Pol Pot, dies

Nate Thayer, a fearless reporter who survived several brushes with death over decades covering conflict in Southeast Asia and was the last western journalist to interview Pol Pot, the leader of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, has died

The Independent UK

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Divorced axe killer found guilty of murder

An elderly divorcee has been found guilty of murder by a jury after he angrily ran down his ex-wife's new partner and repeatedly hit him with an axe.

AAP

‘It was either this or Pol Pot’s favorite motorcycle’: Dr Oz fundraiser mocked for fundraiser featuring one of Hitler’s cars

‘Dr Oz began the week with a story about him killing puppies, and now is ending it standing in front of Hitler’s car’

The Independent UK

‘Even their remains should be in handcuffs’: Khmer Rouge vilified

Cambodians reflect after the UN-backed war crimes tribunal issued its final judgement on the regime’s brutal rule.

Al Jazeera

Court upholds genocide conviction for last surviving Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan

The final verdict brings a close to a court process which stretched 16 years, cost $500 million and resulted in the conviction of three senior Khmer Rouge leaders.

ABC News

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Former Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan loses genocide appeal

Ruling marks the final decision by the court and ends 16 years of work by the UN-backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia.

Al Jazeera

Cambodia court rejects genocide appeal of last surviving Khmer Rouge leader

Judge upholds conviction of Khieu Samphan, 91, in what is likely to be UN-backed court’s last judgment

The Guardian - UK

Divorced axe killer raises Pol Pot defence

A man will argue his lived experience of a Cambodian dictator's regime led him to lose control when attacking his ex-wife's new partner, NSW jurors have heard.

AAP

Political Pulse / Authoritarian regimes need a neighborly nudge toward democracy

Authoritarianism now runs rampant in some parts of Southeast Asia. I was a correspondent in this region from 2006 through 2010, and then returned there in 2019. Compared to my previous experience, I strongly felt the spread of authoritarianism and the suppressed social atmosphere that it caused.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Scenes of U.S.-China confrontation / Work at Cambodian base sends powerful signals

The U.S.-China conflict has become more intense in the Indo-Pacific region in recent years. While China is aggressively expanding its maritime activities, the United States is increasingly involved in the region in the name of freedom of navigation. Cambodia's Ream Naval Base is now emerging as one of the front…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Abode of the gods

Cicadas sang a chorus as the forest opened out. I peered into the darkness and traced the distant contour of a monumental religious complex, a remarkable feat of human civilisation. Keyed up with my first visit, I crossed a floating bridge, a soon-to-be-dismantled construction, over a large moat in the…

Bangkok Post

Khmer Rouge Tribunal, helping Cambodians heal, nears end

Hybrid UN-Cambodia court has been criticised, but teaching people about the past will be its most valuable legacy.

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Poland hits out at Macron after massacre in Bucha: ‘Nobody negotiated with Hitler’

‘Nobody negotiated with Hitler. You would negotiate with Hitler, with Stalin, with Pol Pot afterwards?’

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