AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoAsia-Pacific Media Cooperation: Leaders at the Asia-Pacific Media Forum in Shenzhen urged newsrooms to strengthen cross-border fact-checking and share AI-safe professional standards, warning that tools can also fuel deepfakes and automated disinformation. UN Cartography Fight: The UN General Assembly backed a new “Equal Earth” world map to better reflect continent sizes, with Africa shown larger and Europe/North America smaller; the US voted against while India supported the move. Pacific Security & Climate: Pacific Islands Forum leaders called for at least 24-hour notice for ICBM tests after China’s July launch, while also pushing unity on climate action and keeping 1.5°C within reach. Indonesia Haze Crisis: Smog from Borneo and Sumatra fires has worsened health impacts and school closures, drifting to Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines, as emissions spike amid El Niño conditions. Culture & Diplomacy: Chinese artists boycotted South Korea’s Gwangju Biennale over the “Taiwan Pavilion” label, turning an art event into a fresh China-Taiwan dispute. Sports & Society: India and Japan mark 75 years of ties with a special men’s T20I in Japan, and Pakistan’s PCB plans a cleanup that may remove Aaqib Javed from its selection committee.
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