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Trump-Kim meet a gift for Southeast Asia
News, Kavi Chongkittavorn, Published on 19/06/2018
» All the hullabaloo surrounding the historic Trump-Kim summit in Singapore must be discarded if one wants to seriously assess the overall ripple effects, in particular, the four-point statement. For the region, at least for now, the tight knot of a nuclear war has been untied. After all, President Donald Trump gave his personal assurance of this after he returned to the United States from his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. That is good for Southeast Asia as a whole. If there is a war, the region's progress would be badly undermined as much as, if not more, than those of the two protagonists. The US provides a marketplace and the Korean Peninsula remains the last stronghold of long-awaited peace and stability.
Assault on Yemen's Hodeida halted as UN pursues talks
AFP, Published on 01/07/2018
» ABU DHABI - The United Arab Emirates on Sunday announced it had halted the offensive it is backing against Huthi rebels in Yemen's port city of Hodeida to give a chance to UN diplomatic efforts.
Nuts may boost male fertility: study
AFP, Published on 04/07/2018
» PARIS - Eating nuts "significantly" boosted the number and health of sperm in young men in a scientific trial, researchers said Wednesday.
GM's driverless car bet faces long road ahead
Business, Published on 25/10/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: It's one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars.
AXA eyes parametric insurance
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 21/01/2019
» Multinational AXA Insurance plans to launch parametric insurance in Thailand, targeting the agricultural and tourism sectors.
Corporate disclosure progress
Business, Published on 03/12/2019
» Corporate disclosure is improving in Asia, with Thailand boasting three "disclosure champions", but many companies need to be more forthcoming about risk, according to the Asia Disclosure Index 2019 by FTI Consulting.
Experts say China virus outbreak will last months at least
AFP, Published on 28/01/2020
» WASHINGTON - The deadly new coronavirus that has broken out in China, 2019-nCoV, will afflict a minimum of tens of thousands of people and will last at least several months, researchers estimate based on the first available data.
The chips are down
Business, Published on 18/05/2021
» The worldwide semiconductor shortage will persist through 2021, and is expected to recover to normal levels by the second quarter of 2022, according to Gartner Inc.
Truth via debate
Oped, Postbag, Published on 31/07/2021
» Re: "PM orders ban on 'fake news'," (BP, July 30).
Yes to trading tax
News, Published on 20/12/2021
» Re: "SET opposes share sales tax proposal", (Business, Dec 17).