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Trump-Duterte phone call: Full transcript
Published on 24/05/2017
» The following is apparently the full transcript of the phone call initiated April 29 by US President Donald Trump to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Moody's downgrades China on debt menace
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2017
» HONG KONG - Moody’s Investors Service cut its rating on China’s debt for the first time since 1989, challenging the view that the nation’s leadership will be able to rein in debt while maintaining the pace of economic growth.
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Iconic Harley-Davidson is building plant in Thailand
New York Times, Published on 24/05/2017
» HONG KONG - Iconic motorcycle builder Harley-Davidson, praised by US President Donald Trump as a pillar of American manufacturing and keeping jobs at home, is building a new plant in Thailand.
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14 hostages taken in Philippines city, martial law declared
Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2017
» MANILA -- Muslim extremists abducted a Catholic priest and more than a dozen churchgoers while laying siege to a southern Philippine city overnight, burning buildings, ambushing soldiers and hoisting flags of the Islamic State group, officials said Wednesday.
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Myanmar ethnic groups, govt begin peace talks
Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2017
» YANGON -- Representatives from Myanmar's ethic rebel groups and the government have gathered in the capital for peace talks aimed at ending decades of ethnic rebellions in the country.
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Taiwan court legalises gay marriage in first for Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/05/2017
» TAIPEI -- Taiwan’s constitutional court ruled that the island’s laws must be changed to allow gay marriage, paving the way for it to become the first place in Asia to guarantee the right.
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SE Asia stocks brush aside China downgrade to inch up
Published on 24/05/2017
» Most Southeast Asian stock markets shrugged off Moody's downgrade of its sovereign credit rating on China to edge up on Wednesday, focusing instead on what the minutes of a US Federal Reserve meeting would say on its rate hike trajectory.
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Indonesian province sets up task force targeting gays
Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2017
» BANDUNG, Indonesia -- Indonesian police in West Java have set up a task force to investigate activities by gays in the country's most populous province.
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Vietnam plans 'outstanding' special economic zones
Published on 24/05/2017
» HANOI - Vietnam plans to open three special economic zones that offer investors greater incentives and fewer restrictions than available to date in the country, the investment minister said.
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More raids in Manchester; soldiers protecting key UK sites
Associated Press, Published on 24/05/2017
» MANCHESTER, England -- British security forces arrested three more suspects and raided a building Wednesday in central Manchester as they investigated the deadly concert bombing. Hundreds of soldiers were sent to secure key sites across the country, including Buckingham Palace and the British Parliament at Westminster.
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