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Horror crash spurs action
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/09/2019
» Road safety advocates are calling on authorities to enforce road safety regulations more strictly after 13 people were killed when the pickup truck they were riding on overturned Sunday morning.
Libra partners reconsider as governments grumble: report
AFP, Published on 02/10/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO - Mastercard, Visa and other financial partners being enlisted to oversee Facebook-backed cryptocurrency Libra are having second thoughts as regulators unleash ire on the project, according to a report Tuesday.
Singapore sees ‘strong interest’ in digital bank licences
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/01/2020
» SINGAPORE: Singapore has received “strong interest” in its effort to open up the banking industry to fresh competition after 21 groups made bids for digital licences, the financial regulator said.
Air pollution in Thailand hits regional agenda
News, Post Reporters, Published on 26/01/2025
» Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has raised the status of the PM2.5 problem from a national agenda item to an issue requiring Asean cooperation to solve.
It's desperate times for Luton
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 01/03/2025
» In the Premier League there is a distinct possibility that the three newly promoted sides could be going straight back down, although Ipswich and Leicester fans might dispute that. Rather ominously the same thing happened the previous season.
CIMBT: 2019 growth to slow as election stokes uncertainty
Business, Oranan Paweewun, Published on 12/12/2018
» Thai economic growth is expected to cool to 3.7% in 2019 from a 4% forecast for 2018, while the general election could be a threat in the short run as foreign investors hold off on plans as they await the outcome, says a senior economist at CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT).
KBank and Line partner
Business, Oranan Paweewun, Published on 13/12/2018
» Kasikornbank (KBank) has made a big push into digital banking by forming a joint venture with Line Financial Asia to tap into the online social giant's 44 million users, aiming to grow its retail loan and digital banking business.
Central Group expects online surge through JD pact
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/01/2018
» The company with the biggest grip on the brick-and-mortar retail market is expecting a partnership with China’s JD.com Inc to help it do the same in online sales.
Under threat from Trump, Canada set to hold snap elections
AFP, Published on 23/03/2025
» OTTAWA - Canada's new prime minister Mark Carney is expected to announce snap elections Sunday, seeking a stronger mandate as his country fights off a trade war and annexation threats from Donald Trump's United States.
Brazil's new leader rides far-right wave in Davos
AFP, Published on 22/01/2019
» DAVOS, Switzerland: Skirting the first political scandal of his new presidency, far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro will tout a "new Brazil" when he addresses the world's business elite in Davos on Tuesday.