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Liberia's football superstar president runs for re-election
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» MONROVIA - Liberians vote Tuesday on whether to give football legend George Weah a second term as president, with peace among voters' main concerns in a nation still scarred by back-to-back civil wars.
China's Country Garden says might not meet all debt obligations
AFP, Published on 10/10/2023
» BEIJING - Debt-saddled Chinese property giant Country Garden said on Tuesday that it did not expect to meet all of its offshore payment obligations in time as it edges towards a potential default.
Myanmar Supreme Court rejects jailed Suu Kyi appeals
Published on 08/10/2023
» The Supreme Court in military-ruled Myanmar has rejected appeals against six corruption convictions for the jailed former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, according to media reports.
Soaring US job growth a challenge
Published on 06/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - US employers in September defied the view of Federal Reserve officials that the job market was beginning to cool, adding 336,000 positions in a return to the fevered hiring seen during the coronavirus pandemic.
Socialist could be Luxembourg's first female PM
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» LUXEMBOURG - Socialist leader Paulette Lenert could become Luxembourg's first female prime minister following Sunday's elections in the country wedged between Belgium, France and Germany.
Billionaires muscle in on convenience store king’s domain
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/10/2023
» Some of Thailand’s wealthiest tycoons are looking to muscle in on the convenience-store sector, betting that a shift in consumer preferences for buying less but shopping more often will fuel demand for years to come.
Lululemon looks at post-pandemic wellness
Life, Noko, Published on 03/10/2023
» During the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2021, lululemon began publishing its annual Global Wellbeing Report as a guide to support its purpose of elevating human potential by helping people feel their best.
Katalin Kariko, scientific maverick who paved way for mRNA vaccines
AFP, Published on 02/10/2023
» WASHINGTON - Hungarian-born scientist Katalin Kariko's obsession with researching a substance called mRNA to fight disease once cost her a faculty position at a prestigious US university, which dismissed the idea as a dead end.
Bangkok's fine dining lures tourists
Bloomberg News, Published on 29/09/2023
» When chef Thitid "Ton" Tassanakajohn first opened his Thai fine dining establishment Le Du in Bangkok in 2013, his four-course set menu was 990 baht (US$28 today). It was a steal compared to fine dining establishments worldwide, but a fortune in a city where Thai cuisine had for decades been characterised as street food.
NKorea makes nuclear weapons status part of constitution
AFP, Published on 28/09/2023
» SEOUL - North Korea's rubber-stamp legislature has enshrined the country's status as a nuclear weapons power in the constitution, state media reported Thursday.