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Myanmar junta fails to sell Suu Kyi’s family mansion again
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/08/2024
» YANGON - The Myanmar military regime failed to sell a family mansion belonging to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the country’s commercial capital.
After losing out to Thailand, Indonesia wants Chinese tourists to look beyond Bali
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/06/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno is on a mission to get Chinese tourists to look beyond Bali for their next tropical getaway.
Japan's flood of tourists prompts call to charge foreigners more
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/06/2024
» TOKYO - As the flood of overseas tourists shows no sign of slowing, complaints about overcrowding and poor behaviour by visitors are prompting some in Japan to look at ways of controlling the flow without losing income, including by charging higher prices for foreigners.
Luxury cruise ship full of Australians stuck in Greenland Arctic
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/09/2023
» SYDNEY - A luxury cruise ship carrying 206 passengers — primarily Australians — has run aground in remote northeastern Greenland, with the closest vessel available to help with rescue efforts only expected to reach the scene on Friday.
Vietnam begins limited reopening to foreign tourists - media
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/11/2021
» Vietnam is welcoming foreign tourists this month for the first time since the spring of 2020 as the Southeast Asian country gradually reopens its tourism sector amid the pandemic.
Thai massage loses its charm behind masks, social distancing
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/07/2020
» Walk into a massage parlour and a familiar clasped-hands “wai” greeting will welcome you as a hint of jasmine lingers in the air. Less appealing is the smell of disinfectant and the squeaky sound of latex gloves.
Russia vows to block IS escape from Syrian lair
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/06/2017
» MOSCOW -- Russia vowed to prevent the escape of Islamic State fighters from their self-declared capital in Raqqa, under siege by US-backed forces, after thwarting two attempts by the jihadists to break through toward Syrian government-controlled territory.
Trump sworn in as president, vowing to unseat establishment
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2017
» Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, delivering a fiery inauguration speech that promised to unseat the Washington establishment and return power to the American public.
Myanmar caps high-rises as investors seek guidance
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/08/2016
» YANGON, Myanmar - Developer Bo San had already sold all the units in his 12-story high-rise in Yangon when he was forced to halt construction. Three months later he faces the task of having to remove two floors to comply with new height regulations, at a cost of about US$8 million.
Obama seeks to cement Cuba thaw
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/03/2016
» Washington -- US President Barack Obama arrives Sunday in Havana seeking to end what he sees as a futile US policy toward the island nation and to lift one of the biggest impediments to closer US alliances across Latin America.