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US launches fresh Yemen strike a day after broader attack
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2024
» WASHINGTON - The United States launched a fresh airstrike on a Houthi rebel radar installation Friday, in what was described as a follow-up attack to an earlier barrage across Yemen intended to degrade the group's ability to target commercial shipping in the Red Sea.
Xi defends China’s Covid response amid mounting economic woes
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/04/2022
» President Xi Jinping defended China’s lockdown-dependent approach to fighting the pandemic, even as he sought to reassure the world that the country was still committed to opening its economy.
Putin orders army into Ukraine, seeks to ‘demilitarise’ neighbour
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/02/2022
» Vladimir Putin said he’s ordered a “special military operation” to protect the people of the Donbas separatist region, but said Russia will “aim for demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.”
Duterte’s pivot to China yet to deliver promised billions
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/07/2021
» Near the centre of Manila, construction workers are now rushing to complete a $69-million China-funded bridge by the end of this year after repeatedly missing deadlines.
Facebook attacks Apple’s iOS changes in full-page newspaper ads
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/12/2020
» Facebook Inc attacked Apple Inc in a series of full-page newspaper ads Wednesday, claiming the iPhone maker’s anticipated mobile software changes around data gathering and targeted advertising are bad for small businesses.
I’m no orangutan killer, says CEO trying to fix palm oil
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2019
» SINGAPORE: Carl Bek-Nielsen, who’s about to give a tour of the palm oil plantations he runs in Malaysia, is reflecting on a story by the New York Times earlier this year about an orangutan that was shot 74 times and found close to death on an oil palm estate in Indonesia.
Hundreds of thousands march for freedom: Hong Kong update
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/12/2019
» HONG KONG: Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through Hong Kong to mark Human Rights Day and press for greater democracy in the city in the biggest rally in about six months.
Tear gas, 'live rounds' fired as tens of thousands protest in Hong Kong
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/10/2019
» HONG KONG: Police shot tear gas volleys at protesters as simultaneous rallies raged across Hong Kong, including a march through the city centre, hours after celebrations for a holiday marking 70 years of Communist rule in China began in Beijing.
Myanmar sees rise in tourism despite Rohingya crisis
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2018
» Myanmar tourist arrivals rose 18% last year to 3.44 million visitors, despite international condemnation over the treatment of its Rohingya Muslim population.
China offers solution for Rohingya refugee crisis
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/11/2017
» HONG KONG/NEW DELHI: A top Chinese diplomat proposed a resolution to the Rohingya refugee crisis in Myanmar that has seen more than 600,000 Muslims flee across the border into Bangladesh.