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Myanmar rebel group allows export of rare earth inventories to China: sources
Published on 27/03/2025
» BEIJING - A Myanmar rebel group that controls one of the world's largest rare earth zones has told miners there it will allow shipments of existing rare earth inventories to China from Thursday, according to two sources and a statement reviewed by Reuters.
Tariff man doubles down on his passion
Oped, Published on 27/03/2025
» US President Donald Trump has long been a staunch advocate of import tariffs, proudly calling himself "Tariff Man" and asserting that tariff is "the most beautiful word in the dictionary."
Trump trade détente chance?
Oped, Published on 26/03/2025
» Many investors went into 2025 assuming Donald Trump would use tariffs as a negotiating tool, but this belief has been shaken in recent weeks, generating significant market angst. But Mr Trump's fiscal strategy may yet lead to a benign outcome for the global economy.
Radioactive waste probed
News, Chairith Yonpiam, Published on 26/03/2025
» The Ministry of Industry has launched a probe into the illegal import of around 10,262 tonnes of powdery waste containing radioactive caesium-137, with documents falsely declaring the material to be zinc concentrate.
Trump's US migrant hunt spares no one from deportation
AFP, Published on 24/03/2025
» SPRING, United States - Franco Caraballo was arrested while at a US immigration center for an appointment. Shirly Guardado was detained while at work. Camila Munoz was taken into custody on her way home from her honeymoon.
'Antipathy' to US: Tourists turning away from Trump's America
AFP, Published on 24/03/2025
» NEW YORK - In just a few weeks, the US tourism outlook has clouded as a result of some of President Donald Trump's policy decisions, which have angered some foreign visitors and prompted fear of a surge in prices and a stronger dollar.
Police seize further B130m of vape gear
News, Published on 22/03/2025
» More than 64,000 vaping products valued at 12.6 million baht were confiscated in a crackdown by the Customs Department, the Department of Special Investigation (DSI) and the Royal Thai Police (RTP) recently.
Canadians barred from border-straddling library
Published on 21/03/2025
» A town in Quebec province is calling out what it says is a unilateral decision by US authorities to close Canadian access to a library that straddles the two countries’ border.
Indonesia poised to export durians to China, threatening Thai dominance
South China Morning Post, Published on 21/03/2025
» HONG KONG — Indonesia is expanding cultivation and completing legal procedures in preparation to begin exporting durians to China, offering consumers a new - and possibly cheaper - alternative to fruit from Thailand and Vietnam.
Trump pressures courts after reprimand on deportations
AFP, Published on 21/03/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump demanded Thursday that courts stop blocking his agenda, edging closer to a constitutional showdown after a judge suggested the administration ignored an order to block summary deportations.