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Soaring rice prices stretch budgets for billions in Asia, Africa
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: A surge in rice prices to the highest level in almost 15 years is renewing fears that food costs are going to get a lot more expensive for the world’s poorest people.
Copper crash deepens as recession fears dominate metals trading
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/07/2022
» Copper extended a sharp retreat after the economic bellwether suffered one of its worst days since the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 on growing fears of a global recession.
Record 46% of all Covid tests in Philippines come back positive
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/01/2022
» The percentage of positive Covid-19 tests reached a record high in the Philippines, fuelling fears of a return to stricter curbs on movement and triggering a selloff of stocks as hopes fade for a swift economic recovery.
Slow start to Bali reopening
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/12/2021
» Wayan Sentiani, 36, is earning barely a tenth of what she used to from selling T-shirts and sarongs near Kuta beach. For about a decade, she would get up to 2 million rupiah ($140) a day from mostly Australian, Chinese and European shoppers.
Myanmar civil war fears grow after airstrikes on ethnic army
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/03/2021
» As the death toll among Myanmar’s protesters rose dramatically last weekend, military air strikes against one of the country’s largest rebel groups stoked fears of another problem: full-fledged civil war.
Last-minute India demands jeopardise Asian trade pact
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/10/2019
» NEW DELHI: India keeps making last-minute requests after it agreed to terms for the world’s largest regional trade agreement, potentially preventing Asian leaders from announcing a breakthrough next week on the 16-nation pact during a summit in Bangkok, people familiar with the situation said.
Obama calls for noble politics in final State of the Union
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/01/2016
» WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama implored Americans to turn away from cynicism and fear, in a final State of the Union address that at times represented a rebuke of the bitter campaign to succeed him.