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Vietnam backs Cambodia's Mekong canal, urges cooperation on impacts
Reuters, Published on 21/08/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam supports Cambodia's plan to build a canal from the Mekong River basin to the Cambodian coast and would like to be involved in finding solutions for the canal's possible negative effects, its foreign ministry said on Thursday.
Magnitude 6.5 quake strikes Philippines
Reuters, Published on 15/06/2023
» MANILA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.5 struck Mindoro island in the northern Philippines on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Musk's Twitter deal stirs fears of abuse in Asia, Middle East
Reuters, Published on 29/04/2022
» Elon Musk's plan to acquire Twitter has alarmed human rights activists in Asia and the Middle East, where social media platforms have been accused of inciting violence.
Factory output, exports rise as trade deficit narrows in Oct
Reuters, Published on 30/11/2021
» Thailand recorded a current account deficit of $1.1 billion in October after a deficit of $1.3 billion the previous month, the central bank said on Tuesday.
BoT sees no 'material impact' from inclusion on US watch list
Reuters, Published on 17/12/2020
» The central bank said on Thursday it did not see a big impact on foreign trade and investment from being put on a US currency watch list, nor should it impede its ability to conduct macroeconomic policies to safeguard domestic stability.
THAI to press ahead with B11bn maintenance facility
Reuters, Published on 27/04/2020
» Thai Airways International will press on with a project to build a 11-billion maintenance facility east of Bangkok after partner Airbus dropped out due to the coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Monday.
ECB ramps up stimulus but stops short of rate cut
Reuters, Published on 12/03/2020
» FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank approved fresh stimulus measures on Thursday to help the ailing euro zone economy cope with the shock of the coronavirus pandemic but unexpectedly kept interest rates on hold, a decision that may dismay markets.
IMF sees Thai growth rate at 2.9% this year, 3.0% in 2020
Reuters, Published on 08/10/2019
» Thailand's economic growth rate could slow to 2.9% this year and be 3.0% in 2020, reflecting external and domestic headwinds, the International Monetary Fund said.
Filling 'Brexodus' gap, Filipino nurses stymied by English tests
Reuters, Published on 08/04/2019
» MANILA: Bracing for life after Brexit, British hospitals badly need more nurses like Filipino Jobie Escalona, but she twice flunked a mandatory English language test that asked her to write up the merits of immigration and computer education in school.
Indonesia bets big on biodiesel to limit costs of oil imports
Reuters, Published on 07/08/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to require all diesel fuel used in the country contain biodiesel starting next month to boost palm oil consumption, slash fuel imports, and narrow a yawning current account gap.