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China to punish party members who visit `illegal websites'
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/08/2017
» BEIJING -- China’s Communist Party is curbing the online activities of its 89 million members ahead of a leadership shake-up in a few months.
Xi calls for strong army, tells China troops `World isn't safe'
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/07/2017
» BEIJING -- President Xi Jinping said China needs to speed up the modernization of its military to fend off threats in increasingly dangerous times.
Trump tweets ban trans people from US military
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/07/2017
» WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would not allow transgender individuals to serve in the US military in any capacity.
Thai Airways to resume plane purchases as earnings rebound
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/08/2016
» After a five-year austerity drive, Thai Airways International is ready to expand again.
Singtel to buy majority stake in Intouch
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/08/2016
» SINGAPORE - Singapore Telecommunications Ltd agreed to pay S$2.47 billion ($1.8 billion) for stakes in Intouch Holdings Plc and India’s Bharti Telecom Ltd to broaden access to fast-growing wireless markets in Asia and Africa.
EgyptAir plane wreckage found
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/05/2016
» DUBAI/CAIRO — Egyptian authorities said they found wreckage and belongings from the missing EgyptAir plane that vanished en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people on board, marking the first breakthrough in the investigation.
Tiny island at centre of dispute
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 25/03/2016
» While warships and fishing fleets jockey for dominance of the South China Sea, the 200-odd residents of Itu Aba eke out their days growing vegetables and baking pizza.
Fiji cyclone death toll reaches 20
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/02/2016
» WELLINGTON — The death toll from the strongest tropical cyclone ever to hit Fiji climbed to at least 20 as aerial surveillance of affected areas showed entire villages were obliterated as the Category-5 storm roared across the South Pacific nation at the weekend.
Philippine island of 120 stares down China’s military might
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/07/2015
» MANILA — On a clear night, the Filipinos who live on Pagasa Island — a speck in the vast South China Sea — can see the floodlights from giant Chinese cranes working around the clock, dredging sand to build on a nearby reef.
Sex shops, street bars survive government's graft crackdown
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2015
» Fern’s cocktail bar appears each night on a sidewalk between a group of scantily-clad women from the next-door go-go bar and a noodle stall near one of Bangkok’s infamous red-light districts. By morning it has vanished.