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The cost of failure: What’s at stake if Brexit talks fail
Published on 11/12/2020
» LONDON: Negotiations between the UK and European Union over a post-Brexit trade deal are reaching a tense climax, with Sunday looming as the do-or-die deadline.
SE Asia's traffic jams cleared by coronavirus
Published on 13/05/2020
» Strict lockdowns, school closures and restrictions on commerce to curb the novel coronavirus in Southeast Asian countries brought a rare respite from the transport mayhem that is the norm in some of the world's most congested cities.
India extends world's biggest virus lockdown
AFP, Published on 14/04/2020
» NEW DELHI: India's nationwide coronavirus lockdown, the biggest in the world, which covers 1.3 billion people, will be extended until at least May 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday.
Duterte adds traffic jams to hit list
Reuters, Published on 21/06/2016
» MANILA/DAVAO, PHILIPPINES - The Philippines' tough-talking president-elect has vowed to wipe out crime - and now he plans to tame the grinding traffic gridlock of Manila through the imposition of emergency powers.
Party time! Carnival opens in Rio
AFP, Published on 13/02/2015
» Casting aside its economic woes, corruption scandals and recent humiliation on the football pitch, Brazil opened five days of non-stop partying Friday as Rio de Janeiro's Carnival officially opened.
Jakarta bets on web drive to lift fortunes
AFP, Published on 21/12/2014
» JAKARTA - The Indonesian capital -- a chaotic metropolis with shaky Internet access -- is hoping to turn its fortunes around with an ambitious online platform that allows residents to report problems, from crime to traffic jams, with their smartphones.
Tech sector sizzles as Myanmar embraces Internet for the masses
AFP, Published on 28/09/2014
» YANGON - From navigating gridlocked city roads to playing a favourite national sport, new homegrown apps are blossoming in Myanmar as cheap mobile technology ignites an Internet revolution in the once-isolated nation.
Istanbul has achieved Sultans' dream: bid chief
AFP, Published on 09/01/2013
» The Istanbul bid for the 2020 Olympic Games has achieved a dream held by the Sultans who used to rule Turkey in bringing both the continents the city straddles together as one, their bid chief told AFP on Monday.