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Haze threatens Singapore as Indonesia forest fires rage
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/09/2019
» SINGAPORE: Air quality in Singapore and parts of Malaysia may worsen in the coming days with Indonesian authorities warning of more forest fires in the region already in the grip of an unusually long dry weather spell.
Vietnam prefers Its mobile networks to be free of Huawei
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/08/2019
» HANOI: Vietnam is intent on being the first Asean nation to provide a 5G network -- without China’s tech powerhouse Huawei Technologies Inc.
32 dead, 16 missing as storm hits East China
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/08/2019
» TAIPEI: Typhoon Lekima killed 32 people and left 16 missing in coastal Zhejiang province, China’s state broadcaster reported.
Indonesia fights fires in palm-growing regions as drought looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/07/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia is stepping up efforts to prevent a repeat of haze that blanketed much of Southeast Asia four years ago by deploying thousands of firefighters and emergency response teams in its main palm oil- and rubber-producing regions.
Paris parched as new heatwave scorches Europe
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/07/2019
» PARIS: The French capital is going through its driest period in almost 150 years and temperatures across Europe continue to reach extreme levels, leaving scorched fields and farmers frustrated by another spell of bad weather.
Thailand to build world's biggest floating solar farms
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/03/2019
» Thailand plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farms to power Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and to boost the country’s share of clean energy.
Singapore likely to name Lee's successor in waiting
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2018
» SINGAPORE: Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will be named first assistant secretary-general of the country’s ruling political party, the Today newspaper reported, paving the way for him to succeed Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as premier.
How Bill Gates aims to save $233bn by reinventing the toilet
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/11/2018
» SYDNEY: Bill Gates thinks toilets are a serious business, and he’s betting big that a reinvention of this most essential of conveniences can save a half million lives and deliver $200 billion-plus in savings.
Tesla without Musk? SEC raises once unthinkable prospect
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/09/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: It is nearly impossible to imagine Tesla Inc without Elon Musk -- its chairman, CEO, largest shareholder and public face.
Elon Musk’s team in talks with Thailand about rescue
Bloomberg News, Published on 06/07/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Representatives for Elon Musk are in talks with Thai authorities about aiding in the rescue of a boys’ soccer team stuck in a cave, said a spokesman for the billionaire.