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Australia to permit medicinal cannabis exports in growing market
Reuters, Published on 04/01/2018
» SYDNEY: Australia said Thursday it planned to become the fourth country in the world to legalise medicinal marijuana exports in a bid to score a piece of the estimated $55 billion (1.8 trillion baht) global market.
Analysis: N.Korea using Olympics to blunt sanctions, split allies
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2018
» SEOUL/WASHINGTON: After a year of making threats and weapons advances, North Korea's leader appears to be using the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea as a tool to blunt growing international pressure on Pyongyang while leaving his nuclear arsenal untouched.
Peruvians march against Fujimori pardon for 2nd day
Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» LIMA: Hundreds of Peruvians filled the streets of downtown Lima on Monday to protest a pardon granted to former leader Alberto Fujimori, calling on President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to step down in a second day of unrest.
Revival of supersonic travel faces headwinds
Business, Reuters, Published on 26/12/2017
» Supersonic passenger travel, which died out with the Concorde's demise in 2003, will make a comeback by the mid-2020s if three US entrepreneurial companies can make jets quiet and efficient enough to win over buyers and fliers.
IS claims attack on spy agency centre in Afghan capital
Reuters, Published on 18/12/2017
» KABUL: Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack near a training facility of Afghanistan's main intelligence agency in the capital, Kabul, on Monday as gunmen exchanged fire with security forces.
Bitcoin fever exposes crypto-market frailties
Reuters, Published on 14/12/2017
» LONDON/NEW YORK: As bitcoin raced to another record high on Tuesday, one of the biggest providers of digital currency wallets, Coinbase, went down under the weight of traffic, leaving many of its more than 10 million customers unable to access their funds.
Philippines defied experts' advice about dengue vaccine
Reuters, Published on 11/12/2017
» MANILA: As she announced in January 2016 that the Philippines would immunise one million children with a new dengue vaccine, the nation's then health secretary Janette Garin boasted it was a world-first and a tribute to her country's "expertise" in research.
November consumer confidence rises for 4th straight month -survey
Reuters, Published on 07/12/2017
» The country’s consumer confidence rose for a fourth straight month in November, boosted by a stronger economic outlook as exports and tourism remained robust but low commodity prices were still a concern, a private survey showed on Thursday.
Thailand plans joint arms factory with China
Reuters, Published on 16/11/2017
» The defence technology agency plans to set up a joint centre with China to produce and maintain military equipment in the latest sign of the strengthening security relationship since a 2014 coup.
Bob Geldof hands back award shared with Aung San Suu Kyi
Reuters, Published on 13/11/2017
» DUBLIN: Irish musician and anti-poverty activist Bob Geldof will return his 'Freedom of the City of Dublin' award to his home town on Monday, saying he could not continue to hold the honour with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi.