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Health ministry wants ban on recreational cannabis by year-end
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/02/2024
» The government wants to ban recreational use of cannabis by the end of this year, Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew said on Wednesday, threatening to put thousands of marijuana shops and farms that have sprung up around the country since a decriminalisation drive two years ago out of business.
China restricts lending of securities for short selling
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/01/2024
» HONG KONG - China will halt the lending of certain shares for short selling from Monday the securities regulator announced Sunday, in a move to support the country’s slumping stock markets.
Japan Airlines flight was cleared to land before fiery collision
Bloomberg News, Published on 03/01/2024
» TOKYO - As Japan Airlines Co. Flight 516 approached Tokyo’s Haneda Airport late on Tuesday afternoon, all signs pointed to an uneventful conclusion to the routine one-and-a-half hour journey from Sapporo in northern Japan.
Israel-Hamas war resumes after week-long truce
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/12/2023
» TEL AVIV - Israel resumed combat against Hamas in the Gaza Strip after a week-long truce between the two sides ended on Friday morning.
Civilians trapped in Gaza are running out of food, fuel, hope
Bloomberg News, Published on 07/11/2023
» GAZA - In the days after Oct 7, bombs started falling from the sky. Leaflets fell too, urging the 1.1 million residents of northern Gaza to head south for their safety. So Reda Sahoiun left her home.
Li Keqiang, China’s second-most powerful man for a decade, dies
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/10/2023
» BEIJING - China's former Premier Li Keqiang has died of a heart attack just months after stepping down as the nation's No. 2 official. He was 68.
Goldman sues Malaysia as 1MDB settlement dispute escalates
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Goldman Sachs Group Incorporated took the unusual step of suing Malaysia in a UK court amid festering disagreement over a settlement tied to its role in the 1MDB investment-fund scandal.
Who Singapore's presidential contenders are
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/08/2023
» Singapore will head for its first contested presidential election in over a decade in an exercise seen to weigh public sentiment at a time when the city-state had been rocked by controversies.
Rice could hit decade high as Indian curbs rock market
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/07/2023
» LONDON: Rice prices are set to surge after top exporter India banned a large chunk of shipments, adding to stresses on global food markets that have already been roiled by bad weather and the worsening conflict in Ukraine.
Stark cites Russia-Ukraine war to exit €560m deal
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/06/2023
» Stark Corporation Public Company Limited, a Thai maker of electrical components engulfed in an accounting scandal, has cited the Russia-Ukraine war as a reason for pulling out of an agreement to buy a German maker of automotive cable solutions for €560 million (21.27 billion baht).