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Myanmar's first tourism stock rises 30% in Singapore debut
Bloomberg News, Published on 05/01/2018
» Thousands of tourists have floated in a hot-air balloon over Myanmar’s historic Bagan plains dotted with more than 2,200 ancient Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries. Chances are they rode one of Memories Group Ltd’s inflatables.
Journey journal
Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 06/01/2018
» It's a great big world out there. Pai couldn't wait to explore it.
Sean Penn, Leonardo DiCaprio share love at Haiti fundraiser
AP, Published on 07/01/2018
» LOS ANGELES: Sean Penn and Leonardo DiCaprio used the eighth annual benefit for the J/P Haitian Relief Organization to publicly praise each other's philanthropic work.
Philippines to protest to China over manmade island ‘airbase’
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines will make a diplomatic protest to China, which the southeast Asian nation's defence minister described as having reneged on a promise not to militarise artificial islands in the busy South China Sea waterway.
Satun fails again in finding bidder to collect bird's nests
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/01/2018
» Satun province has failed to attract bidders for the eighth consecutive time to collect edible bird's nests on its islands.
Mag 7.6 quake shakes Caribbean north of Honduras
Associated Press, Published on 10/01/2018
» TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: One of the strongest earthquakes to hit the Caribbean in modern times struck off the coast of Honduras on Tuesday night, shaking the mainland and setting off tsunami warnings that were cancelled about an hour later.
Malaysia to pay firm up to B2.25bn if it finds missing plane
Reuters, Published on 10/01/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia signed a deal on Wednesday to pay a US seabed exploration firm up to 2.25 billion baht if it finds the missing Malaysia Airlines aircraft MH370 in a new search area in the Southern Indian ocean.
Geopolitics of fusion at risk in reactor saga
News, John Draper & Peerasit Kamnuansilpa, Published on 11/01/2018
» Making steady progress, the internationally funded International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) has announced that it will begin experimenting in producing fusion energy via the same processes as our sun around 2035. Yet, there are fears that the move will be eclipsed by recent developments by private companies, which have invested massively with the hope of commercialising fusion energy decades ahead of bureaucratically run ITER.
Japan protests Chinese military ship in waters near disputed islands
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» TOKYO: Japan on Thursday protested to China after a Chinese military vessel was detected in waters near disputed islands in the East China Sea, calling on China to avoid actions that could interfere with improving bilateral ties.
Hawaii panics over false North Korean missile alert
Associated Press, Published on 15/01/2018
» HONOLULU: The second recent blunder in Hawaii's planning for a possible North Korean nuclear attack left islanders shaken after an emergency alert warning of an imminent strike sounded on hundreds of thousands of cellphones.