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Oil fund to subsidise half of price increase
Reuters, Published on 22/05/2018
» A state oil fund will be used to support domestic retail fuel prices to help consumers cope with rising global oil prices, the energy minister said on Tuesday.
UK acid attack victim describes 'lifelong' trauma
Reuters, Published on 03/08/2017
» TRURO, England -- Victims of acid attacks in Britain are calling on the government to enforce longer prison sentences and tighten controls on the sale of corrosive substances, after a jump in the number of cases last year and in 2017.
Indonesia approves budget revision, tax amnesty bill
Reuters, Published on 28/06/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday approved revisions to the 2016 state budget, including a wider fiscal deficit of 2.35% of gross domestic product (GDP), compared with 2.15% in the original spending plan.
Erawan bombers first targeted pier for Chinese tourists
Reuters, Published on 26/02/2016
» The perpetrators of last year's deadly explosion at the Erawan shrine originally chose a Chao Phraya River dinner-cruise pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters.
Widodo said to hike fuel prices 50%
Reuters, Published on 17/10/2014
» JAKARTA — Indonesia's President-elect Joko Widodo plans to raise the price of subsidised gasoline and diesel by around 50% within two weeks of taking office, a move that will save the government nearly $13 billion next year, an adviser to Widodo told Reuters.
Thai-made Attrage to be sold in Mexico
Reuters, Published on 01/07/2014
» TOKYO — Chrysler will sell a rebadged Mitsubishi Motors Corp compact sedan in Mexico, in a five-year deal that will help the Japanese automaker maintain production levels at its hard-hit Thailand production base.