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Breaking the internet: new regs imperil global network
AFP, Published on 10/04/2019
» WASHINGTON: Is the dream of one global internet still alive?
Indonesia ready to regulate motorcycle taxi fares
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 28/01/2019
» Reports of a government plan to regulate the fares of app-based motorcycle taxis have given some hope to Fariz, a driver who switched to an app-based service from a regular one six months ago.
Goodbye Stalin: Moscow metro embraces high-tech art
AFP, Published on 30/12/2018
» MOSCOW: Moscow's metro system is famed for its Stalin-era stations with glittering chandeliers and mosaics, but architects are taking a radical new approach as the network undergoes a massive expansion.
Starbucks' expansion runs out of steam in S.Africa
AFP, Published on 26/12/2018
» JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH AFRICA) - High operating costs and tight customer budgets have left US coffee giant Starbucks needing a caffeine hit after it abandoned ambitious expansion plans in South Africa -- seen as a foothold for the continent.
Number of internet users up in Cambodia
Published on 07/12/2018
» Cambodia now has 12.5 million internet users, compared to 10.8 million last year, an increase that follows mobile operators’ service expansion in rural areas, an official of the Telecommunication Regulator of Cambodia (TRC) said.
UK expands diplomatic network as Brexit nears
AFP, Published on 31/10/2018
» LONDON - Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Tuesday announced a major expansion of Britain's diplomatic network around the world, five months before it leaves the European Union.
Vietnam's Vietjet signs $1.24bn financing deal for 10 Airbus planes
Reuters, Published on 10/10/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's Vietjet Aviation signed a combined $1.24 billion worth of financing agreements to eventually purchase up to 10 Airbus planes, the company said on Wednesday.
'Carbon sink' Bhutan counts cost of plans for green future
AFP, Published on 10/10/2018
» PUNAKHA (BHUTAN) - The gentle whirring of the wind turbine speaks volumes of Bhutan's record as the world's only carbon negative country, but major challenges stand in the way of the Himalayan kingdom's decision to follow a green path over rampant economic expansion.
Taiwan's Tsai urges world to stand up to China: AFP interview
AFP, Published on 25/06/2018
» TAIPEI - Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen called on the international community to "constrain" China by standing up for freedoms, casting her island's giant neighbour as a global threat to democracy.
China stands to gain in Iran after US quits nuclear deal
AFP, Published on 18/05/2018
» BEIJING - The US decision to reimpose sanctions on Iran could scare off European investors but oil-thirsty China may step into the void and ramp up business links with the country.