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Messaging app Line soars in stock market debut
Published on 15/07/2016
» NEW YORK - Shares in the Asian hit messaging app Line, Thailand's favourite smartphone app, surged 27% in New York Thursday and 32% on the Tokyo bourse in the markets hungry for the newest technology IPO.
Debris found in Australia 'not from missing flight MH370'
AFP, Published on 22/06/2016
» SYDNEY - A piece of debris that washed up on an island off Australia's south coast was not from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, officials said Wednesday as they confirmed there are no plans to extend the underwater search for the plane.
US warns Beijing of 'self-isolation'
AFP, Published on 04/06/2016
» SINGAPORE - China risks further alienating regional neighbours and building a "Great Wall of self-isolation" as it pursues its military expansion across the South China Sea, US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter warned Saturday.
Budget airlines set to soar in Southeast Asia's open skies
Reuters, Published on 17/05/2016
» SINGAPORE — Low-cost airline groups and manufacturers of smaller passenger aircraft will be among the main winners after Southeast Asia's open skies agreement finally came into effect last month, although airport capacity constraints could limit the benefits.
Self-driving cars in a fast lane: Fiat Chrysler chief
AFP, Published on 07/05/2016
» DETROIT - Self-driving cars could hit roads within five years, the head of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles said, days after the company announced an alliance with Google parent Alphabet.
China national rail company 'owes more than Greece'
AFP, Published on 05/05/2016
» BEIJING - China's state-owned rail corporation is more than $600 billion in debt, reports said, almost twice the size of Greece's obligations.
Indonesia's Garuda in $4 billion Airbus A330 order
AFP, Published on 20/04/2016
» PARIS - Airbus said Tuesday that Indonesian carrier Garuda had signed a firm purchase order for 14 of its new generation wide-bodied A330-900neo airliner for $4 billion.
Facebook at crossroads in connecting the globe
Associated Press, Published on 22/02/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg likes to boast that his three-year-old effort to bring the developing world online has reached millions of people in some of the world's poorest nations.
Indonesia's biggest telecom operator blocks Netflix
AFP, Published on 28/01/2016
» JAKARTA - Indonesia said Thursday a decision by the country's biggest telecoms provider to block Netflix could be reversed if the global video-streaming giant obeyed local laws, particularly on "porn" and "radicalism".
Nuclear watchdog chief in Iran for talks after deal
AFP, Published on 18/01/2016
» TEHRAN - International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano was due to hold talks in Tehran Monday on ensuring Iran's continued compliance with a nuclear deal the US and Iranian presidents hailed as a historic breakthrough.