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UK leaders urge unity, recall parliament after Cox killing
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/06/2016
» LONDON - The UK recalled Parliament on Monday to pay tribute to murdered Labour Party lawmaker Jo Cox, as political leaders urged unity after weeks of acrimonious campaigning over membership of the European Union.
Ghost of the Marcos dictatorship hangs over Rodrigo Duterte
News, Bloomberg News, Published on 16/06/2016
» Rodrigo Duterte won the Philippine presidency in a blaze of hard-line rhetoric -- an outsider who will stamp out crime and corruption. But his power base is tied to the nation's oldest political camps, including that of ex-dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Central Bank chief saving rate cuts for external shocks
Bloomberg News, Published on 09/02/2016
» The central bank is keeping its powder dry on interest rates and is ready to act in the event of external shocks including a sustained decline in oil prices and even slower growth in China, governor Veerathai Santiprabhob said.
Slavery labels sought for US goods
Bloomberg News, Published on 12/12/2015
» NEW YORK — “This item may be the product of slave labour.”
Turnbull defeats Abbott to become new Australian PM
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/09/2015
» CANBERRA — Former Cabinet Minister Malcolm Turnbull will become Australia’s sixth prime minister in eight years after defeating Tony Abbott in a ballot of Liberal Party lawmakers on Monday.
India PM's party crushed in Delhi polls
Bloomberg News, Published on 10/02/2015
» NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi conceded an overwhelming defeat in a local election in India’s capital, his first setback at the polls since taking charge of Asia’s third-biggest economy last year.
Vietnam takes gay-rights lead in SE Asia
Bloomberg News, Published on 08/01/2015
» Vietnam taking the lead in gay rights in Southeast Asia by abolishing a ban on same-sex marriage has medical doctor Thuan Nguyen planning a wedding ceremony with his boyfriend of two years.
Widodo court victory ends Indonesia’s most-divisive election
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/08/2014
» Jakarta governor Joko Widodo will become Indonesia’s next president after a court rejected his challenger’s allegations of fraud, ending the most divisive leadership contest since the country’s return to democracy.
ISIS attracting SE Asian fighters
Bloomberg News, Published on 13/08/2014
» The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria is attracting a growing number of militants from Southeast Asia to fight in the Middle East, raising the risk they will return to carry out attacks in their home countries, according to a US-based security consultancy.
PTT boss: End fuel subsidies
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/07/2014
» Thailand’s junta should remove fuel subsidies that have cost a half-trillion baht over the past three years to free up funds for crucial infrastructure projects, PTT Pcl chairman Piyasvasti Amranand said in an interview.