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Centara unveils new Lost World features
Business, Published on 11/12/2024
» Centara Hotels & Resorts is bringing new life to its iconic Lost World-themed property as Centara Grand Mirage Beach Resort Pattaya introduces captivating new features this month.
Mercedes-Benz teams up with TikTok owner ByteDance on AI technology for in-car systems
South China Morning Post, Published on 15/08/2024
» Mercedes-Benz has struck a partnership with the cloud unit of ByteDance, which owns popular short video apps TikTok and Douyin, for "cooperation and exploration" of large language models (LLMs), generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and big data.
French credit rating under more pressure
AFP, Published on 02/06/2023
» PARIS: France's surging national debt is causing increasing alarm with the country risking a fresh warning on Friday over its credit rating after a downgrade.
Bitcoin 'revolution' a work in progress
By Michael D McDonald, Bloomberg News, Published on 03/09/2022
» El Salvador President Nayib Bukele took the stage to fireworks, announcing to a cheering crowd of crypto enthusiasts at a beachside confab that Bitcoin would revolutionise his country.
IMF urges El Salvador to remove bitcoin as legal tender
AFP, Published on 26/01/2022
» WASHINGTON: The IMF on Tuesday called on El Salvador to change course and stop using bitcoin as legal tender, citing "large risks" posed by the cryptocurrency.
Journeys of discovery
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 16/08/2021
» Sipping green tea after having a Thai lunch at his house, Farid Bidgoli looks relaxed yet energetic, and ready for an interview. From his appearance and accent, the 42-year-old executive looks exactly like someone from the UK where he was born, though he is half Iranian with a spirit inherited from his father.
Developing World Loses Billions in Money From Migrant Workers
Business, Jon Emont, Published on 07/07/2020
» Migrant workers--from Polish farmhands working the fields of southern France to Filipino cruise-ship workers in the Caribbean--who lost their jobs because of the pandemic's economic impact are running out of cash to send home, dealing a blow to the fragile economic health of the developing world.
Year of turbulence
Asia focus, Asia Focus Team, Published on 31/12/2018
» Two unpredictable men with weird haircuts and access to nuclear weapons had a friendly chat in Singapore -- and that was just one of the many noteworthy stories of 2018. Elsewhere in Asia, we witnessed some surprising political developments (Malaysia) and not-so-surprising ones (Cambodia), along with what seemed to be a disturbingly high number of natural disasters. Many see the latter as a manifestation of the growing impact of climate change, and it's a debate that is bound to intensify in the year ahead. Below, Asia Focus looks back on the eventful year now ending.
Index, Thai AirAsia organise running event to benefit Bali
Business, Nanat Suchiva, Published on 04/04/2018
» In a bid to promote tourism in Bali and Thailand, Index Creative Village Plc, Thailand's leading event and expo organiser, is joining with Thai AirAsia to hold Bali Kilorun 2018.