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Vietjet fined for football-bikini inflight stunt
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2018
» HANOI: Vietnam's aviation authority on Tuesday fined budget airline Vietjet for a semi-naked and celebratory display by bikini-clad models aboard a special flight carrying home the country's under-23 football team from a competition in China.
After the moon, India launches rocket to study the sun
Reuters, Published on 02/09/2023
» BENGALURU - Following the success of India's moon landing, the country's space agency launched a rocket on Saturday to study the sun in its first solar mission.
Indonesia quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar crisis
Reuters, Published on 05/05/2023
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has for months been quietly engaging Myanmar's pro-democracy shadow government, its ruling junta and ethnic minority armies, its foreign minister said, in an effort to kick-start a peace process as violence intensifies.
China's digital currency not seeking ‘full control’ of individuals' details
Reuters, Published on 12/11/2019
» SINGAPORE: China's proposed digitised domestic currency is not a bid to gain full control of information belonging to the general public, a senior central bank official said on Tuesday, adding that the goal was to balance privacy concerns and the authorities' need for information.
Huawei seeks talks after NZ spooks block its 5G bid
Reuters, Published on 29/11/2018
» WELLINGTON: Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies said it was seeking clarification from New Zealand after the country's intelligence agency rejected the telecommunication industry's first request to use its equipment for a planned 5G mobile network.
Singapore watchdog fines Grab, Uber $9.5m over merger
Reuters, Published on 24/09/2018
» SINGAPORE: Singapore's anti-trust watchdog fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber a combined S$13 million (309 million baht) over their merger deal, and ordered Uber to sell vehicles from its local leasing business to any rival that makes a reasonable offer.
UK: Putin's World Cup to be like Hitler's 1936 Olympics
Reuters, Published on 22/03/2018
» LONDON: Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to bolster Russia's image through hosting the World Cup in much the same way as Adolf Hitler used the 1936 Olympics in Nazi Germany, Britain's foreign minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday.
US IOC member suggests joint Korean team for Nobel Peace Prize
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: - A senior American member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called on Sunday for North and South Korea’s joint women’s ice hockey team to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Analysis: N.Korea using Olympics to blunt sanctions, split allies
Reuters, Published on 03/01/2018
» SEOUL/WASHINGTON: After a year of making threats and weapons advances, North Korea's leader appears to be using the upcoming Winter Olympic Games in South Korea as a tool to blunt growing international pressure on Pyongyang while leaving his nuclear arsenal untouched.
Amazon launches Prime Now in Singapore
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2017
» SINGAPORE -- Amazon.com Inc launched its two-hour delivery service in Singapore on Thursday, marking the e-commerce giant's push into populous Southeast Asia and its first head-on battle with its Chinese rival, Alibaba Group Holding.