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Myanmar monk militia: Buddhist clergy backing junta
Reuters, Published on 08/12/2022
» YANGON: In a monastery in central Myanmar, a Buddhist monk, Wathawa, rallies his militia with a cry: "What's our spirit like?"
UK to ditch travel quarantine for Thailand, 75 countries: report
Reuters, Published on 02/07/2020
» The British government will effectively ditch its air bridge plans and simply end the coronavirus quarantine rules for those arriving from 75 countries so that people can go on holiday, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Designer makes politics fashionable
Reuters, Published on 12/04/2019
» Designer Panupong Chansopa saw a business opportunity in millions of vinyl campaign posters destined to become trash after last month's general election and salvaged hundreds to turn them into colourful tote bags with a message.
South Korea: Credit Trump for N.Korea talks
Reuters, Published on 11/01/2018
» SEOUL: US President Donald Trump told his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in on Wednesday he is open to talking with North Korea, the South's presidential office said after the two leaders spoke by telephone.
Cambodia parliament vote puts opposition future in limbo
Reuters, Published on 16/10/2017
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodia's parliament voted to change party laws on Monday to re-distribute seats if a party is dissolved after the government filed a lawsuit earlier this month to dissolve the main opposition party, part of an escalating political crisis.
Macau government's coffers swell
Business, Reuters, Published on 13/09/2017
» MACAU: Over the past five years, Macau has raked in US$70 billion in taxes from the casinos that have made the territory the largest gambling centre in the world. But it has invested less than 10% of that take -- by far its largest source of income -- in much needed infrastructure.
GM unveils German-made Buick crossover wagon
Business, Reuters, Published on 06/04/2017
» DETROIT: General Motors Co on Tuesday unveiled a German-made Buick crossover wagon it plans to sell in the United States, and in so doing highlighted the US auto industry's vulnerability to shifting trade politics.
Myanmar's military land grab
Asia focus, Reuters, Published on 02/01/2017
» Maw Maw Oo discreetly pushed the "record" button on her smartphone as the state ministers from Aung San Suu Kyi's months-old civilian government started talking.
Accepting the nomination, Clinton casts herself as clear-eyed leader
Reuters, Published on 29/07/2016
» PHILADELPHIA - US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton cast herself as the steady leader at a "moment of reckoning" for America, contrasting her character with what she described as a dangerous and volatile Donald Trump.
Buffett hints at successor after 50-yr milestone
Business, Reuters, Published on 03/03/2015
» NEW YORK - In his 50 years at the helm of Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Warren Buffett has transformed a failing textile company into a sprawling conglomerate that has vastly outperformed most of the rest of corporate America.