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Telenor to divest more Myanmar businesses
AFP, Published on 17/01/2022
» Norwegian cell phone operator Telenor said Monday it is also selling its stake in a digital payment service in Myanmar following the military coup in the Asian country.
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VietJetAir buys 63 A320s in Singapore
AFP, Published on 11/02/2014
» SINGAPORE - Fledgling carrier VietJetAir on Tuesday ordered 63 Airbus A320 jets with a list price of US$6.4 billion (211 billion baht) in a massive expansion programme that underscores Asia's central role in the future of world aviation.
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Christmas muted in 'grieving' Bethlehem
AFP, Published on 17/12/2023
» BETHLEHEM (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES) - Outside Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity in the Palestinian West Bank, the throngs of tourists and pilgrims who normally rub shoulders with costumed Santas and marching bands are missing this year.
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Rented electric scooters vanish from Paris streets
AFP, Published on 01/09/2023
» PARIS - Parisians woke up on Friday to a world without rented electric scooters, loathed as a pedestrian-bothering nuisance by some but mourned by others.
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UK water crisis pollutes privatisation legacy
AFP, Published on 11/07/2023
» LONDON: Britain's biggest water supplier staving off renationalisation, trains derailed by strikes and consumers suffering huge energy bills — the nation's vital sectors are mired in chaos decades after their controversial privatisation.
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Australian casino group fined US$290m for lax controls
AFP, Published on 31/05/2023
» SYDNEY: Australia's Crown Resorts is set to pay a civil penalty of A$450 million (US$290 million) for lax money laundering controls that saw cash being carried into a casino in paper bags, shoe boxes and suitcases.
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US says talks with China 'essential' to curb chance of conflict
AFP, Published on 03/06/2023
» SINGAPORE - Dialogue between the United States and China is "essential" to avoiding miscalculations that could lead to conflict, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday, after Beijing rejected a formal meeting between him and his Chinese counterpart.
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Paris votes to ban rental e-scooters
AFP, Published on 03/04/2023
» PARIS: Paris voted overwhelmingly Sunday to banish for-hire electric scooters from the streets of the French capital, delivering a blow to operators and a victory for road safety campaigners.
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Japan's biggest ad agency indicted in Olympic scandal
AFP, Published on 28/02/2023
» TOKYO: Japan's biggest advertising agency and five other companies were indicted on Tuesday for allegedly violating an anti-monopoly law, in a corruption scandal over bid-rigging during the Tokyo Olympics.
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Hong Kong unveils US$97bn recovery budget
AFP, Published on 22/02/2023
» HONG KONG: Hong Kong's finance chief unveiled a HK$761 billion (US$97 billion) budget on Wednesday, plunging into the coffers to pay for the recession-hit city's post-Covid recovery.
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