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    Touch-me-not travel

    Business, Published on 12/05/2020

    » As travel vaporises in the face of on-off lockdowns, airlines, airports and hotels are pondering the future of hospitality in these fluid and fearful socially distanced times. Professional hosts are examining how to safely distance yet offer hospitable warmth without turning everything into a set from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

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    Europe tightens curbs with economic toll worsening: Virus update

    Published on 17/03/2020

    » Governments in Europe tightened curbs on free movement to stem the outbreak and are exploring ways to ease the financial impact. US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is rallying Senate Republicans to quickly pass the House package of economic measures. Goldman Sachs Group now expects China’s economy to contract by 9% in the first quarter and Hong Kong’s jobless rate rose to a nine-year high. The Philippines became the first country to shut its markets in response to the widening coronavirus outbreak and some regulators in Europe banned short selling. US equity futures and European stocks reversed gains.

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    Year of turbulence

    Asia focus, 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.

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    China slaps retaliatory tariffs on 128 US imports (video)

    AFP, Published on 02/04/2018

    » BEIJING - China on Monday imposed new tariffs on 128 US imports worth $3 billion, including fruits and pork, in retaliation to US duties on steel and aluminium, fuelling fears of a trade war.

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    A touch of Thai vehicles

    Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 06/10/2016

    » The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has launched "A Touch of Thai Vehicles" campaign to promote local means of transportation and communities.

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    Year in Review

    Asia focus, Published on 29/12/2014

    » Asia rose to new heights in 2014 despite the many challenges that beset the region. Headline-making developments ranged from China dethroning the United States as the world's largest economy, subject to vigorous debate as that may be, to the tragic mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.

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    Airline's lack of information angers relatives

    Associated Press, Published on 10/03/2014

    » The anguished hours had turned into a day and a half. Fed up with awaiting word on the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, relatives of passengers in Beijing lashed out at the carrier with a handwritten ultimatum and an impromptu news conference.

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