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Korea adds 505 cases, deaths top 2,800: Virus update
Published on 27/02/2020
» Saudi Arabia halted religious visits that draw millions to cities including Mecca and Medina, while Japan asked for all schools to shut from March 2. More new cases were reported outside China than within the country for the first time, highlighting the spread of the epidemic.
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Markets rise as deaths slow in hotspots: Virus update
Published on 06/04/2020
» Germany and Spain reported lower numbers of new cases, a tentative sign that lockdown measures are easing the outbreak.
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Meeting the challenges
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 29/10/2018
» Countries in East Asia-Pacific have been advised to better prepare themselves for disasters following the earthquakes in Indonesia last month.
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Prosperity on the menu
Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 23/10/2017
» Food processing can be a mutually beneficial industry for Thailand and India where the former, as the Kitchen of the World, can support the latter's ambition to become the Market of the World, say Indian officials.
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Protectionist Trump 'sets bad example'
News, Jeerawat Na Thalang, Published on 05/02/2017
» Former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo has criticised new US President Donald Trump's inward-looking policy for "giving a very bad example to the world".
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One currency to link them all: the rise of the renminbi
Asia focus, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 21/11/2016
» International use of the Chinese renminbi is expected to surge in the next five to 10 years given the need for financing by the Chinese government of infrastructure projects under its One Belt One Road (OBOR) programme, a banking executive says.
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Theft out of need may not be crime
News, Published on 05/05/2016
» Stealing food from a supermarket may not be a crime in Italy if you are homeless and hungry, the nation's highest appeals court has ruled.In a case that has drawn comparisons to Les Miserables, the Supreme Court of Cassation threw out the conviction of a homeless man from Ukraine, Roman Ostriakov, who was caught trying to take €4.07 (about 164 baht) worth of cheese and sausage from a store in Genoa without paying for it. A trial court sentenced him in February 2015 to six months in jail and a fine of €100.
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Prasarn: Let market forces drive baht
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 17/08/2015
» The Bank of Thailand would let market mechanisms determine the baht's value rather than weaken it despite pressure from the recent yuan devaluation.
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AIIB to complement existing institutions: China
Published on 22/03/2015
» BEIJING - China's finance minister said a proposed Chinese-led Asian regional bank that has raised concerns in Washington will complement rather than compete with established international lenders such as the World Bank, state media reported Saturday.
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Asian markets up after weak US data
Published on 28/01/2015
» HONG KONG — Asian stock markets ended mostly higher Wednesday after reversing earlier losses, although dealers remained nervous following a heavy sell-off in New York sparked by poor earnings reports.
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