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    Asian shares slip after week's rallies

    AFP, Published on 13/02/2014

    » HONG KONG - Asian shares fell on profit-taking Thursday following four strong sessions as a rally on Wall Street fizzled out, but Sydney pared earlier losses caused by data showing Australian unemployment at a 10-year high.

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    Year of Turbulence

    Asia focus, Published on 27/12/2021

    » Pandemic drags on recovery: In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, many Asian countries had enviable success, avoiding large-scale outbreaks and mass deaths. But the arrival of the more transmissible Delta variant this year and sluggish vaccine rollouts compounded by low availability sent cases surging. Combined with poor monitoring and easy movement among countries, often unofficially, Southeast Asia became a virus hotspot. The ballooning health crisis collided with churning political discontent in the case of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. Economically, the new wave of infections, and attendant restrictions imposed to curb the spread, stalled recoveries. After nearly two years of strict border controls, many countries started to loosen up and live with Covid. But the rise of the Omicron variant now threatens to scuttle those tentative reopening plans and usher in a third year of economic anxiety.

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    Why do we even count down to the New Year?

    Oped, Published on 29/12/2021

    » Few people counted down to anything until the 1960s -- and yes, that included the new year. Celebrations and midnight kisses on Dec 31, of course. Countdowns, no. How, then, did the countdown go from almost non-existent to ubiquitous in the latter half of the 20th century? And why are we so drawn to them now, especially to mark one year's end and another's beginning?

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    Where are the jabs?

    News, Postbag, Published on 27/07/2021

    » Re: "Donated jabs for workers", (BP, July 26).

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    The power brokers

    Business, Post Reporters, Published on 01/09/2014

    » SPECIAL REPORT: Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha's new economic team faces urgent tasks, write Post reporters

  • News & article

    A year like no other

    Asia focus, Published on 28/12/2020

    » In a world under siege from a relentless virus, Asia's resilience was tested to the utmost. Asia Focus staff look back at key events

  • News & article

    Pfizer conundrum

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 07/07/2021

    » Re: "Govt blasted for jab delay", (BP, July 5).

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    Govt leaders tight-lipped on Thamanat's heroin sentence in Australia

    Wassana Nanuam, Published on 10/09/2019

    » The government is unlikely to be affected by an Australian news report about Deputy Agriculture Minister Thammanat Prompao’s four years in a Sydney jail for drug trafficking, according to Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon.

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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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    Growth forecast cut, Iran cases surge by 50%: Virus update

    Published on 02/03/2020

    » Iran reported a 50% increase in coronavirus infections, while New York City, Brussels, Berlin and Indonesia all reported their first cases. New cases were reported in Thailand and across the US. Hard-hit South Korea saw its total climb past 4,200.

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