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HK closes park as dengue cases spike
Kyodo News, Published on 17/08/2018
» HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government is closing a popular park for a month following reports of 11 people contracting the mosquito-borne dengue fever in four days.
Trump's latest target: quarterly reports
News Agencies, Published on 17/08/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has asked stock market regulators to look into ending the requirement for businesses to issue quarterly earnings reports.
Soul-searching at Google over possible return to China
Bloomberg News, Published on 18/08/2018
» Google executives admitted for the first time this week that they are looking to get their search engine up and running in China after a hiatus of almost a decade.
Kofi Annan dies at 80
News Agencies, Published on 18/08/2018
» Kofi Annan, one of the world’s most celebrated diplomats and a charismatic symbol of the United Nations who rose through its ranks to become the first black African secretary-general, has died. He was 80.
'Unified' Koreans cheered as Asian Games begin
News Agencies, Published on 18/08/2018
» JAKARTA: Thousands of spectators cheered wildly as athletes from the rival Koreas marched together in one of the highlights of the spectacular Asian Games opening ceremony.
Thai lifters win fifth medal
News Agencies, Published on 24/08/2018
» JAKARTA: Rattanawan Wamalun won Thailand’s fifth weightlifting medal of the Asian Games on Friday, taking bronze in the 63kg women’s event won by Kim Hyo-sim.
Thousands of Rohingya protest on grim anniversary
News Agencies, Published on 25/08/2018
» KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh: Thousands of Rohingya Muslim refugees on Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the attacks that sent them fleeing to safety in Bangladesh, praying they can return to their homes in Myanmar and demanding justice for their dead relatives and neighbours.
Another Hun Sen critic freed
News Agencies, Published on 25/08/2018
» PHNOM PENH: A former Cambodian opposition lawmaker who was a strong critic of the government’s handling of border issues with Vietnam has been pardoned.
Trump skipping Asean, Apec summits
Kyodo News, Published on 01/09/2018
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will skip summits with Asian leaders in Singapore and Papua New Guinea in November, with Vice President Mike Pence attending on his behalf, the White House said on Friday.
HK government decries UK 'interference'
Kyodo News, Published on 07/09/2018
» HONG KONG: The government of Hong Kong on Friday dismissed a British Foreign Office report that political rights and freedoms in the territory are under pressure, calling it interference in its internal affairs.