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New US government shutdown looms for Friday
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2019
» WASHINGTON: The top four Democratic and Republican negotiators in the US Congress on border security funding plan to meet on Monday in a bid to reach an elusive deal by a Friday deadline to avert another partial government shutdown.
Sweden replaces China envoy in furore over bookseller
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2019
» STOCKHOLM: Sweden said on Thursday it had replaced its ambassador to China after accusations she held an unauthorised meeting in a quest to free dissident bookseller Gui Minhai.
Vietnamese airlines granted access to US market
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2019
» WASHINGTON/HANOI: Vietnamese airlines will be able to fly to the United States and codeshare with American carriers after the US Federal Aviation Administration declared the Southeast Asian country complies with international safety standards.
Myanmar touts troubled Rakhine as investment destination
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2019
» YANGON: Organisers of a summit in Myanmar's crisis-hit western state of Rakhine are this week pitching to investors its plentiful farmland and fishing grounds, tourist-ready beaches and historic temples.
African swine fever spreads to third Vietnamese province
Reuters, Published on 25/02/2019
» HANOI: African swine fever has been detected in a farm in Haiphong in northern Vietnam, the third province in the Southeast Asian country to be hit by the virus, state media reported on Monday.
Malaysia issues arrest warrant for Najib's British aide
Reuters, Published on 21/02/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have filed money-laundering charges against a British national who had worked for ex-prime minister Najib Razak as a media adviser, a prosecutor said on Thursday.
Go-Jek begins services in Thailand, challenging Grab
Reuters, Published on 27/02/2019
» Indonesia's Go-Jek has begun services in Thailand and is working toward entering the Philippines, founder and chief executive Nadiem Makarim said on Wednesday, as the ride-hailing firm continues to up its game against regional market leader Grab.
At least 29 dead in Somalia hotel attack
Reuters, Published on 01/03/2019
» MOGADISHU, Somalia: A gun battle raged in Mogadishu on Friday between Somali soldiers and Al Shabaab fighters, holed up in a building next to a hotel they had hit with a suicide car bomb the previous evening.
Hun Sen imposes deadline on lifting political bans
Reuters, Published on 04/03/2019
» PHNOM PENH: Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen warned opposition politicians Monday that they should act quickly if they want bans on their political activity lifted because he will soon rescind the opportunity.
Indonesia to cut 98,000 tonnes of rubber exports
Reuters, Published on 06/03/2019
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will cut natural rubber exports by 98,000 tonnes this year under an agreement with top producers to prop up global prices, Oke Nurwan, Trade Ministry's director general of foreign trade told reporters on Wednesday.