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Philippine economy posts 6.8% growth in 2016
Published on 26/01/2017
» MANILA - The Philippine economy grew by 6.6% from a year earlier in the fourth quarter of last year, bringing the full-year economic growth of the Southeast Asian country to 6.8%, authorities said on Thursday.
Thousands protest European "invasion" on Australia Day
Published on 26/01/2017
» SYDNEY - Thousands of people turned out in cities across Australia on Tuesday, the country's national day, to protest a date that they say celebrates European invasion and the ongoing persecution of Aboriginal people.
Inheritance tax takes effect in January
Online Reporters, Published on 26/01/2017
» Originally published on 8 Aug 2015 The inheritance and gift taxes will take effect in January next year after the laws were published in the Royal Gazette on Wednesday.
Dow hits all-time record of 20,000
Published on 26/01/2017
» NEW YORK. The Dow Jones Industrial Average traded above 20,000 for the first time on Wednesday (Jan 25), resuming a rally that began in the wake of US President Donald Trump's surprise election victory.
Manila asks US to take communist leader off terror list
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2017
» MANILA - The Philippines wants US President Donald Trump to remove the exiled leader of Philippine communists from a US terrorist list to enable him to come home for peace talks, government negotiators said on Wednesday.
Trump: Mexico wall, refugee restrictions 'soon'
Published on 26/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will use his executive authority Wednesday to jump-start construction of a US-Mexico border wall, one of his signature campaign promises. He is also expected to target so-called sanctuary cities and potentially restrict the flow of refugees to the United States, according to administration officials.
US court dismisses suit over 'forced-labour' Thai shrimp
Published on 26/01/2017
» NEW YORK - A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit claiming that superstore retailer Costco Wholesale Corp had knowingly sold frozen prawns, the farming of which involved forced labour in Thailand.
Trump may reinstate CIA's 'black site' prisons
Reuters, Published on 26/01/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump is expected to order a review that could lead to the reinstatement of a CIA programme to hold terrorist suspects in secret overseas "black site" prisons that used interrogation techniques often condemned as torture, two US officials said on Wednesday.
HRH awarded India's Padma Bhushan
News, Published on 26/01/2017
» Her Royal Highness Maha Chakri Sirindhorn was awarded the Padma Bhushan award by the Indian government yesterday.
Top official accused of stealing paintings
News, Published on 26/01/2017
» A senior Commerce Ministry official accused of stealing three paintings from a hotel in Japan could face dismissal, a Foreign Ministry source says.