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Climate change biggest threat to natural World Heritage sites
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» GENEVA - Climate change has become the biggest threat to UN-listed natural world heritage sites like glaciers and wetlands, and has pushed Australia's Great Barrier Reef into "critical" condition, conservationists said Wednesday.
UN given 'unimpeded' aid access to Ethiopia's Tigray
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia has granted the United Nations full access to deliver aid to the northern region of Tigray, following weeks of lobbying amid military operations there, according to an agreement seen Wednesday by AFP.
Protesters return to Lat Phrao intersection after court's ruling
Online Reporters, Published on 02/12/2020
» Anti-government protesters have gathered Lat Phrao intersection in Bangkok after the Constitutional Court cleared Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha of wrongdoing for his occupancy of an army house.
BTS, Taylor Swift beaten as Spotify’s most-streamed artist in Hong Kong
South China Morning Post, Published on 02/12/2020
» Canto-pop singer Eason Chan was the most-streamed artist in Hong Kong for the fifth consecutive year, streaming service Spotify revealed this week.
Another B43.5bn package to spur consumption
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2020
» Another 43.5 billion baht will be allocated to boost domestic consumption and local travel, officials said on Wednesday, as the government tries to revive a flagging, pandemic-hit economy.
When and how will vaccines become available?
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2020
» NEW YORK: Britain on Wednesday became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, jumping ahead of the United States and Europe after its regulator cleared a shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech for emergency use in record time.
China's #MeToo movement gets its moment in court
AFP, Published on 02/12/2020
» BEIJING - A sexual harassment case against a powerful Chinese media figure began in Beijing on Wednesday, with his accuser calling it a major moment in the country's still-young #MeToo movement.
China buys first Indian rice in decades
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2020
» MUMBAI: China has begun importing Indian rice for the first time in at least three decades due to tightening supplies from Thailand, Myanmar and Vietnam and an offer of sharply discounted prices, Indian industry officials said.
Joshua Wong defiant as he is jailed over 13 months
Reuters, Published on 02/12/2020
» HONG KONG: Joshua Wong, 24, one of Hong Kong's most prominent democracy activists, was jailed on Wednesday for more than 13 months over an unlawful anti-government rally in 2019, the toughest and most high-profile sentence for an opposition figure this year.
Grab, Gojek close in on terms for merger
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/12/2020
» Grab Holdings Inc and Gojek have made substantial progress in working out a deal to combine their businesses in what would be the biggest internet merger in Southeast Asia, according to people with knowledge of the talks.