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Food, flags and prayers: Armenians show support for Karabakh
AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» YEREVAN - On a street in Armenia's capital Yerevan, volunteers are carefully packaging food and blankets into boxes -- aid for refugees who fled Nagorno-Karabakh after clashes broke out just over a week ago.
Three Pagodas border pass to remain closed a while longer
Piyarach Chongcharoen, Published on 05/10/2020
» KANCHANABURI: The Three Pagodas border checkpoint will remain closed for another two weeks, due to concerns about the spread of coronavirus disease in Myanmar, it was announced on Monday
Trade, trust and Asia's future
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 05/10/2020
» Despite being severely dragged down by the protracted Covid-19 pandemic, many economies in Asia seem to be bulletproof, kind of. One of the top performers has been Vietnam, long one of Asia's fastest growing economies, which expanded by 2.62% in the third quarter.
Vote vs Virus
Asia focus, Larry Jagan, Published on 05/10/2020
» Myanmar's national elections are set to go ahead in just over four weeks even though the country is reeling from a second wave of Covid-19 that shows no signs of abating any time soon.
How to save 9 million children
Asia focus, Samir Saha, Published on 05/10/2020
» Last year, a child died of pneumonia every 39 seconds on average. A form of acute respiratory infection, pneumonia is detectable, treatable and preventable.
Rooftop farming takes off in Singapore
Business, AFP, Published on 05/10/2020
» SINGAPORE: On the rooftop of a shopping mall, a sprawling patch of eggplants, rosemary, bananas and papayas stand in colourful contrast to the grey skyscrapers of the city-state's business district.
GM, Ford Need Electric-Car Batteries, but Take Different Paths to Get Them
Business, Ben Foldy, Published on 05/10/2020
» Auto makers, pumping billions of dollars into developing electric cars, are now facing a critical choice: get more involved with manufacturing the core batteries or buy them from others.
Living on borrowed time
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Dusida Worrachaddejchai & Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/10/2020
» Fears of a debt tsunami are amplifying with debt relief measures by the Bank of Thailand set to expire later this month. Suffering businesses are urging an extension to avoid shouldering a mountain of debt that could make them go under.
Ranong pier in hot water over breach
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/10/2020
» Port authorities are threatening to shut down a wharf in Ranong that allowed a fishing trawler crew from Myanmar to come ashore during a stopover, despite a ban that was put in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19 in Thailand from neighbouring Myanmar.
Brotherly ties endure
News, Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/10/2020
» The Chinese had touched down in Siam before the Ayutthaya era, but it was not until the second half of the nineteenth century, in 1861, that they arrived in unprecedented numbers when a passenger steamship port in Swatow offered a direct route to Bangkok.