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Olympics: Five things to watch on day 14
AFP, Published on 23/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG (SOUTH KOREA) - The showdown for the women's figure skating title reaches its climax at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Friday while the top teams in men's ice hockey battle for a place in the final.
Singapore helps migrant workers track income
Reuters, Published on 22/02/2018
» SINGAPORE: The city-state will help migrant workers set up bank accounts to ensure wages are paid after a report by a support group found some employers skipped town without paying their workers.
Saudi Arabia to invest $64 bn in entertainment in next decade
AFP, Published on 22/02/2018
» RIYADH - Saudi Arabia is to invest $64 billion in its entertainment sector over the coming decade, an official said Thursday, as the kingdom pursues a programme of social and economic reforms.
Worsening Ethiopian drought threatens to end nomadic lifestyle
AFP, Published on 21/02/2018
» DABAFAYED (ETHIOPIA) - Down a sandy track past a desiccated animal carcass lies a cluster of half-built huts that Ethiopia's government and aid agencies hope will blunt the worsening toll of repeated droughts.
Japan reappoints Kuroda as central bank chief
Reuters, Published on 16/02/2018
» TOKYO: Japan reappointed central bank chief Haruhiko Kuroda for another term on Friday, and chose an advocate of bolder monetary easing as one of his deputies in a strong signal to investors that policymakers are in no rush to turn off a sweeping stimulus programme.
Guatemala arrests ex-president, Oxfam chairman in graft probe
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2018
» GUATEMALA CITY: Former President Alvaro Colom and a former finance minister who is now chairman of Oxfam International were arrested on Tuesday as part of a local corruption investigation, the public prosecutor's office said.
US Senate passes bill to reopen government
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» WASHINGTON: The Senate voted early Friday to reopen the government and pass a $400-billion budget deal, handing the measure off to the House for a pre-dawn debate where success is not assured.
Anti-dengue vaccine 'may be connected to three deaths'
Reuters, Published on 02/02/2018
» MANILA: The Philippines said on Friday the anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia may be connected to three deaths in the country, according to a government-ordered inquiry, and that the drug is not ready for mass immunisation.
Investors eyed for green growth
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 02/02/2018
» The new five-year Environment Agenda focusing on filling investment gaps for green growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), has been endorsed by environment ministers from the subregion.
Fewer killings in Philippine drug war make US 'cautiously optimistic'
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» MANILA: The US government is "cautiously optimistic" on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's war on drugs after it saw a decline in "extrajudicial killings," a US senior narcotics official said.