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Indonesia toxic river should be drinkable 'in 7 years'
Reuters, Published on 23/02/2018
» JAKARTA: Indonesia's president on Thursday said water from the Citarum River should be made drinkable within seven years under a new cleanup project for the Java island river often ranked among the world's most polluted.
Australian leader to raise China, TPP in Trump talks
Reuters, Published on 22/02/2018
» SYDNEY: China's rising power and a resurgent trans-Pacific trade pact will be at the top of the agenda when Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and US President Donald Trump meet in Washington this week, an Australian official said on Thursday.
Bangladesh scraps Thai rice deal
Reuters, Published on 15/02/2018
» BENGALURU, India: Bangladesh scrapped a plan to import Thai rice, citing delays in finalising a deal, as rice prices in India and Thailand fell this week, pressured by sluggish overseas demand.
GM shuts one of four Korea plants, may shut others
Reuters, Published on 14/02/2018
» DETROIT/SEOUL: General Motors Co said Tuesday it will close one of its four plants in South Korea and incur an $850 million impairment charge as part of a restructuring of its money-losing business in Asia's fourth-biggest economy.
Iraq reconstruction after Islamic State 'to cost $88 billion'
Reuters, Published on 12/02/2018
» KUWAIT: Rebuilding Iraq after three years of war with Islamic State will cost $88.2 billion, with housing a particularly urgent priority, Iraqi officials told an international conference on Monday.
Thirty-five activists report to police after junta protest
Reuters, Published on 08/02/2018
» A group of activists reported to police on Thursday to acknowledge charges brought against them, including charges of illegal assembly, after they staged a demonstration in Bangkok last month to protest a delay to a general election.
Biggest wind power generator plans solar, hydro expansion
Reuters, Published on 05/02/2018
» Thailand's biggest wind power generator, Wind Energy Holdings (WEH), plans to invest into other sources of electricity including solar, hydro and biomass to back up its capacity, its chief executive told Reuters in an interview.
Myanmar hopes to double electricity capacity by 2021
Reuters, Published on 31/01/2018
» YANGON: Myanmar is planning to double its electric power capacity by 2021 by building natural gas-fired power plants, two senior officials told Reuters on Wednesday, in an ambitious move to tackle chronic power shortages in the energy-starved country.
At Davos, delegates talk down Trump but bet big on US
Reuters, Published on 25/01/2018
» DAVOS, Switzerland: Since Donald Trump won the US presidency, business has been booming for Monaco-based businessman Manfredi Lefebvre d'Ovidio.
UN calls on Myanmar for unhindered access to Rohingya camps
Reuters, Published on 24/01/2018
» MAUNGDAW, Myanmar: The United Nations on Wednesday called on Myanmar to give aid agencies unhindered access to camps it has built for tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya refugees before they can return after fleeing Myanmar military operations last year.