Category: Regional
China, India granted observer seat on Arctic governing council
The Arctic Council agreed on Wednesday to admit emerging powers China and India as observers, reflecting growing global interest in the trade and energy potential of the [...]
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Couple jailed 24 years for starving maid to death
A couple were sentenced to 24 years’ jail each after they were found guilty of starving their Cambodian maid to death last year. In his judgment, Justice Datuk Zamani [...]
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Japan’s first-quarter growth spurt shows early benefits of Abe’s policy gamble
Japan’s economy expanded at a rapid clip at the start of the year, the first hard evidence that prime minister Shinzo Abe’s sweeping stimulus is beginning to [...]
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Cambodia, US to conduct joint military exercise to bolster bilateral ties
Cambodia and the United States will hold a joint military exercise dubbed “Angkor Sentinel” from May 16-29 in Kampong Speu province, aiming at promoting bilateral [...]
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Before visit, China downplays frictions with India
China downplayed border tensions with India on Thursday, days before the new Chinese premier visits the neighbouring country on his first foreign visit since taking office in [...]
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Delhi gang-rape accused critical after jail attack
A defendant on trial over a fatal gang-rape in New Delhi last December is critically ill after being attacked in prison, his lawyer said Wednesday, weeks after the main [...]
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Bangladesh Safety Accord Is Too Binding for American Retailers
It probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that none of the biggest American retailers signed a global accord to improve the safety of garment factories in Bangladesh. [...]
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As some retailers back Bangladesh accord, US group lashes out
An accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh’s garment industry drew sharp criticism from a major US retail trade group on Wednesday, which said [...]
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Burma authorities work to evacuate camps as cyclone nears
Authorities in Myanmar struggled on Wednesday to evacuate tens of thousands of people, most of them Rohingya Muslims, before a cyclone reaches camps in low-lying regions that [...]
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Fiji hits out at ‘high-handed’ Australia
Fiji’s attorney-general on Wednesday accused Australia of treating the South Pacific nation in a “high-handed” manner in a stand-off over diplomatic [...]
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Australia’s CBA posts Q3 profit rise on higher net interest margin
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country’s top lender by market value, on Wednesday posted an 8.57 percent rise in third-quarter cash profit to A$1.9 billion ($1.88 [...]
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Is India-China deal on border issue in the works?
India has concurred with the Chinese desire for early settlement of the border issue, leading diplomats with long years in the field to smell a deal in the offing. On Monday, [...]
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Global brands commit to Bangladesh safety after disaster
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Wednesday hailed an agreement by top retailers to make the country’s factories safer, saying it reflected their long-term [...]
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Australian PM says election-year budget ‘wise’
Australian prime minister Julia Gillard began the hard sell of Labour’s lean election year budget on Wednesday, insisting it was in the nation’s interest and [...]
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New Zealand signs off on Qantas-Emirates tie-up
New Zealand on Wednesday gave the green light to an alliance between Qantas and Emirates, saying it will increase competition on the busy trans-Tasman route between Australia [...]
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