Category: Regional
India govt may shift cash hoard to banks, boost lending – sources
The Indian government’s hefty cash holdings, now parked at the central bank, may soon be deposited at commercial banks, a move that would add liquidity to the banking [...]
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40 rescued from room in collapsed Bangladesh compound
Forty people were rescued alive on Thursday from a room inside a collapsed garment factory compound in Bangladesh in an operation broadcast live on national television. The [...]
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No charges in jail death of Australian Mossad spy
Israel will not press charges over the prison suicide of a disgraced Mossad spy from Australia, despite a series of missteps by jail officials on the day of his death in [...]
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Japan, Russia to boost business ties, restart territorial talks
Japan and Russia expect to clinch up to 20 deals, launch an investment fund and reopen talks on a territorial row that has kept them from signing a peace treaty formally [...]
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China overtakes Aus as top export market
China is now New Zealand’s top export market, overtaking Australia for the first time in the March quarter, Statistics New Zealand figures show. Exports to China in the [...]
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Asean summit dominated by South China Sea
Southeast Asian leaders are set to wrap up a summit dominated by efforts to defuse tensions over the South China Sea and deepen economic links throughout the region. The [...]
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Milk Smugglers Top Heroin Courier Arrests in HK
For border officials in Hong Kong, baby formula trumps heroin. Since the former British colony on March 1 restricted outbound travellers to two 2-pound cans each, a syndicate [...]
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Burma police defend mine protest response
Myanmar authorities defended the police handling of a land protest near a Chinese-backed mine, state media reported Friday, accusing villagers of attacking them with petrol [...]
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Death toll rises to 175 as rescuers try to free dozens in Bangladesh garment factory collapse
Deep cracks visible in the walls of a Bangladesh garment building had compelled police to order it evacuated a day before it collapsed, officials said Thursday. More than 230 [...]
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China is poised to top Japan, Australia among international commercial property investors in Asia
When it comes to commercial real estate investment flows China still takes a back seat in Asia to Japan and Australia, whose markets have better transparency, more [...]
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India’s JSW Steel plans to bid for iron ore blocks in Karnataka
India’s JSW Steel Ltd plans to bid for iron ore mining blocks in Karnataka state that could go up for auction after a Supreme Court order last week, as the [...]
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Microsoft Surface Pro coming to Europe and Australia in May
The laptop/tablet hybrid Surface Pro, which Microsoft and a host of other PC manufacturers see as the future of personal computing, officially launched in February and is [...]
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US has ‘never interfered in Taiwan-China talks’
American Institute in Taiwan Chair Ray Burghardt said on Tuesday that the US had never interfered in direct Taiwan-China negotiations and would never do so. “We have [...]
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As China continues to deny incursion, India seeks third flag meet
Even as two flag meetings with China over the issue of Chinese troop incursions in Ladakh failed, India is trying for another one. External Affairs minister Salman Khurshid [...]
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Burma looks to revive abandoned ‘Death Railway’
An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan’s [...]
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