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LPGA rookie Akie Iwai jumps to 3-stroke lead in Thailand

LPGA rookie Akie Iwai jumps to 3-stroke lead in Thailand

(Photo credit: John Jones-Imagn Images) Akie Iwai recorded 10 birdies to take a three-shot lead after the first round on the Honda...

CHINA-NANJING-MYANMAR-REPATRIATED FRAUD SUSPECTS (CN)

CHINA-NANJING-MYANMAR-REPATRIATED FRAUD SUSPECTS (CN)

(250220) -- NANJING, Feb. 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- A group of 200 Chinese citizens suspected of involvement in fraud returned to China...

China's sprawling rail projects around Asia

China's sprawling rail projects around Asia

TOKYO —  Vietnam approved plans on Wednesday for a multibillion-dollar railway with China, boosting links between the two communist...

Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion railway with loan from China

Vietnam parliament approves $8 billion railway with loan from China

WASHINGTON —  The Vietnam National Assembly on Wednesday gave a near-unanimous approval to a railway bill that allows the country to...

China opposes Vietnam's actions in Spratly Islands

China opposes Vietnam's actions in Spratly Islands

Beijing [China], February 20 (ANI): China on Wednesday expressed its opposition to recent developments by Vietnam in the Spratly Islands,...

(SP)CHINA-SHENZHEN-TABLE TENNIS-34TH ITTF-ATTU ASIAN CUP-WOMEN'S SINGLES (CN)

(SP)CHINA-SHENZHEN-TABLE TENNIS-34TH ITTF-ATTU ASIAN CUP-WOMEN'S SINGLES (CN)

(250219) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 19, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Chen Xingtong of China serves during the women's singles group 4 match against Doo...

(SP)CHINA-SHENZHEN-FOOTBALL-AFC U20-JAPAN-THAILAND(CN)

(SP)CHINA-SHENZHEN-FOOTBALL-AFC U20-JAPAN-THAILAND(CN)

(250214) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Players vie for the ball the Group D match between Japan and Thailand at the AFC U20...

(SP)CHINA-HARBIN-ASIAN WINTER GAMES-CLOSING CEREMONY(CN)

(SP)CHINA-HARBIN-ASIAN WINTER GAMES-CLOSING CEREMONY(CN)

(250214) -- HARBIN, Feb. 14, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Artists perform prior to the closing ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin,...

Golf Glance: Jake Knapp defends maiden PGA Tour title in Mexico

Golf Glance: Jake Knapp defends maiden PGA Tour title in Mexico

(Photo credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images) Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major...

CHINA-YUNNAN-XISHUANGBANNA-VISA-FREE ENTRY-FIRST ASEAN TOUR GROUP (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-XISHUANGBANNA-VISA-FREE ENTRY-FIRST ASEAN TOUR GROUP (CN)

(250218) -- XISHUANGBANNA, Feb. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Tourists from Laos and Thailand pose for photos in front of the Xishuangbanna...

CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-KING-PM-PRAISE

CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-KING-PM-PRAISE

(250218) -- PHNOM PENH, Feb. 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni delivers a speech during the inauguration of the...

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-POMONA-AUTHENTIC ASIAN FOOD EXPO-CHINESE FOOD PRODUCTS

U.S.-CALIFORNIA-POMONA-AUTHENTIC ASIAN FOOD EXPO-CHINESE FOOD PRODUCTS

(250217) -- POMONA (U.S.), Feb. 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- People taste drinks produced by a Chinese company during the seventh Authentic...

(SP)CHINA-SHENZHEN-FOOTBALL-AFC U20 ASIAN CUP-KOR VS THA(CN)

(SP)CHINA-SHENZHEN-FOOTBALL-AFC U20 ASIAN CUP-KOR VS THA(CN)

(250217) -- SHENZHEN, Feb. 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Players of Thailand pose for photos before a Group D match between South Korea and...

Vit Kopriva, Tristan Schoolkate among headlining stars at Bengaluru Open 2025

Vit Kopriva, Tristan Schoolkate among headlining stars at Bengaluru Open 2025

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 17 (ANI): The 2025 Bengaluru Open, celebrating 10 years since its inaugural edition in 2015,...

China plays its Trump card

China plays its Trump card

Hong Kong, February 17 (ANI): As newly installed President Donald Trump pursues his personal agenda in the White House, Chairman Xi...

How Thailand's TV lesbian romances captured a global audience

How Thailand's TV lesbian romances captured a global audience

While dramas about male same-sex romance (known as boys' love, or BL) have been popular in Asia since 2010, girls' love (GL) dramas...

THAILAND-TELECOM FRAUD-COMBAT-INTERVIEW

THAILAND-TELECOM FRAUD-COMBAT-INTERVIEW

(250217) -- BANGKOK, Feb. 17, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Benedikt Hofmann, acting regional representative of the United Nations Office on Drugs...

India auto component industry, with its small market share, may not face brunt of US reciprocal tariffs: Report

India auto component industry, with its small market share, may not face brunt of US reciprocal tariffs: Report

New Delhi [India], February 17 (ANI): India's auto component industry is expected to face only a limited impact from the potential...

'What unites us is common devotion to Indian Ocean's well-being': EAM Jaishankar at Indian Ocean Conference

'What unites us is common devotion to Indian Ocean's well-being': EAM Jaishankar at Indian Ocean Conference

Muscat [Oman], February 16 (ANI): Emphasising the need for increased connectivity amid ongoing tensions in West Asia and the Indo-Pacific,...

UAE bag 11 medals at Jiu-Jitsu Asian Youth Championship in Bangkok

UAE bag 11 medals at Jiu-Jitsu Asian Youth Championship in Bangkok

BANGKOK, 13th February, 2025 (WAM) -- The UAE Jiu-Jitsu team concluded its participation in the under-14-year-old category of the Ju-Jitsu...

Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister of Laos discuss ways to boost bilateral relations on sidelines of WGS 2025

Mohammed bin Rashid, Prime Minister of Laos discuss ways to boost bilateral relations on sidelines of WGS 2025

DUBAI,12th February, 2025 (WAM) -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of...

Abdullah bin Zayed, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister discuss strengthening cooperation, partnership

Abdullah bin Zayed, Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister discuss strengthening cooperation, partnership

DUBAI, 11th February, 2025 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs,...

Jiu-Jitsu National Team heads to Thailand to participate in Asian Championships

Jiu-Jitsu National Team heads to Thailand to participate in Asian Championships

ABU DHABI,11th February, 2025 (WAM) -- The UAE Jiu-Jitsu National Team began arriving in Bangkok on Monday to participate in the 2nd...

GDRFA Dubai showcases advanced border management technologies at RSO 2025 Forum in Bangkok

GDRFA Dubai showcases advanced border management technologies at RSO 2025 Forum in Bangkok

DUBAI, 10th February, 2025 (WAM) -- The General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA) in Dubai participated in the...

ADQ partners with State Capital Investment Corporation to explore investment opportunities in Vietnam

ADQ partners with State Capital Investment Corporation to explore investment opportunities in Vietnam

ABU DHABI, 8th February, 2025 (WAM) -- ADQ and State Capital Investment Corporation (SCIC), a sovereign wealth fund owned by the Government...

Latifa bint Mohammed meets Thailand Prime Minister at WEF

Latifa bint Mohammed meets Thailand Prime Minister at WEF

DAVOS, 24th January, 2025 (WAM) -- H.H. Sheikha Latifa bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairperson of Dubai Culture & Arts Authority,...

Dubai International Chamber highlights expansion opportunities for local companies in Africa, Southeast Asia

Dubai International Chamber highlights expansion opportunities for local companies in Africa, Southeast Asia

DUBAI, 22nd January, 2025 (WAM) -- Dubai International Chamber, one of the three chambers operating under the umbrella of Dubai Chambers,...

Sharjah Women's Sports Club excels at Thailand International Rowing Championship

Sharjah Women's Sports Club excels at Thailand International Rowing Championship

SHARJAH, 25th December, 2024 (WAM) -- Sharjah Women's Sports Club recently made an impressive debut in rowing at the Thailand International...

Asia News Wrap: Vietnam to cut size of government, and more

Asia News Wrap: Vietnam to cut size of government, and more

Here are a few stories from around Asia you may have missed this week. Vietnam Assembly approves slashing of government Vietnamese...

Thai Opposition Members Face Possible Lifetime Ban from Politics

Thai Opposition Members Face Possible Lifetime Ban from Politics

Thailand's National Anti-Corruption Commission summoned 44 politicians from the former Move Forward Party who were criminally indicted...

SLS Pune Advances Global Climate Change Education with Final Conference on Policy Curriculum Development in Vietnam

SLS Pune Advances Global Climate Change Education with Final Conference on Policy Curriculum Development in Vietnam

SMPL New Delhi [India], January 25: Symbiosis Law School (SLS) Pune, a constituent of Symbiosis International (Deemed University),...

Nutrachoco Ushers in a New Era of Global Wellness with Thailand and Vietnam Partnerships

Nutrachoco Ushers in a New Era of Global Wellness with Thailand and Vietnam Partnerships

SMPL Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], January 13: Nutrachoco, India's premier artisanal candyceutical brand, has taken a groundbreaking...

Migrantising Diplomacy

Migrantising Diplomacy

Hlne Thiollet Download PDF Feb 21 2025 1 viewsDavid Peinado Romero/Shutterstock Since the 2000s, migration and asylum seem to...

Australias Strategic Culture and Evolving Threats in the Indo-Pacific

Australias Strategic Culture and Evolving Threats in the Indo-Pacific

Vaibhav Pramod KarajgikarDownload PDFFeb 18 20250viewsThis content was originally written for an undergraduate or Master's program....

What the Putin-Trump Ukraine meeting means for Australia

What the Putin-Trump Ukraine meeting means for Australia

While Australia is not directly involved in the Ukraine war, the implications of a Trump-Putin meeting could be profound, writesVince...

Vietnam's construction costs for data centers remain competitive

HANOI, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Vietnam boasts some of the lowest construction costs for a mid-specification standard data center in the...

More fraud suspects to be repatriated to China: spokesperson

BEIJING, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Many more fraud suspects are expected to be repatriated to China in batches after the repatriation of...

Feature: Laos to boost tourism amid increased popularity

VIENTIANE, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Laos has been intensifying its efforts to boost tourism and promote sustainable growth, as the country...

Roundup: Booming platform economy offers convenience to consumers in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- The rapid rise in the digital platform economy has given convenience to consumers in Cambodia, business...

Lao PM calls for skilled workforce to fuel national growth

VIENTIANE, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has stressed the critical need for a more skilled workforce to...

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Australian central bank cuts interest rates for first time since 2020
Australian central bank cuts first benchmark interest rate since 2020

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China’s Xi Jinping reassures private sector on policy stability
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