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Holiday season brings little cheer for Hong Kong businesses
on 9. desember 2019 at 13:45
Hong Kong's tourism, retail and dining sectors are bracing for the most dismal Christmas season in decades, a slump brought on by what some see as the city's worst political crisis since its return to the mainland in 1997.
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Ex-Swedish envoy indicted in HK bookseller case
on 9. desember 2019 at 13:15
STOCKHOLM: Prosecutors in Sweden said Monday the country's former ambassador to China has been indicted for unauthorised contacts with a foreign power for organising a meeting in Stockholm between the daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China, China's ambassador and two businessmen about the possible release of her father.
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Police: No signs of life at island eruption site
on 9. desember 2019 at 13:06
SYDNEY: New Zealand police said they do not expect to find any more survivors on a volcanic island off the country's North Island where an eruption earlier Monday killed at least five people, according to local media reports.
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Rough seas challenge search for Polish man, Thai woman
on 9. desember 2019 at 12:33
PHUKET: High waves have obstructed the search for a Polish tourist and a Thai woman who went missing while kayaking off a beach on this resort island.
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Prayut firm on stamping out corruption
on 9. desember 2019 at 11:48
The government on Monday marked International Anti-Corruption Day by pledging to revamp the country’s legal mechanisms to improve the efficiency of counter-corruption work.
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K-Research: 100,000 jobs gone in 2019
on 9. desember 2019 at 11:34
Kasikorn Research Center (K-Research) predicts at least 100,000 job losses this year and another 30,000 next year, dampened by an export slump, tepid economic growth and drought.
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Highway speed limit to rise to 120km/h
on 9. desember 2019 at 11:14
Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob says he will increase speed limit to 120 kilometres per hour on sections of selected highways as surveys show most people support it.
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Tesco shares jump on possible sale of Thai business
on 9. desember 2019 at 10:56
LONDON: Shares in Tesco jumped nearly 6% at one point on Monday after Britain's biggest retailer said it was considering a sale of its remaining Asian businesses, in Thailand and Malaysia, which analysts valued at up to $9 billion.
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Thai shares slump for ninth straight day
on 9. desember 2019 at 10:24
Most Southeast Asian markets weakened on Monday, as worries over poor economic data from China offset Wall Street cheer on strong US jobs data, while investors buckled in for a crucial week of trade negotiations.
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Saudi eliminates gender-segregated entrances for eateries
on 9. desember 2019 at 09:45
RIYADH: Restaurants and cafes in Saudi Arabia are no longer required to have gender-segregated entrances, officials said, in a further easing of social restrictions in the ultra-conservative Islamic kingdom.