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Choi, Kang lead; Moriya five behind
Sports, Published on 03/07/2017
» Olympia fields: South Korea's Chella Choi and American Danielle Kang, each seeking their first major title, both birdied the 18th hole to share the lead after Saturday's third round of the Women's PGA Championship.
China's Hong Kong dilemma
Asia focus, Minxin Pei, Published on 03/07/2017
» Amid the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule on July 1, Beijing has been declaring that, contrary to dire predictions, the former British colony has thrived, and that the "one country, two systems" model designed by Deng Xiaoping, China's late paramount leader, has been a resounding success.
Design thinking: a holistic approach to today’s challenges
Published on 03/07/2017
» The world we’re currently living is one in which information is everywhere. Content is easily accessible to the extent that any company aspiring to remain relevant and competitive needs to win in this fierce battle for attention.
Trump to speak with Abe, Xi on North Korea
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump schedule calls to Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as frustration builds in the White House over North Korea's nuclear programme and overcapacity in the steel market.
US Navy sails from Thailand into disputed South China Sea
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» A US warship sailed near a disputed island in the South China Sea claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam on Sunday, in an operation meant to challenge the competing claims of all three nations, a US Defence Department official said.
US lifts laptop ban for Abu Dhabi, Etihad
Associated Press, Published on 03/07/2017
» DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The capital of the United Arab Emirates became the first city to be exempt from a US ban on laptop computers being in the cabins of airplanes coming from the Mideast, the country's flag carrier said Sunday.
Trump video tweet shows him wrestling, beating CNN
New York Times, Published on 03/07/2017
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump posted a short video to his Twitter account on Sunday in which he is portrayed wrestling and punching a figure whose head has been replaced by the logo for CNN.
Koh Tao victim 'attempted suicide' in Bangkok
Published on 03/07/2017
» Elise Dallemagne, the Belgian woman found dead on Koh Tao on April 27, reportedly had a history of attempting suicide, according to Thai police.
Germany beat Chile to win Confederations Cup
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2017
» SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - Germany survived a whirlwind assault by Chile and capitalised on an awful mistake by the South Americans to claim a 1-0 victory in a pulsating, bad-tempered Confederations Cup final on Sunday.
1997 meltdown 'unheeded lesson'
News, Penchan Charoensuthipan, Published on 03/07/2017
» The 1997 financial meltdown, known as the Tom Yum Kung crisis, is an important lesson for policy-makers on the need to ensure better protections for the labour sector -- the hardest hit by the crisis -- so workers do not end up as "easy victims" of economic vulnerability, according to Narong Phetprasert, Chulalongkorn University labour economist.