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World Athletics Champs organisers scrambling to fix visa issues
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2022
» EUGENE, Oregon: Organisers of the World Athletics Championships were desperately trying to clear a visa issuing logjam that threatened to prevent around 100 athletes, coaches and officials from entering the United States for the competition, which starts on Friday.
In New York, America's oldest cricket club turns 150
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» STATEN ISLAND (UNITED STATES) - Baseball is America's national pastime, but in New York, a cricket club is celebrating 150 years not out thanks to the city's large immigrant communities.
China growth at two-year low over Covid, property woes
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» BEIJING: China logged its slowest economic growth since the initial Covid-19 outbreak, official data showed Friday, expanding just 0.4% in the second quarter with lockdowns and property market weakness nudging a government target further out of reach.
Khunying Patama extends condolences over passing away of former Japanese PM Abe
Published on 15/07/2022
» It was with great sadness that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has learnt of the death of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, said IOC member and chairwoman of the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra Khunying Patama Leeswadtrakul.
Southern army chief, 6 others hurt in helicopter crash landing
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 15/07/2022
» The commander of the 4th Army Region and six other soldiers were injured when an army helicopter crashed into a tree during an emergency landing in Thepha district of Songkhla on Friday morning.
Honeymooner, rescuer both drown at Phuket beach
Gary Boyle, Published on 15/07/2022
» Two tourists drowned in the turbulent sea off Phuket on Thursday evening - a British honeymooner and a Thai man who tried to save him.
Casino firm in Singapore draws takeover interest
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/07/2022
» Shares in Genting Singapore Ltd jumped after Bloomberg News reported that the city-state’s casino operator is attracting takeover interest, as tourists start coming back to the Asian travel hub.
Sri Lankan speaker says president's resignation accepted
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» COLOMBO: The resignation of Sri Lanka's president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country's parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after he fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down.
Myanmar suspends foreign loan repayments amid dollar crunch
Published on 15/07/2022
» YANGON: The Central Bank of Myanmar ordered companies and individual borrowers to suspend repayment of foreign loans, the latest in a series of steps to defend the nation’s dwindling foreign exchange reserves.
G20 finance chiefs meet as Indonesia warns of energy, food catastrophe
AFP, Published on 15/07/2022
» BALI: Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs met in Indonesia Friday for talks on the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, with the host warning them failure to tackle energy and food crises would be catastrophic.