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Solar Eclipse 2023: What are effects of Surya Grahan on your health

A rare hybrid solar eclipse will occur on April 20 and as per NASA it will be visible to skywatchers in Australia and parts of southeast Asia as it will pass over the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

The Times of India

Wice aims to raise funds for subsidiary via MAI listing

SET-listed Wice Logistics is preparing to list subsidiary Euroasia Total Logistics (ETL) on the Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) to raise funds to expand its cross-border logistics business between Europe and Asia.

Bangkok Post

Michelle Yeoh Seeks New Challenges After Oscar Win

Michelle Yeoh says she is looking for new challenges including as a producer, as she credited perseverance, hard work and passion for her historic Oscar win last month. The 60-year-old became the first Asian to win the Academy Award for best actress for her performance as a laundromat owner in…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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South Asia home to world's highest number of child brides - UN

South Asia is home to highest number of child brides in the world as increased financial pressures and school closures due to COVID-19 forced families to marry off their young daughters, according to new estimates released by UNICEF on Wednesday.

Reuters

Netflix has a new leading source of subscriber growth

Netflix has added at least a million new Asia-Pacific subscribers in each of the past five quarters, even as subscriber numbers drop in other regions.

Fortune

Deadly heat wave envelops large swath of Asia, including India and China

Records were set in 12 Chinese provinces, and an outdoor government ceremony in India turned deadly.

Axios

Will India legalize same-sex marriage? Its top court hears arguments this week

India's Supreme Court is hearing arguments in the historic case this week, years after it decriminalized gay sex. India could become the second place in Asia to allow marriage equality, after Taiwan.

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Stock market today: Asia mixed despite China growth data

Asian shares are trading mixed Tuesday as pessimism about global uncertainties remained even as China reported a better-than-expected economic growth data

The Independent UK

Landmark same-sex marriage hearings begin at India’s top court

India’s Supreme Court is set to begin hearing arguments for granting legal recognition to same-sex marriages in a crucial case that will decide the fate of marital and allied rights for lesbian and gay couples in the 1.4 billion-strong South Asian nation.

Tribune News Service

Region's state debt reaches 18-year high

The average government debt level in Asia-Pacific is at an 18-year high, with most developing economies in the region trying to stabilise it at current levels by 2027, according to recent research.

Bangkok Post

India to host Men's Asian Champions Trophy hockey for first time in Chennai from August 3-12

CHENNAI: India will host the Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament for the first time from August 3 to 12 in Chennai, with international matches returning to the city after 16 years.

The Times of India

‘Caste is anti-Asian hate’: the activists fighting ‘less visible’ discrimination in the US

Thenmozhi Soundararajan has spent her life battling for equity. Now California could pass a landmark law protecting it

The Guardian - US

Australia wants to ensure 'strategic equilibrium' in Asia, says Foreign Minister Penny Wong

The foreign minister uses a National Press Club speech to declare that the strategic contest in Asia right now is much more than just a battle for supremacy between the US and China.

ABC News

Blinken looks to deepen Vietnam ties as China tensions simmer

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States wants to formally upgrade its relationship with Vietnam, in part to reinforce the “rules-based” order in the Indo-Pacific, as Washington continues to seek deeper ties with countries in Asia wary of China’s rise.

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Daily Mirror

Mum of man, 21, who died of dengue fever on holiday issues warning to other travellers

Bob Toulson-Burke was in the middle of the trip of a lifetime backpacking in south-east Asia when he came down with flu-like symptoms

Evening Standard

Dengue fever: Backpacking Brit, 21, had flu-like symptoms before dying in Bangkok hospital

The mother of a UK backpacker who died from Dengue fever while travelling in southeast Asia has issued a warning amid fears climate change could bring the disease to the UK.

The National (Scotland)

David Drysdale dreaming of winning his first Asian Tour event ... in Scotland

The Scot is currently in Vietnam and with an event in St Andrews on the horizon, he believes the Saudi-funded tour is enjoying a new lease of life.

AAP

Talay's ALM days at Wellington Phoenix coming to an end

Wellington Phoenix coach Ufuk Talay is poised to leave the A-League Men club, saying he's set to pursue a new challenge.

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April 7-13, 2023

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N. Korea says it tested new solid-fuel long-range missile

North Korea says it has tested a newly developed intercontinental ballistic missile intended to target the mainland U.S. North Korea’s state media said Friday its recent weapons test involved a new long-range missile powered by solid propellants, which it described as “the most powerful” piece of its growing nuclear arsenal…

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Yellow dust observed in central Tokyo

Yellow dust was observed in central Tokyo on Thursday morning for the first time in two years, as a haze from continental Asia continued to drift over a wide area from Kyushu to Hokkaido.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hong Kong Billionaire Lo in Talks with Potential F1 Teams

Hong Kong-based billionaire Calvin Lo, who already has financial links to Formula One team Williams, says he would like to see a greater Asian presence in F1 and is in talks with potential new teams. The chief executive of insurance broker RE Lee International told Reuters he was considering backing…

WhatToWatch

No Escape: release date, cast, plot, trailer, first looks, interviews and all about the thriller series set on a luxury yacht

No Escape on Paramount Plus sees Abigail Lawrie and Rhianne Barreto play two best friends from Britain who seek refuge on a yacht in south east Asia.

The Independent UK

Asia stocks follow Wall St down after US recession warning

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower after the Federal Reserve said its economists expect a “mild recession” this year

Barchart

Elon Musk Could Learn a Thing or Two From Bernard Arnault

Luxury conglomerate LVMH reported Q1 2023 results on April 12. You would hardly know from its results that there was a possible recession around the corner. Iconic companies tend to be like that.

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