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Singapore, Cambodia among Asean countries eyeing digital currencies

HONG KONG: South Asian countries such as Singapore and Cambodia are exploring the launch of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to enhance payments efficiency and to encourage start-ups and e-commerce in the region, a panel hosted by the South China Morning Post was told on Thursday.

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Australia claims historic series victory with 115-run win in final Test against Pakistan in Lahore

Australia has won its first Test series in Asia since 2011, earning a 115-run victory in the final session of the final Test of the series.

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Factbox-India-China ties caught in cross-currents of border tensions, rising trade

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in New Delhi for talks on Friday, the highest-level meetings since border clashes two years ago strained diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed Asian giants.

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Asean needs a forward-looking trade agreement

In 2009, against the worst global economic crisis since the Great Depression, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) signed the Asean Trade in Goods Agreement (Atiga) furthering its commitment to open and integrated regional trade. On March 16, against the Covid-19 pandemic and rising geopolitical crises, Asean economic ministers…

Bangkok Post

Hermès brings pop-up gym to Bangkok

With creative flair, the Parisian luxury brand Hermès is challenging the fashion world in the post-pandemic era by opening a new gym, HermèsFit, where everyone can join in a fit, healthy and lavish lifestyle and also experience the house's fantastic range of accessories as well as silk materials. A few…

Bangkok Post

The tale of two libraries

Connemara is one of the four national depository libraries in India; Anna is one of the biggest in south Asia

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US Goods Risk Delay As China's Lockdowns Heightens Shipping Port Jams: Bloomberg

The key Chinese ports of Shenzhen and Hong Kong face congestion, which rose to the highest level in five months due to COVID-19 lockdowns. It could pose possible delays to goods heading to the U.S. this summer, reported Bloomberg. Ryan Closser, a director at FourKites, states, “Shenzhen is the second-busiest port…

Benzinga

Singapore to end quarantine for vaccinated arrivals

Move comes as more Asia-Pacific countries ease border restrictions.

Al Jazeera

Asian shares mixed after Wall St falls; oil prices fall back

Stocks are mixed in Asia following a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices rose sharply

The Independent UK

Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US

Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in Europe and Asia

The Independent UK

Frustration in Myanmar over ASEAN envoy's peace mission

Small protests took place in military-ruled Myanmar on Tuesday against a visit by a Southeast Asian envoy, whose peace mission has been derided by critics as a failure and an endorsement of a junta condemned by the United Nations for its harsh rule.

Reuters

Hong Kong airport to lift transit passenger ban from April 1

Hong Kong airport will allow transit passengers for the first time in three months, building on the wider relaxation of strict Covid-19 border controls in the Asian financial hub.

Bangkok Post

Ukraine War: Asian Nations Feel Economic Brunt of Conflict

India, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asian countries are all feeling economic strain triggered by the war. India’s edible oil market and exports are suffering, while Bangladesh-Russia trade has taken a hit due to sanctions.

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East Coast ports rushed to attract mega ships. Now, one is stuck outside DC

The $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal doubled its capacity in 2016, allowing the world’s largest cargo ships to sail more easily to America’s East Coast from Asia. Now, one of those giant vessels has been stuck near the U.S. capital for more than a week.

Benzinga

TuSimple Seeks Options At Subsidiary Level For Asia-Pacific-Focused Businesses

TuSimple Holdings Inc's (NASDAQ:TSP) Board intends to explore certain transactions at a subsidiary level for its Asia-Pacific-focused businesses. The company's board expects such a transaction can highlight the value in its Asia-Pacific-focused businesses and enhance overall value for shareholders. Related: TuSimple Shares Soar As It Looks To Divest China Operations "We believe this is…

Benzinga

AUDACIOUS Opens Medical Cannabis Clinic In Southeast Asia

AUDACIOUS (OTCQB: AUSAF) and Thai-based partner Golden Triangle Health have partnered to open the first Herbidus Medical Center in Bangkok. Herbidus is among the first clinics in Asia that can prescribe cannabis for medical treatments in compliance with the law.

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China Warns of ‘Unimaginable’ Fallout if Ukraine-Like Crisis Happened in Asia

Vice Foreign Minister Le Yucheng says that region could be pushed into ‘an abyss’ resulting from Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy that is ‘as dangerous as the NATO strategy of eastward expansion in Europe’

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The Independent UK

Record-breaking bridge opens between Europe and Asia

Suspension bridge spans Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait

Al Jazeera

As global brands shun Russia, Asian firms sit out controversy

Different government policies and public perceptions fuel reluctance to follow Western-led corporate exodus, experts say

The Times of India

New Covid variant may be weak, say experts in Kolkata

KOLKATA: The Covid surge sweeping across Europe and east Asia could reach India by end-May but with a lower mortality rate than Omicron despite high virulence, felt experts in Kolkata.

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Indonesia MotoGP qualifying - Start time, how to watch

MotoGP makes its first trip to Indonesia in 25 years as the South East Asian circuit hosts the second round of the 2022 season. Here's how you can watch qualifying for the Indonesian Grand Prix.

Tribune News Service

'Pop-up' at Seattle port aims to fill empty shipping containers bound for Asia

As "pop-ups" go, the one coming to the Port of Seattle is pure pandemic.

Bangkok Post

Sanctions aren't new, ask the Romans

Attacks on a state's economy can inflict immense damage, but sanctions and other tools of economic warfare are unlikely to defeat a superior military power. Instead, economic disruptions may prompt the state to fight even harder to defend itself. The anger and anxiety economic disruptions produce can accelerate rather than…

Reuters

East Timor, Asia's youngest nation, votes for president

Polls have closed in East Timor after Asia's youngest nation held its fifth presidential election since independence on Saturday, with political stability and economic security at the forefront of voters' minds.

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