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“Journalism in Bangladesh is like swimming in a pond full of crocodiles”: Press freedom event

With polls nearing, media freedom more crucial now, speakers tell event marking World Press Freedom Day.

  • Published: May 25, 20229:38 am
  • Author The Daily Star
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Saudi Arabia says finalising extension of $3 billion deposit to Pakistan

Pakistan is in dire need of external finances, hurt by high inflation, reserves declining to as low as less than two months of imports and a fast-weakening currency.

  • Published: May 25, 20229:32 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Hawkers in Malaysia feeling the heat of chicken shortage ahead of export ban

While the government has stipulated a price cap of RM8.90/kg on chicken, traders have hiked their prices recently despite the risk of being fined if caught.

  • Published: May 25, 20229:30 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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16 killed as Rohingya boat capsizes off Myanmar coast

The boat left the western state of Rakhine last Thursday (May 19) and encountered bad weather two days later off Ayeyarwaddy Region on Myanmar's southwestern coast.

  • Published: May 25, 20229:19 am
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UN food chief: 325 million close to starvation, more than double since Covid-19

Fears over the likely implications of the Russia-Ukraine crisis on food security and energy security have been mounting with the war now in its fourth month.

  • Published: May 25, 20229:14 am
  • Author Ann Asianews Network
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Vietnam’s farmers escape poverty through forest work

As well as participating in forest management and protection, residents have been taking advantage of the cajuput forest to raise honeybees and catch fish for economic development.

  • Published: May 25, 20227:45 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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Peacocks lead to success in hometown business

Known as the "golden peacock", Sun Jiaojiao’s business of selling peacock feathers as a series of tourism products continues to grow, developing rural tourism in the area.

  • Published: May 25, 20225:58 am
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Competition Commission investigation will cover all in the poultry industry: Minister

The Malaysia Competition Commission will conduct investigations of allegedly engaged in anti-competitive agreements and/or abuse of dominant position to influence market prices.

  • Published: May 25, 20225:52 am
  • Author The Star
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Indonesia govt says adenovirus, Covid-19 potential cause of hepatitis outbreak

Around 70 per cent of the children in a recent outbreak of hepatitis were were found to have adenovirus– a pathogen communicable by contact and typically causes respiratory…

  • Published: May 25, 20225:10 am
  • Author Dio Suhenda
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Marcos Jr. admin’s first full-year budget: A record P5.268 trillion in 2023

The Budget Officer-in-Charge Secretary also approved a bigger 2023 budget, stating it was considering that economic activity will continue to pick up over the coming years.

  • Published: May 25, 20225:09 am
  • Author Ben O. de Vera

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