Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 07:15:31 +0000
As millions of people in Asia choke under polluted skies, authorities have turned to water-dispersing drones and outdoor air purifiers to improve air quality.
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Credit to Author: Edoardo Liotta| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:38:35 +0000
This beats the previous record price set for a pigeon, and reminds us all that the world is stupid.
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 05:26:37 +0000
THA MUANG, Thailand – Fall armyworms, a longtime American pest, are munching their way around the globe, raising alarm now in Asia after entrenching themselves in Africa.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2019 23:49:52 +0000
More than half of all international patent applications filed last year came from Asia, a sign of innovation shifting “from west to east.”
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Read moreCredit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 08:37:18 +0000
Visitors to West Java may want to plan a visit to a suspension bridge said to be the longest of its kind in Southeast Asia
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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 03:25:37 +0000
At least 42 people have been killed by flash floods in Indonesia’s eastern Papua province, an official said Sunday.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:19:04 +0000
PETALING JAYA — Malaysians who left the country to join the Islamic State in Syria will be allowed to return provided they comply with enforcement checks and complete a rehabilitation program, Al-Jazeera reported.
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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 09:35:29 +0000
SEOUL — North Korea will begin restricting the inflow of foreign visitors starting next week as it is struggling to cope with a surge in the number of tourists following the first US-North Korea summit last year, Chinese media reported Tuesday. North Korea plans to restrict the number of visitors to the country to 1,000 per […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 20:09:41 +0000
Exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. continue to rise, as the use of natural gas for power generation increases in countries such as China, South Korea, Japan, and Mexico. Data from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) shows that four U.S. LNG export facilities combined to ship 483 LNG cargoes in 2018, a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 01:40:08 +0000
JAKARTA — An aviation expert who is also an official at the Indonesian Ombudsman, Alvin Lie, demanded that the Indonesian government ground all Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft that were still operating for Indonesian airlines following a fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday, which killed 149 passengers and eight crew members in a town 60 kilometers southeast of Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa.
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