Elon Musk’s tweet on Japan doomed by low birthrate provokes anger
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A WOMAN smiles between the early flowering cherry blossoms in Kyoto, Japan, March 13, 2020. — REUTERS TOKYO — An Elon Musk…
China’s sea levels touched new high in 2021, gov’t study shows
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Judgment Day for Pulse Asia
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After the elections
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Post-election economic issues to prepare for
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By the time this column is printed and posted online, the elections would have ended and counting should have started. I want…
Reflections on the Philippine presidential race
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PHILIPPINE STAR/ MIGUEL DE GUZMAN The race for the presidency in the 2022 Philippine elections may be the most highly divisive and…
Japan to take time phasing out Russian oil imports — PM Kishida
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South Korea hunts tungsten treasure in race for rare minerals
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[B-SIDE Podcast] Russia, Ukraine, and the Philippines (Part 2)
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Follow us on Spotify BusinessWorld B-Side In this B-Side episode, Collin Koh, a research fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies of Nanyang…
Shanghai COVID crisis puts political spotlight on key Xi ally
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REUTERS BEIJING — If Shanghai Communist Party chief Li Qiang has been politically bruised by the city’s struggle to tame a coronavirus…