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Report: Delegation to China, May-June 2025
Friends of Socialist China
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July 9, 2025
As reported previously, between 25 May and 5 June 2025, an international delegation – organised by the China NGO Network for International Exchanges (CNIE) and Friends of Socialist China – visited Shaanxi, Gansu, and Shanghai to witness China’s...
First Philippine delegation visits after ban lifted
Taipei Times
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July 2, 2025
Two senior Philippine officials and one former official yesterday attended the Taiwan International Ocean Forum in Taipei, the first high-level visit since the Philippines in April lifted a ban on such travel to Taiwan. The Ocean Affairs Council...
Two pesky areas of development off the Southeast U.S. and Mexican Pacific coast
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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July 3, 2025
Americans heading to northern Florida or the Southeast U.S. coast would be smart to keep an eye on a tropical disturbance that could develop over the upcoming holiday weekend. The main impact will likely be heavy rain – much of it offshore – but...
EU confirms 180-day launch schedule for biometric border system
Biometric Update
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July 10, 2025
The European Union has confirmed that the bloc’s new biometric Entry/Exit System (EES) will begin a progressive launch, in a development promising an end to a streak of four pushed-back launch dates. The start of operations was approved by...
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Huawei eyes AI chip foothold in foreign markets as supply challenges drag on
Firstpost
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July 10, 2025
Huawei Technologies Co. is attempting to export small batches of artificial intelligence chips to the West Asia and Southeast Asia, aiming to break into markets currently dominated by Nvidia Corp., despite manufacturing limitations. The Chinese...
The Rise and Fall of the Knowledge Worker
Jacobin
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At a recent gathering of corporate leaders and US government officials hosted by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, Vice President J. D. Vance presented a strikingly candid analysis of the last fifty years of US economic policy. “The...
Perth With Kids: Where To Go, Stay, Eat & Play
Little Day Out
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July 2, 2025
Perth wasn’t always on our must-go list. In fact, when I visited in my twenties, I remember being a little underwhelmed. The shops closed early, the city felt quiet, and it didn’t quite match the fast-paced energy I thought a holiday needed. But...
Adaptation, Expulsion, Damage, or Exemption
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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July 9, 2025
One not knowledgeable about background can presume the existing management’s focus on removing individuals of color from this nation without due procedure, to any type of sort of country, whether their own or otherwise, is something new. America,...
Diplomacy key to visa deal with 3 ASEAN nations
Taipei Times
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July 1, 2025
Decisions by Thailand, the Philippines and Brunei to grant Taiwanese visa-free entry over the past year are the result of years of ongoing consultations, a diplomat responsible for East Asian affairs said yesterday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
Austencore in Asia: 7 places to live out your Jane Austen dreams
Inquirer
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July 6, 2025
I love Jane Austen and the period romance genre. For a good portion of my teens and 20s, I was all about the restrained desire, heated tension, and quiet, unwavering love that Austen’s characters exhibited in her books. My annual tradition is to...
Camino de Santiago on track for record year amid global pilgrimage surge
The Catholic Herald Online
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July 10, 2025
The Camino de Santiago is set to see a record-breaking number of pilgrims this year, according to the pilgrimage office Oficina de Acogida al Peregrino. The number of pilgrims expected to complete the pilgrimage in 2025 is estimated at 570,000, a...
Celebrating SG60: 12 key objects from Singapore’s 60-year history
The Straits Times
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July 9, 2025
SINGAPORE – The Straits Times’ interactive gathers together 60 objects, one for each year of the nation’s history. Here is a sneak peek at some of the objects, one for each decade of the country’s independence. 1965 to 1975 Old National...
Haitian Entrepreneur Breaks Ground On $30 Million Luxury Real Estate Project in Dominican Republic
Black Enterprise
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July 9, 2025
The project is comprised of 144 upscale apartments. Haitian entrepreneur Marcus Boereau has officially launched TAMAN, a $30 million luxury real estate development set to transform the residential landscape in Punta Cana, a major tourist...
Global Fashion Price Gap Widens: Zurich Five Times Costlier Than Delhi
The MDS
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July 2, 2025
The summer vacations are coming and social networks begin to fill with comments from tourists surprised by the big difference in prices between the clothes they can buy at Zara in Spain and in their countries of origin. Fashion adapts its prices...
STARLUX Airlines orders ten new A350-1000 aircraft
Travel Daily Media
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June 25, 2025
Taiwan’s STARLUX Airlines signed a firm order with Airbus for the purchase of ten additional A350-1000 aircraft during the recently concluded Paris Air Show in France. This takes the total of the airline’s standing order for this particular model...
Malaysia’s KLIA Aerotrain resumes service on July 1
The Straits Times
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July 2, 2025
SEPANG, Selangor – After a more than two-year wait, travellers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) can breathe a sigh of relief as the aerotrain service resumed on July 1. Capable of ferrying a total of 270 passengers in each ride, it...
Visa-free is not enough
Manila Standard
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June 29, 2025
“The point is to match our many destinations with the preferences of specific target markets” While the grant of 14-day visa-free entitlement to Taiwanese visitors is both goodwill to our northernmost neighbor and ease of travel, this alone will...
High speed rail to boost services, modernize ticketing: Chairman
Focus Taiwan
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June 25, 2025
Taipei, June 25 (CNA) Taiwan High Speed Rail (THSR) will launch a series of upgrades aimed at improving passenger experience, including more train services and a modernized ticketing system, Chairman Shih Che (史哲) said Wednesday. Speaking at the...
Trend Intel: Satisfying buys for a screen-free life
Rappler
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July 10, 2025
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article. This week's finds on slowing down and growing your analog appetite Hi friends, We live online — scrolling, streaming, swiping, buying. But...
Asian Games champion Hsu Hao-hung claims first 2025 domestic Go title
Focus Taiwan
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June 24, 2025
Taipei, June 24 (CNA) Taiwanese Go player Hsu Hao-hung (許皓鋐), the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games gold medalist, has claimed his first domestic title of 2025 by fending off challenger Hsu Ching-en (徐靖恩) 4-2 in a best-of-seven Taiwan Tengen final series....