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Meet The Washington Foster MBA Class Of 2026
Poets&Quants - California
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July 7, 2025
What makes Seattle such a great place to earn an MBA? For many, it’s the opportunity to launch their careers at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. The Foster MBA program has evolved alongside Seattle’s rise as a global...
Practices I Find Helpful in the Face of Suffering
Tricycle
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July 6, 2025
It is human to feel discouraged when confronted with terrible suffering with no perceivable end in sight. This is the experience for those in Tibet, and for so many who have aspired for freedom under oppressive regimes. This must have been the...
Why Google Maps Can’t Guide You Through Seoul
The Diplomat
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July 2, 2025
Every day hundreds of visitors step off the AREX train at Seoul Station, tap Google Maps, and discover that the blue-dot app they use everywhere from Berlin to Bangkok will not provide walking or driving directions in South Korea. Few realize that...
Color Theory: Brokeback Mountain and the Complexion of Longing
Paste
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Ang Lee is one of film history’s most exceptional cases of career acrobatics. The juggernaut chameleon has directed (often produced, and sometimes written) Taiwanese dramedy and Taiwanese-American romcom classics, like Eat Drink Man Woman and The...
Asia: Markets drop as Trump’s tariff deadline looms
The Business Times Singapore
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July 7, 2025
[HONG KONG] Most Asian markets fell on Monday as countries fought to hammer out trade deals days before Donald Trump’s tariff deadline, though investors took heart after he said the levies would not kick in until the start of next month. While the...
Pursuing Mindanao’s potential
The Manila Times
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June 24, 2025
MINDANAO is nearly three times the size of Taiwan, 88 times bigger than Hong Kong, and 136 times larger than Singapore. Strategically positioned in the southern Philippines, it serves as a vital gateway to the Brunei...
Two women investigated after family of 5 found dead in Taichung
Focus Taiwan
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July 6, 2025
Taichung, July 6 (CNA) Prosecutors in Taichung are investigating two women in connection with a family of five who were found dead in their home on Wednesday after apparently falling victim to a fraudulent investment scheme. Suicide notes left at...
Despite apathy, history: India secure stunning direct qualification to AFC Women's Asian Cup
ESPN India
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July 7, 2025
Sangita Basfore wept. She didn't just 'cry'. She lay on the pitch of the Chiang Mai stadium in Thailand as the full-time whistle blew and wept, the kind of emotional release that said it all. Her national teammates swarmed around her, a chaotic...
Two reasons the US and Iran look set to fight again
Washington Examiner
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July 6, 2025
President Donald Trump successfully leveraged a short, sharp burst of highly targeted military force against Iran’s nuclear program.The United States’s airstrikes have caused significant damage to three key Iranian nuclear facilities. Alongside...
Four restaurants are now confirmed for Time Out Market Budapest
Time Out
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Italian family recipes, Oriental adventures, Taiwanese street food and reimagined Hungarian classics – the first four restaurants at the hotly anticipated Time Out Market Budapest have been revealed. One of the world’s most exciting...
U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services, May 2025
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
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July 3, 2025
Explanatory Notes Goods (Census basis) Data for goods on a Census basis are compiled from the documents collected by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and reflect the movement of goods between foreign countries and the 50 states, the...
Ben Morgan’s Pacific Update: Chinese aircraft carriers exercise near Japan – China’s force projection capability is increasing
The Daily Blog
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July 6, 2025
On 30 June, the People’s Liberation Army – Navy confirmed two Chinese aircraft carriers; PLANS Shandong and Liaoning exercised together in the Western Pacific. The ships conducted a range of drills practicing defensive and offensive operations....
Netflix turns Asia into Squid Game’s arena with regional activations
Marketing-Interactive
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Netflix’s smash-hit survival series Squid Game has come to life on the streets and landmarks of Asia, with larger-than-life parades, giant jump rope games and immersive fan zones celebrating the launch of seasons one to three. In Kuala Lumpur,...
AsiaPay to power payments for Tai Wo Management’s taxi booking platform
Yahoo Finance
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Hong Kong-based AsiaPay has partnered with Tai Wo Management to implement an electronic payment system within the JOIE taxi booking platform. JOIE is a taxi fleet operated by Tai Wo Management in Hong Kong. The partnership will provide taxi...
Tariff Dealine, Fed Minutes and Other Key Thing to Watch this Week
Yahoo Finance
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Newspaper open to market pages by Mike Flippo via Shutterstock Markets enter the second week of July with the S&P 500 ($SPX) (SPY) digesting the implications of President Trump's landmark tax-and-spending package signed into law Friday afternoon,...
Southeast Asia Is Starting to Choose
Foreign Affairs
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June 24, 2025
More than most regions in the world, Southeast Asia has found itself in the middle of the intensifying U.S.-Chinese rivalry. Most major countries in other parts of Asia are already spoken for: Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are all...
Today's Top 3 News: Prabowo Lands in Brazil to Join BRICS, Pacu Jalur 2025 Expects Surge of Spectators
Tempo.co
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July 6, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Sunday, July 6, 2025. Here are the highlights: Prabowo Lands in Brazil to Join BRICS Summit; Mochizuki Speaks Out on Indonesian Women's National Team Elimination in 2026 AFC Women's...
Supreme Court ruling casts doubt on birthright citizenship for immigrant families in Chicago
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 6, 2025
Pregnant and living in Chicago without legal immigration status, Daniela Sigala has spent the last several months thinking of names for her soon-to-be-born son and imagining him receiving something she’s yet to attain: U.S. citizenship. But...
How Spa Suites Became One Of The Best-Kept Secrets In Wellness
Forbes
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The Spa VIP Double Suite at the Mandarin Oriental Taipei. GEORGE APOSTOLIDIS Step off the humming streets of Taipei, through the glass doors of the Mandarin Oriental, and the city’s energy fades behind thick stone walls. Here you'll find a place...
Fantasia Fest Reveals Third Wave Of 2025 Films: Queens Of The Dead, Fixed, It Ends, More
411Mania
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Fantasia International Film Festival has announced a strong final wave of films for its 2025 edition including Tina Romero’s Queens Of the Dead and more. The biggest genre film festival in North America announced the third wave of titles on...