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Tariff cut brings relief as offers worry: economists
New Age Bangladesh
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Bangladesh and US delegates hold third round of tariff talks in Washington. | CA press wing The United States has decided to reduce the reciprocal tariff on imported goods from Bangladesh to 20 per cent from the previously announced 35 per cent...
Trump’s tariff reveal: How is fashion sourcing impacted?
Just Style
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August 1, 2025
Trump’s new tariffs go live on 7 August. Importantly, the universal tariff remains at 10%. But that will only apply to countries with which the US has a trade surplus. Those the US has a trade deficit with, will be impacted by a 15% rate,...
Myanmar and China’s Yunnan
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 24, 2025
By Thet Mon Tun Yunnan Province, the closest Chinese territory to Myanmar geographically and ethnically, is rich in cultural heritage with natural resources. Stretching approximately 2,000 kilometres in borderline, Myanmar and China’s Yunnan...
Saving Tiger: Habitat Loss, Wildlife Crime Pose Major Challenges
Ukhrul Times
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July 27, 2025
Tiger, the royal and magnificent animal, is fast losing its population the world over, including Manipur in Northeast India region, is now endangered mainly due to increasing destruction of their natural habitats and wildlife crime, among others....
Massive Earthquake Could Strike Canada as Ancient Fault Line Wakes
ScienceAlert
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August 1, 2025
The Tintina fault stretches 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) across northern Canada, crossing the Yukon and ending in Alaska. The fault is thought to have been dormant for 40 million years, but that thinking is challenged by a new study that suggests...
World : Top News Headlines In Indonesia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand & Vietnam: July 27, 2025
Bernama
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July 27, 2025
INDONESIA 1.UN CLIMATE BOSS TELLS INDONESIA TO SET MORE AMBITIOUS EMISSIONS TARGET TO UNLOCK FINANCING -- JAKARTA GLOBE The UN climate boss said Saturday that Indonesia should set more ambitious targets in its efforts to tackle global warming,...
Myanmar: Burmese military junta recaptures important gold mining centre
Asia News
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July 24, 2025
Today's headlines: Thailand has bombed several targets in Cambodia after new clashes on the border; India and China accused of sending military equipment to Russia; Tense summit between EU representatives and Beijing; Hamas has sent a series of...
Myanmar-Russia Tiger Conservation stamps released
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 23, 2025
A camera trap captures a rare Bengal tiger scavenging in the Htamanthi Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo: Kanu The Myanmar Post released a new special postage stamp to commemorate the Myanmar-Russia Tiger Conservation on 20 July. The Myanmar-Russia Tiger...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 24, 2025 Morning
MoeMaKa
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July 24, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 24, 2025 Morning 📌📌 1. CRPH Chairperson U Aung Kyi Nyunt Addresses IPU Parliamentary Forum on Junta’s Ongoing Violence and Human Rights Violations; Meets with UN and Malaysian Permanent Representatives on...
Myanmar attends 20th Asia Media Summit in Cambodia
Global New Light Of Myanmar
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July 23, 2025
Deputy Minister for Information U Ye Tint attends the 20th Asia Media Summit held at Sokha Siem Reap Resort and Convention Centre in Cambodia on 22 July. Deputy Minister for Information U Ye Tint attended the Pre-workshop of 20th Asia Media Summit...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 23, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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July 23, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 23, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Union-Level Natural Resource Management Committee Holds (8/2025) Meeting, Discusses Key Resource Management Matters July 23 The Union-Level Natural Resource Management Committee convened...
Myanmar hosts 17th ASEAN fisheries consultative forum in Yangon
Xinhua News Agency
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YANGON, July 23 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is hosting the 17th Meeting of the ASEAN Fisheries Consultative Forum (AFCF), along with the 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Sectoral Working Group on Fisheries, from Tuesday to Friday, the state-owned daily The...
Thai–Cambodian Border Conflict and Its Potential Impact on Myanmar
MoeMaKa
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July 26, 2025
Myanmar Spring Chronicle – July 24 Viewpoint (MoeMaKa, July 25, 2025) Thai–Cambodian Border Conflict and Its Potential Impact on Myanmar On the morning of July 24, tensions between Thailand and Cambodia over a border dispute escalated into an...
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 22, 2025 Evening
MoeMaKa
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July 22, 2025
Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Jul 22, 2025 Evening 📌📌 1. Funeral Held for Dagon University Students’ Union Central Executive Member Daw Wut Yi Aung, Who Died in Insein Prison July 22 With a resolute declaration—*“If we die, let it be for the...
Manipur: President’s rule extended for another six months; Former CM Biren Singh accused Congress for crisis in state
Organiser Weekly
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Imphal: The President’s rule has been extended in trouble-hit Manipur for another 6 months. It will be effective from August 13 onwards. The decision to extend the President’s rule has been taken looking at the stable law and order situations and...
How do Trump’s tariffs affect Asian countries?
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Myanmar junta weaponizing starvation against Rohingya
Bangladesh Post
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In the shadow of Myanmar’s civil war, a slower, quieter but no less brutal campaign is taking place. It has claimed the lives of at least 25 Rohingya through starvation and another seven from lack of medical care in just the past few weeks. The...
Climate disasters drain Southeast Asia’s shrinking aid budgets
The Interpreter
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July 22, 2025
Last September, Typhoon Yagi killed hundreds, injured thousands, and displaced even more across Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and the Philippines. The cost of damage ran into the billions – more than US$3 billion for Vietnam alone. Humanitarian...
Myanmar’s Devastating Earthquake in March Split the Earth at ‘Supershear Velocity’
Gizmodo
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July 21, 2025
On March 28, Myanmar was rocked by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that claimed over 5,000 lives and caused damage even in neighboring countries. In a study published July 10 in The Seismic Record, seismologists confirmed previous research indicating...
Resetting Maldives Ties: PM Modi’s Visit is now a System Restore Point in India-Maldives Relations
The Morung Express
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Monalisa Tase and Monojit Das In late July, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the Maldives culminating in his participation as Guest of Honour at the island nation’s 60th Independence Day celebrations, served as a new reset and...