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UN labor group says 1.6M jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021
Jan 28, 2022

UN labor group says 1.6M jobs lost in Myanmar in 2021

The International Labor Organization says about 1.6 million jobs were lost in Myanmar in 2021, with women suffering the biggest setbacks as work in factories, tourism and construction dwindled amid th...

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S. Korea plans to add small clinics as omicron fuels surge
Jan 28, 2022

S. Korea plans to add small clinics as omicron fuels surge

South Korea plans to add hundreds of small neighborhood hospitals and clinics to treat the thousands more people expected to get COVID-19 during a developing omicron surge...

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Executive overseeing investments leaves Japan's SoftBank
Jan 28, 2022

Executive overseeing investments leaves Japan's SoftBank

Marcelo Claure, who joined SoftBank Group after turning around one of its key investments, office-sharing business WeWork, is leaving...

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S. Korea plans to add small hospitals as COVID cases surge
Jan 28, 2022

S. Korea plans to add small hospitals as COVID cases surge

South Korea plans to add hundreds of small neighborhood hospitals and clinics to treat the thousands more people expected to get COVID-19 during a developing omicron surge...

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Japan's Mitsubishi, energy body join Gates' nuclear project
Jan 27, 2022

Japan's Mitsubishi, energy body join Gates' nuclear project

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to participate in a next-generation nuclear energy project with TerraPower, a company started by Bill Gates...

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Global stocks sink after Fed says US rates will rise 'soon'
Jan 27, 2022

Global stocks sink after Fed says US rates will rise 'soon'

Global stock markets and Wall Street futures have sunk after the Federal Reserve indicated it will raise interest rates soon to cool inflation...

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Samsung reports robust profit based on chip strength
Jan 27, 2022

Samsung reports robust profit based on chip strength

Samsung Electronics Co. says its operating profit for the last quarter rose by more than 53% from the same period last year as it continued to thrive during the pandemic while relying on its dual stre...

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Offshore oil spill threatens beaches in eastern Thailand
Jan 26, 2022

Offshore oil spill threatens beaches in eastern Thailand

Thailand's navy is working to clean up a spill of as much as 128 tons (160,000 liters) of crude oil that leaked from a pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand...

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Europe shares up, Asia stocks fall on Fed, Ukraine, omicron
Jan 25, 2022

Europe shares up, Asia stocks fall on Fed, Ukraine, omicron

European stocks are higher after a day of steep losses in Asia...

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Europe shares up, Asia stocks fall on omicron, Fed, Ukraine
Jan 25, 2022

Europe shares up, Asia stocks fall on omicron, Fed, Ukraine

European stocks are higher after a day of steep losses in Asia...

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