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Hong Kong slips to 39th in global English index, behind Malaysia and the Philippines #HongKongEducation #EnglishLearning #AsiaEducation
Hong Kong slips to 39th in global English index, behind Malaysia and the Philippines
Why the new ranking mattersHong Kong has slipped again in a major international measure of adult English proficiency, falling to...
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November 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Hong Kong slips to 39th in global English index, behind Malaysia and the Philippines #HongKongEducation #EnglishLearning #AsiaEducation
Vietnam Returns to Moderate Band in Global English Index as AI Skills Rise #Vietnam #AI #EnglishLearning
Vietnam Returns to Moderate Band in Global English Index as AI Skills Rise
A rising score and what it meansVietnam has moved back into the moderate proficiency group in the 2025 EF English...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Vietnam Returns to Moderate Band in Global English Index as AI Skills Rise #Vietnam #AI #EnglishLearning
South Korea to Enlarge Alcohol Warning Labels From 2026 as Health Messaging Grows #SouthKorea #PublicHealth #AlcoholPolicy
South Korea to Enlarge Alcohol Warning Labels From 2026 as Health Messaging Grows
Bigger, clearer alcohol warnings are coming in 2026South Korea will require larger, more legible health warnings on all alcoholic beverage...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
South Korea to Enlarge Alcohol Warning Labels From 2026 as Health Messaging Grows #SouthKorea #PublicHealth #AlcoholPolicy
Cold Weather Pushes Buriram Shoppers Toward Secondhand Winter Wear #Buriram #Thailand #ThriftShopping
Cold Weather Pushes Buriram Shoppers Toward Secondhand Winter Wear
A sudden chill meets tight budgetsWith the season's first real chill settling over Buriram, markets across the city and surrounding...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Cold Weather Pushes Buriram Shoppers Toward Secondhand Winter Wear #Buriram #Thailand #ThriftShopping
Australian journalist Murray Hunter to face Thai defamation trial after Malaysian regulator complaint #PressFreedom #Thailand #SoutheastAsia
Australian journalist Murray Hunter to face Thai defamation trial after Malaysian regulator complaint
A rare cross border defamation case reaches a Thai courtroomAn Australian journalist and academic, Murray Hunter, is set to stand...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Australian journalist Murray Hunter to face Thai defamation trial after Malaysian regulator complaint #PressFreedom #Thailand #SoutheastAsia
Japan ships Patriot interceptors to the US for the first time as alliance deepens #Japan #USJapanAlliance #DefenseNews
Japan ships Patriot interceptors to the US for the first time as alliance deepens
A new phase in Japan US defense tiesJapan has exported domestically produced Patriot surface to air missile interceptors to the...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Japan ships Patriot interceptors to the US for the first time as alliance deepens #Japan #USJapanAlliance #DefenseNews
Beijing Reimposes Seafood Ban, Warns Japan After Taiwan Defense Remarks #ChinaJapanRelations #TaiwanStrait #TradeTensions
Beijing Reimposes Seafood Ban, Warns Japan After Taiwan Defense Remarks
Crisis escalates as Beijing targets Japanese seafoodChina has warned it will take further measures against Japan unless Prime Minister Sanae...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Beijing Reimposes Seafood Ban, Warns Japan After Taiwan Defense Remarks #ChinaJapanRelations #TaiwanStrait #TradeTensions
Cheap Smart Locks Trigger Complaints in Singapore as Locksmiths Flag Failures and Cyber Risks #Singapore #SmartHome #IoTSecurity
Cheap Smart Locks Trigger Complaints in Singapore as Locksmiths Flag Failures and Cyber Risks
Why many Singapore homes are rethinking smart locksKeyless entry has moved from a luxury to a common sight in Singapore....
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November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Cheap Smart Locks Trigger Complaints in Singapore as Locksmiths Flag Failures and Cyber Risks #Singapore #SmartHome #IoTSecurity
Full Flights, Thin Margins: How China’s High Speed Rail and Route Crowding Squeeze Airline Profits #ChinaAviation #Airlines #HighSpeedRail
Full Flights, Thin Margins: How China’s High Speed Rail and Route Crowding Squeeze Airline Profits
Why full planes are not delivering profitsChina's domestic skies are busy again. Planes are full, and passenger traffic has moved...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Full Flights, Thin Margins: How China’s High Speed Rail and Route Crowding Squeeze Airline Profits #ChinaAviation #Airlines #HighSpeedRail
Durian pride on the line as Indonesia and Malaysia contest national fruit status #Durian #Indonesia #Malaysia
Durian pride on the line as Indonesia and Malaysia contest national fruit status
A fruit with two national claimsDurian, the king of fruits across much of Southeast Asia, now sits at the center...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Durian pride on the line as Indonesia and Malaysia contest national fruit status #Durian #Indonesia #Malaysia
Alice Guo gets life in prison for human trafficking tied to Philippine scam center #Philippines #HumanTrafficking #ScamAlert
Alice Guo gets life in prison for human trafficking tied to Philippine scam center
Life sentence for former Bamban mayor exposes Southeast Asia scam empireA Philippine court has sentenced former Bamban mayor Alice Guo...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Alice Guo gets life in prison for human trafficking tied to Philippine scam center #Philippines #HumanTrafficking #ScamAlert
Archaeologists may have uncovered Marsmanda, an iron city in Uzbekistan highlands #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #SilkRoad
Archaeologists may have uncovered Marsmanda, an iron city in Uzbekistan highlands
A high mountain metropolis challenges Silk Road mythsArchaeologists working in the mountain ranges of eastern Uzbekistan say a vast settlement...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Archaeologists may have uncovered Marsmanda, an iron city in Uzbekistan highlands #Archaeology #Uzbekistan #SilkRoad
Vietnam jails beauty queen for false fiber gummies promotions #Vietnam #InfluencerMarketing #ConsumerProtection
Vietnam jails beauty queen for false fiber gummies promotions
A high profile sentencing tests influencer accountabilityA Vietnamese court has sentenced former Miss Grand International winner Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Vietnam jails beauty queen for false fiber gummies promotions #Vietnam #InfluencerMarketing #ConsumerProtection
TSMC Secures 4.71 Billion US Dollars in Global Subsidies for Expansion #TSMC #Semiconductors #Taiwan
TSMC Secures 4.71 Billion US Dollars in Global Subsidies for Expansion
Subsidies power a fast expanding TSMC footprintTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has secured about NT$147 billion in public support, equal to...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
TSMC Secures 4.71 Billion US Dollars in Global Subsidies for Expansion #TSMC #Semiconductors #Taiwan
Foreign Workers Keep Oizumi Factories Running as Costs Climb #JapanManufacturing #LaborShortage #MigrantWorkers
Foreign Workers Keep Oizumi Factories Running as Costs Climb
Inside Oizumi's factory town shiftIn Oizumi, a compact manufacturing town in Gunma Prefecture, the factory whistle still blows on time,...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Foreign Workers Keep Oizumi Factories Running as Costs Climb #JapanManufacturing #LaborShortage #MigrantWorkers
China’s iron catalyst promises cleaner olefins from coal and biomass syngas #ChinaTech #CleanTech #GreenChemistry
China’s iron catalyst promises cleaner olefins from coal and biomass syngas
A new route from syngas to everyday materialsChinese researchers have unveiled an iron based nanoparticle catalyst that converts synthesis gas,...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
China’s iron catalyst promises cleaner olefins from coal and biomass syngas #ChinaTech #CleanTech #GreenChemistry
Ant Group launches LingGuang, a multimodal AI assistant that builds apps in 30 seconds #AI #ChinaTech #Fintech
Ant Group launches LingGuang, a multimodal AI assistant that builds apps in 30 seconds
A new AI assistant that codes and createsAnt Group has introduced LingGuang, a multimodal AI assistant that can turn natural...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Ant Group launches LingGuang, a multimodal AI assistant that builds apps in 30 seconds #AI #ChinaTech #Fintech
Japan Reasserts Dokdo Claim as Expanded Territory Museum Draws Seoul Protest #Dokdo #Japan #SouthKorea
Japan Reasserts Dokdo Claim as Expanded Territory Museum Draws Seoul Protest
Fresh dispute over a familiar flashpointJapan has reignited a long running territorial dispute with South Korea after expanding a state...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Japan Reasserts Dokdo Claim as Expanded Territory Museum Draws Seoul Protest #Dokdo #Japan #SouthKorea
Thai Rangers Rescue 143 Monkeys Near Cambodian Border in Linked Busts #WildlifeTrafficking #Thailand #WildlifeRescue
Thai Rangers Rescue 143 Monkeys Near Cambodian Border in Linked Busts
A day of raids near the Cambodian borderThai rangers and police rescued 143 long tailed macaques and arrested two men...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Thai Rangers Rescue 143 Monkeys Near Cambodian Border in Linked Busts #WildlifeTrafficking #Thailand #WildlifeRescue
Qing Dynasty Wealth, Culture, and the Long Fall of China’s Last Empire #ChinaHistory #QingDynasty #AsianHistory
Qing Dynasty Wealth, Culture, and the Long Fall of China’s Last Empire
A gilded empire and a hard century of changeThe Qing dynasty (1644 to 1912) ruled the largest, most populous state...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Qing Dynasty Wealth, Culture, and the Long Fall of China’s Last Empire #ChinaHistory #QingDynasty #AsianHistory
Uzbekistan Extends Power Exports to Afghanistan Through 2026 #EnergySecurity #Uzbekistan #Afghanistan
Uzbekistan Extends Power Exports to Afghanistan Through 2026
Why this cross border power deal mattersUzbekistan has signed a contract to keep exporting electricity to Afghanistan through 2026, sustaining...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Uzbekistan Extends Power Exports to Afghanistan Through 2026 #EnergySecurity #Uzbekistan #Afghanistan
All of Evangelion at Tokyo City View: Inside the 30th Anniversary Exhibition #Evangelion30 #Anime #Tokyo
All of Evangelion at Tokyo City View: Inside the 30th Anniversary Exhibition
A sweeping celebration above TokyoThree decades after Neon Genesis Evangelion first aired in 1995, Tokyo is hosting a panoramic tribute...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
All of Evangelion at Tokyo City View: Inside the 30th Anniversary Exhibition #Evangelion30 #Anime #Tokyo
Mount Semeru Erupts in East Java, Highest Alert Issued and Evacuations Underway #SemeruEruption #EastJava #Indonesia
Mount Semeru Erupts in East Java, Highest Alert Issued and Evacuations Underway
A violent day on Java's highest volcanoIndonesia raised the alert for Mount Semeru to the highest level after a surge...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Mount Semeru Erupts in East Java, Highest Alert Issued and Evacuations Underway #SemeruEruption #EastJava #Indonesia
China Secretly Lent $200 Billion to US Businesses via Shell Companies #ChinaTech #USChina #NationalSecurity
China Secretly Lent $200 Billion to US Businesses via Shell Companies
A hidden 200 billion pipeline into American tech and industryOver a quarter century, Chinese state banks quietly supplied about 200...
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November 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
China Secretly Lent $200 Billion to US Businesses via Shell Companies #ChinaTech #USChina #NationalSecurity