October2016
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Cambodia improves business environment in 2017
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Economies of East Asia and the Pacific region are steadily improving the business environment, finds the World Bank Group’s annual ease of doing business report. One of these countries is Cambodia, which ranks at... -
World Bank, ADB, and Australia commit to unified approach for Pacific Islands
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Following talks in Canberra today, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Australian government have renewed their commitment to supporting Pacific island countries address many of the key challenges facing the... -
Typhoon Haima / Lawin leaves swathe of destruction in Philippines
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Tens of thousands of people have been left homeless in the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Haima, which ravaged northern Luzon late last week. Due to excellent preparedness by local authorities and... -
National Geographic’s Afghan girl arrested in Pakistan for living under false papers
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: An Afghan woman immortalized on a celebrated National Geographic magazine cover as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl was arrested on Wednesday for living in Pakistan on fraudulent identity papers. The haunting image of Sharbat Gula,... -
Alphabet to halt the rollout of Google Fiber
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Alphabet, the parent of internet giant Google, on Tuesday announced it was halting the rollout of its Google Fiber — 1 Gbps fiber optic wireless service, in some markets. In cities where service started... -
Rodrigo Duterte wanted foreign military troops out of Philippine in 2 years
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Wednesday that he wanted foreign military troops out of his country “probably in the next two years.” Duterte, who is on a three-day visit to Japan, made the... -
11 Indonesian men feared dead after water and mud engulfed illegal gold mine
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Eleven Indonesian men are feared dead after water and mud engulfed an illegal gold mine, an official said on Wednesday, the latest deadly accident to hit the illicit industry. The men were in a... -
Scandal strikes, pity the other guy named John Stumpf
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Ever since the former Wells Fargo & Co chief executive by that name stepped down over a sales scandal at the U.S. bank, John Stumpf, a Petco worker living in Bakersfield, California, has been... -
Ottoman prince visits former realm to spread laughter
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: It’s not every day Turkish comedy fans get to laugh at a descendant of the sultan. “I’ve got this fancy title but don’t have the riches,” said Naz Osmanoglu, a British comedian and member... -
Egyptians scream their stress away in Cairo bookshop
Oct 26, 2016News Hour: Visitors to a bookshop in Cairo are being invited into a dark, soundproof room to scream at the top of their lungs in an effort to relieve their frustrations and escape from the stresses...
