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'Impressive rafting skills': the 8-million-year old origin story of how rodents colonised Australia

A single, pregnant rodent floating on driftwood across the treacherous waters between Asia and New Guinea 8.5 million years ago may be behind the eventual colonisation of native rodents in Australia, our new research suggests.

The Conversation

SET loses ground after 4% gain in August

RECAP: Global stock markets lost ground this week as investors assessed the impact of more US interest rate hikes and tensions over Taiwan. External factors remained the key factors affecting market sentiment in Asia including Thailand.

Bangkok Post

Seeking a flood-resilient future in SEA

The Asia-Pacific region has been plagued by large-scale natural catastrophes and consequent financial damage in recent years, with total economic losses reaching US$50bn (1.8tn baht) last year according to Munich Re's NatCat (Natural Catastrophes) Service Annual report. Yet, just approximately 17% (US$8.4bn) of those losses were insured, highlighting the large…

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Ivy Asia in 'cultural appropriation' row ahead of Cardiff restaurant opening

Restaurant bosses have said they 'celebrate the rich and diverse foods that span the continent of Asia', but others have said they believe it is culturally offensive

Wales Online

Pakistan floods: what role did climate change play?

Pakistan is experiencing the most devastating and widespread floods in its history, with the country’s climate minister saying waters have reached across a third of the nation.

The Conversation

Birds migrate along ancient routes – here are the latest high-tech tools scientists are using to study their amazing journeys

Although it still feels like beach weather across much of North America, billions of birds have started taking wing for one of nature’s great spectacles: fall migration. Birds fly south from the northern U.S. and Canada to wintering grounds in the southern U.S., Caribbean and Latin America, sometimes covering thousands…

The Conversation

AP Week in Pictures: Asia

Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 2022

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Global politics in dangerous territory

While Russia's profound and transformational invasion of Ukraine on Feb 24 has fundamentally reshaped and reinforced contentious trends and contours in the geopolitics and geoeconomics of Asia, it did not set out a new direction in world politics. The international system had already been unravelling over the past decade, underpinned…

Bangkok Post

Tourism is slowly returning to South-East Asia, but business as usual might not be a blessing

Tourists' return to South-East Asia will bring economic relief but may it also spell ruin for the region's iconic locations.

ABC News

Five best new luxury wellness hotels in Asia, one in Chiang Mai

Since the Covid-19 pandemic, the luxury hotel industry has embraced an expanded definition of wellness, integrating it into all aspects of guests' stays, from interior design to spa offerings and a roster of dedicated wellness programmes designed to promote a healthy body and mind.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong cricketer Kinchit Shah proposes to girlfriend after Asia Cup clash against India

Kinchit Shah scored an impressive 30, though his team lost the match against India by 40 runs

The Hindu

$Plans to mine Northern Territory sand for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin$

Plans to mine Northern Territory sand for fracking in the Beetaloo Basin

A company has revealed plans to mine sand in the Northern Territory. It is also exploring for silica sand, which it says could be sold to Asian countries for solar panel production.

ABC News

‘Grief and memory’: Challenging Malaysia’s historical narratives

A new performance unpicks the official narrative on the multiethnic Southeast Asian nation’s road to independence.

Al Jazeera

Cambodian, Japanese among winners of Magsaysay Awards

A psychiatrist who helped fellow Cambodians recover from trauma resulting from the Khmer Rouge’s genocidal rule and a Japanese ophthalmologist who led an effort to treat thousands of Vietnamese villagers are among those selected for this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize

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Revenue seize drugs worth six figures hidden as 'toys' and 'blankets'

The drugs originated in multiple locations across North America, Europe and Asia

The Independent UK

Asian stocks follow Wall St lower after strong US jobs data

Asian stocks have followed Wall Street lower after strong U.S. jobs data fueled expectations of further interest rate hikes and Chinese manufacturing activity weakened

Wales Online

Ivy Asia in Cardiff announces new opening date and it's soon

Reservations go live from Wednesday, August 31

Bangkok Post

Cambodian psychiatrist helping genocide survivors wins Magsaysay

A Cambodian psychiatrist treating victims of the Khmer Rouge and a French environmentalist cleaning up Indonesian rivers were among the winners Wednesday of the 2022 Ramon Magsaysay Award -- considered Asia's Nobel Prize.

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China slowdown means contrasting fortunes for Asia’s exporters

China’s economic growth slowdown has triggered a stark contrast in fortunes for its trading partners across Asia, with northern neighbours suffering while economies in the southeast are broadly holding up.

The Hindu

Unprecedented rains have brought Asia’s largest market for tender coconuts in Maddur to a standstill

The APMC-managed tender coconut market in Maddur (Mandya) despatches over 300 truckloads of nuts a day to various destinations across the country

Los Angeles Times

International travel resurgent at LAX, with nearly 100% year-over-year increase in passengers

Los Angeles International Airport saw 1.8 million international travelers last month, nearly double the number from July 2021, airport officials said Monday.

Benzinga

TuSimple Moves Closer to China Exit Ramp as Questions Loom on U.S. Commercialization

Key Takeaways: China’s largest private auto group may acquire TuSimple’s Asia-Pacific business, allowing it to cut its China ties and alleviate U.S. national security concerns The company’s commercialization timeline has been thrown into doubt following an April accident that raised safety concerns

The Times of India

In 5 charts: How Gautam Adani became first Asian to reach top 3 richest in world

NEW DELHI: When the world went into Covid-induced lockdowns plunging the global economy into a crisis, the worried investors in India had their eyes on the possible impact on Mukesh Ambani who was then the undisputed leader.

The Guardian - UK

Pakistan not to blame for climate crisis-fuelled flooding, says PM Shehbaz Sharif

Sharif’s climate change minister called the flooding a ‘climate catastrophe’ and said the south Asian nation was ‘paying the price’ for western use of fossil fuels

The Independent UK

Japan, Israel step up defense ties amid regional tensions

The defense ministers of Japan and Israel have shared concerns about growing global tensions from Asia to the Middle East and have signed an agreement to step up cooperation in military equipment and technology

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