Day: June 20, 2022

China’s Top Flower Market Kunming Sees Robust Trade Growth

KUNMING, China, June 20, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kunming, the capital city of southwest China’s Yunnan Province, saw a booming trade in its flower markets in 2021 and tops the country’s trade of fresh-cut flowers, according to the Kunming Municipal Government. A total of 10.26 billion stems of fresh-cut flowers were sold in the Dounan […]

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Closed Japanese restaurant voucher holders urged to file complaints

Customers who have pre-paid for buffet vouchers from the Japanese restaurant chain Daruma are being urged by a lawyer to file complaints with the Central Investigation Bureau at 3pm today (Monday), in a suspected case of consumer fraud, in which the ch…

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ASEAN Weekly Disaster Update Week 24 (13 – 19 June 2022)

REGIONAL SUMMARY:For the twenty-fourth week of 2022, a total of 20 disasters (13 floods, 5 wind-related, 1 storm, and 1 landslide) affected the region. Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand have reportedly been affected. Coastal abrasion, strong win…

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Duterte’s daughter takes oath as Philippine vice president

MANILA (AP) — Sara Duterte, the daughter of the outgoing populist president of the Philippines, took her oath Sunday as vice president following a landslide electoral victory she clinched despite her father’s human rights record that saw thousands of d…

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