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Visitors to Thailand in 1st 4 months of 2017 up 4.71 percent YoY

BANGKOK, May 24 (APD)— Thailand eyes 12 million visitors spending around 620 billion baht(17.7 billion U.S dollars) in the first four months of 2017, an increase of 4.71 per cent year-on-year, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Wednesday released.

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Visitors to Thailand in 1st 4 months of 2017 up 4.71 percent YoY

BANGKOK,May24(APD)—Thailandeyes12millionvisitorsspendingaround620billionbaht(17.7billionU.Sdollars)inthefirstfourmonthsof2017,anincreaseof4.71percentyear-on-yea

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Retail giant Target to pay 18.5 million over data breach fallout

RetailgiantTargetannouncedonTuesdayitreachedanagreementtopay18.5millionU.S.dollarstosettleaninvestigationintoitsmassive2013databreach.Accordingtothesettlement,4

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Jump in renewable energy jobs worldwide

Therenewableenergysectoremployed9.8millionpeopleworldwidein2016,almosttwiceasmanyasin2012,theAbuDhabi-basedInternationalRenewableEnergyAgencysaidonWednesday.Ini

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U.S. plan to sell oil reserves undermines OPEC supply management efforts

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrump'sproposaltosellhalfoftheUnitedStates'strategicoilreservesurprisedenergymarketsonTuesdaysinceitcountersOPEC'seffortstocontrolsupplyinord

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China lifts 60 mln people out of poverty since 2013

A total of 55.64 million Chinese rural residents were lifted out of poverty from 2013 to 2016 and at least another 10 million will shake off poverty this year, which means the number of rural Chinese lifted out of poverty in five years will exceed 65 million – roughly the population of a major European country such as Britain, France or Italy.

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Senior UN official: China "role model" of poverty reduction

AseniorUNofficialsaidhereMondaythatChinahasmadegreatstridesinpovertyreductionandcouldbea"rolemodel"forothernationsinthisaspect.WuHongbo,UNunder-secretary-genera

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Study: Humans split from apes in Europe, not Africa

ResearchershavelongbelievedthathumanssplitfromapessomefivemillionyearsagoinAfrica,butastudypublishedonMondaysuggestsithappenedinEuropefarearlierthanthat.Justwhe

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China lifts 60 mln people out of poverty since 2013

Atotalof55.64millionChineseruralresidentswereliftedoutofpovertyfrom2013to2016andatleastanother10millionwillshakeoffpovertythisyear,whichmeansthenumberofruralChi

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Myanmar's trade with ASEAN member countries reaches 9.6 bln USD

Myanmar's trade with member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) hit 9.6 billion U.S. dollars in the last fiscal year 2016-17 which ended in March, according to the latest official figures released on Monday.

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Australian magnate Andrew Forrest gives away $298 million

MiningmagnateAndrew"Twiggy"ForrestMondaymadethebiggestsinglephilanthropicdonationinAustralianhistory,givingawayAus$400million(US$298million)toavarietyofsocialan

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UN donates 1.6 mln USD to assist flood victims in Zimbabwe

The United Nations Central Emergency Fund (CERF) on Wednesday handed over 1.6 million U.S. dollars to assist over 32,000 people who were affected by floods in Zimbabwe this year.

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China's Sina Weibo overtakes Twitter in active monthly users

Micro-bloggingplatformSinaWeibonowhasmoreusersthanitswesterncounterpartTwitter,accordingtofiguresfromtheChinesecompany'sfirstquarterresults.SinaWeibosaysithad34

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2.6-mln-euro aid approved for former Nokia workers in Finland

TheEuropeanParliamentapproved2.6millioneuros(2.89millionU.S.dollars)worthofjob-searchaidfor821formerinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)workersinFinlandin

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2.6-mln-euro aid approvedfor former Nokia workers in Finland

TheEuropeanParliamentapproved2.6millioneuros(2.89millionU.S.dollars)worthofjob-searchaidfor821formerinformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)workersinFinlandin

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Thai police found 2.2 million meth pills in cement truck

BANGKOK, May 16 (APD) -- Two men in a cement truck were arrested with 2.2 million methamphetamine pills found inside the cement tank on Tuesday, Thai media reported.

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Thai police found 2.2 million meth pills in cement truck

BANGKOK,May16(APD)--Twomeninacementtruckwerearrestedwith2.2millionmethamphetaminepillsfoundinsidethecementtankonTuesday,Thaimediareported.Thetruckwasheadingfrom