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APD | “BBB+” rating, successful bond floats show deeper investor confidence in the Philippines

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña MANILA, Jan. 2 (APD) – The successful acceptance of the country’s offshore bond issuances and the latest credit rating upgrade to the highe

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APD | Rouhani urges U.S. to return to right track for talks with Iran

By APD writer Muhammad SohailIranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday voiced his country’s readiness to resume talks with the United States under the condition tha

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APD | Waiting for passengers with signs banned at Turkey’s Istanbul Airport

By APD writer Muhammad SohailIn an interesting move by the Turkish authorities, waiting for passengers with signs at the terminal is banned, local media reported Wednes

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APD | World Trade Organization enhanced global value chains

By APD writer Carmelo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 1 (APD) -- Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said the World Trade Organization (WTO) helped transform international economic r

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APD | Injuries related to New Year revelry down by 35%

By APD writer Melo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 1 (APD) – Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III said fireworks-related injuries posted a 35% decrease from December 21,2019 to

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APD | World Trade Organization enhanced global value chains

By APD writer Carmelo M. AcuñaMANILA, Jan. 1 (APD) -- Director-General Roberto Azevêdo said the World Trade Organization (WTO) helped transform international economic r

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Xi's New Year speech lauded by overseas analysts

Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Year speech on Tuesday has been enthusiastically received by overseas analysts who have praised China's remarkable achievements and fruitful cooperation with countr

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US sci-fi legend Ursula K. Le Guin dies at 88

UrsulaK.LeGuin,theaward-winningUSsciencefictionandfantasyauthor,andavowedfeministwhosebookshavesoldmillionsworldwide,hasdied,herfamilyannouncedTuesday.Shewas88.

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President Trump is making it tough to be a novelist - Ian Rankin

IanRankinsayscompetingwith"almostunbelievable"real-lifepoliticaltwistsandturnsatthemomentisanewchallengeforwritersoffiction.SpeakingattheOldPeculiarCrimeWriting

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Chinese female writer nominated for Hugo Award for Best Novel

Folding Beijing, a science fiction written by Chinese female writer Hao Jingfang, has beenincluded in this year's shortlist of the Hugo Award for Best Novel.

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Mysterious Italian novelist could become first-ever anonymous Booker winner

For the first time, the Man Booker International prize could go to an anonymous writer this year, if a story of lifelong friendship in southern Italy beats the other five contestants in a short list announced this week.

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Mo Yan: I'm no “literary master“

Upon his return from Stockholm after being awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, Chinese writer Mo Yan on Friday said he does not consider himself to be a "literary master." 

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Mo Yan receives Nobel Prize

Mo Yan, this year's Nobel Literature laureate, received the prize during an official Nobel Prize ceremony on Monday.