PHOTOGRAPHY: Bekasi’s ‘River of Garbage’
The Jambe River in Bekasi, West Java, is choked with garbage. . . Plastic waste, food scraps, even mattresses and
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POTABLE WATER: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia- ADB to disburse about $90 million for rural water supply development
Sunniya Durrani-Jamal and Finance Minister Aun Pornmoniroth shake hands. Fresh News . . The Asian Development Bank and the Ministry of
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WASTE WATER: PHNOM PENH, Cambodia- Japan grants $27 million for construction of wastewater treatment station in Choeung
Mr Yuichi Sugano and Mr Aun Porn Moniroth at the signing ceremony. MEF . . Minister of Economy and Finance
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TECH-SOCIAL MEDIA: MOSCOW, Russia- Tough Russian internet controls take effect
The internet is the country’s main forum for political debate and opposing voices as well as coordinating opposition demonstrations. (AFP
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ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2019: BANGKOK Thailand- Việt Nam team wins ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2019
Team AWM from Viet Nam took first place at the regional final of the ASEAN Data Science Explorers 2019 held
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TECH-SOCIAL MEDIA: SAN FRANCISCO, USA- Twitter pulls back on political ads, but pitfalls await
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (AP) . . . SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter announced an end Wednesday to political
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TECH: WASHINGTON, USA- Security firm says Chinese hackers intercepted text messages
AP . . WASHINGTON — Chinese hackers with a history of state-sponsored espionage have intercepted the text messages of thousands
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TECH: WASHINGTON, USA- VIDEO GAME- ‘Concrete Genie’: A kid’s game about the agonies of bullying and the joys of art
A scene from Concrete Genie. PHOTOS: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT..THE WASHINGTON POST – Concrete Genie is a kid’s game about the agonies of
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SCI-TECH: KINIGI, Rwanda- Intense monitoring, care lift mountain gorilla numbers
A silverback mountain gorilla named Segasira walks in the Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. PHOTOS: AP . KINIGI, Rwanda (AP) –
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TECH-ENG’G: VIENTIANE, Laos- Laos hydro project switched on along dried-out Mekong
This screengrab from an aerial video taken shows the Mekong river in Sungkom district in Nong Khai province, more than
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