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Early voting for S. Korea president begins in shadow of Covid

Early voting for S. Korea president begins in shadow of Covid

South Korea began early voting on Friday for a presidential election in the shadow of the pandemic, as up to a million people with Covid-19 are expected to cast ballots. Election workers have been deployed in protective equipment including full-body suits and safety glasses, and voters with Covid or exposed …

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Grab’s slowdown is where rubber hits road

Grab’s slowdown is where rubber hits road

Grab is perilously navigating around grumpy investors, reluctant drivers and fickle users. The Southeast Asian super app’s shares plunged 37% in New York on Thursday after the company reported its first quarterly earnings since listing. The stock is now 70% below its December debut via a $31 billion merger with …

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Sand mining devours Mekong River bank

Around 500 hectares of riverbank are lost yearly across the Mekong Delta to excessive sand mining, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the agriculture ministry. In a Thursday conference on maintaining the shape of the Mekong Delta region, organized by the WWF and Vietnam Disaster Management Authority under the …

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