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Vietnamese Unicorns and Leading Startups Scaling Fast
TechNews180
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July 7, 2025
Vietnam’s startup scene is gaining serious global attention. With around 4,000 active startups, Vietnam ranks 55th in global ranking and 5th in Southeast Asia. The country is fast becoming a regional innovation hub. Sectors like fintech, AI,...
Winners of "Vietnam through the lens of international photographers" photo exhibition awarded
People's Army Newspaper
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The exhibition is part of activities of the 3rd Vietnam International Photography Festival - Hue 2025, contributing to the richness of the National Tourism Year - Hue 2025. The event attracted a large number of both international and Vietnamese...
Vietnam closes HY2025 on a high note
TTR Weekly
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July 7, 2025
HANOI, 8 July 2025: Vietnam welcomed approximately 10.7 million international visitors in the first half of 2025 (H1 2025), according to preliminary data from the General Statistics Office, reported by Vietnam News Agency. Earlier figures for the...
Next two years are crucial for India’s semicon plans: Ashok Chandak, President of SEMI India and IESA
The Hindu Business Line
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July 16, 2025
Access to critical components in the semiconductor industry, such as silicon wafers is a challenge for India’s nascent semiconductor manufacturing industry. Ashok Chandak, President of SEMI India and India Electronics and Semiconductor Association...
Detention warrant issued for ex-first lady Kim's close aide
Yonhap News Agency
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July 16, 2025
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- A local court on Wednesday issued a detention warrant for a close aide of former first lady Kim Keon Hee amid growing suspicions that he evaded the special counsel's probe into multiple allegations surrounding Kim. The...
Digital Detox: Can Unplugging Improve Your Mental Health?
Psychreg
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July 16, 2025
1 Reading Time: 2 minutesMany are constantly exposed to screens and social media. While these technologies have their benefits, excessive screen time can have a negative impact on sleep, anxiety, and self-image. Amid mental health concerns, many...
14 PE-LP sessions you should not miss. Last day to avail 1-for-1 tickets!
Deal Street Asia
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Private Equity & Investment Summit 8:00am – 9:00am | Registration & Networking Coffee 9:00am – 9:15am | Welcome Address Joji Thomas Philip, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, DealStreetAsia Nikhil Srivastava, Co-Head of Private Equity, PAG Maxime...
Opinion: With the unraveling of the safety net, a new era of hunger in America has begun
The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah
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Parts of Easthampton, an old mill town in western Massachusetts, look like relics of industrial New England — the old workers’ rowhouses, for instance. In other parts, it seems like a place in renaissance, with converted factory buildings spruced...
Amazon CTO: The future is African, but let’s educate everyone on AI
Zawya
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Amazon’s Chief Technology Officer, Werner Vogels is responsible for driving the company’s customer-centric technology vision. Dr Vogels joined the American multinational technology company, which is engaged in e-commerce (it is the world’s largest...
High-level delegation heads to Washington to press for further US tariff relief
Daily FT
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Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr. Nalinda Jayatissa Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath says visit starting Friday is to seek further reduction in 30% reciprocal tariff on exports Cabinet Spokesman and Minister Dr....
UPI Revolution in Bharat: 34 key milestones in digital payment journey & global expansion
Organiser Weekly
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In a remarkable display of digital payment dominance, Bharat’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) achieved a significant milestone in May 2025, surpassing global giant Visa with over 65 crore daily transactions. This makes UPI the fastest-growing...
Overcoming New Gen Barriers to Growth
Chemical Industry Digest
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July 16, 2025
Abstract Geopolitical tensions, supply chain disruptions, and resource nationalism are creating new challenges for manufacturing economies across the globe. From China’s strategic export curbs to global competition for critical minerals and...
Cuban, Jamaican men among 5 deported to small African kingdom of Eswatini
NBC 6 Miami - Florida
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July 16, 2025
The United States sent five men it describes as "barbaric" criminals to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely secretive third-country deportation program, the U.S. Department of Homeland...
Eswatini says it is holding U.S. deportees in prisons, aims to repatriate them
The Gazette - Colorado
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MBABANE (Reuters) -Eswatini's government said on Wednesday that it was holding five third-country nationals deported from the United States in isolated prison units under a deal with President Donald Trump's administration, but sought to...
US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to small African kingdom of Eswatini
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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Trailers sit parked in lines as work progresses on a new migrant detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz," at Dade-Collier Training and Transition facility in the Florida Everglades, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca...
‘Who Killed My Family?’: An inquest into the violence of liberal chic
Prism
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July 16, 2025
In the established discourse, it is not your cruelty that counts. It is your tone. This is a disturbing reality that we have all been inundated with, especially since the Israeli genocide in Gaza began. The twisting of language and the omission of...
Jamaican listed among ‘barbaric’ migrants deported from US to Africa
Jamaica Observer
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July 16, 2025
A photo of the Jamaican deported to Eswatini Monday (Phhoto: TriciaOhio X Formerly Twitter) WASHINGTON, United States — A Jamaican man is among five migrants expelled from the United States (US) to Eswatini, all described as “barbaric” by...
Despite deepening political divide, Republican, Democratic women of Congress team up for annual charity softball game
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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July 16, 2025
WASHINGTON — Every summer for more than a decade, the women who serve in Congress and the women journalists who cover them face off on the softball diamond. But this year, the 17th annual Congressional Women’s Softball Game is getting an upgrade....
Apple Invests $500M to Secure US Supply of Rare Earth Magnets
TechRepublic
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July 16, 2025
Image: Apple, MP Materials Apple is investing $500 million in the mining company MP Materials to secure a domestic supply of rare earth magnets for its devices. The money will be used to build a manufacturing line for Apple-specific neodymium...
US deports migrants from Jamaica, Cuba and other countries to the African kingdom of Eswatini
The Gleaner
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July 16, 2025
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A Jamaican man is among five foreign nationals described by the United States as “barbaric” criminals who have been sent to the small African nation of Eswatini in an expansion of the Trump administration’s largely...