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Farmers plant rice sprouts in a paddy field in Nakhon Sawan province, north of Bangkok May 4, 2008. Thailand plans to stick to its policy of not curbing rice exports, Commerce Minister Mingkwan Sangsuwan said on Saturday, forecasting a higher volume of sales this year as world demand grows. REUTERS/Chaiwat Subprasom (THAILAND) - GM1E45419BW01

Asia's 'green-collar' workers hope for jobs in COVID recovery
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South Asia faces worst ever recession: WB
This picture taken on February 9, 2019 shows Nurlina, 19, who got married in 2017, holding her daughter in the village of Galung Lombok in West Sulawesi. - Child marriage has long been common in traditional communities from the Indonesian archipelago to India, Pakistan and Vietnam, but numbers had been decreasing as charities made inroads by encouraging access to education and women's health services. (Photo by YUSUF WAHIL / AFP) / TO GO WITH Indonesia-India-Vietnam-children-health-virus-family,FEATURE by Haeril Halim, Aishwarya Kumar and Tran Thi Minh Ha

Virus despair forces girls across Asia into child marriage
Rickshaw drivers talk while waiting for customers along a road in New Delhi on August 27, 2020. (Photo by Xavier GALIANA / AFP)

Sino-US tensions send a chill across Asia shares
This photo taken on August 2, 2020 shows a cargo ship carrying cars making its way on the Yangtze River in Yichang in China's central Hubei province. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Asia's factory pain eases as China's activity jumps
People line up to undergo COVID-19 coronavirus tests at a makeshift testing center in Dalian, in China's northeast Liaoning province on July 27, 2020. - China recorded 61 new coronavirus cases on July 27 -- the highest daily figure since April -- propelled by clusters in three separate regions that have sparked fears of a fresh wave. (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Second wave of coronavirus in Asia prompts fresh lockdowns
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia said it is looking for additional debt and equity financing, expects to reach around 70-75 percent of normal capacity by the end of the year.

Southeast Asia budget airline boom falters
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 1, 2018, workers work at a garment factory in Yangon. - From factory floors in India to the warehouses of Cambodia, garment workers for global brands say the collapse in demand triggered by coronavirus is being used as a cover to break their unions. (Photo by Ye Aung THU / AFP)

Virus used as cover to smash Asia unions
TOPSHOT - Penitentiary system guards carry an inmate with symptoms related to the novel coronavirus at the COVID-19 unit of San Juan de Dios hospital in Guatemala City on July 13, 2020. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP)

Asia ramps up curbs; new clusters erupt
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Committee strips Kuwaiti citizenship of 1,647 individuals
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Oxford Academy School students visit Kuwait Times and Kuwait News
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Sons of Yusuf: Visionary Kuwaiti brothers revolutionizing Arabian Gulf sound
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Municipal Councilmember Aliaa Al-Farsi
Municipal Council environment committee urges urgent reforms for Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh
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NEW YORK: Italian visual artist Maurizio Cattelan's duct-taped banana entitled "Comedian" is on display during a media preview at Sotheby's on Nov 8, 2024. - AFP
Banana taped to wall ‘artwork’ sells for $6.2m