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NEW YORK -- A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers aims to crack down on Chinese goods coming into the country through customs loopholes, in a move that could change American shopping habits and business models.
TOKYO -- Japan will coordinate with Southeast Asian countries and Australia on policies that reduce carbon emissions in a region that is particularly reliant on fossil fuels.
TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Sumitomo Corp. will make its smart city currently under development in Hanoi partially self-sufficient, tapping solar and biomass power generation facilities in a nearby industrial park to cover 30% to 40% of the city and industrial park's electricity.
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's incoming president, Prabowo Subianto, is expecting to shrink the government's budget deficit next year despite a significant increase in spending to fund his flagship free meal program, outgoing leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Friday.
PALO ALTO, California -- U.S. game developer Epic Games, creator of the smash hit Fortnite, on Friday launched its own smartphone game app store, aiming to list thousands of apps in the near future, including those developed by third parties.
BANGKOK -- Paetongtarn Shinawatra was elected Thailand's 31st prime minister on Friday, becoming the country's second female leader and, at 37, the youngest head of government in Asia. She is also the third from her billionaire clan to serve as premier, after the ill-fated tenures of her father Thaksin and aunt Yingluck ended in military coups.
SYDNEY -- So-called pre-bunking is the "most important tactic" in the online battle against fake news and propaganda as it can undermine disinformation campaigns before they have even kicked off, according to former Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang.
BANGKOK -- The Thai parliament on Friday elected Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the 37-year-old leader of the ruling Pheu Thai Party, as prime minister, two days after Srettha Thavisin was removed from the position by the Constitutional Court.