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Navies Of Japan And Vietnam Forge Closer Ties With Visit Of Japanese Submarine
In becoming the first Japanese submarine to visit Vietnam, JS Kuroshio (SS-596), an Oyashio-class diesel electric attack submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), has pointedly illustrated the growing military ties between Japan and Vietnam. 
In becoming the first Japanese submarine to visit Vietnam, JS Kuroshio (SS-596), an Oyashio-class diesel electric attack submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), has pointedly illustrated the growing military ties between Japan and Vietnam. -
If You Want The World’s Best High-Fashion Fake Brands, Go To Seoul
If you want the best quality fakes of expensive high-fashion brands such as Gucci, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton and Saint Laurent, and must-have youth streetwear such as Supreme and Stüssy, the only country you have to go to is South Korea. 
If you want the best quality fakes of expensive high-fashion brands such as Gucci, Balenciaga, Louis Vuitton and Saint Laurent, and must-have youth streetwear such as Supreme and Stüssy, the only country you have to go to is South Korea. -
U.S. Seeks to Destroy Putin Pal Oleg Deripaska
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has extended to November 12 the deadline for investors to divest their holdings in Russian companies EN + Group and United Company RusAl, plus six other firms owned by Russian oligarch and billionaire Oleg Deripaska. 
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has extended to November 12 the deadline for investors to divest their holdings in Russian companies EN + Group and United Company RusAl, plus six other firms owned by Russian oligarch and billionaire Oleg Deripaska. -
It’s Oktoberfest but Fewer and Fewer Germans Are Drinking Beer
With the world famous Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany opening Sept. 22, Germans will have to contend with a non-typical German problem - beer consumption has kept falling in Germany while fewer and fewer Germans are drinking beer. 
With the world famous Oktoberfest beer festival in Munich, Germany opening Sept. 22, Germans will have to contend with a non-typical German problem - beer consumption has kept falling in Germany while fewer and fewer Germans are drinking beer. -
Malaysia’s Economy Braces For Slowdown In 2019
The research arm of RHB Banking Group, Malaysia's fourth largest fully integrated financial services group, predicts Malaysia's real gross domestic product (GDP) at five percent this year and in 2019 on account of weakening external demand for Malaysian commodities. 
The research arm of RHB Banking Group, Malaysia's fourth largest fully integrated financial services group, predicts Malaysia's real gross domestic product (GDP) at five percent this year and in 2019 on account of weakening external demand for Malaysian commodities. -
Ex-PM Najib Razak Faces 32 Criminal charges for Looting $681 Million
Malaysian prosecutors have hit disgraced former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with 25 new charges related to his alleged embezzlement of $681 million from 1MDB, the government's sovereign wealth fund. 
Malaysian prosecutors have hit disgraced former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak with 25 new charges related to his alleged embezzlement of $681 million from 1MDB, the government's sovereign wealth fund. -
Singapore Property Market Asks Government To Reconsider Higher Real Estate Fees
Singapore's once vibrant real estate industry is requesting the government to reconsider its sudden -- some say ill-advised -- decision in July to hike taxes in a bid to cool down what it perceived as runaway home prices. 
Singapore's once vibrant real estate industry is requesting the government to reconsider its sudden -- some say ill-advised -- decision in July to hike taxes in a bid to cool down what it perceived as runaway home prices. -
Far Too Many Children Under 15 Are Dying, Says UNICEF
Child mortality remains a terrible curse on the most vulnerable, and while it's fallen since the 1990s, it's a horrible reality that one child under 15 years old dies every five seconds somewhere in the world. Most of these infants die from preventable causes, said UNICEF in its new mortality estimates. 
Child mortality remains a terrible curse on the most vulnerable, and while it's fallen since the 1990s, it's a horrible reality that one child under 15 years old dies every five seconds somewhere in the world. Most of these infants die from preventable causes, said UNICEF in its new mortality estimates. -
South Africa's Highest Court Legalizes Marijuana Use
The Constitutional Court of South Africa has legalized the use of marijuana by adults, as well as the cultivation of marijuana plants (cannabis sativa) throughout South Africa, but only for private use and only in private places. 
The Constitutional Court of South Africa has legalized the use of marijuana by adults, as well as the cultivation of marijuana plants (cannabis sativa) throughout South Africa, but only for private use and only in private places. -
Pakistan Promises to Protect China-Pakistan Economic Corridor At 'All Costs'
Chinese President Xi Jinping was effusive in his praise of the iron friendship between his country and Pakistan, telling visiting Pakistan Army Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa that China always places a high premium on China-Pakistan relations" 
Chinese President Xi Jinping was effusive in his praise of the iron friendship between his country and Pakistan, telling visiting Pakistan Army Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa that China always places a high premium on China-Pakistan relations"
