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ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailChai Eamsiri, CEO of Thailand’s flag carrier Thai Airways, calls Bangkok a “regional hub” and adds that the airline will be increasing the frequency of flights to India and neighboring Southeast Asian countries. Source link

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The Trump administration signed a proclamation Wednesday suspending travel to the U.S. for citizens from 12 countries: Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen.Citing national security interests, the proclamation states that the identified countries lack sufficient vetting and screening processes needed to detect foreign nationals who may pose safety or terrorism threats to the U.S.The proclamation also partially restricted entrance for nationals of seven other countries: Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela.Other considerations include a country’s information-sharing policies, presence of terrorists, visa overstay rates and whether citizens who are sent…

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A man checks out the special sales corner for Nintendo Switch 2 in front of an electronics retailer in Tokyo on June 5, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty ImagesNintendo’s Switch 2 launched on Thursday and is widely expected to be in short supply globally amid pent-up demand for the more powerful next-generation gaming device.”The level of demand seems to be sky-high,” said Serkan Toto, founder of the Kantan Games consultancy.The Switch launched in 2017 and followed the underperforming Wii U. The home-portable device became a juggernaut with games including two “The Legend of Zelda” titles and the Covid-19 pandemic…

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Sunset scene of light trails traffic speeds through an intersection in Gangnam center business district of Seoul at Seoul city, South KoreaMongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded mixed Thursday, after private sector hiring in the U.S. hit its lowest level in over two years, raising concerns that trade policy uncertainty could be weighing on the world’s largest economy.A report from payrolls processing firm ADP showed that payrolls rose only 37,000 for the month, less than the downwardly revised 60,000 in April and below the consensus forecast of 110,000 that economists polled by Dow Jones had forecast.South Korean markets…

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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 04, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s administration is renegotiating some of former President Joe Biden’s grants to semiconductor firms, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said at a hearing on Wednesday, suggesting some awards may be axed.Some of the Biden-era grants “just seemed overly generous, and we’ve been able to renegotiate them,” Lutnick told lawmakers on the Senate Appropriations Committee, adding the goal was to benefit American taxpayers.”All the deals are…

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A U.S. Department of Education employee leaves the building with their belonging on March 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.Win McNamee | Getty ImagesThe Trump administration on Wednesday lost a bid to lift a federal judge’s order temporarily blocking the U.S. Education Department from laying off about half of its more than 4,000 employees.The administration had asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston to lift the preliminary injunction issued by a Massachusetts District Court judge that stayed the large “reduction in force” at the department announced by Education Secretary Linda McMahon in March.A three-judge panel on that appeals…

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Shoppers carrying bags in the Soho neighborhood of New York, US, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images Based on payrolls processing firm ADP’s jobs report and the U.S. Federal Reserve “Beige Book,” the United States economy appears to be slowing. The number of private sector jobs created in May rose by a mere 37,000, almost three times lower than the Dow Jones forecast. And the Fed report noted that “economic activity has declined slightly since the previous report” released April 23.The ADP report, however, isn’t always aligned with the Labor Department’s jobs report, which will be released…

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