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Milwaukee Public Museum closes a gallery to prepare for move to new building

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 07 Apr 2025
Wells St., is temporarily closing the third-floor Asia gallery to use that space as a staging area while staff "deinstall a small percentage of items on exhibit throughout the Museum," it said in a statement posted on its website.
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Taiwan’s ‘Lovesick’ lands near day-and-date release with mainland China

Screen Daily 07 Apr 2025
Hsu Fu-Hsiang’s campus romance drama Lovesick opened strongly as the first local film to cross $302,000 (NT$10m) this year at Taiwan’s box office and scored a rare near day-and-date release with mainland China.
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Trump leaves emerging market central banks with no clean choices

Khaleejtimes 07 Apr 2025
... easing monetary policy," said David Chao, global market strategist for Asia Pacific at Invesco. This meant that central banks in Asia, for the first time, could be easing ahead of the Fed, Chao added.
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Hong Kong SFC Greenlights Staking Services For Licensed Crypto Platforms

99 Bitcoins 07 Apr 2025
This move aims to reinforce the city’s status as a leading hub for digital assets in the Asia-Pacific region ... Hong Kong has been a pioneer in regulated digital finance in Asia.
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Markets latest: London’s FTSE 100 down by 2.5 per cent

The Times/The Sunday Times 07 Apr 2025
Stock markets in Asia have plunged in their first day of trading following President Trump’s tariff announcement last week ... The US president was speaking to reporters on Air Force One on Sunday evening before the fall of markets in Asia this morning ... .
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Why is pizza in Hong Kong so good? 4 of city’s 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific ...

South China Morning Post 07 Apr 2025
4 Hong Kong pizza parlours have been ranked among the best in Asia-Pacific. What they do well and what sets Tokyo rival in first place apart ... .
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South Korean shares plunge to 17-month low as US tariff worries dominate

Deccan Herald 07 Apr 2025
... programme trading for five minutes, for the first time in eight months.</p><p>In broader Asia, MSCI .
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Go tops Pulso ng Pilipino survey

The Manila Times 07 Apr 2025
(UPDATE) SEN ... In sole third place with 51 percent is ACT-CIIS party-list Rep ... In the Pahayag 2025 first quarter survey conducted by Publicus Asia Inc ... "His lead in the Pulse Asia February 20-26 survey further cements this momentum," his office said ... ....
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Trump's tariffs on South African exports | Calls grow for trade diversification

Independent online (SA) 07 Apr 2025
The current situation presents an opportunity to strengthen ties with emerging economies, particularly in Asia and Africa." ... set the rate and without first talking to the US could be counterproductive.
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Georgetown expands global reach with ZCZP student experience in Indonesia

The Peninsula 07 Apr 2025
Raha Hakimdavar, who took the opportunity to create a first-of-its-kind engagement with the newly launched Georgetown School of Foreign Service Asia Pacific (GSAP) programme in Jakarta.
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Indonesia will not retaliate against Trump tariff: Airlangga

The Jakarta Post 07 Apr 2025
... US President Donald Trump's 32 percent&nbsp;trade tariff on Southeast Asia's largest economy, its senior economic minister said on Sunday in the government's first response to the levy.
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Global Sources HK Show brings in gaming gear and IP collaborations

Hong Kong Standard 07 Apr 2025
The fair will be held in three phases, attracting over 2,000 exhibitors from different economies across Asia while showcasing more than 100,000 products. The first phase will feature products including ...
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Mark Cuban told investors not to sell stocks amid the market mayhem — but then ...

Business Insider 07 Apr 2025
Tech billionaire Mark Cuban of "Shark Tank" fame ... The S&P 500 dropped about 10% in two days, while the Nasdaq 100 entered a bear market for the first time since 2022. Wall Street was set to open lower on Monday after more losses in Asia and Europe ... ....
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NCR slowdown leads to a suburban shift

The Manila Times 07 Apr 2025
Examples of unique townships are the Alviera Township in Porac, Pampanga, which has its Sandbox recreational facility — touted to be an adventure destination with Asia's first roller coaster zip line and the tallest giant swing in the country.
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Am I alone in admiring what Trump is doing?

The Daily Telegraph 07 Apr 2025
... according to BBC estimates, so what? Trump has pivoted over Bernie Sanders to demand that the sovereign worker comes first, free to sell his labour in a market no longer distorted by Asia’s low costs.
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