compared to vietnam in thailand cambodia is gemstone industry is still in its infancy but in recent times dealers have been coming together in an effort to market the country's precious stones abroad if we have that new technology invest. yeah and ability that can sicking on this i think cambodia can recovery all that in mind. but finding precious stones is a matter of luck and many international mining companies aren't willing to make large scale investment based on serendipity so for now the search for gemstones continues to be led by enterprising individuals hoping to strike gold. you is accusing turkey of undermining security in the mediterranean off 1st 2nd turkish ship began drilling for oil and gas 1st the ship joins another turkish vessel which is going drilling in the region since june the field is predicted to contain trillions of cubic meters of oil and gas that's being claimed by both turkey and the cypriot. mustering business with a. coup for more than 40 years microcell has lived in for ever more the flood and he may have to move soon. a coastal villages threatened by rising

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compared to vietnam in thailand cambodia is gemstone industry is still in its infancy but in recent times dealers have been coming together in an effort to market the country's precious stones have brought if we have that new technology. building yeah and ability that can sicking on this i think cambodia can recovery all that in mind. but finding precious stones is a matter of luck and many international mining companies aren't willing to make large scale investment based on serendipity so for now the search for gemstones continues to be led by enterprising individuals hoping to strike gold. the e.u. is accusing turkey of undermining security in the east in the mediterranean off 1st 2nd turkish ship began drilling for oil and gas 1st the ship joins another turkish vessel which has been drilling in the region since june the field is predicted to contain trillions of cubic meters of oil and gas and it's being claimed by both turkey and submitted. my stirring business with him. it was a series of them high pixar correction as it winds down in the next exciting event is right around the corne

in addition 122,000 cambodian refugees joined them in thailand between 1980 and 1986. in vietnam, there was another outpouring of refugees known famously as the boat people. these people escaped by sea, people who had formally been political, military or cultural leaders in south vietnam, some were ethnic minorities fleeing persecution. about 160,000 went to china, while tens of thousands took to the oceans and made their way to other places in southeast asia, including thailand, malaysia, indonesia and the philippines. they sailed in boats that were hardly seaworthy, and an estimated 25%-50% died at sea. as they were lucky to make it to land, sometimes they were forced back to sea governments, like thailand and malaysia, that refused to accept them and take responsibility. those refugees were fortunate enough to live on and make it to a refugee camp, lived in squalid conditions, very difficult conditions in thailand and elsewhere. and by the middle of 1979, nearly 100,000 vietnamese boat people were in malaysia and hong kong. so far i have only talked about refugees f

compared to vietnam in thailand cambodia is gemstone industry is still in its infancy but in recent times dealers have been coming together in an effort to market the country's precious stones have brought if we have that new technology. building yeah and ability that can sicking on this i think cambodia can recovery all that in mind. but finding precious stones is a matter of luck and many international mining companies aren't willing to make large scale investment based on serendipity so for now the search for gemstones continues to be led by enterprising individuals hoping to strike gold after some of the other business stories making news. samsung has unveiled its new galaxy note smartphone we are still full back some of the i phones market share south korean company is losing more battery life into its latest devices by scrapping the headphone jack something it mocked competitors for doing. it. added us sprinted to strong profit growth in the 2nd quarter running over a half a 1000000000 euros but sales grew less than expected sending its shares down its force by making says its bigge

and why firefighters in thailand's capital bangkok a more busy dealing with snakes than extinguishing actual fire. welcome to do their business asia want to go jones and good to have you with us i'm starting with something of a surprise chinese internet commerce platform alibaba has delayed its listing on the hong kong stock market amidst the ongoing protests there the company a chinese version of amazon is currently listed on wall street and was estimated to raise another $15.00 to $20000000000.00 by issuing out shares in hong kong it's unclear when the listing go occur but insiders see the timing of the withdrawal as crucial some say it could send a signal to the rest of the world on the state of hong kong as a business and.

and why firefighters in thailand's capital bangkok a more busy dealing with snakes than extinguishing actual fire. come to do their business asia want to get jones good to have you with us then starting with something of a surprise chinese internet commerce platform alibaba has delayed its listing on the hong kong stock market amidst the ongoing protests there the company a chinese version of amazon is currently listed on wall street and was estimated to raise another $15.00 to $20000000000.00 by issuing out shares in hong kong it's unclear when the listing growth occur but insiders steve the timing of the withdrawal as crucial some say it could send a signal to the rest of the world on the state of hong kong as a business and financial sector. well for more on that story let's bring in our business correspondent in singapore under your hang andrea what is the region making of a.

i spent another year in thailand doing the survey research. then i went to work for monsanto in hong kong. david: it sounds like you started out with an emphasis on asia. mark: oh, definitely. david: was it that it was that different from the united states? mark: it was totally different. the culture was different. you must remember, in those days, korea was just recovering from the korean war, and thailand, the same thing. the development that took place. the vietnam war was taking place at the time i was living in thailand. i could see what was happening there. this was all new and exciting for me. david: what about the business side of it, and, for that matter, the financial markets side? mark: after leaving monsanto, i decided to stay in hong kong and started my own research firm doing industrial research. i worked in countries like indonesia, thailand, all of southeast asia. researching things like equipment for farms, bulldozers, cars, trucks, all kinds of things. and when i was doing this private research, i had my own research firm, on

this river represents mid cong river which bordered laos and thailand. and you see the airplane, the helicopter, and you see the fascinating juxtaposition of rural life and war. you see these little boxy buildings which could represent either the refugee camps or the military sites where mong troops organized. you see people in a line, all walking, in the same direction, fleeing, perhaps, for safety. so this represents mong experiences during the secret war, and their subsequent migration out of laos to thailand. now, the united states worked with the mong as well as lao people in their fight against communists during the secret war in laos in the 1960s. with the assistance of the cia and the green berets, general venge powell a mong leader and tens of thousands of mong soldiers who he commanded were the front line defense responsible for warding off the communist evacuation until the american evacuation in 1973. the staggering costs of mong sacrifice during this period is really important to know. throughout 13 years of fierce guerrilla warfare, estimat

compared to vietnam in thailand cambodia is gemstone industry is still in its infancy but in recent times dealers have been coming together in an effort to market the country's precious stones abroad if we have that new technology. building yeah and ability that can sicking on this i think cambodia can recovery all in the mind but finding precious stones is a matter of luck and many international mining companies aren't willing to make large scale investment based on serendipity so for now the search for gemstones continues to be led by enterprising individuals hoping to strike gold now after some of the other business stories making news samsung has unveiled its new galaxy note smart for personal colback some of the i phones a lot of south korean company is full battery life into its latest devices by scrapping the headphone jack something it mocks competitors for doing. added us sprinted to strong profit growth in the 2nd quarter running over a half a 1000000000 euros but sales grew less than expected sending its shares down was forced to make it says its biggest problem is overcoming s

and this friday it is still going go compared to vietnam in thailand cambodia is gemstone industry is still in its infancy but in recent times dealers have been coming together in an effort to market the country's precious stones abroad if we have that new technology. yeah and ability that can sicking on this i think cambodia can recovery all that in mind but finding precious stones is a matter of luck and many international mining companies aren't willing to make large scale investment based on serendipity so for now the search for gemstones continues to be led by enterprising individuals hoping to strike gold. outed us as friends it's a strong profit growth in the 2nd quarter sansa grew less than expected and in the i did a share price lower the sportswear maker said its biggest problem is overcoming bottlenecks in its supply chain to meet demand in north america from 3 stripes and more than half a 1000000000 euros between april and june that's an increase of 34 percent or so i did us a long struggling american subsidiary we bought it turn to growth specs revenues to pick up pace in

>> if you think about it, thailand is in a frequent position. we are not at war with anybody. actually a small country, people are looking at it as a good country for investment, a hub for industrial productions, and some people will be moving here to curb the impact further business, whether it is even for living. if you bring in production, you must invest in the residential for the worker also. 20%inda: so you are saying slow down even next year? >> of course there will be a slowdown. haslinda: 30%? 40%? >> you can't really say that. you have to depend on the product itself, the category. we have to sell to the thai. it is a small amount that will be impacting us. but of course, it will impact. i'm not saying it is not. take a look at it this way. as a foreign buyer, maybe it's a good time to buy. the last five years, the high property markets have gone up. people would buy five years ago and make a lot of money. that, lots of money on currency appreciation, almost 10%. actually, they make 10%, plus 20%. they made a lot of money already. of course with risk appetite comes w

the average russian consumes 45 kilograms a year in thailand the average is $51.00 and in cuba 70 kilos germans eat half as much but $35.00 kilos a year are still 100 grams per day the equivalent of 33 sugar cubes that's because sugar is not only found in the obvious sweet stuff but in all kinds of processed food. the world health organization says too much sugar makes you sick it recommends a maximum of 24 grams per day for the average adult. that would be one slice of bread with nutella. or part of a chocolate bar. or maybe a small fruit smoothie. but one can actually stick to such god guns for many it would be really hard what about you all day do stuff breakfast with an orange juice that's 8 cubes of sugar and add in your cult that's 7 cubes what about afternoon delight with a german or a danish that's 15 sugar cubes it's a total of 30 sugar cubes and remember the world health organization recommends only 8. and what about soft drinks. it's. not. nice fizzy soft drinks and other sugar packed beverages statistically germans drink an average 84 liters of them every year young people e

thailand's farmers have been hit hard by the worst drought in a decade the lack of rain has left fields parts to and more than a dozen major reservoirs are almost empty a dire situation but is had an unexpected silver lining because one drought struck reservoir a last buddhist temple has reemerged from the receding water take a look a cultural treasure long hidden on the water the construction of a dam 20 years ago inundated this buddhist temple in thailand province. now after months of drought it's reemerged leaving the memories to flood. back. seeing the temple again is really emotional but. when i was young i always came to meet friends at the elephant sculptures in front of the main building. that place was a landmark for children back that. little the temple is normally covered by water and the rainy season you don't see anything. but the exposed ruins are also a reminder of the harsh reality for local farmers the reservoir which kept the temple under water is at a record low as thailand faces its worst drought in a decade. we. currently have the water level in perceptual as it is

and why firefighters in thailand's capital bangkok a movie scene dealing with snakes than extinguishing actual fire. come to do their business asia want to get jones and good to have you with us i'm starting with something of a surprise chinese internet commerce platform alibaba has delayed its listing on the hong kong stock market amidst the ongoing protests there the company a chinese version of amazon is currently listed on wall street and was estimated to raise another $15.00 to $20000000000.00 by issuing out shares in hong kong it's unclear when the listing growth curve but insiders see the timing of the withdrawal as crucial some say it could send a signal to the rest of the world on the state of hong kong as a business and financial center. well for more on that story let's bring in our business correspondent in singapore under a hangar andrea what is the region making of ali baba's sudden decision to cancel the hong kong listing. i think that asian markets won't direct were not directly hit by this news because i think the general consensus is that people understand why this lan

and they're trying to gain independence from thailand's you know majority just thailand but this is all speculation we don't know who's behind it and maybe we'll never find out who's behind it. and take very much the w.'s for you know she in bangkok. now smaller stories making news around the world today saudi arabia says it will allow women to obtain a passport and travel without approval from a male relative if the reform comes into effect too would be it would further undermine the guardianship system which considers women as equal to children and gives men control over that there have been several recent high profile attempts by saudi women to escape their guardians. medics say at least 4 people have been killed by gunfire in the sudanese city home durham as tens of thousands gathered to protest it's not yet clear who opened fire on monday a paramilitary group was accused of shooting students at a demonstration. and president sharia both sonora has replaced 4 members of a commission investigating disappearances and murders during the country's dictatorship they include the commissio

sophie: it will be a busy day for thailand watchers, around 9:00 a.m. we will get the bank of thailand minutes for its august decision. a surprise rate cut. july exports figures. we will see potentially a 2% drop in shipments, the fifth monthly decline. also on tap, a bond sale for 2035. the thai baht holding onto a two-day gain. one option bandied about is the bank of thailand allowing thais to invest overseas more freely. to china and hong kong, we have a busy day of earnings ahead. geely, among the results do. this is bloomberg. ♪ - my family and i did a fundraiser walk in honor of my dad, willy davis, who has alzheimer's. i decided to make shirts for the walk with custom ink. the shirts were so easy to design on the site. the custom ink team was super helpful and they just came out perfect. seeing my family wearing my shirts was such an amazing reminder of all the love and support that everyone has for my dad. - [narrator] check out our huge selection of custom t-shirts and more, for teams, businesses, and every occasion. you'll even get free ship

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people have been providing support for long-duration bond supports in thailand. again, it has been benefiting from low will be interest rates and a very passive central bank. rishaad: same environment india has. if we look at how much indian bond yields have been falling, you would think they have been cutting rates by 100 basis points. guest: we are expecting this. it will be the fourth rate cut. it is more than the rate hike we saw last year. clearly indian bonds have done very well. we have a recommendation there. india has been benefiting from for the benign inflation. at the moment inflation doesn't look like it will hit the 4% target for rbi. and growth has been disappointing. fiscal flexibility, the ability to use fiscal policy is limited in india. the only -- at the moment we think this will be may the last cut for now. after the rate cut this week they will be data-dependent. having said that i think the market is pricing in a little more rate cut. it is very data dependent. if domestic consumption continues to be weak, i think there is potential risk th

an orphaned sea mammal that became an internet sensation after being rescued in thailand, has died. the rare marine dugong was one of only a few hundred left in the region, and died from complications after swallowing plastic. kate harley reports. she was just a baby when she was rescued, orphaned and stranded on a beach in the south of thailand. rescuers named her marion, meaning lady of the sea. incredible images of the rare dugong went viral after she was seen nestling into marine biologists. she was nursed back to health before being released back into the sea. but last week marion was found sick and exhausted and couldn't be saved. vets conducted an autopsy finding that she died due to an infection after ingesting a great deal of plastic. with pieces as large as 20 centimetres long profound in her stomach. the vets who look after her said they are devastated by the loss of the dugong who had been named the nation's sweetheart. many have taken to social media to mourn the loss and thailand's department of marine and coastal resources said sleep well, little angel. the country's

is chaos on the streets now we as the military have to come in we have to step in and take over now thailand has just had semi democratic elections a few months ago the new government has just been sworn in they're now governing in a coalition of 19 political parties so people some a speculation that the military regime or the former military regime the generals have found out that governing in these kind of more or less democratic structures is actually much more difficult than governing as a military regime now on the other hand having the ozzy on foreign ministers here right now people say it's quite unlikely that the military would choose such a date so as i said there's a lot of speculation and we might never find out who was actually behind these incidents these blasts florian in bangkok thank you very much for that update. not to hong kong where one of the territories best known pop stars is bringing a touch of glamour to the city's ongoing pro-democracy protests cantonese singer denise hill has used to celebrate the status to address the united nations how book is banned on mainland

sure my stomach could handle that well now an old friend to gong who became a viral sensation in thailand this year has died the animal named mariam died from an infection. that was made worse by eating bits of plastic ocean waste there are only a few 100 of the sea mammals that are left in thailand my own became an internet star off the video should have being fed by rescuers when she became stranded on a beach in april. it's much more still ahead we'll have all the latest sports news break a decade long shanks on how the details. of. building a new life on an entirely beach living off the sea and. a dream shed why so many but so few make it a reality. a family business led by a woman with a flair for cooking and desist. island kitchen on al-jazeera. the growing up in the united states i learned that the 1st amendment is really key to being a good thing to freedom of the cold is going to be enough to leave men and women to the resources that are available what makes an al-jazeera story to me is that we just don't tell you what the subject of the story wants to know the government is not

points a bit deeper than expected and it wasn't the only country surprising investors on wednesday thailand central bank unexpectedly lowered rates for the 1st time in 4 years and new zealand cut by 50 basis points to its lowest level ever one percent new zealand is a major trading partner of china where purchases have slowed and a trade war with the u.s. is taking its toll. still the move caught investors off guard sending the new zealand dollar falling 2 percent. south korea's central bank has meanwhile said it stands ready to cut rates if needed. cutting interest rates makes money cheaper to borrow ideally sending more of it circulating through the economy and boosting stagnant markets. but some analysts worry that cutting rates now to curb a slowdown leave central banks too little space to act in the event of a real economic crisis. but nations here want to get ahead of the next recession and they're following the lead of other central banks most notably the federal reserve. looming over everything is that trade war between the u.s. and china a conflict that shows little signs of abatin

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led to the plastic culture intestines causing the infection there are only a few 100 homes left in thailand. in mexico it's becoming increasingly popular as it goes where restaurant and order a place of insects with maybe some guacamole to go with them and traditions being mixed with modern flavors all in the hope of enticing new interest in the environmentally friendly cuisine meanwhile republic reports from mexico city. around the world there's a growing demand for insects as food and why not they're high in protein and have a minimal carbon footprint compared to many other foods. it's worth considering the positive environmental impact we could generate if we all replaced one meal a week within sacks think about it it's a very healthy option. this kitchen in downtown mexico city specializes in edible insects and the restaurant's owner. couldn't be more excited about the growing demand for bugs takes from the mosquitoes they never come off the tree so they have these taste like the beets we really nice. the recipes are dolly hundreds restaurant the house of tacos or a combination of ancie

the bank of thailand was not supposed to move at all, they go 25. the bank of india surprises everyone with a 35 basis point cut in the bank of new zealand sends its edge mark rate down 50 basis points. quite a surprise. let me show you one thing quickly. this is where we were when we went out of the recession. we are way down now. a lot less room for these banks to cut. they may have to do more. if currency wars are heating up, they may have to do more. the kiwi and the australian dollar, the australian dollar on hold. they are at their lowest in years as the currency plunge because banks are coming rates. japan is the only safe haven. what are they going to do about the yen? it will hurt their economy of something doesn't change. they do not have a lot of scope for movement, nor do other central banks because we are way down below where we were. this is where we were going into the last recession and they cut rates sharply. now here is where we are. the fed has the most room, but we are not in recession yet. what is the bank of england, japan, and

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an orphaned sea mammal that became an internet sensation after being rescued in thailand, has died. the rare marine dugong was one of only a few hundred left in the region, and died from complications after swallowing plastic. kate harley reports. she was just she wasjust a she was just a baby when she was rescued, orphaned and stranded on a beachin rescued, orphaned and stranded on a beach in the south of thailand. rescuers named her marion, meaning lady of the sea. incredible images of the rare dugong went viral after she was seen nestling into marine biologists. she was nursed back to health before being released back into the sea. but last week marion was found sick and exhausted and could be saved. that conducted an autopsy finding that she died due to an infection after ingesting a great deal of plastic. with pieces as large as 20 centimetres long profound in situ stomach. the vets who look after her said they are devastated by the loss of the dugong who had been named the nation‘s suite out. many have taken to social media to mourn the loss and thailand‘s department of ma

how does thailand taste it. w. correspondent susan hum and host a link to explore the various flavors of exotic squeezing out our food fusion and fun. i am a challenge for you. september 1st on d w. w news live from berlin europe's top human rights court condemns russia over the death of the anti-fraud campaigner certainly magnitsky the courts had magnets case treatment in prison led to its death in 2009 so what if any will the consequences be for moscow. also coming up brazil's president projects an offer of aid to help fight fires in the alps.

points a bit deeper than expected and it wasn't the only country surprising investors on wednesday thailand's central bank unexpectedly lowered rates for the 1st time in 4 years and new zealand cut by 50 basis points to its lowest level ever one percent new zealand is a major trading partner of china where purchases have slowed and a trade war with the u.s. is taking its toll still the move caught investors off guard sending the new zealand dollar falling 2 percent. south korea's central bank has meanwhile said it stands ready to cut rates if needed. cutting interest rates makes money cheaper to borrow ideally sending more of it circulating through the economy and boosting stagnant markets. but some analysts worry that cutting rates now to curb a slowdown leave central banks too little space to act in the event of a real economic crisis. but nations here want to get ahead of the next recession and they're following the lead of other central banks most notably the federal reserve. looming over everything is that trade war between the u.s. and china a conflict that shows little signs of abating

meet the city for a moment and take a trip to the south pole our check in viewer priyanshu now from thailand took some spectacular footage all over there and he has sent us the video for that and now enjoy the v mail. hyderabad is the quintessential student town it's home to germany's oldest university it's over 630 years old. more than 30000 students are enrolled here.

it's just another day in the life of putting your poop in your one of thailand's fire men turn snake wranglers he catches 800 snakes a year most of them non-venomous. but i'm really impressed with his skills how he can catch a snake that long with this bare hands and fit it in such a small bag that. handling snakes was not what poop in you had in mind when he applied for a job at the city's firehouse. i gave up on that normally you're going to bangkok didn't used to have so many snakes but since we've been neglecting them about the number keeps increasing but how my. last year bangkok firefighters received 37000 reports of home intrusions by snakes they live in underground canals and enter gardens or toilets in search of food. in your deals with the intruders with love he even feeds them to do now he likes how his job description changed as a fireman he had trouble coping with loss now he finds solace in his recent tasks. and that is your business. for me and the team and thanks for giving us company. the temple college. the rhythm of the markets. the momentum of the morning were. yo

quick question on thailand. how attractive is thailand right now? we would still probably think that a lot of that attractiveness is already in the price and we have seen the long and rally more than 150 basis points over the last. question, do we still have enough attractiveness left in that part of the curve is to mark i would still struggle to see it go meaningfully higher. seetill continue to political issues coming up and in that scenario we think it is emblematic and unlikely that we are going to see it in the near future. >> but remains resilient. the em debt portfolio manager, thank you for your insight stop still to come, a pledge to work longer and build higher in singapore -- the prime minister gives his national day speech next. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ this is "bloomberg markets. i'm rishaad salamat. >> i'm haslinda amin. long is shaking things up as he prepares to hand power to a new generation. he gave his annual policy address on sunday. difficult now is -- a time for singapore -- how does he think singapore can fair? >> they are p

we were not expecting to see a cut from thailand. while that might not be a headline story on its own, we have seen the indian central bank cutting, the new zealand central bank cutting by much more than expected. what does this leave you thinking when it comes to the global easing that we are seeing at the moment? this is a trend that is gaining momentum. themos: when it comes to smaller economies, they need to consider a lot more what is going on with respect to the benchmark country's. when it comes to the big economies, they have been setting the tone. shift fromen a huge the fed's stance from this time last year. you have also seen the ecb -- and i think the smaller central banks are basically taking advantage of the opportunity and easing even further to cushion their risk. it is a rational reaction. the main question for the trend, which you rightly point out, is how the fed but takes it from here in terms of the easing. how far, how fast, and so on, and so forth. a the fed disappoints, then lot of the central banks may find t

from thailand. took some spectacular footage over there and he has sent us the video for that and now enjoy the v mail. it's really hard. to. hide a is the quintessential student tell me it's home to germany's oldest university it's over 630 years old. more than 30000 stupid. yes are enrolled here. do you know john b j yeah i'm john is one of them he offered to show me around our 1st stop is the assembly hall it reminds me of a church that you. wouldn't hear of for a long time it was used for teaching but today it's mostly reserved for concerts lectures and ceremonies and it's a place frequently shown off to tourists. like me exactly. the assembly hall is the showpiece of heidelberg university's main building. next vino takes me to the library nearby it houses a priceless treasure the codex monday said. hello and welcome to our historic ground reading room one thing one librarian martin missing shows us the precious book well it's a copy but that means we can touch it and take a closer look. this is

plutonium all over the blast site and the sea, russia is going to have a hard time blaming that on thailand or on crabs for all that much longer. don't worry, though, the same russian nuclear agency rasadam that had five scientists killed in the mysterious blast, the same russian nuclear agency has also now made a big new announcement that we all can see happening, which is that they just set sail into the arctic with this nimble little vessel. it's longer than a football field. it is loaded up with nuclear fuel. russia's very, very proud of it. just this weekend, this was the world's first floating nuclear power plant which russia set sail into the arctic aiming right toward alaska. literally, it is a floating nuclear power plant. what could possibly go wrong? it just left russia this weekend. is heading up through the arctic toward a remote part of russia that is just across the bering strait from alaska. so, that's fine. green peace is calling this vessel the nuclear titanic. russia said in response to green peace that they're a bunch of scare mongers. the russian news agency, which lost

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. >> normally the central banks in thailand, india, are not the big three. that wasn't the case when those three central banks heard around the world as they cut interest rates either unexpectedly in the case of thailand or more than expected in the cases of india and new zealand. that's part of what sent bond yields careening downward taking stocks with them the message to markets, the possibility that we're in the middle of a race to the bottom on rates in fact, president trump as eamon encouraged it today. he said our problem is a federal reserve is too proud to admit their mistake of acting too fast and tightening too much. they must cut rates bigger and faster it would be easier if the fed understood that we're competing against other countries, all of whom want to do well at our expense. whatever their motivation, central banks around the world take a look at this wall from russia to australia to brazil have been cutting rates since april. that's the general direction of interest rates around the world, definitely downward as they are in the expectatio

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>> thailand was 25 basis points. it just goes to show the global slowdown we have been talking about, global pmi, many in contractionary mode, are impacting countries around the globe. new zealand is a big deal because they haven't cut by 50 basis points since the great financial crisis. this is a big deal for them to move in. maria: the more we see cuts coming across the world, the more the u.s. is going to be wanting lowered rates because of the impact on currency. >> we are getting lower rates, getting lower long term rates which they started falling last fall. the fed did to the president, who was tweeting the federal reserve has stopped its quantitative tightening, has stopped the reduction of its balance sheet. number one. and number two, that the president, you can't say the economy is strong and jawbone about cut rates, cut rates, cut rates, cut rates. what is it? the federal reserve cannot fix the problems built on trade policy and the fight with china. that's just a fact. business investment falling in the

the map but we are seeing some very heavy rain across the western part of indonesia as well as into thailand and this has been going on for a few days so the likelihood of flooding is going to be a big problem here in sumatra over the next couple of days singapore a rainy day for you as well at 32 degrees a call of her at 31 it gets a little bit better in terms of the intensity but up here towards thailand the rain continues with bangkok heavy rain most of the day with a temperature of 32 degrees here on saturday well here across the southern part of australia we are watching one weather system push across the bite now that caused a lot of wins for the west as well and so for adelaide today it is going to be a rainy day few and then we're going to be seeing that weather system start to lay out across much of the southeastern part of australia melbourne your temperatures come up to about 15 but rain here for hobart at 13 degrees there we are watching what other fs system coming in off the indian ocean that is going to bring some very windy conditions across perth heavy rain showers as well an

these kind of seasons an orphan baby to gong made famous after it was rescued earlier this year in thailand has died as a mammal suffered shock after eating plastic waste a claw gets intestines accost an infection there's only a few 100 to kongs left and all of thailand. check out the headlines for you now on al-jazeera at least 63 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a wedding reception in kabul the taliban has denied responsibility that the president says the group cannot escape blame for the attack. the angst is a dent in the mothers a crying some people also lost their parents you can see with your own eyes what's happening in our country no one's telling me anything and no one wants to help i'm asking them please just let me see my son ones but they won't let me and my heart's going to explode sitting here what should i do i really don't know. thousands of people in the bangladeshi capital are homeless after a fire swept there was a big out on friday evening and a poor area of deaths have been reported though some people were injured hong kong is bracing for what organizers

plastic that clogged her intestines and caused an infection there are only a few 100 do gongs left in thailand. it might not be a 1st thought for dinner but in mexico ordering a plate of insects is becoming increasingly popular and being mixed with ancient traditions all in the hope of entice ing new interest environmentally friendly cuisine manual appollo reports from mexico city. around the world there's a growing demand for insects as food and why not they're high in protein and have a minimal carbon footprint compared to many other foods but. it's worth considering the positive environmental impact we could generate if we all replaced one meal a week within sacks think about it it's a very healthy option. this kitchen in downtown mexico city specializes in edible insects and the restaurant owner. couldn't be more excited about the growing demand for bugs thinks from the mosquito they never come off the tree so they have these taste like the beets from the really nice. the recipes that alejandro is restaurant the house of tacos or a combination of ancient indigenous tradition and modern mex

the estimates indicate thailand is on course for the weakest annual growth since 2014. risen almost 7% in the last year. reports from kashmir shows thousands of people have been detained during india's crackdown on the disputed region. authorities say 2300 arrests have been made. the area remaining in lockdown and cut off from the outside world. semiautonomous status removed. the trump administration admits recent missile launches by north korea are a concern and says talks to halt the nuclear program have lagged. mike pompeo told cbs things are not moving as fast as washington would like and the test firings are a worry. pyeonyang says it was a test of a new type of weapon in response to u.s. joint military exercises in south korea. an indian spacecraft is entered moon orbit and a mission to study water deposits at the moon's south pole. it reached orbit a month after blastoff. it will circle the moon in tighter rotations until reaching an altitude of 100 kilometers. then the lender will separate an attempt to achieve india's first lunar touchdown and the first ever at

and thailand and there were 40,000 cambodians crossing the border. and that is part of what was happening that month. so i was told to try to take the remnants of the old organization and institute something that worked. i didn't particularly want anything to do with it, but i said that i would be a good soldier. so i went up and read all of the reports, and from the committees on the refugee act. there was one where the secretary for hew, and the discussion between the members and joe califano was don't you think that it would be better to take the state department's domestic resettlement department and take it to hew. so i went back home and looked on my desk of the judiciary report on the house subcommittee on approapriations say that we take the programs and the relief programs and the resettlement, and i realized there is nothing left. so i had another meeting with christopher and ben reed the undersecretary and i said, look, guys, i will do it for a week. i and that one week lasted my entire career. and so it was to get up there quick enough to

hot as it has been an exhibit of rain with extending all the way down into all central areas of the thailand and in fact really quite a long way south in fact it's really just going to borneo so much the money peninsula where we see some dry conditions as we go through the weekend the satellite showing us the most activity is and there it is on suffolk he said it really does extend right the way down into come by asia phenomenal so into those more southern sections of thailand already much change on sunday perhaps more cloud those spinning southwards but not much rain with it as it heads across into borneo we've got both across into india those monsoon rains really very extensive pushing up into the fall northwest we'll see rains across into poland as well for both days the weekend and also quite heavy once again across into myanmar. sponsored town in. the wilderness of cambodia is under threat. for profit by an illegal timber trade one of one east investigates the plunder of cambodia is of course. going out to 0. al jazeera. every. combining asymptotic knowledge. to challenge soviet era met

rate to the bottom, three central banks today cutting their interest rates, new zealand, india and thailand you may not care about those markets, but this could signal the beginning of what could be a global easing cycle among our central bank, the ecb, the bank of china, who knows. a lot of rate cuts taking place around the world >>> in the asian markets, the hang seng -- look at that. it rose 0.08%. so why am i highlighting it? that little gain broke a ten-day losing streak. the hang seng had been down ten days in a row coming into today. that was the longest losing streak since 1984. the nikkei and shanghai fell fractionally in europe, a bit of a rebound. more grown on the screen with the dax and the cac up 1%. the biggest story outside of stocks and the trade fight is oil. the continued collapse of oil and gas stocks oil falling again yesterday. oil both here and overseas deeply in bear markets that's slammed oil and oil stocks one of the biggest etfs in the group is the xop the xop is down 12% in a week. it's down more than 48% in a year the average return of a stock on a company opera

carter, rosalynn carter visited cambodia and vietnamese resettlement refugee camps in thailand in november 1979 as you all know, the refugee act of 1980 was passed unanimously by the senate in late 1979 and signed by president carter and march 1980. let's reflect on that for a minute. every single senator voted for this act that sprang from a sense of compassion and responsibility. the refugees from 17,400 to 50,000 literally tripling the number of refugees allowed to enter the u.s. each year and this of course reflected primarily the immediate need to address the conditions of the indochinese refugees. but, perhaps what was most significant for the long run, was that the act adopted the un definition of refugee as a person with a well-founded fear of persecution, a standard established by un conventions and protocols. the law also founded a new office of the u.s. quarter for refugee affairs in the office of refugee resettlement and built on already existing public/private partnerships that helped and still help today the refugees settle and adjust to life in their new country. >> this is