MEANING OF MYAWADDY Last October, three rebel groups, including the powerful Arakan Army (AA), led Operation 1027, a major offensive that saw the resistance take wide swathes of military-controlled areas along the border with China. “After 1027, we saw the AA in Arakan starting to push. When the AA eased,…
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Hand counting the paper votes is only the start of an arduous electoral process. Once the parliament’s 50 members are finally elected, they will begin bartering with each other behind closed doors to cobble together a ruling coalition. Only once the dust has settled from this will a prime minister emerge. Incumbent prime minister Manasseh Sogavare is among China’s most prominent champions in the region, while his main challengers view Beijing’s growing influence with a…
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August will see the Perseids peak over Singapore between Aug 12 and Aug 13, according to the Time and Date website. It is known for being one of the brighter annual showers, SCOB said in a previous statement, and gets its name as it comes from the same direction as the…
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COPENHAGEN: Half of Denmark’s Old Stock Exchange was completely burnt out with only outer walls remaining after flames had engulfed the building and caused the roof to collapse in Tuesday’s (Apr 16) devastating fire, Danish officials said on Wednesday. The blaze that ripped through the 400-year-old landmark building, toppling its…
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AMSTERDAM : ASML, the biggest supplier of equipment to computer chip makers, said on Wednesday said it has shipped one of its newest “High NA” EUV lithography systems to a second customer.ASML, which shipped one High NA tool to Intel in December-January, did not identify the second customer. Potential customers…
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Yuxin Sun, a psychologist in Seattle, sees a lot of clients at her group practice who insist they aren’t perfectionists. “‘Oh, I’m not perfect. I’m far from perfect,’” they tell her. But perfectionism isn’t about being the best at any given pursuit, Dr Sun said, “it’s the feeling of never…
