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Cambodian PM threatens to block Facebook access
Cambodian PM threatens to block Facebook access
by  AFP

Prime Minister Hun Sen said Friday he could block access to Facebook in Cambodia, after the company said it would remove a video in which he threatened to beat up political opponents.

Markets swing as US data is tempered by rate hike worries
Markets swing as US data is tempered by rate hike worries
by  AFP

Asian markets fluctuated Friday as more forecast-beating data reinforced the US economy's resilience despite surging interest rates but piled further pressure on the Federal Reserve to keep hiking to tame inflation. "Rate hiking works on a lagging basis.

As prices soar, Japan returns to human waste fertiliser
As prices soar, Japan returns to human waste fertiliser
by  AFP

It's cheap, recycled, and has centuries of tradition: "shimogoe" or "fertiliser from a person's bottom" is finding new favour in Japan as Ukraine's war hikes the price of chemical alternatives. He started using shimogoe last year, "because I wanted to cut costs, and for the social good" of recycling waste.

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