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'I feel empty': Cambodians on canal route await fate
'I feel empty': Cambodians on canal route await fate
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Food stand owner Dem Mech wells up as he sits in the yard of the home he will lose if Cambodia proceeds with a massive new canal running from the Mekong river to the sea. The waterway will run 180 kilometres (110 miles) from the Mekong to the Gulf of Thailand, travelling part of the way along the Bassac river.

Asian markets drop with Wall St as Biden sparks fresh chip fears
Asian markets drop with Wall St as Biden sparks fresh chip fears
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Asian markets sank with Wall Street on Thursday after a warning from the White House that it would target firms supplying China with key semiconductor technology, and Donald Trump's comments on crucial chip supplier Taiwan. Meanwhile, Trump's comments that Taiwan -- home of the key chip-maker TSMC and other major producers -- should pay the US for its defence caused some geopolitical unease.

Cambodia looks to 'breathe' with controversial new canal
Cambodia looks to 'breathe' with controversial new canal
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Dust covers everything in Lim Tong Eng's yard, thrown up by excavators toiling next door to enlarge a channel that Cambodia's government hopes will soon be a major shipping canal. That is contested by some experts, who note the channel outside Eng's house links directly to the Mekong mainstream, and that Cambodian officials increasingly tout the canal's irrigation benefits.