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By Chayut Setboonsarng BANGKOK (Reuters) – Asian tourists are only expected to resume international travel at pre-pandemic levels gradually, by 2024, the new chief executive of online travel agency Agoda said late on Monday. The Asia-focused company expects tourists from Asian countries, excluding China, will take about six months after respective COVID-19 restrictions are lifted …

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By Chen Aizhu SINGAPORE (Reuters) -China’s crude oil imports from Russia in August surged 28% from a year earlier, official data showed on Tuesday, but it handed back its top supplier ranking to Saudi Arabia for the first time in four months. Imports of Russian oil, including supplies pumped via the East Siberia Pacific Ocean …

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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese land prices rose in the 12 months to July 1 for the first time since before the pandemic, thanks to easing of measures to control COVID-19, an annual land ministry survey showed on Tuesday. The data highlighted continued harm that border controls are inflicting on Japan’s tourism industry, …

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By Fransiska Nangoy NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – For more than 1,200 people gathered at a hotel in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali this week the message was clear: coal is here to stay. After two years of pandemic disruptions, Asia’s top coal industry event Coaltrans is back in Bali with a turnout that some …

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(Reuters) -Apple Inc said on Tuesday it will raise prices of apps and in-app purchases on its App Store from next month in all of the euro zone and some countries in Asia and South America. The new prices, excluding auto-renewable subscriptions, will be effective as early as Oct. 5, Apple said in a blog …

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By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Apple Inc’s new iPhone 14 base model looks similar to its predecessor but is redesigned on the inside, making it much easier to repair cracks in the back glass, repair firm iFixit said in blog post Monday. Glass backs returned to iPhones in 2017, but the way they were attached …

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MILAN/HANOVER (Reuters) -Italy’s Iveco showcased on Monday a prototype of the hydrogen powered eDaily large van it has developed with Hyundai Motor, the first tangible outcome of a wider partnership between the two manufacturers. Iveco and South Korea’s Hyundai Motor in March signed a preliminary deal to explore cooperating on shared vehicle technology, joint sourcing …

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