The boss of carmaker Rolls-Royce has said global demand for luxury vehicles is rebounding despite the pandemic. Boss Torsten Müller-Ötvös told the BBC that markets in Asia, Europe and the US were now "more or less back to normal". Müller-Ötvös was speaking at the launch of the new Rolls-Royce Ghost,.... |
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THE Asian Development Bank (ADB) said taxing the digital economy and carbon emissions hold the potential for funding a sustainable recovery. In a forum Monday, ADB President Masatsugu Asakawa outlined four revenue-boosting measures that will help countries fund their bounce back plans focused on green, sustainable and inclusive initiatives. |
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US private equity giants TPG Capital and KKR, as PropertyGuru's largest shareholders, have pumped an additional S$300 million into the South-east Asia-focused property technology firm. The fresh injection, raised from two recent rounds of new funding, will accelerate PropertyGuru's growth strategy.... |
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India reported the most new Covid-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 per cent, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. “South-East Asia has reported the largest week-on-week increase, largely due to increased case detections in India,” the WHO said. |
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India reported the most new Covid-19 cases of any country in the past week, its nearly half a million fresh infections pushing the global tally up by 1 per cent, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday. “South-East Asia has reported the largest week-on-week increase, largely due to increased case detections in India,” the WHO said. |
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SYDNEY Asian share markets turned mixed on Monday as U.S. lawmakers struggled to hammer out a new stimulus plan amid a global surge of new coronavirus cases, though a squeeze on crowded short positions left the dollar clinging to a tentative bounce. Sentiment was helped by a survey showing China’s.... |
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HONG KONG Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bureau Veritas, a global leader in testing, inspection and certification, has announced that its laboratory in Malaysia has expanded and moved to a modernized premise in Iskandar Puteri Johor, Malaysia to cater for the company's growth and increasing testing demands in the Southeast Asia region. |
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TAIPEI ( THE CHINA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A recent amendment proposed by Taiwan's Executive Yuan lowered the legal age of majority to 18, allowing youth to vote and get married at an earlier age. The change, which required alterations made to 38 laws and affected at least 18 different government.... |
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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - China-Australia ties now are regrettably in their lowest ebbs for years, but it seems all Australia's government of Prime Minister Scott Morrison can do is to put the blame on China and continue to take measures that will deal yet another heavy blow to.... |
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At a time when the number of Covid-19 infections are spreading thick and fast, and many countries in Europe and Asia are showing signs of a second wave, the news of US drug regulator considering to give emergency authorisation to a Covid-19 vaccine offers some reassurance. |
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Credit: Rachel Schutte. Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world. It is especially common in Asia, where hunger concerns are prevalent. Rice is classified as an annual plant, which means it completes its life cycle within one growing season then dies. |
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HONG KONG, Sept 2, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Hong Kong stocks rose at the start of trade Wednesday morning following yet another record on Wall Street and in line with broad gains across Asia. The Hang Sang Index added 0.22 percent, or 55.01 points, to 25,239.86. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index gained 0. |
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“Whatever body armor you can find, we need that,” Monson said. “Whatever you can protect yourself with, we need that. Right now is a time of either life or death.” For months, as protests by Black Lives Matter and other groups have erupted across the country, the persistent confrontations have been.... |
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Regional market sentiment was lifted by better-than-expected economic data overnight. The U.S. Commerce Department said construction spending in the U.S. edged higher in July, breaking a string of losses due to disruptions caused by the pandemic.
“A positive tone had been assumed by Asia markets,.... |
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© Provided by Associated Press A man wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the new coronavirus takes a pictures in Tokyo, 2020. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara) MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hot spot Victoria state on Wednesday extended its state of emergency for another six months.... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australia’s hot spot Victoria state on Wednesday extended its state of emergency for another six months as its weekly average of new coronavirus infections dipped. The Victorian Parliament’s upper chamber passed legislation by a 20-19 vote to extend the state of emergency,.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after another U.S. rally spurred by positive economic data, even while the coronavirus pandemic has regions around the world battling recessions. Benchmarks rose in Tokyo and Sydney but fell in Hong Kong and Shanghai. |
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HONG KONG , Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- At the International Telecommunication Union SG16 (ITU-T SG16) held from 22nd June to 3rd July 2020, the "Mobile Device Computing Photography System Reference Architecture" proposal submitted by TRANSSION Holdings (TECNO'S parent company) was successfully approved. |
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and ROTTERDAM, Netherlands and SHANGHAI Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Harbour BioMed (HBM), a global, clinical-stage, innovative biopharmaceutical company, presented its newly discovered novel anti-human CCR8 mAbs (HBM1022) at the 16 th PEGS Boston Summit. |
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SEOUL, South Korea Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Pearl Abyss is excited to announce that for the first time, a new class has been updated simultaneously in both Black Desert SEA and Black Desert Mobile . Adventurers can now meet the new Hashashin class and claim various special rewards on both PC and mobile. |
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Vine Leaves Press Announces $10,000 Third-Party Social Media Contest for Poetry Readers.
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Sept. 29 Launch of 'A Plan in Case of Morning' by Phill Provance. MELBOURNE, Australia Sept. |
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Bitdefender Enhances MDR Service to Increase Proactive Protection and Advanced Detection.
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Psst! We are giving away movie passes here! https://t.me/asiaonecom 91 percent currently experience significant struggles modifying their existing rules-based anti-money laundering (AML) compliance system.
JAKARTA, Indonesia Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: 95 percent of Indonesian banks believe AI will stop more money laundering. |
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BANGKOK Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Selic Corp Public Company Limited, the leading adhesive solution provider in Thailand , has received the title of " Asia's Leading SMEs" at Asia Corporate Excellence & Sustainability Awards (ACES) 2020, Asia's Most Prestigious Leadership & Sustainability Award organized by MORS Group. |
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SINGAPORE , Sept. 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Flow, the pioneering credit management company that is transforming the non-performing consumer loans (NPL) market in the APAC region through ethical, AI-powered collection strategies and systems, announced today that it has raised a round of debt capital.... |
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