Here in the UK, one look at Captain Tsubasa will instantly evoke nostalgic memories of the arcade classic Super Sidekicks. But the game is already an established hit series in Asia. This is the first release for 10 years, though, and it’s going global. |
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Spain said Tuesday it will call in the army to try to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as parts of Europe and Asia battle new surges, while data from the UN health agency suggested the pace of transmission was easing in many parts of the world. Governments have been ramping up efforts to.... |
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Aberdeen Standard Investments has launched an impact fund focused on Asia Pacific companies. The Aberdeen Standard Sicav I – Asian Sustainable Development Equity fund will invest in a portfolio of 30-60 high-conviction stocks, according to a media statement. |
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Publicus Asia Inc.’s 2020 Pahayag SONA Survey. MANILA Many Filipinos have expressed satisfaction with the resolve of President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration to address several pressing issues that the country is facing, according to a poll by Publicus Asia Inc. |
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Business DW Business - Europe & Asia. Ant Group aims for biggest IPO this year - Hauliers fear new EU laws could hurt their business - Argentines protest Chinese pork investment. |
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Asia Malaysia reports 6 new COVID-19 cases, including one imported case from Singapore.
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask crosses a street in front of Petronas Twin Towers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia August 11, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng. |
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The global plant-based meat market size is expected to grow at a CAGR of over 18% during the period 2019−2025. Key Highlights Offered in the Report: 1. Asia is expected to become of the most lucrative market for plant-based pork and accounted for over 15% of the market, where the African Swine Fever has reported to disrupt the pork supply. |
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. Producers have shut more than 1.5m bpd of Gulf coast offshore oil production
LONDON : Crude oil prices rose on Tuesday, supported by production cuts in the US Gulf coast as tropical storm Laura was forecast to become a major hurricane, while rising coronavirus cases in Asia and Europe capped gains. |
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Paul Staniland, a political scientist at the University of Chicago and author of the forthcoming book, Armed Politics: Violence, Order, and the State in South Asia talks to Aditi Phadnis about the US policy in South Asia after the November election. Edited excerpts: If the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris.... |
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The WCO Asia/Pacific Security Project has adapted its training approach to successfully deliver four national Passenger Controls training courses to WCO Member Customs administrations in the Asia/Pacific region. The Government of Japan provided financial support for the training, which was.... |
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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President Director of PT Bank Central Asia Tbk Jahja Setiaadmadja gave an explanation about Indonesias economic condition which is currently worsening due to Covid-19. Jahja presented this in a seminar that ISEI broadcast via Youtube, Wednesday (26/8/2020). |
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Asia Schools in South Korean Capital Go Back Online as COVID-19 Cases Surge
Cho Hee-yeon, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education superintendent, checks the temperatures of students entering Kyungbock High School in Seoul, South Korea on May 20, 2020. / Getty / Kyodo.
By Kyodo News 26 August 2020. |
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1 of 4 A worker disinfects as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Goyang, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. South Korea is closing schools and switching back to remote learning in the greater capital area as the country counted its 12th straight day of triple-digit daily increases in coronavirus cases. |
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Covid-19 continues to fill the news, while the horrors inflicted by pandemic panic are largely ignored. Perhaps nowhere is this truer than with America’s largest former territory and Asia’s first democracy, the Philippines. There President Rodrigo Duterte has declared martial law in all but name and.... |
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The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), yesterday, declared that chloroquine prevents the dreaded coronavirus. Its Director General, Prof. Christianah Mojisola Adeyeye, during an online interactive session with journalists said: “We realise that chloroquine can be.... |
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Southeast Asia’s canneries have improved in their sourcing of traceable and sustainably fished tuna, but need to urgently eliminate forced labour at sea, said environmental advocacy group Greenpeace, which has called for verifiable time-bound commitments from the industry. |
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Thailand's economic fundamentals and fiscal position remain strong, the finance minister said on Wednesday, despite the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic on the tourism-reliant country.
Southeast Asia's second-largest economy shrank 12.2% in the second quarter from a year earlier, the sharpest drop since the 1998 Asian financial crisis. |
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Whitehaven Coal has had a 95 per cent fall in full-year profit due to lower coal prices but management is adamant there is strong demand for its supplies in Asia. Whitehaven’s net profit after tax dipped to $30.0 million after coal prices slipped due to ongoing US-China trade disputes and declined further as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. |
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Stocks in Asia Pacific were lower in Wednesday afternoon trade as major indexes on Wall Street notched new records yet again overnight. Mainland Chinese stocks fell by the afternoon, with the
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 was 0.18% lower while the Topix index shed 0.21%. South Korea's
hovered above the flatline. |
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[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Kim Hee-joon = East Asia Super League (EASL) said on the 20th, “The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has agreed to support and endorse EASL to hold annual league competitions for the best professional basketball teams in East Asia for the next 10 years. “He said. |
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SEOUL, South Korea Health officials in South Korea ordered thousands of striking doctors to return to work as the country counted its 13th straight day of triple-digit jumps in coronavirus cases. Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said those who refuse could have their licenses suspended or revoked, or even face a prison term of less than three years. |
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NEW DELHI: India, one of the eight members of the principal Eurasian plurilateral Shanghai Cooperation Organisation , is quietly nudging the group to adopt English as a working language for the group’s meetings and documents. The request has been put forward by India during the course of various meetings conducted by SCO, it has been learnt. |
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For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good — or great — economic news. The nation’s consistent growth as an exporter, propelled by Communist leaders who began embracing market-oriented policies in the late 1980s, pushed many into the middle class. The coronavirus pandemic changed all that. |
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BENGALURU, India – On June 9, an Indian health education minister posted an infographic on Twitter showing COVID-19 infections and deaths in the city of Bengaluru were running about half the rate in New Zealand, a country acclaimed globally for reining in the disease. |
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From China to Malaysia, the region’s obesity rate continues to climb due to rising incomes and urbanisation; Experts urge governments to make weight loss surgeries and aftercare more affordable as obese people are more likely to become severely ill with the virus. |
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