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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has slammed the normalisation agreement concluded between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, describing it as a “step backward”. In remarks to This Week in Asia newspaper, Mohamad said: “The agreement will divide the Islamic world into warring.... |
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In some of the most dense cities around the world, it’s becoming an increasing challenge to find a comfortable space to live- and similar for when you die, too. It’s estimated that 55 million people pass away each year, and for every one living person today, there are 15 times the number of deceased. |
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But the new infections reported Friday were from practically all of South Korea’s major cities, including Busan, Gwangju, Daejeon, Sejong and Daegu, the southeastern city that was the epicenter of a massive outbreak in late February and March. The newest figures reported by South Korea’s Centers for.... |
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Two attempts to get a repatriation process going, in 2018 and 2019, failed as the refugees refused to go back to Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are denied citizenship and considered outsiders, fearing violence. Some take the dangerous option of travelling with people-smugglers by boat to Southeast Asia. |
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Asia Pacific stocks rose in Friday afternoon trade following the release of mixed U.S. economic data overnight. The U.S. Labor Department said Thursday that initial weekly jobless claims stateside came in above 1 million. That was higher than a Dow Jones estimate of 923,000. |
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Take Indonesia, where the difference between yields on two-year and 10-year securities is the widest in almost a decade, the starkest indication in the region that markets have been pricing in the longer-term ramifications of a surge in government spending. The trend is similar in Thailand and Malaysia. |
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By Drake Long 2020-08-20 -- A rare sighting by Radio Free Asia of a Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine, captured in a satellite image at the entrance of an underground base, hints at how China can marshal considerable undersea power on the doorstep of the disputed South China Sea. Satellite imagery from Aug. |
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Two attempts to get a repatriation process going, in 2018 and 2019, failed as the refugees refused to go back to Buddhist-majority Myanmar, where they are denied citizenship and considered outsiders, fearing violence. Some take the dangerous option of travelling with people-smugglers by boat to Southeast Asia. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were higher Friday on hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine, although worries remained about long-term economic damage from the pandemic. The rise in regional benchmarks echoed the gains on Wall Street, which were led by big technology companies that are benefiting from people staying home during the outbreak. |
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SINGAPORE (THE BUSINESS TIMES) - OCBC Bank has provided a green loan of 115 billion South Korean won (S$132.6 million) to M&G Real Estate Asia to refinance an investment in Northgate, a green building in Seoul's central business district, with the bank as the sole lender and green adviser. |
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KOTA TINGGI (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has detained a Singapore-registered tanker ship for illegally anchoring in Tanjung Siang in the east coast of Johor, the agency said on Friday (Aug 21). MMEA Tanjung Sedili maritime zone director Capt Mohd.... |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea added its most new virus cases in months on Friday, driven by a surge around the capital that appears to be spreading nationwide. The 324 new infections was its highest single day total since early March and the eighth consecutive triple-digit daily increase. |
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Asian stock are mostly higher on Friday following the tech-driven rally overnight on Wall Street and on news that China and the U.S. have agreed to hold new trade talks in the coming days. Encouraging news on the vaccine front also lifted investor sentiment. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea added its most new virus cases in months on Friday, driven by a surge around the capital that appears to be spreading nationwide. The 324 new infections was its highest single day total since early March and the eighth consecutive triple-digit daily increase. |
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21.08.2020 - 05:22 Uhr Secretariat expands its Economic Damages & Valuation Practice To Asia with the addition of Managing Directors Chaitanya Arora and Jonathan Ellis in Singapore. |
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(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Friday following the tech-driven rally overnight on Wall Street and on news that China and the U.S. have agreed to hold new trade talks in the coming days. Encouraging news on the coronavirus vaccine front also lifted investor sentiment. |
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Hanoi (VNA) - HDBank has recently obtained the "Best Domestic Retail Bank" award by Asian Banking & Finance magazine, for the second consecutive year, for its impressive performance in the retail segment with modern products and services meeting the diverse needs of millions of local and foreign clients. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Friday following the tech-driven rally overnight on Wall Street and on news that China and the U.S. have agreed to hold new trade talks in the coming days. Encouraging news on the coronavirus vaccine front also lifted investor sentiment. |
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SINGAPORE Aug. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Secretariat announced the establishment of a new Economic Damages & Valuation practice focused on Asia with the addition of Singapore -based experts Chaitanya Arora and Jonathan Ellis . With their arrival, the firm continues to expand the range of services it delivers for clients across the region. |
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India is the worst-hit country in Asia, and third behind the US and Brazil in terms of total cases of the coronavirus.
India hurtled toward the 3 million mark for coronavirus cases on Friday, reporting 68,898 new infections in the last 24 hours, data from the federal health ministry showed. The total number of cases in the country now stands at 2. |
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Asia's stock markets bounced on Friday following Wall Street's lead, but were set for their softest week in about a month as investors grapple with tepid economic data and lofty valuations after a huge rally that has wiped out coronavirus losses. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0. |
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Health authorities had managed to contain the virus in the Daegu region by April, ramping up tests and extensively using cellphone location data, credit-card records and security camera footage to trace and isolate contacts, which allowed the country to weather the outbreak without placing meaningful restrictions on its economy. |
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Tokyo, Aug.13 (BNA): Asian shares were higher Friday on hopes for development of a coronavirus vaccine, although worries remained about long-term economic damage from the pandemic, said AP. The rise in regional benchmarks echoed the gains on Wall Street, which were led by big technology companies.... |
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TIERRA DEL MAR, Ore. (AP) — Facebook's effort to build a landing site in a village on the Oregon coast for a fiber optic cable linking Asia and North America has run into serious trouble. First, a drill pipe snapped under the seabed. Workers left 1,100 feet of pipe, 6,500 gallons of drilling fluid,.... |
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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - South Korea added its most new virus cases in months on Friday, driven by a surge around the capital that appears to be spreading nationwide. The 324 new infections was its highest single day total since early March and the eighth consecutive triple-digit daily increase. |
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