Thailand's economy saw its biggest annual contraction in 22 years and a record quarterly fall in the April-June period, as the coronavirus pandemic and restriction measures hit tourism, exports and domestic activity, prompting an outlook downgrade.
Southeast Asia's second-largest economy, which is heavily reliant on tourism and exports, shrank 12. |
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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s vision is to make Sri Lanka South Asia’s economic hub, said Highways Minister Johnston Fernando, in Kurunegala yesterday. He said Sri Lanka was the first nation in South Asia to hold elections amid the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic. At this election, the UNP was reduced to one seat. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets, led by China, are mostly higher on Monday despite the lackluster cues from Wall Street Friday, as news that China's central bank has injected liquidity into the financial system bolstered sentiment. Nevertheless, investors remained cautious amid worries about rising U. |
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MANILA/KUALA LUMPUR (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A mutated strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus believed to be more infectious than the original variant of the coronavirus that causes Covid-19 has been detected in the Philippines. |
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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The Xinfadi wholesale market, the source of the latest novel coronavirus infections in Beijing , reopened on Saturday (August 15) after the city authorities effectively controlled the new outbreak in less than two months. |
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— Japan's top automaker Toyota is seeing more cases among employees as coronavirus infections climb in Japan, partly because of a gradual increase in testing. Toyota Motor Corp. said Monday 20 employees were confirmed with COVID-19 so far, seven of them this month. The first cases were reported in March. |
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(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets, led by China, are mostly higher on Monday despite the lackluster cues from Wall Street Friday, as news that China's central bank has injected liquidity into the financial system bolstered sentiment. Nevertheless, investors remained cautious amid worries about rising U. |
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SINGAPORE , Aug. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated ( TYO: 4704 ), the leader in cloud security, today announced that its XDR suite is officially available in Asia Pacific Middle East , and Africa (AMEA). Trend Micro has chosen Singapore , its AMEA headquarters, as the location for.... |
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BEIJING (AP) — Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. Investors in Asia looked ahead to central bank meetings this week in China, Indonesia and the.... |
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CANBERRA, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- Australia's lucrative international education is set to get a boost with the impending arrival of hundreds of students from Asia. Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Simon Birmingham said on Sunday that 300 students will arrive in South Australia (SA) as part of.... |
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* Q2 GDP -12.2% y/y vs -13.3% in Reuters poll. * Planning agency cuts GDP, exports outlook for 2020. * Sees GDP shrinking 7.3%-7.8% in 2020. * Expects exports to fall 10% this year (Adds detail, analysts' comments) BANGKOK, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Thailand's economy saw its biggest annual contraction in.... |
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(Adds comments from Baring and Nichiigakkan, Baring and Bain's offers, background on Bain's offer, Nichiigakkan share movement) TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Hong Kong-based buyout firm Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) on Monday said it has made a counter offer for Japanese nursing home operator.... |
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At that moment, Yuni became one of tens of thousands of women caught up in 's punitive drug wars An overlooked consequence of Asia 's drug wars is the they have had on women. , jails in and Asia hold the world's biggest proportions of female prisoners.
(AP) — Japan’s economy shrank at annual rate of 27. |
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Japan's Nikkei dipped 0.6% after touching a six-month peak on Friday, as the country suffered its biggest economic contraction on record in the second quarter. E-Mini futures for the S&P 500 firmed 0.39% to be just below the record close of 3,386.15. The U.S. |
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A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. |
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BEIJING Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. Investors in Asia looked ahead to central bank meetings this week in China, Indonesia and the Philippines, with few other market-moving events in sight. |
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BEIJING – Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. Investors in Asia looked ahead to central bank meetings this week in China, Indonesia and the Philippines, with few other market-moving events in sight. |
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The risk-sensitive Australian dollar inched up to a three-session high of $0.7194, but also remained contained in the channel it has traded in for a week. Other Asian currencies, such as the won and rupiah edged lower, while the kiwi remained weighted at $0.6534 by last week's dovish language from the central bank. |
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Iran Press TV. Sunday, 16 August 2020 2:42 PM. The United States is reportedly seeking to mobilize support from its Asian allies to deploy medium-range missiles in their countries to counter what it calls the "immediate threat" of China's nuclear arsenal. |
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12:26 GMT 16.08.2020. No longer bound by the INF Treaty with Russia, which it unilaterally quit last year, Washington is seeking to up its deterrence game against Beijing, with little success so far. The United States is considering the deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Asian countries,.... |
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BEIJING (AP) — Japanese stocks have sunk while other Asian markets gained after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. Investors in Asia looked ahead to central bank meetings this week in China, Indonesia and the.... |
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Investors in Asia looked ahead to central bank meetings this week in China, Indonesia and the Philippines, with few other market-moving events in sight. The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo fell 0.6% to 23,145.28 after the data showed the world's third-largest economy shrank 27.8% from a year earlier in the three months ending in June. |
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BEIJING Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. Investors in Asia looked ahead to central bank meetings this week in China, Indonesia and the Philippines, with few other market-moving events in sight. |
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Event held to watch noodles go down a long water slide, but no noodle eating allowed
Event held to watch noodles go down a long water slide, but no noodle eating allowed
Ain’t no noodle party like a Shimane noodle party. |
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Asian shares firmed toward recent peaks on Monday as Chinese markets swung higher, while investors waited to see if the recent sell-off in longer-dated US Treasuries would extend and maybe take some pressure off the beleaguered dollar. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan gained 0. |
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