LONDON (Reuters) - Aviva shares soared to five-month highs on Thursday after the British life, motor and home insurer’s new chief executive Amanda Blanc said it would reduce its focus on Asia and Europe in a strategy shift welcomed by analysts.
Blanc took over last month to become the insurance.... |
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The World Health Organization on Thursday urged the member nations of its southeast Asia region to maintain essential health services and accelerate resumption of healthcare facilities hit by the pandemic as an integral part of the COVID-19 response. The pandemic has put immense strain on health systems across the South-East Asia Region. |
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Stocks were mixed in Europe and Asia on Thursday as investors watched to see if lawmakers will come ahead with fresh stimulus for a U.S. economy struggling with shutdowns as new coronavirus outbreaks flare. Germany’s DAX gained 0.5 per cent to 12,727.71 while the CAC 40 in Paris slipped 0.2 per cent to 4,924. |
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Shay Attias. The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has ushered in a new age of global diplomacy. Asian countries are trying, with some success, to turn the global health crisis into an opportunity to enhance their soft power and fill the diplomatic vacuum left by President Trump. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Southeast Asia will be home to 310 million digital consumers by the end of this year, reaching a number previously forecast for 2025, as physical distancing measures imposed during the coronavirus pandemic accelerate the shift toward online spending, according to the latest annual Facebook Inc. |
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Global Coronavirus pandemic has impacted all industries across the globe, Food Belts market being no exception. As Global economy heads towards major recession post 2009 crisis, Cognitive Market Research has published a recent study which meticulously studies impact of this crisis on Global Food.... |
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Southeast Asia is a major hub in the multi-billion dollar global wildlife trade. (AP pic) YANGON: An ad showing a civet cat cowering in a cage being offered for sale on Facebook was just one of hundreds that the social media giant has removed in a crackdown on Southeast Asia’s illegal wildlife trade during recent weeks. |
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By Thu Thu Aung. YANGON (Reuters) - An ad showing a civet cat cowering in a cage being offered for sale on Facebook was just one of hundreds that the social media giant has removed in a crackdown on Southeast Asia's illegal wildlife trade during recent weeks. "Not too wild, not too-well behaved. If interested, call. |
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With the opening of the Anti-Corruption Commission Office Building which meets the standard of other ASEAN-member of the South East Asia Parties against Corruption, the Union Government has taken further step to speed up the fighting against the corruption. |
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People wearing face masks walk in front of a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020. Major Asian stock markets declined Wednesday amid investor concern about U.S. stimulus spending and a trade agreement with Beijing. |
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— The leader of Australia’s hot spot Victoria urged residents not to panic-buy as he announced reductions in meat productions. The state capital Melbourne began its first full day of tough lockdown restrictions on Thursday as Victoria posted 471 new virus infections and eight deaths. |
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Indonesia plans to give cash transfers to 13.8 million workers at a cost of around $2.15 billion under its stimulus package to prop up household consumption in Southeast Asia's biggest economy during the pandemic, officials said.
Indonesia reported on Wednesday gross domestic product contracted 5. |
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Some people are buzzing with fear over a possible encounter with Asian giant hornets, but B.C.'s top bee expert says fatalities are rare and there are ways to avoid a confrontation in the first place. Since the first sighting of the species — sometimes called murder hornets — in Nanaimo on Vancouver.... |
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TOKYO A governor in central Japan announced a state of emergency Thursday due to rising virus cases and asked businesses and people to curb their activities, especially during an upcoming holiday. Aichi prefecture has been seeing more than 100 new infections reported daily since mid-July after an extended period of zero new daily cases. |
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— The leader of Australia’s hot spot Victoria urged residents not to panic-buy as he announced reductions in meat productions. The state capital Melbourne began its first full day of tough lockdown restrictions on Thursday as Victoria posted 471 new virus infections and eight deaths. |
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— The leader of Australia’s hot spot Victoria urged residents not to panic-buy as he announced reductions in meat productions. The state capital Melbourne began its first full day of tough lockdown restrictions on Thursday as Victoria posted 471 new virus infections and eight deaths. |
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While Thailand’s borders are still closed to all but a very few foreign visitors, there are outbound flights to some destinations, but the Covid-19 crisis means that entry requirements are fluid and often unpredictable; Singapore will require some returning residents who self-quarantine to use an.... |
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Kuala Lumpur/Dhaka/Geneva, 6 August 2020 Monsoon floods are robbing millions of people of their homes and livelihoods, with mounting risk of more deadly disease outbreaks when health resources are stretched to breaking point by COVID-19. So far almost 17. |
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ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands Aug. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- It was two years ago in July that Bank of Asia officially launched in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) after being granted th e b anking licence by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commissio n. |
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Global Coronavirus pandemic has impacted all industries across the globe, Power Sprayer market being no exception. As Global economy heads towards major recession post 2009 crisis, Cognitive Market Research has published a recent study which meticulously studies impact of this crisis on Global.... |
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— The leader of Australia’s hot spot Victoria urged residents not to panic-buy as he announced reductions in meat productions. The state capital Melbourne began its first full day of tough lockdown restrictions on Thursday as Victoria posted 471 new virus infections and eight deaths. |
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Franklin Roosevelt has rightly put it, ‘In politics, nothing happens accidentally. If anything happens, it’s palpable that it planned this way’. Numerous features have been defining pre-pandemic world politics over the years. The current situation shows that pandemic will only reinforce largely five.... |
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HONG KONG, Aug 6, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Asian markets were mixed Thursday following a two-day rally, with nervous investors keeping an eye on stuttering stimulus talks in Washington, while China-US tensions continued to weigh on confidence. And while there were hopes over the development of a vaccine,.... |
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© Reuters/WWF Facebook page selling wildlife in Burmese seen in screenshot by WWF. By Thu Thu Aung. YANGON (Reuters) - An ad showing a civet cat cowering in a cage being offered for sale on Facebook was just one of hundreds that the social media giant has removed in a crackdown on Southeast Asia's illegal wildlife trade during recent weeks. |
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Priyanka Choudhury. To music lovers, admirers and even maestros, Runa Laila is such an esteemed name who has earned the honor of ‘Melody Queen’ for her magnanimous voice. She has millions and billions of fans in South Asia and the world. To all of us, Runa Laila is not just a singer – she is more than that. |
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JAKARTA, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Indonesia plans to give cash transfers to 13.8 million workers at a cost of around $2.15 billion under its stimulus package to prop up household consumption in Southeast Asia's biggest economy during the pandemic, officials said. Indonesia reported on Wednesday gross domestic product contracted 5. |
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