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KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA - Asian governments are doing more to harass and arrest journalists reporting on the coronavirus pandemic and to keep accurate news of the crisis from reaching their populations than those in any other region, press advocates say. |
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By FOSTER KLUG and MARI YAMAGUCHI September 25, 2020 GMT
By NICK PERRY and EVA VERGARA September 25, 2020 GMT
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has further eased lockdown restrictions imposed after a surge in coronavirus cases, allowing most children to return to school from next month and sending more than 125,000 people back to work. |
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An art installation is displayed during the 2020 Asia Digital Art Exhibition at the Times Art Museum in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 27, 2020. Opening from Sept. 26 to Nov. 22, the exhibition showcases 32 digital artworks created by 33 artists from 11 countries and regions. |
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Commenting at the inauguration ceremony, Mr. Vinay Malhotra, Regional Group Chief Operating Officer - South Asia, Middle East & North Africa, Americas, VFS Global said, “With the launch of the new centre in Dubai, and our new relationship with the Consulate General of Italy in the UAE, VFS Global.... |
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Undeterred by the coronavirus pandemic, one of Asia's largest short film festivals on Sunday wrapped up its nearly two-week run in Tokyo with online screening, with the top prize awarded to a story of a woman traveling to witness the execution of her son's murderer. |
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Manama, Sept. 27 (BNA): The Supreme Council for Environment (SCE)’s CEO Dr. Mohammed Mubarak Bin Dainah, and Regional Director and Representative of United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in West Asia Sami Dimassi, signed Institutional Support Agreement Phase 10. |
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Amid challenges brought by the epidemic, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations for the first time has become China”s top trading partner, opening up bright prospects as China and ASEAN are now each other’s largest trading partners, the Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday. |
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Henna is a historical part of India, Middle Eastern Asia and Africa. Yet, most cultures and religions of the world use henna, all in their unique ways. According to some scholars, henna’s introduction to India is as recent as the 15th century AD. By the 17th century, the barber’s wife became responsible for designing the henna on the women. |
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All the while, Jum says his supervisor demanded he keep working, tending the heavy reddish-orange palm oil fruit that has made its way into the supply chains of the planet’s most iconic food and cosmetics companies like Unilever, L’Oreal, Nestle and Procter & Gamble. “I am not a free man anymore,” he says, his voice cracking. |
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Welcome to the final Nikkei Asian Preview. Before the National Day holiday starts in China on Thursday, one chapter will close and another will begin. Alibaba founder Jack Ma will step away from the company he built, while China will launch a new state-owned oil conglomerate. |
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Shamsia Alizada came first out of more than 170,000 students prompting congratulations from former.... |
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Sunday, September 27, 2020 Kabul (BNA) Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar virtually attended special meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia, CICA, on COVID-19 and regional issues hosted by Kazakhstan, who also assumed the rotating.... |
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DHAKA, Sept 27, 2020 (BSS) – Huawei has unveiled a paradigm shift for industrial digital transformation with the aim of cultivating a robust ecosystem and scenario-specific solutions for a future intelligent society in the Asia Pacific region. The new paradigm, according to the global leading tech.... |
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People from North Africa and the Middle East have been drinking camel milk for more than 6000 years and now it is finding favour among health-conscious consumers in the West and also East Asia. Until recently, camel milk has only been sold in parts of Sydney with a high Arab population, such as Auburn and Lakemba. |
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Hanoi (VNA) – The Philippines logged 2,747 new COVID-19 cases on September 26, bringing the national count to 301,256, according to the country’s Department of Health. The Philippines has the largest number of infections across Southeast Asia , with a death toll of 5,284 and 232,906 recoveries. |
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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - The improvement of global investment sentiment and financial conditions has provided a much-needed lift for local currency bond markets in emerging East Asia, including Vietnam, despite risks from the COVID-19 pandemic , according to the latest issue of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Asia Bond Monitor. |
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BEIJING , Sept. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- China's leading high-end, premium electric SUV, the HiPhi X, makes its debut at the 2020 Beijing Auto Show. Designed and built by Human Horizons in Shanghai , the HiPhi X combines cutting-edge technical innovation, sustainable manufacturing and.... |
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New Delhi: This year’s second lunar eclipse will occur on June 5. The lunar eclipse or Chandra Grahan will be visible in most parts Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, South/East South America, Pacific, Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Antarctica. During a lunar eclipse, the earth moves between the sun and the moon. |
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— Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Australian budget, to be delivered Oct. 6, will be a “titanic effort” to return the country to economic growth amid the coronavirus pandemic. Morrison told reporters Sunday that the budget will the “most unprecedented investment in Australia’s future. |
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Authors: Srimal Fernando and Vedangshi Roy Choudhuri* In the post-World War II era the diplomatic influence of former Soviet Union on newly Independent India and its southern neighbour, Sri Lanka redefined a new foreign policy order based on Non Aligned principles. |
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— Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Australian budget, to be delivered Oct. 6, will be a “titanic effort” to return the country to economic growth amid the coronavirus pandemic. Morrison told reporters Sunday that the budget will the “most unprecedented investment in Australia’s future. |
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) Australia’s second-largest city, Melbourne, has further eased lockdown restrictions imposed after a surge in coronavirus cases, allowing most children to return to school from next month and sending more than 125,000 people back to work. |
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— Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the Australian budget, to be delivered Oct. 6, will be a “titanic effort” to return the country to economic growth amid the coronavirus pandemic. Morrison told reporters Sunday that the budget will the “most unprecedented investment in Australia’s future. |
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So far, a comprehensive solution to this violence has been elusive. If insurgent groups are extreme, it is difficult to apply Nelson Mandela’s reconciliatory method. The tendency to call for peace negotiations at the first sign of ephemeral success usually rebounds on the state. |
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