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Organized by Nippon Paint, the Asia Young Designer Awards (AYDA) has opened submissions despite the COVID-19 outbreak and with safety measures in mind. The paint manufacturer is once again looking to empower young, budding designers to be agents of change by creating a positive impact through design within their communities. |
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A man walks by an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Thursday, June 25, 2020. Shares declined in Asia on Thursday after a sharp retreat overnight on Wall Street as new coronavirus cases in the U.S. climbed to their highest level in two months, dimming investors' hopes for a relatively quick economic turnaround. |
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday the Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asian nations is one of the reasons America is reducing its troop presence in Europe and deploying them to other places. He made the remarks in response to a question at the Brussels Forum that he had addressed virtually. |
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When Kevin Kwan began writing “Sex and Vanity” — his first book since the blockbuster “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy wrapped up in 2017 with “Rich People Problems” — he envisioned creating the ultimate 2020 beach read. The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdown orders across the country changed that vision a bit. |
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Today Save the Children New Zealand and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade are celebrating the signing of a co-funded $14 million partnership deal for development aid across five countries in the Pacific and Asia. Chief Executive Heidi Coetzee says, "This is ultimately a win for children. It’s about giving children hope. |
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Equating fairness with beauty has been an agelong practice in the Indian subcontinent and much of Asia, one which spawned an immensely booming market for skin lightening creams and perpetuated the myth further with their advertisements. But a seismic shift appears to be on the horizon on the concept.... |
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sought to recruit hackers at conferences in Europe and Asia and conspired with members of hacking groups - including LulzSec and "Anonymous" - to obtain government secrets, the United States Justice Department has said. The new allegations against Assange were outlined in an updated indictment on Wednesday. |
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The Trump administration, noting significant victories against global terrorism, says Iran continues to increase its support for extremists, while IS is increasing its presence in Africa and Southeast Asia. Attacks by white supremacists are on the rise, and the terrorism threat posed by white nationalists is of particular concern. |
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BAKU, Azerbaijan. Coronavirus cases and fatalities continued to rise across Eurasian and Central Asian countries on Thursday. Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani health authorities announced that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country had reached 14,852 with 547 new cases in the past 24 hours. |
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The UAE is close to having sent 1,000 tonnes of medical aid abroad as part of its efforts to assist with the coronavirus outbreak. So far, the country has dispatched 974 tonnes of supplies to some 68 countries covering South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. |
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Coronavirus cases and fatalities continued to rise across Eurasian and Central Asian countries on Thursday. Azerbaijan Azerbaijani health authorities announced that the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country had reached 14,852 with 547 new cases in the past 24 hours. |
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Politicisation of masks and the widespread onset of complacency are to blame for the number of new Covid cases in the US Unlike Europe and parts of East Asia, the US never climbed down from its peak; Epidemiologists are also tracking the impact of the protests against racism sparked by the police killing of George Floyd. |
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Central Asian governments are reckoning with the coronavirus pandemic like the rest of the world. The region’s governments have enacted various states of emergency, quarantines, and curfews, many of which have eased or ended even as case numbers continue to expand. |
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has mastered the art of catching flies with honey. The novelist broke out with Crazy Rich Asians China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems , his best-selling trilogy that probes ultra-wealthy circles in Asia. He likens his particular form of satirepackaging criticism of excessive wealth in glittering voyeurismto eating a piece of chocolate. |
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The Centre’s decision barring institutions and organisations from applying directly for operating chartered flights from foreign countries to bring back stranded Non-Resident Indians has come as a setback to voluntary organisations and industrial houses owned by Keralite businesspersons in West Asia.... |
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NORTH VANCOUVER, BC June 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vizzion is pleased to announce that Entercom , a leading media and entertainment company and one of the two largest radio broadcasters in the United States , now uses Vizzion's Desktop Video Wall as a key tool in their traffic and weather reporting. |
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Image copyright Getty Images. Unilever will rename Fair & Lovely, a skin-lightening cream which has been criticised for promoting negative stereotypes around dark skin tones. It will also remove references to "whitening" or "lightening" on the products, which are sold across Asia. |
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By Marc Jones. World stocks spluttered to their lowest level in more than a week on Thursday, as a surge in U.S. coronavirus cases and an IMF warning of an almost 5% plunge in the global economy this year hit the bulls again. Asia suffered its biggest drop in eight sessions overnight and though.... |
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By Marc Jones. World stocks spluttered to their lowest level in more than a week on Thursday, as a surge in U.S. coronavirus cases and an IMF warning of an almost 5% plunge in the global economy this year hit the bulls again. Asia suffered its biggest drop in eight sessions overnight |
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Dow futures were down 0.4% and those for the S&P 500 were off 0.3%, pointing to losses on the open on Wall Street. After broad losses in Asia, markets were somewhat more stable in Europe. London’s FTSE gave up 0.1% to 6,120, while Germany's DAX rose 0.4% to 12,142. The CAC 40 in Paris picked up 05% to 4,894. |
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Since January 2020, MMC Asia has been interviewing Afghan returnees to better understand their experiences of outward migration, return and reintegration. This snapshot explores factors influencing migration decision-making among Afghans, including the information available to them pre-migration, as well as trusted sources of information. |
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Global markets are mixed Thursday, with Asia beginning the day sustaining serious losses due more pandemic-imposed gloom. The S&P/ASX in Sydney had the biggest losses in the region, plunging 2.5%, and Japan’s Nikkei index lost 1.2% for the day. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dropped 0.5%, while Shanghai’s Composite gained 0. |
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LAS VEGAS, June 25, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asia Broadband Inc. ( AABB ), through its wholly owned subsidiary Asia Metals Inc., announced today that the Company is expecting its highest gold production quarter to date for the upcoming period ending June 30 th , as gold prices surpass their highest level since October 2012. |
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Local young women perform at the Grape and Wine Festival in Shamakhi in August 2019. [Photo by Ren Qi/China Daily] Billing itself as the "Land of Fire", Azerbaijan is a tangle of contradictions and contrasts. The country is a nexus of ancient historical empires with European and Asian inheritance,.... |
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam is living up to its ASEAN 2020 chairmanship theme of “cohesive and responsive” amid challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, tensions in the East Sea, and US-China trade tensions, according to a Singaporean-based scholar. Vietnam’s relations with the rest of Southeast Asia.... |
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