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The Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has won a $3.3m grant from Google’s philanthropic Google.org limb and will use it to educate locals in all things digital as part of the region’s COVID-19 escape plan. The regional bloc has teamed with nonprofit international development.... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australia’s Victoria state has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19, resulting in the closing of two primary schools in Melbourne. State Premier Daniel Andrews said there would be “significant community transmission” among the new cases. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Victoria state has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19, resulting in the closing of two primary schools in Melbourne. State Premier Daniel Andrews said there would be “significant community transmission” among the new cases. |
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Governments of high income countries went into "whatever-it-takes" mode to boost their economies, but low-income countries in Asia have delivered much smaller responses. The amounts are "too small" and are "not up to the task of countering the devastating effect on the (well-being) of vulnerable.... |
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(CNN) -- The Trump administration announced that it will designate four more Chinese media organizations as foreign diplomatic missions, arguing that they are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. David Stilwell, the State Department's assistant secretary for east Asia and Pacific.... |
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"Security and co-operation dialogue among Asian countries, such as China, Japan, the Republic of Korea and India, is needed for the stability in Asia and co-operation after Covid-19," said Surakiart Sathirathai, deputy prime minister of Thailand from 2005 to 2006. |
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India facility operational by mid-2021 - Annual chocolate production of 10,000 tons initially. - Approximately 100 new jobs created. MINNEAPOLIS June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer demand for chocolate products continues to grow steadily in the Asia market. |
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Singapore-based Cleantech Solar has secured a $75 million loan from Dutch bank ING Groep NV to finance its expansion across Southeast Asia, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. Cleantech, which has Shell as one of its investors, will use the funding to help build over 500 megawatts of solar projects, according to the statement. |
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In its initial forecast in April, the ADB had expected GDP growth in Myanmar to be 4.2pc. The country expanded at 6.8pc in 2019.
The ADB revised its forecasts for Myanmar after new data pointed toward a sharp slowdown in regional growth as a result of COVID-19.
Growth in developing Asia is now forecast to grow by just 0. |
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Contributed by NAMPA / Associated Press.
Asia Today: Virus sets off new school closures in Australia |
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Asian stock are mostly higher on Tuesday following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street amid optimism about a quick economic recovery from the coronavirus-induced setback. Investor sentiment also received a boost after White House trade advisor Peter Navarro clarified that the U.S.-China trade deal remains in place. |
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India facility operational by mid-2021 - Annual chocolate production of 10,000 tons initially. - Approximately 100 new jobs created. MINNEAPOLIS June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumer demand for chocolate products continues to grow steadily in the Asia market. |
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— China reported 22 new cases of coronavirus on Tuesday, including 13 in Beijing, a day after a city government spokesperson said containment measures had slowed the momentum of an outbreak in the capital that has infected more than 200 people. Another nine cases were brought by Chinese travelers.... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) Australia’s Victoria state has recorded 17 new cases of COVID-19, resulting in the closing of two primary schools in Melbourne. State Premier Daniel Andrews said there would be “significant community transmission” among the new cases. |
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By Swati Pandey. Asian shares see-sawed in a wild ride on Tuesday following confusing statements from the White House over the U.S.-China trade deal, with President Donald Trump later clarifying the pact was "fully intact." Trump's tweet bolstered market sentiment, helping e-minis for the S&P 500 swing back to positive territory. |
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(CNN) -- The Trump administration announced that it will designate four more Chinese media organizations as foreign diplomatic missions, arguing that they are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. David Stilwell, the State Department's assistant secretary for east Asia and Pacific.... |
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NEW DELHI (THE STATESMAN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - When Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, he undertook to improve ties with neighbours with his 'Neighbourhood First' policy. His first visit to Nepal was highly appreciated by both sides but in the last six years the India-Nepal relationship has been a roller coaster ride. |
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The world must embrace a recovery that involves sustainable farming and clean energy. Anything else is a false economy By Marco Lambertini, Elizabeth Maruma Mrema and Maria Neira 17 Jun 2020 In 1997, a large area of rainforest in south-east Asia was burned to the ground to make way for palm oil plantations. |
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Asian cities had outnumbered their counterparts in Europe and America in terms of international tourist arrivals in 2017, according to leading data and analytics company. Asia was represented by seven cities—Bangkok, Singapore, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen—while Europe, Middle.... |
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US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Stilwell speaks to reporters Narita international airport inJapan July 11, 2019. — Reuters pic. WASHINGTON, June 23 — The United States said yesterday it will start treating four major Chinese media outlets as foreign.... |
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PKR president Anwar Ibrahim has insisted that Langkawi MP Dr Mahathir Mohamad should not become the prime minister for the third time, but Anwar is willing to consider him for a senior cabinet post should Pakatan Harapan take over the government. “They talk about senior minister (or) minister-mentor.... |
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During more than 25 years as a journalist, Linda Mottram has travelled with Australian Prime Ministers, covered peace and war, reported on assassinations and elections, and created radio on issues as diverse as Crusader archaeology, the modern Liberal party, Afghan women's art and sheep dog trials. |
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“I won’t put a time frame on it because there are differing views as to vaccines, for example the University of Queensland’s molecular lab is one of the world’s leading vaccine candidates [and] it’s progressing,” “There are others out of Oxford, the United States, Europe, Asia that are all progressing,” he said. |
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As the Opec+ alliance sticks to its guns in trying to curb oil output to shore up prices, Asian buyers are increasingly looking to the US for a cheaper source of supply. Refiners in the top crude-importing region have been forced to accept big reductions in their regular contracted volumes from.... |
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A crossed over Africa and Asia this weekend, and the view from space was spectacular. A NASA astronaut living and working in space and a host of weather satellites all spotted the dramatic event as . Although the solar eclipse wasn't visible from North America, it did happen to coincide with the U.S. |
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