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— South Korea reported 59 cases as infections continue to steadily rise in the greater capital area. The figures announced by South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday brought the national caseload to 12,257, including 280 deaths. |
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BEIJING – China’s capital Beijing reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday as the city continued to press stricter measures to contain a new outbreak. Beijing reported 21 cases, down from 31 on Wednesday. The national total of 28 included four brought by Chinese travelers.... |
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Developing Asia will barely grow in 2020 as containment measures to address the COVID-19 pandemic hamper economic activity and weaken external demand, according to an updated Asian Development Bank (ADB) report released on Thursday. In a regular supplement to its annual flagship economic.... |
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital Beijing reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday as the city continued to press stricter measures to contain a new outbreak. Beijing reported 21 cases, down from 31 on Wednesday. The national total of 28 included four brought by Chinese.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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BEIJING – China’s capital Beijing reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday as the city continued to press stricter measures to contain a new outbreak. Beijing reported 21 cases, down from 31 on Wednesday. The national total of 28 included four brought by Chinese travelers.... |
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s capital Beijing reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday as the city continued to press stricter measures to contain a new outbreak. Beijing reported 21 cases, down from 31 on Wednesday. The national total of 28 included four brought by Chinese.... |
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Covid-19 has put the biggest test yet on Asean. With weakened fiscal positions and a stark development gap, Asean integration remains uncertain. With five more years left to its scheduled deadline, can Asean achieve its desired community? The pandemic.... |
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— India recorded its the highest one-day increase of 12,281 coronavirus cases, raising the total caseload to 366,946, but the government rules out reimposing a countrywide lockdown. India’s total deaths reached 12,237, a rise of 334 in the past 24 hours, according to a Health Ministry statement on Thursday. |
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Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 skidded 1% to 5,934.80 after the government reported that unemployment surpassed 7% and would have been above 9% if the figure included people laid off and not officially looking for work.
Some 228,000 jobs were lost for a total of 835,000 jobs lost in two months' time, the government reported. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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Hong Kong: Asian markets have made a nervous start as the recent surge in coronavirus infections threatens the nascent economic recovery in many parts of the world. Australia’s employment report for May showed a 227,000 overall fall in jobs, much worse than expected. Unemployment rose 86,000 to 928,000 and took the unemployment rate to 7. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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Beijing this week moved to suspend classes and restrict tourism and travel in and out of the city to stem any further spread in the latest outbreak traced to the city’s largest wholesale market. Flights at the city’s two major airports have also been slashed by more than half, and the city’s top.... |
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Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 skidded 1% to 5,934.80 after the government reported that unemployment surpassed 7% and would have been above 9% if the figure included people laid off and not officially looking for work.
Some 228,000 jobs were lost for a total of 835,000 jobs lost in two months' time, the government reported. |
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Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 skidded 1% to 5,934.80 after the government reported that unemployment surpassed 7% and would have been above 9% if the figure included people laid off and not officially looking for work.
Some 228,000 jobs were lost for a total of 835,000 jobs lost in two months' time, the government reported. |
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Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 skidded 1% to 5,934.80 after the government reported that unemployment surpassed 7% and would have been above 9% if the figure included people laid off and not officially looking for work.
Some 228,000 jobs were lost for a total of 835,000 jobs lost in two months' time, the government reported. |
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Just 265 people remain in treatment, with another 118 under observation in quarantine for being suspected of having the virus or after testing positive without showing any symptoms. Beijing this week moved to suspend classes and restrict tourism and travel in and out of the city to stem any further.... |
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Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 skidded 1% to 5,934.80 after the government reported that unemployment surpassed 7% and would have been above 9% if the figure included people laid off and not officially looking for work.
Some 228,000 jobs were lost for a total of 835,000 jobs lost in two months' time, the government reported. |
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— India recorded its the highest one-day increase of 12,281 coronavirus cases, raising the total caseload to 366,946, but the government rules out reimposing a countrywide lockdown. India’s total deaths reached 12,237, a rise of 334 in the past 24 hours, according to a Health Ministry statement on Thursday. |
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— India recorded its the highest one-day increase of 12,281 coronavirus cases, raising the total caseload to 366,946, but the government rules out reimposing a countrywide lockdown. India’s total deaths reached 12,237, a rise of 334 in the past 24 hours, according to a Health Ministry statement on Thursday. |
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Beijing reported 21 cases, down from 31 on Wednesday. The national total of 28 included four brought by Chinese travelers from outside the country and three in the city of Tianjin and Hebei province, both of which border Beijing. No new deaths were reported, leaving the total number of fatalities at.... |
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BEIJING – China’s capital Beijing reported a decline in newly confirmed cases of coronavirus Thursday as the city continued to press stricter measures to contain a new outbreak. Beijing reported 21 cases, down from 31 on Wednesday. The national total of 28 included four brought by Chinese travelers.... |
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BEIJING – Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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