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Asia Today: Beijing's daily cases drop, India's rise sharply |
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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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— 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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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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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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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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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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KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 -- The Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) recently released the second edition of its Doing Good Index (DGI2020), revealing the social sector's vital role and how Asian countries help or hinder it. According to a statement, DGI2020 shows not only that governments.... |
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KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 -- The prosecution in the case involving UK-based Goldman Sachs International Ltd and its Asian entities, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC and Goldman Sachs (Singapore), which are facing charges relating to the sale of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) bonds amounting to RM27.2 billion (US$6. |
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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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By ELAINE KURTENBACH. 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. |
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(Reuters) – Elmo, Cookie Monster and Muppets from Asia and the Middle East are joining forces for a special bout of “Sesame Street” directed at helping young ones cope with some sort of turned ugly by the coronavirus pandemic. “Elmo’s World News,” airing within the next couple weeks in 13 languages.... |
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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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The Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) is an intergovernmental autonomous organization with a vision to reduce disaster and climate risk impacts on communities and countries in Asia and the Pacific by working with governments, development partners, international organizations, NGOs, civil.... |
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Joint statement by Karin Hulshof, UNICEF Regional Director East Asia and Pacific and Maalla M'jid, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Violence against Children. COVID-19 could severely jeopardize gains made in East Asia and Pacific in reducing child poverty and deprivation over the.... |
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Australia , ready to be deployed into the ACT Government fleet; Australia's first publicly-available hydrogen refuelling station will open in Canberra in Q3 2020, in conjunction with the official launch of NEXO; NEXO has a range of 666km (WLTP) with a refuelling time of three to five minutes; NEXO.... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Team App is a Melbourne based app company being used by hundreds of thousands of sporting clubs worldwide to manage communication with their members. Team App's attendance tracking feature is being used across the football community ( https://www.afl. |
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HONG KONG June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- China Renaissance Holdings Limited ("China Renaissance" or the "Company"; stock code: 1911.HK) congratulated JD.com on its successful initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the "SEHK") under the stock code "9618". |
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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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SINGAPORE June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Kantar announces the launch of the 2020 Asia Brand Footprint. The key findings of the report include the five emerging consumer trends across Asia that influenced buyer behaviour. Based on these new consumer needs, Kantar uncovered five key levers for brand growth. |
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SINGAPORE June 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr Vivian Balakrishnan participated in the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The meeting, which was co-chaired by Indonesia Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi in her.... |
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A woman wearing a face mask walks past a bank electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at the Hong Kong stock exchange. Photo: Associated Press.
Hong Kong, most other Asia stocks slide on caution over coronavirus, Korean tensions; JD.com jumps in debut.
JD.com rises as much as 5. |
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BANGKOK 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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The Australian National University (ANU), the University of Canberra (UC) and the ACT Government have developed a plan to bring 350 existing overseas students back to the nation's Capital by next month.
University of Canberra vice chancellor Paddy Nixon said they have organised for a charter flight to take off from a hub in the Asia Pacific. |
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