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June 10 (UPI) -- Archaeologists have recovered a 13,500-year-old bird figurine from a heap of ancient sediment removed during a 1958 well-digging operation. The small figurine, carved from bone, is the oldest piece of three-dimensional art yet recovered from East Asia. |
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When HSBC's top Asia executive Peter Wong Tung-shun signed a petition in support of Beijing's move to enact the national security law in Hong Kong, the British bank was trying to struggle out of the narrow space it found itself in between a rock and a hard place. |
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HONG KONG -- The government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) has spent over 66 million Hong Kong dollars (around 8.5 million U.S. dollars) to repair public facilities including traffic lights vandalized during social unrest last year, Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan said Wednesday. |
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The carefully crafted depiction of a songbird on a pedestal -- smaller than an almond kernel -- was found among burnt animal remains and fragments of ceramics at Lingjing in north central Henan province, an area thought to have been home to some of China's earliest civilisations. |
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ADB approves $3 million grant to assist Sri Lanka’s response to COVID-19 Thu, Jun 11, 2020, 12:35 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. June 10, Colombo: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $3 million grant from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF) to further assist.... |
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On a call with investors in 2018, Musk lauded Ren, then vp of Asia Pacific, and Tesla's China team for their "instrumental" efforts in getting its factory there up and running. Ren went on to oversee worldwide sales before his final role in business development. |
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Grant approved on June 2 is financed by Japanese govt. Previously, ADB supported SL through a US $ 1mn regional technical assistance grant. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US $ 3 million grant from its Asia Pacific Disaster Response Fund (APDRF), to further assist Sri Lanka in its.... |
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Wireless Technology is the one that uses radio waves to transmit and receive data. It is used in order to send data. In the present scenario, wireless technology is continuously evolving, starting with 0G (e.g. Radio telephones) to 5G, the next generation wireless technology. |
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Strong growth indicators in building & construction industry will be driving roofing underlayment market through numerous upcoming infrastructure projects in Asian countries including Japan, India, Indonesia and China. Several nations have undertaken substantial efforts and investment in improving.... |
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The carefully crafted depiction of a songbird on a pedestal -- smaller than an almond kernel -- was found among burnt animal remains and fragments of ceramics at Lingjing in north central Henan province, an area thought to have been home to some of China's earliest civilisations. |
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By AFP 21 hours ago in World US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday took to task HSBC for backing Beijing's controversial security law proposal in Hong Kong, warning of businesses' overreliance on China.
The Asia-focused British banking giant last week posted its support for the law on.... |
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A miniature bird sculpted out of burnt bone in China around 13,500 years ago is the oldest known figurine from East Asia, according to researchers who discovered it in a refuse heap near an archaeological site. The carefully crafted depiction of a songbird on a pedestal -- smaller than an almond.... |
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Roughly 12 millimetres tall (half an inch), this dainty figurine pushes back the origins of animal sculptures in East Asia by more than 8,500 years: from the New Stone Age, when humans began to settle down and farm, to the Old Stone Age, when hunter-gatherers reigned. |
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Merkel - unlike leaders including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump - supported a quick lockdown and widespread testing. These are two elements that have been widely credited by epidemiologists for keeping Germany's reported fatalities lower than many countries, especially outside Asia. |
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Global markets are on the rise Wednesday as investors wait to hear what steps the U.S. Federal Reserve will take to ensure a post-pandemic recovery. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei index finished the trading session up 0.1%. In late afternoon trading on, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was essentially unchanged, while Shanghai's composite index was down 0. |
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While the coronavirus pandemic is accelerating the death of coal in developed nations, the dirtiest fossil fuel is alive and kicking in Asia. Demand for electricity plunged -- and with it the need for coal -- as factories around the world sat dormant and people spent months at home. In the U.S. |
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Asia Indonesia: Protecting orangutans from the coronavirus. Can humans spread COVID-19 to orangutans? Authorities in Indonesia are not willing to take any risk, as they shut down two orangutan rehabilitation centers to limit the apes' interaction with the public.
Date 10.06.2020; Duration 01:29 mins. |
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NEW YORK June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- , a top podcast hosting platform and Voxnest brand, announced its new partnership with South Asia's largest audio streaming platform, , today. The integration will give podcasters on Spreaker the opportunity to get discovered by a new audience and South Asian.... |
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HONG KONG June 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- AXA has today launched a free in-depth resource to guide companies in safeguarding their employees' mental health as they return to work amid the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region, co-authored with Columbia University WHO Center for Global Mental Health. |
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Global markets are on the rise Wednesday as investors wait to hear what steps the U.S. Federal Reserve will take to ensure a post-pandemic recovery. In Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei index finished the trading session up 0.1%. In late afternoon trading on, Hong Kong's Hang Seng was essentially unchanged, while Shanghai's composite index was down 0. |
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Transparency Market Research (TMR) released a syndicate report that unshackles the key factors responsible for market growth. The global pharma blisters packaging market can be segmented on the basis of end-user, application, and region. The heavy demand for pharmaceutical products in India and China has pushed market growth in Asia Pacific. |
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Rice production is a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the national budget of many Asian countries, but the extent of emissions varies strongly across agro-environmental zones. It is important to understand these differences in order to improve the national GHG inventory and effectively target mitigation options. |
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Pakistan should impose intermittent lockdowns in a two-weeks-on and two-weeks-off cycle to try to rein in an accelerating Covid-19 outbreak, the World Health Organization has said. The South Asian nation of 220 million had seen cases spike since easing restrictions last month, while hospitals have warned they are starting to fill up. |
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On Tuesday, a picture of a very large grasshopper in Sankhamul posted to social media left many wondering if the locust swarm that has devastated parts of Asia, Africa and the Middle East was on its way to Nepal. More than a week ago, a similar insect had been sighted around Kathmandu’s Bhotahity and there were anecdotal reports from Patan. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/TURKEY – “Egyptian Fatwa” against those who want to re-transform Ayasofya in Mosque. The pronouncement of the Council of State is awaited. Istanbul – The Turkish Council of State, in a session put on the agenda for next Thursday 2 July, will consider.... |
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