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The Diplomat ’s Asia Geopolitics podcast host Ankit Panda ( @nktpnd ) speaks to M. Taylor Fravel, the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of.... |
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former director of admissions is very familiar with Southeast Asia. Before coming to Berkeley he spent many years traveling in Southeast Asia and had many trips to China. It is believed the Coronavirus that is currently infesting every nation in the world, began in Wuhan. |
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UNITED NATIONS, Jun 05 (IPS) - Governments have made the media "a scapegoat" across Asia, targeting journalists who are simply reporting on the failures or shortcomings of their leadership during the coronavirus pandemic, press freedom experts have warned. Read the full story, “Press Freedom Under COVID-19 Lockdown in Asian”, on globalissues. |
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…, writes Alex Newman. When the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank was founded in 1865, a financial bridge for the growing trade between Asia and Europe was built. Since then, the bank we now know as HSBC has.... |
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Sun Pharma testing plant-based drug as potential Covid-19 treatment AQCH is derived from tropical, climbing shrub cocculus hirsutus, which is used in Asia for its apparent medicinal properties. india Updated: Jun 06, 2020 01:40 IST.
The company said the trial will be conducted across 12 centers.... |
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They were the Bishops-Businessmen’s Conference for Human Development, Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines, Investment House Association of the Philippines, Judicial Reform Initiative, Management Association of the Philippines, Makati Business Club, Philippine.... |
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Asian football’s highest authority the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and its Member Associations (MA) have emphasized on agreeing in principle to find out the best way to kick off the all Asian clubs and international competitions.
The AFC had a meeting with all the members keen to complete.... |
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The death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis has led to widespread protests over racial inequality that now extend far beyond US borders. From Norway to Mexico, South Korea to France, India to England, here are scenes from Black Lives Matter protests going on around the world. |
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SEOUL. NEW DELHI (AP) — India's Health Ministry on Friday reported another record spike in new coronavirus cases — more than 9,800 in 24 hours. India now has 226,770 confirmed cases with 6,348 deaths, 273 of them in the past 24 hours, the ministry said. It says the overall rate of recovery for coronavirus patients is around 48%. |
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AQUATICS. Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: China team withdrew. Diving World Series in Beijing from March 7-9 canceled. Men’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed. Women’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed. |
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writes about Asia for CFR.org. Before joining CFR, she covered breaking news for TEGNA’s central digital team and reported on world news for Vox . She holds a BA in international relations and journalism from American University.
The United States is one of the few leading economies to delegate.... |
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The western North Pacific Subtropical High (WNPSH) is a key atmospheric circulation system strongly influences weather and climate over the entire East and Southeast Asia. It determines the strength and position of the Mei-yu/Baiu/Changma Front and the trajectories of typhoon and western Pacific tropical cyclones. |
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In this undated and unknown location photo made available by Human Rights Watch, Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist displays a common Thai protest, three-finger hand sign. (AP) A Thai dissident has been abducted in Cambodia, a human rights group said on Friday, raising.... |
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AQUATICS. Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: China team withdrew. Diving World Series in Beijing from March 7-9 canceled. Men’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed. Women’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed. |
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Wendy Cutler is Vice-President of the Asia Society Policy Institute. Given the focus on the Hong Kong national security law, the international community paid little attention to the statement by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at last week's National People's Congress that China "has a positive and open attitude toward joining CPTPP. |
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In this undated and unknown location photo made available by Human Rights Watch, Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist displays a common Thai protest, three-finger hand sign. The human rights group says Wanchalearm, a self-exiled political activist, has been abducted in.... |
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PCR tests can show a person with mild infection being positive for fragments of the virus 2-3 weeks after onset of symptoms.Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief scientist, noting India has a population of 1.3 bn, said that 200,000 reported cases, 'look big but for a country of this size it's still.... |
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is looking primarily into the issue of the advanced ageing of Asian societies. It’s policy brief on Ageing in Asia acknowledges that “policy responses to population ageing inherently involve questions of values, any responses require both the active involvement of parliamentarians and the creation.... |
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where journalists were also arrested or detained for criticising the government. In India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, journalist Jerald Aruldas and photographer M Balaji had been detained for 9 hours after a series of pieces that exposed corruption in the
for publishing the stories. |
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GENEVA : The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is increasing rapidly but the disease has not exploded in the region. “In South Asia, not just in India, but in Bangladesh and… Pakistan and other countries of South Asia with.... |
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is senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is a foreign policy practitioner and award-winning author with senior experience in the government, nonprofits, and the private sectors. Her book about India’s rise on the world stage, Our Time Has.... |
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Several British politicians criticised HSBC Holdings Plc’s support for China’s sweeping proposed security legislation for Hong Kong, soon after the global lender’s top executive in Asia publicly showed his support for Beijing. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the governing UK Conservatives’ house leader, said.... |
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Grave diggers carry the coffin of a coronavirus victim before burial at the Vila Formosa cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil, May 28, 2020. As the West settles into a grinding battle with the virus, it surges across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South Asia. Image Credit: NYT. |
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Move towards a new care-compact to rebuild a gender equal Asia. Authors: (Blog post by) Lan Mercado, Mohammad Naciri, and Yamini Mishra. As Covid-19 grips the world, market economy have shuttered, schools have closed, and nearly half of the global population is confined to their homes. |
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The startling prevalence of such rapid destruction of the peatlands, and their resulting subsidence, is revealed in a new satellite-based study conducted by researchers at MIT and in Singapore and Oregon. The research was published in the journal Nature Geoscience , in a paper by Alison Hoyt PhD.... |
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