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Taiwan's constitutional court has decriminalised adultery in a landmark judgement, aimed at upholding personal rights and privacy, scrapping a law which activists say had discriminated against women. The democratic island became the latest in Asia to strike down a ban on marital infidelity after South Korea in 2015 and India in 2018. |
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When a Chinese survey ship deployed close to a Malaysian-contracted oil exploration vessel in Malaysian waters in mid-April, tensions in the South China Sea went up a notch. The United States and Australia sent warships to the area to send a message to China – that Southeast Asian nations should be free to exploit resources off their own coasts. |
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Janakie Karunaratne, Lead Philanthropy, South East Asia New Markets, Microsoft; Harsha Randeny, Director Cloud Solutions - Microsoft; Hasitha Abeywardena, Country Manager, Microsoft Sri Lanka and Maldives; Chithrananda, Secretary, Ministry of Education;
Microsoft and the Ministry of Education in.... |
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The sightings, both of individual dead hornets, expand the area currently being patrolled by scientists hoping to track and eradicate the invasive insect
Washington State Department of Agriculture entomologist Chris Looney holds a dead invasive Asian giant hornet alongside the smaller, native bald-faced hornet. |
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Abstract: With emergence of China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), it is expected that Pakistan will move further closer to its historical ally China and other regional partners including Central Asian States. Paper investigates gradual transition of Pakistan towards greater regional integration.... |
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The Russian Federation is strengthening its economic integration with several Central Asian states. At the beginning of April, the authorities of Uzbekistan and Russia agreed to set up an economic cooperation program in May that would take into account the influence of the novel coronavirus pandemic on their trade. |
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Australia wooed hundreds of thousands of international students to its shores with the promise of a first-class education and fun-kissed adventure, but the coronavirus crisis has left many jobless and depending on food handouts.
Each day up to 100 students from Asia, Latin America and beyond stand.... |
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India's economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two decades last quarter, government data showed Friday, with warnings of far worse to come as it grapples with the fallout of the world's largest coronavirus lockdown. Asia's third-largest economy expanded by just 3. |
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In our earlier CNPupdate article published on 22 February 2020, we discussed the regulatory approach to cryptocurrency in Southeast Asia. This article seeks to provide an update on the regulatory developments within Southeast Asia, in particular, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand. Singapore. |
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MCLEAN, VA / ACCESSWIRE / May 29, 2020 / The shiitake is an edible mushroom native to East Asia. The popularity of these mushrooms has increased over the years in the United States and with it has been a rise in allergic skin reactions to this relatively new ingredient on the American culinary landscape. |
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India's economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two decades last quarter, government data showed Friday, with warnings of far worse to come as it grapples with the fallout of the world's largest coronavirus lockdown. Asia's third-largest economy expanded by just 3. |
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From left: Janakie Karunaratne Lead Philanthropy South East Asia New Markets - Microsoft; Harsha Randeny - Director Cloud Solutions - Microsoft Sri Lanka and Maldives; Hasitha Abeywardena, Country Manager Microsoft Sri Lanka and Maldives; Chithrananda Secretary - Ministry of Education; Chandrasekara.... |
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Asia Buryska, seen here early Thursday afternoon next to OHS soccer coach Nate Gendron, was named the Oldenburg Photography Female Athlete of the Year for the senior class. In 2019-2020, she was named first-team all-conference in both hockey and soccer. |
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In this file photo taken on Sept. 26, 2019, Asia Buryska handles the ball against Faribault during a Big Nine Conference game at the Owatonna Soccer Complex. Buryska, who was also a standout hockey player for the Huskies, will play soccer next year at NCAA Division II Bemidji State University. |
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According to a 2019 report by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), counterfeit goods account for 7% of imports into the EU and are valued at EUR 121 billion. These counterfeit products originate mainly in such countries as Hong Kong, China, Turkey and the countries of South-East Asia. |
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DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN - A journalist of Tajikistan's independent Asia Plus news agency has been attacked for the second time in less than a month as he covered the aftermath of a recent landslide that killed two men. Abdulloh Ghurbati told RFE/RL that three men attacked him Friday in the southern.... |
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A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the coronavirus crisis is stoking fear and confusion across Asia, where violators of lockdown rules can face jail and hefty fines in some countries. AFP has produced more than 150 lockdown-related misinformation reports across the region since.... |
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, director of the Europe & Central Asia division, oversees the organisation’s work in western and eastern Europe, the Balkans, Turkey, Central Asia, the south Caucasus, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. He oversees issues including migration and discrimination in Europe, torture and other abuses under.... |
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HONG KONG: False alerts about a man shot dead at a coronavirus checkpoint, old footage of a supermarket stampede in reports of panic buying, and a 2015 video of a police raid on a brothel recirculated with a misleading claim, reports AFP. A deluge of online misinformation and hoaxes during the.... |
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An Indonesian minister is under fire after he compared coronavirus to rebellious wives, in remarks aimed at soothing public fears about easing COVID-19 restrictions across the Southeast Asian archipelago. Women's groups and social media users slammed the apparent joke by security minister Mohammad.... |
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HONG KONG - For many Hong Kongers, the Chinese parliament’s approval of a plan to impose controversial national security laws on the bustling Asian financial hub this week was a moment of hard decisions. Fearing that a sweeping erosion of the city’s rule of law, rights and freedoms will soon start.... |
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. More than 50 percent of children surveyed across Africa, Asia unable to take part in any form of learning, study says.
The longer children are out of school, the less likely they are to ever return, the UK charity says [File: Khalil Hamra/AP]
The coronavirus pandemic is having a "devastating".... |
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Hong Kong: Financial markets turned defensive ahead of US President Donald Trump’s press conference on China today (tonight Asia time), where he will detail his response to China’s parliament approving a national security law for Hong Kong. “The damage to Hong Kong will be compounded by the US State.... |
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The hornets arrived in large numbers on Jersey last summer, a location that is their staging post for flying to the UK. There were worrying reports of even more deadly "murder hornets" in the British Isles too this month, but thankfully it was a false scare. Our current balmy climate is the perfect breeding ground for hornets. |
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