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February in Asia-Pacific: A round up of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports and news from the region. Coronavirus and censorship in China. China’s notorious censorship regime is blamed for the delayed reporting about the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan City. |
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November in Asia-Pacific: A roundup of key free expression news, based on IFEX member reports.
The 10th anniversary of the single most deadly assault on journalists ever takes place on 23 November. IFEX’s Asia & Pacific Regional Editor Mong Palatino writes about a decade of activism on behalf of.... |
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People line up to buy face masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus in front of Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia. |
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PARIS: Pakistan is ranked among three worst-affected Asian countries by a ‘pandemic’ of air pollution that shortened lives, according to a news research published in the journal Cardiovascular Research on Tuesday. Scientists warned that air pollution shortened lives worldwide by nearly three years on average, and causes 8. |
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Six more people have tested positive to the coronavirus in NSW, bringing the total number of those infected in the state to 15 since the outbreak began.
NSW Health is alerting passengers who were on five separate flights from Asia in the past week after two men in their 30s, a man in his 50s and.... |
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At a large annual conference here for airplane financiers and lessors, speakers outlined the tremendous hit already dealt to airlines in Asia, and attendees expressed growing concern for the likely impact ahead in Europe and the U.S. All agreed that although the air travel business will recover.... |
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Market Taxonomy. The research reports asses the market share of fresh yeast market on a global perspective by nature, form, end-use, distribution channel, and regional segment. The regional segment includes fresh yeast market of North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Middle East and Africa. |
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The men in their 30s travelled from Iran, the two women flew from Japan and South Korea respectively, and the man in his 50s was returning from Singapore. Meanwhile a woman in her 50s who hasn’t been out of Australia recently has also tested positive to the coronavirus. |
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Lorraine Kelly has clarified her daughter's condition amid fears over coronavirus. The Scottish TV presenter revealed Rosie, 24, had put herself in self-isolation in Singapore with cold-like symptoms during Mondau's show. After hearing that their daughter had a "bit of a cold", husband Steve Smith decided to jet out to Asia to be with her. |
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A woman wearing a mask walks past bull sculptures depicting prosperity along a retail street today in Beijing. Asian shares rose today amid hopes that central banks will take action to shield the global economy from the effects of the coronavirus outbreak, then later shed some gains. |
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Chile will send a delegation of health professionals to coronavirus-hit China as soon as possible to learn the Asian country's experience in containing the outbreak, according to the country's Health Ministry. "After last Friday President Sebastian Pinera spoke by telephone with the Chinese.... |
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(Turkmenportal) Coronavirus anxiety is reaching fever pitch in Turkmenistan, which has reacted by closing nearly all its land borders. RFE/RL's Turkmen service, Radio Azatlyk, reported that the border with Afghanistan was shuttered on February 26. The border with Iran, which has a larger confirmed.... |
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Members of a medical team spray disinfectant to sanitize outdoor place of Imam Reza's holy shrine, following the coronavirus outbreak, in Mashhad, Iran February 27, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters.
DUBAI - Seventy seven people have died and 2,336 have been infected by the.... |
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South Korean army trucks spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Ulsan, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia.
Hundreds of people line up to buy face masks to.... |
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Lorraine Kelly has clarified her daughter's condition amid fears over coronavirus. The Scottish TV presenter revealed Rosie, 24, had put herself in self-isolation in Singapore with cold-like symptoms during Mondau's show. After hearing that their daughter had a "bit of a cold", husband Steve Smith decided to jet out to Asia to be with her. |
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Coronavirus anxiety is reaching fever pitch in Turkmenistan, which has reacted by closing nearly all its land borders. RFE/RL's Turkmen service, Radio Azatlyk, reported that the border with Afghanistan was shuttered on February 26. The border with Iran, which has a larger confirmed number of.... |
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South Korean army trucks spray disinfectant as a precaution against the coronavirus on a street in Ulsan, South Korea, Tuesday, March 3, 2020. China's coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia.
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Bahrain hope the decision to cancel the remainder of the West Asia Premiership rugby season can be reviewed – even though they appear certain to win the title as a result. On Monday, the decision was made by the league’s organisers to end the cross-border competition prematurely, in response to the travel complication brought about by coronavirus. |
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KAMPALA, UGANDA- At Mobile World Congress , Mastercard has announced that it will use Facebook Messenger to provide technology to small businesses in Africa and Asia to drive affordable acceptance of electronic and mobile payments. Access to digital payments will help these businesses expand to new.... |
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Thai Airways International as of 02MAR20 filed additional service changes, now covers April and May 2020. Planned service adjustment in Asia as follows. Bangkok Busan Reduce from 6 weekly to 17FEB20 23FEB20 5 weekly 24FEB20 18MAR20 4 weekly 20MAR20 30MAR20 5 weekly Bangkok Dubai 02MAR20 28MAR20.... |
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BEIJING - China’s coronavirus caseload continued to wane Tuesday even as the epidemic took a firmer hold beyond Asia, with three countries now exceeding 1,000 cases and the U.S. reporting its sixth death. The health ministry announced just 125 new cases detected over the past 24 hours, China’s lowest number since Jan. |
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Asia Japan, South Korea Among Countries of ‘Greatest Concern’ for Virus: WHO
South Korean soldiers wearing protective gear walk on a street in front of the city hall in Daegu after a rapid rise in confirmed cases of coronavirus in the city southeast of Seoul on March 2, 2020.
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The Welch years at G.E. combined strategic insights with managerial innovations. Mr. Welch early on recognized the rise of Asia, then led by Japan, as a manufacturing powerhouse, and he shed G.E. businesses that he deemed vulnerable, moving into new ones. |
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App that detects jaundice in newborns could save hundreds of thousands of lives in Asia and Africa.
Jaundice is caused by high levels of a yellow compound called bilirubin that is produced during normal breakdown of red blood cells. Photo: AFP.
WASHINGTON: A smartphone app that lets users check.... |
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The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced on Tuesday a cut in the cash rate by 25 basis points to 0.5%, a new record low. Following that decision, the Australian dollar jumped to $0.6551 after seeing an earlier low of $0.6507. "The coronavirus outbreak overseas is having a significant effect on.... |
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