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DW News DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 6 February, 2020. The fears over the coronavirus fueling racist sentiment around the world. We speak to a Taiwanese market trader asked to leave her shop in Wales just because she travelled to the island. And the brutal practice of female genital mutilation targets girls younger than three in Indonesia. |
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A multinational pharmaceutical company has pledged to plant 25 million trees somewhere in Australia, though who will do the digging has yet to be decided. British-based AstraZeneca plans to plant 50 million trees in the Asia Pacific region over the next five years in an ambitious project to offset its carbon emissions. |
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At the University of California, Berkeley, the Tang Center for health services tried last week to share tips on managing anxiety about the virus. But it faced backlash for a list suggesting that “normal reactions” might include xenophobia and “fears about interacting with those who might be from Asia. |
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Cellulose Fibers Market: Snapshot. Cellulose fiber is extensively used in home textile, apparel, and industrial among others. The growth of the global market relies heavily on emerging economies, especially Asia Pacific and Rest of World. Large untapped market for applications such as home textile.... |
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The global economy kicked off 2020 with a little more hope from the signing of a first-phase trade deal between the United States and China, the two of the world's largest economies and whose trade feud has roiled countries worldwide. |
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Monitoring Desk. LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles will announce US pop singer Katy Perry will become an ambassador for the British Asian Trust to help its fight against child-trafficking, the charity said.
Perry, 35, who is already a goodwill ambassador for United Nations children’s organization.... |
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Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Asian shares rose Wednesday on optimism that China's latest actions may help curtail some of the expected economic damage from the virus outbreak. |
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As prepared for delivery: 10:30 a.m. SGT. February 6, 2020. Singapore. Introduction. Good morning. Thank you all for being here today to discuss the important and timely topic of data connectivity in financial services. I'm glad to be here in Southeast Asia, a diverse, vibrant, and economically critical part of the world. |
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Asian stock markets surged Thursday after President Donald Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial and China promised tax cuts and other help to businesses reeling from a virus outbreak. Tokyo’s market benchmark rose more than 2% and indexes in Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong also advanced. Oil prices gained. |
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By Harumi OZAWA Yokohama (AFP) -- Thousands of people were stranded aboard two cruise ships in Asia on Thursday, quarantined by officials desperate to stem the spread of a deadly virus that has killed hundreds in China and spread panic worldwide. At least 20 people on board one ocean liner off the.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate and other Asian countries look set to follow suit as they seek ways to soften the impact of the outbreak of a virus in China that has killed more than 560 people. The Bank of Thailand cut the prime rate to a record low 1% from 1. |
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Lee Shau-kee, Hong Kong’s richest man, stepped down from his role as chairman of Henderson Land last year, and divided responsibilities at the property company between sons Peter Lee Ka-kit and Martin Lee Ka-shing. Photo: Handout.
Lee Shau-kee crowned Hong Kong’s richest man in latest survey by.... |
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At the University of California, Berkeley, the Tang Center for health services tried last week to share tips on managing anxiety about the virus. But it faced backlash for a list suggesting that “normal reactions” might include xenophobia and “fears about interacting with those who might be from Asia. |
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DUE to the fast-spreading novel coronavirus, economists at Standard Chartered Bank expect the global economy to undergo a deeper, but shorter-lived downturn in the early months of 2020 relative to 2003's Sars epidemic. Standard Chartered's chief global economist David Mann and Asia economist.... |
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Universal Peace Federation Hosts World Summit 2020. SEOUL, South Korea Feb. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the global panic around the coronavirus outbreak, 7,000 heads of state, entrepreneurs, academics, media and religious leaders journeyed to the KINTEX Exhibition Center in Korea from February.... |
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Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020. Asian shares rose Wednesday on optimism that China's latest actions may help curtail some of the expected economic damage from the virus outbreak. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate and other Asian countries look set to follow suit as they seek ways to soften the impact of the outbreak of a virus in China that has killed more than 560 people. The Bank of Thailand cut the prime rate to a record low 1% from 1. |
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SEOUL, South Korea Feb. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the global panic around the coronavirus outbreak, 7,000 heads of state, entrepreneurs, academics, media and religious leaders journeyed to the KINTEX Exhibition Center in Korea from February 3-5 for peace talks to contribute their expertise to.... |
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Asian stock markets surged Thursday after President Donald Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial and China promised tax cuts and other help to businesses reeling from a virus outbreak. Tokyo's market benchmark rose more than 2% and indexes in Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong also advanced. Oil prices gained. |
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With effect from 1st February 2020, Hajar Alafifi assumed duties as Chairperson of Unilever Sri Lanka and joins the Unilever South Asia Leadership Team. Taking the helm from her predecessor, Carl Cruz who has been appointed as Managing Director, Unilever West Africa Multi Country Operation (MCO) - Ghana and Nigeria. |
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Stocks in Asia jumped on Thursday afternoon as investors in the region reacted to positive developments on the U.S.-China trade front. Beijing said Thursday it would halve tariffs on hundreds of U.S. imports from 1:01 p.m. on Feb. 14, according to a statement on the Ministry of Finance's website. |
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Asian stock markets surged Thursday after President Donald Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial and China promised tax cuts and other help to businesses reeling from a virus outbreak. Tokyo's market benchmark rose more than 2% and indexes in Shanghai, Seoul and Hong Kong also advanced. Oil prices gained. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate and other Asian countries look set to follow suit as they seek ways to soften the impact of the outbreak of a virus in China that has killed more than 560 people. The Bank of Thailand cut the prime rate to a record low 1% from 1. |
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(Bloomberg) -- The recent outperformance in Indian stocks may eventually fade. That’s according to Ronald Chan, Manulife Asset Management’s chief investment officer for Asia ex-Japan equities. Indian shares have yet to price in the nation’s slowing economy, which could expand at a rate of between 4. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Asia were primed for gains after data showed resilience in the U.S. economy and investors speculated the fallout from the coronavirus could be contained. U.S. equities earlier closed at an all-time high and Treasury yields advanced. |
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