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We are ending the year 2019 with the good news of being a top most gender equal country in South Asia—closing the overall gender gap by 48 percent in the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index, 2018 with economic, education, health and political indicators and achieving various milestones. |
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Prosecutors in Florida are attempting to elevate the prostitution-related charges against Patriots owner Robert Kraft from misdemeanors to felonies, according to a published report. The filing comes as the state is appealing a lower court ruling that tossed out video footage and other evidence used.... |
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The Thailand and Malaysian operations of Britain’s largest supermarket chain Tesco Plc are on the shopping lists of Thai tycoons. Thai billionaire Dhanin Chearavanont’s Charoen Pokphand Group and Central Group, controlled by Chirathivat family, are among companies that are weighing bids for the.... |
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Italian Ambassador in Kazakhstan Pasquale D’Avino, regional Akim (Governor) Ondassyn Urazalin, Eni Executive Vice President for the Central Asia region Luca Vignathi and Kazakh Invest Deputy Chair Birzhan Kaneshev participated in the opening ceremony. “Our goal is to create comfortable conditions.... |
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India's CAA deepens “geopolitical schisms” in South Asia, say 14 regional activists [TamilNet, Friday, 27 December 2019, 20:05 GMT] Fourteen academics, rights activists and writers from South Asia, including the renowned Sinhala academic Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda, have issued a joint statement.... |
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A survey of the country's eating habits has found Thai food is the most popular cuisine in Australia, out-ranking Chinese, Italian and Japanese. Asian cuisines dominated the list of most popular foods, according to data based on internet searches, suggesting the region is exerting an increasing influence on Australian diets. |
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A new program is being put into place in Phnom Penh aimed at enabling nongovernmental organizations to help combat the Cambodian capital's growing problems stemming from traffic and litter. Not long ago, the city was one of Southeast Asia's few capitals with wide, open boulevards not overly crowded with cars and litter, but that is changing. |
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A survey of the country's eating habits has found Thai food is the most popular cuisine in Australia, out-ranking Chinese, Italian and Japanese. Asian cuisines dominated the list of most popular foods, according to data based on internet searches, suggesting the region is exerting an increasing influence on Australian diets. |
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Abu Dhabi, SANA- Syria women U-16 basketball team beat Indian Hop Dream counterpart 77/18 at the opening of the Sharjah tournament. Syria women U-16 basketball team was crowned hero of West Asia championship after beating Lebanon 57/49 in the final match held at al-Faihaa sports city in Damascus. H. |
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A survey of the country's eating habits has found Thai food is the most popular cuisine in Australia, out-ranking Chinese, Italian and Japanese. Asian cuisines dominated the list of most popular foods, according to data based on internet searches, suggesting the region is exerting an increasing influence on Australian diets. |
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As a member of the Southeast Asia desk in ICPVTR, Amalina assesses terrorist threats and trends in the Southeast Asia (SEA) region, particularly in Singapore and Malaysia, and its evolving nature of terrorism and radicalization. Her current areas of research and interests include online extremism,.... |
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Mary Kom beat Nikhat Zareen in the 51kg final of the women's trials for the Indian team that will travel to China in February for the Asia/Oceania Olympic qualifiers. In keeping with the build up to the bout which involved both camps exchanging words in public over several months, it was followed by.... |
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Measles tripled. Hepatitis A mushroomed. A rare but deadly mosquito-borne disease increased, medicalxpress.com reported. And that was just the United States. Globally, there was an explosion of measles in many countries, an unrelenting Ebola outbreak in Africa and a surge in dengue fever in Asia. |
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The writer is an international affairs analyst who has written for the Asia Times, Daily Sabah, and Hurriyet Daily News and think tanks ORSAM, IRAM, and GASAM. NEW DELHI. India’s Hindu nationalist government recently passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) to amend the Citizenship Act of 1955,.... |
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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam greeted over 18 million international tourists in 2019, the highest level so far, according to the The number showed a year-on-year rise of 16.2 percent. Tourists from Asia made up 79.9 percent of the total, up 19.1 percent, Europe up 6.4 percent, America up 7.7 percent, and Africa 12. |
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TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- As China and the U.S. exchanged trade war salvos in May, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited a rare-earth magnet factory in the southeastern province of Jiangxi. His message was clear: China, which accounts for nearly 90% of the world's rare earths production, would have no compunction about taking the crucial elements hostage. |
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Investing.com – Gold prices kept heading higher on Friday in Asia after breaching $1,500 per ounce on Wednesday. U.S. Gold Futures inched up 0.27% to $1,518.45 by 9:49 PM ET (02:49 GMT) as investors await more details on the phase one trade deal agreement between the U.S. and China. U. |
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Today, only 15 per cent of African exports go to other African countries, compared with intra-trade levels of 61 per cent in Asia and 67 per cent in Europe. High tariffs and colonial-era infrastructure make it easier for African countries to export to Europe, Asia or the US than to each other. |
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Studies have ranked Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA), the only airport of Nepal, as one of the worst airports in South Asia in terms of security, traffic jams, and other facilities. Nepal desperately needs another international airport in order to tackle the growing flow of international passengers. |
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The major Asia Pacific shares finished mostly higher last week, but gains were mixed due to the lack of fresh news over the U.S.-China trade deal, and low holiday trading volume. Traders remained optimistic about the trade agreement, but were still worried about the details in the pact, and when and where it would be signed. |
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The major Asia Pacific shares finished mostly higher last week, but gains were mixed due to the lack of fresh news over the U.S.-China trade deal, and low holiday trading volume. Traders remained optimistic about the trade agreement, but were still worried about the details in the pact, and when and where it would be signed. |
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WASHINGTON – Wendy Cutler, the acting deputy U.S. trade representative under former President Barack Obama, called on Japan to lead the reform of the World Trade Organization in a recent interview. Cutler, currently vice president of the Asia Society Policy Institute, said the United States under.... |
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A rate-cutting Federal Reserve, fading recession concerns and benign inflationary environment combined to boost Asian G3 bond issuance volumes to a record high this year, a phenomenon unlikely to be repeated next year. In 2020, issuer needs are seen moderating, and pricing pressures would mean the.... |
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GEORGE TOWN (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Penang's coastal landscape is set to further change once the RM1 billion (S$327.6 million) Eastern Seafront Development (ESD) project takes off early next year, with the Promenade Walk likely to be a top attraction. |
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A popular theory is that an egg will balance itself on its narrower side during a solar eclipse due to increased gravity. This theory has been debunked by scientists but that didn’t stop people across Asia from trying it out on Thursday, when the region witnessed a solar eclipse. |
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