The spread of African swine fever (ASF) continues across much of Asia, reports Pork Checkoff . The minister of agriculture for Indonesia confirmed the country’s first outbreak of ASF in its North Sumatra province (far northwest part of multi-island nation) on 12 December.

CMCC Global brings on Zhao Chen , former General Manager at NEO, as a partner to set up a Shanghai office and to focus on blockchain equity investments in the region. HONG KONG Dec. 19, 2019 /CNW/ - CMCC Global, one of Asia's first blockchain focused venture capital funds, announced today that Zhao Chen has joined the company as a partner.

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By Alun John. HONG KONG (Reuters) - Banks and asset managers that use Asian benchmarks like the Hang Seng or Nikkei indices face a "perfect storm", with two major regulatory changes slated to take effect the same day, a financial industry group said on Tuesday.

South Korea has ranked tenth out of 189 countries in terms of gender equality in a survey conducted by the United Nations Development Program(UNDP). The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Wednesday that South Korea scored point-058 in the UNDP's latest Gender Inequality Index(GII), coming in tenth place, just like last year.

Despite sluggish merchandise exports from Bangladesh in the outgoing year 2019, a United Nations (UN) body forecasts positive annual export growth for the country. The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) made the projections in its latest Asia-Pacific Trade in Goods Trends and Outlooks.

Most Southeast Asian stock markets edged lower on Thursday, with the Philippine index leading losses, as investors booked profits ahead of holiday season and as a lack of clarity over the interim Sino-U.S. deal and prospects of a hard Brexit weighed. The "phase-one" trade agreement announced last week suspended a threatened round of U.

NICOL ANN DAVID was born in Penang on Aug 26, 1983. Voted women’s “Greatest Player Of All-Time” in poll conducted by Professional Squash Association (PSA) in 2018, Nicol held the world No. 1 spot for a record 109 months consecutively from 2006 to 2015. The eight-time world champion officially retired at the end of the 2018/19 PSA season in June.

ISLAMABAD: A surge of Hindu nationalism in neighbouring India will not only have domestic implications for it but could also end up having serious repercussions for regional peace and security. This was suggested by scholars speaking during a seminar on ‘India’s Strategic Posture and Implications for Stability in South Asia’.

The story of human evolution in Southeast Asia is clearer thanks to a new study initiated in 2004 by the late Mike Morwood, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Wollongong. The research, published in Nature, dates fossils found in Indonesia as being between 117-108,000 years old.

The African swine fever (ASF) epidemic in Asia is becoming an increasingly large problem. Starting in northern China in August 2018 it has rapidly moved south to Vietnam and onto Luzon Island in the Philippines and reached Timor Leste last October. It has resulted in the death of 350 million....

CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Thursday with modest losses following the lackluster cues overnight from Wall Street and as investors preferred to remain on the sidelines due to a lack of fresh catalysts. Investors digested news that the U.S.

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PARIS: Airbus is on course to end 2019 with a rise in its order backlog after netting more sales than deliveries across its major products, a senior executive said on Wednesday, thanks partly to strong demand in Asia. Airbus is expected to beat arch-rival Boeing in orders and, unusually, in....

A lacklustre night’s trading means local factors could dominate Asia Pacific trading today. No news on the trade front, and an internal focus for US politics as Congress heads towards impeachment, left markets sidelined. Climbing bond yields indicate the continuance of pro-growth sentiment.

Chevron Australia Downstream Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, today announced that it has signed a conditional Share Sale Agreement with Puma Energy Asia Pacific B.V. to acquire all shares and equity interests of Puma Energy (Australia) Holdings Pty Ltd for the amount of AU$425 million.

LONDON: Nearly 1,000 students, many from the South Asian diaspora, gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London on Wednesday night to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act ( CAA ) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). The protest was organised by the South Asia Solidarity Group and the SOAS India Society.

Chevron Australia Downstream Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, today announced that it has signed a conditional Share Sale Agreement with Puma Energy Asia Pacific B.V. to acquire all shares and equity interests of Puma Energy (Australia) Holdings Pty Ltd for the amount of AU$425 million.

Futures pointed to a lower open for Japanese stocks, while shares in Australia edged higher in early trade; Investors await the release of Australian jobs data for November, set for around 8:30 a.m .HK/SIN. The data could provide clues as to where the Reserve Bank of Australia could move next on interest rates.

Gold eased, tugged lower by a firmer dollar that has found support from mounting expectations the Fed will not cut rates anytime soon. MSCI’s gauge of stocks across the globe .MIWD00000PUS gained 0.03%, trading modestly higher after declining overnight in Asia. Emerging market stocks rose 0.55%, with Brazil’s Bovespa index hitting a record high.

(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked set to drift as investors sit on the sidelines with little in the way of fresh catalysts. Treasuries retreated. Futures slipped in Japan and were little changed in Hong Kong. Australia nudged up at the open. U.S. futures were flat after stocks ended steady, a day....

Airbus is expected to beat arch-rival Boeing in orders and, unusually, in deliveries this year as the Boeing 737 MAX remains grounded with its production now also halted. The launch of a long-range new version of the mainstay Airbus A321 medium-range jet, and a wave of business in Asia, has led to a....

India’s leading eyecare hospital chain Dr Agarwal’s Healthcare (DAHCL) has raised Rs. 215 crore of debt from UK-based development finance institution CDC Group to expand its geographical footprint across India, Africa and South Asia, along with significant investments in latest technology for super specialty eye-care.

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