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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly higher on Tuesday, tracking the positive cues overnight from Wall Street amid renewed optimism that the U.S. and China will sign the first phase of a trade deal by the middle of November following comments from President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. |
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Hyundai Motor Group plans to make inroads into the Chinese luxury car market with its Genesis brand “in the near future,” an industry source told Asia Times on Monday. Monthly passenger car sales in China, the world’s largest automobile market, have fallen since June 2018. They sank 6. |
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Asia could grow its share of installed capacity for onshore wind from 230 Gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to over 2600 GW by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds. By that time, the region would become a global leader in wind, accounting for more than 50 per cent of all.... |
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Sustainable supplies of goods and production were key areas for Vietnamese businesses to focus on in order to join the global supply chain, Director General of the Foreign Trade Association (Amfori) Christian Ewert said at a conference held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 21. |
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US acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice G Wells has said that Pakistan's continued support to extremist, terrorists to engage in cross-border terrorism is "chief obstacle" for a direct dialogue between India-Pakistan. Alice G Wells has informed Subcommittee on Asia,.... |
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After he was sworn in Sunday for his second and final five-year term, Jokowi pledged to transform the Southeast Asian nation’s economy and take actions against poverty and corruption. Jokowi opted for an austere ceremony at the heavily guarded parliament in Jakarta in contrast to the festive parade.... |
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Asian stock are mostly higher on Tuesday, tracking the positive cues overnight from Wall Street amid renewed optimism that the U.S. and China will sign the first phase of a trade deal by the middle of November following comments from President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He. |
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Southeast Asia's ride-hailing market took an interesting turn on Monday when Gojek founder and chief executive Nadiem Makarim said he has stepped down from the company to join Indonesia president Joko Widodo's cabinet. Makarim was speaking to local reporters at Indonesia's state palace on Monday,.... |
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HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - UBS Group is cutting about 40 jobs in the Asia-Pacific as part of a global push to trim costs and combine its trading units, according to a person familiar with the matter. This comes days after the announcement that Ms Choo Oi Yee, managing director and head of Singapore.... |
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The self-made millionaire first came to the UAE on his honeymoon; on his next trip, he came for good. He then founded Pure Gold and grew it into the multinational jewellery chain it is today, with 157 stores in the Middle East and Asia and a manufacturing factory in India and China each. Merchant opened his first store in 1989. |
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Early marriage and childbearing have led to Bangladesh having the highest adolescent fertility rate in the Asia Pacific region. Adolescent pregnancy is correlated with pregnancy-related complications, preterm delivery, delivery of low-birth weight babies, and spousal violence. |
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MADRID – The relationship between Japan and Latin America is an old one based on cooperation in technology, the environment and social assistance in the region from which the Asian island nation gets raw materials, despite the fact that trade totaled only $60 billion in 2018, much below China’s trade with the region. |
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McKinsey said banks in western Europe and Asia are not as well-prepared for a downturn as they were when the global financial crisis erupted in 200.. — TODAY pic. PARIS, Oct 22 — US consulting firm McKinsey said yesterday that a third of big global banks may not survive a major financial shock, with those in western Europe and Asia most at risk. |
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An American Congressional sub-committee will hold a hearing on the human rights situation in South Asia, including Kashmir, on Tuesday with top officials from the state department and experts on the region. The hearing will be convened by Congressman Brad Sherman, Chairman of the Subcommittee on.... |
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Green Day, five-time Grammy Award winners, are embarking on a global tour in 2020, including a stop-over in Bangkok during March. The rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame inductees will perform a series of concerts throughout Europe, UK, North America and Asia. “Green Day Live in Bangkok” takes place on March 11, 2020 at Impact Arena, Muang Thong Thani. |
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NEW YORK Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Ventricular Drainage Devices Market: About this market This ventricular drainage devices market analysis considers sales from ventricular drainage accessories and ventricular drainage system products. Our study also finds the sales of ventricular drainage devices in Asia Europe North America , and ROW. |
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Amid uncertainty over the superpower rivalry in the region, Indonesia and Asian countries must uphold a rules-based order, which is also one of the key principles in the recently adopted ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific, a senior diplomat has said.Foreign Ministry Asia-Pacific and African Affairs.... |
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The Asia Pacific Exchange (APEX) launched the APEX Argus Bunker Index Singapore LSFO 0.5%S futures contract on Friday 18 October. This contract provides a tool for market participants to hedge price risks associated with marine fuel. The contract complies with tighter sulphur specifications being.... |
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Responding to the announcement that shipping company MSC “will not explore or use the Northern Sea Route between Europe and Asia for container shipping” and that it believes that shipping lines should focus on reducing the environmental impact of existing shipping trade routes”, Clean Arctic.... |
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NEW YORK Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Ventricular Drainage Devices Market: About this market This ventricular drainage devices market analysis considers sales from ventricular drainage accessories and ventricular drainage system products. Our study also finds the sales of ventricular drainage devices in Asia Europe North America , and ROW. |
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US Congressman Brad Sherman, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Asia, will hold a hearing on “Human Rights in South Asia: Views from the State Department and the Region” at the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington at 10 am US Eastern Daylight Time (7.30 pm IST) on Tuesday. |
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(COLOMBO PLAN DRUG ADVISORY PROGRAMME) Colombo Plan for Cooperative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific promotes the concepts of self-help and mutual help among its member states. Established in 1951 with seven Commonwealth member countries, the membership today has expanded to 27 states. |
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Myanmar is one of UNOPS’ leading offices in Asia, acting as fund manager for three of the largest development programmes in the country, namely the Access to Health, the Livelihood and Food Security Fund (LIFT) and the Joint Peace Fund (JPF). In addition, UNOPS is Principal Recipient for the Global.... |
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NEW YORK Oct. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Pulmonary Edema Therapeutics Market: About this market This pulmonary edema therapeutics market analysis considers sales from cardiogenic pulmonary edema and non-cardiogenic pulmonary edema types. Our study also finds the sales of pulmonary edema therapeutics in Asia Europe North America , and ROW. |
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The Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP), in collaboration with the World Wide Fund for Nature, with support from the German Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Association of Development Banks for the Asia and Pacific and United Nations Economic and Social.... |
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