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The capital will be used to strengthen BookMyShow SEA's technology operations and grow its capabilities to cater to the rising entertainment demands in the Southeast Asian region, a company statement said.
Bigtree Entertainment Singapore Pte Ltd, which owns and operates BookMyShow’s South East Asia.... |
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Radio Free Asia reports that North Korea was one of five countries that most voted against the United States at the UN General Assembly last year. According to a U.S. State Department report submitted to Congress, North Korea voted opposite the U.S. in 16 out of 20 key agenda items directly related to U. |
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DUBAI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia raised on Monday its light crude prices for sales to Asia in January to the highest in six years, tracking gains in the Middle East crude benchmark and higher margins for light distillates last month.
Tight supplies and increased demand for high-sulphur.... |
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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Asian shares tumbled on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump stunned markets with tariffs against imports from Brazil and Argentina, recharging fears about global trade tensions, while weak U.S. factory data added to the investor gloom.
MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0. |
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Monitoring Desk. SINGAPORE: It’s almost like a sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians.” A year after the movie — set in Singapore — helped drive a record number of visitors to the city-state, the tourists are back again in full force, pushing arrivals to a new high in the third quarter. |
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HANOI: Fake news is one thing to be mindful of, but perhaps another issue for people to be equally concerned of is fake medicines. A recent report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) warned that increasing amounts of falsified medicines are being produced in Southeast Asia, said the Asean Post. |
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Outdoor particulate pollution was responsible for an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide in 2015, with a majority concentrated in east and south Asia. Millions more fell ill from breathing dirty air. This fine pollution mainly comes from burning things: Coal in power plants, gasoline in cars,.... |
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December 26, 2019, will mark 15 years since the tragic events of the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami, when scores of lives were lost in Southeast and South Asia, and even in East Africa. I do not wish to make this account personal – it suffices to say that I was in Kerala, south India, when the tsunami hit,.... |
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David Stilwell, US assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, pictured in July. Photo: Reuters.
US vision for global order is vastly different than China’s, Trump administration official says.
‘For Beijing, international relations is about hierarchy and “big makes right”,’.... |
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Futures pointed to a lower open for Japanese stocks, while shares in Australia dropped in early trade. Market reaction to retail stocks in Hong Kong will also be watched on Tuesday, after a Monday data release showed total retail sales volume for October in the embattled city dropped 26. |
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is working towards capacity building, up scaling infrastructure facilities and economic cooperation towards regional economic development while having an outward approach to reach inclusive growth in its development agenda. |
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Shanghai, China, Dec. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- On November 18-20, Hengtong Group and Asian-Pacific Optical Fiber and Cable Industry Association (APC) jointly held Global Optical Fiber and Cable Conference 2019 (GOFC) in Shanghai International Conference Center and showed four.... |
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LUXASIA. Asia-Pacific's omnichannel beauty retailer has collaborated with The Walt Disney Company (South-east Asia) on a special lipstick collection named Believe In The Journey, inspired by the empowering themes and beloved characters of Disney's animated blockbuster Frozen 2. |
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Joel Tseng won Singapore's first SEA Games medal in kurash yesterday, as he grabbed a silver at Laus Group Event Center in Clark. Kurash is a folk wrestling discipline which traces its origins to Central Asia. It is one of eight new sports making its SEA Games debut in the Philippines. |
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Shanghai, China, Dec. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- On November 18-20, Hengtong Group and Asian-Pacific Optical Fiber and Cable Industry Association (APC) jointly held Global Optical Fiber and Cable Conference 2019 (GOFC) in Shanghai International Conference Center and showed four.... |
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From left: Bill Gates, Azim Premji, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett in 2011 Bloomberg Finance LP. Azim Premji made history this year as Asia’s most generous philanthropist by donating $7.6 billion worth of Wipro shares to his education-centered foundation, raising his total lifetime giving to $21 billion. |
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“People say I am one of the richest people in China, but I don’t think it is my money,” says Jack Ma. “It is money that people have entrusted to you, and you want to spend it in a better, smarter way.” Ma is explaining his new focus, philanthropy, in an exclusive interview with Forbes Asia in October. |
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Shanghai, China, Dec. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NEWMEDIAWIRE -- On November 18-20, Hengtong Group and Asian-Pacific Optical Fiber and Cable Industry Association (APC) jointly held Global Optical Fiber and Cable Conference 2019 (GOFC) in Shanghai International Conference Center and showed four.... |
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Food products imported from Asia contain undeclared ingredients that can cause deadly allergic reactions, Australian researchers say. Scientists tested 50 packaged foods purchased from six Asian grocery stores in Melbourne , finding 46 per cent contained an allergen that wasn't listed on the label. |
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Scientists tested 50 packaged foods purchased from six Asian grocery stores in Melbourne, finding 46 per cent contained an allergen that wasn't listed on the label. Even worse, 18 per cent of the products contained multiple unlisted allergens. Eggs, gluten, milk and peanuts were detected, sometimes.... |
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Australians with severe food allergies have been warned products imported from Asia are loaded with undeclared ingredients that can cause deadly reactions.
Scientists tested 50 packaged foods purchased from six Asian grocery stores in Melbourne, finding 46 per cent contained an allergen that wasn't listed on the label. |
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JAKARTA -- The fintech startup that operates the digital credit card service Kredivo in Indonesia has secured $90 million in new capital, in one of the largest fundraising rounds in Southeast Asia this year. The size of the investment is an indication of how competitive the virtual credit card.... |
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YANGON -- The opening of a new bridge between Thailand and Myanmar has pushed Southeast Asia one step closer to the realization of an East-West Economic Corridor, connecting the South China Sea to the Indian Ocean. The corridor, which passes through Vietnam, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar, is set to.... |
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Singapore-headquartered FinAccel has secured $90 million in what is the largest funding round for a fintech startup in Southeast Asia as it looks to further grow its credit lending app Kredivo and build more financial services. The financing round, dubbed Series C, for the three-and-a-half-year-old.... |
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Food products imported from Asia are loaded with undeclared ingredients that can cause deadly allergic reactions, Australian researchers say. Scientists tested 50 packaged foods purchased from six Asian grocery stores in Melbourne, finding 46 per cent contained an allergen that wasn’t listed on the label. |
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