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BEIJING (AP) — Shares extended losses in Asia on Friday after Japan and South Korea reported weak manufacturing data that suggest a worsening toll from trade tensions. U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and will have a half-day session on Friday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.1% to 23,409. |
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BEIJING (AP) — Shares extended losses in Asia on Friday after Japan and South Korea reported weak manufacturing data that suggest a worsening toll from trade tensions. U.S. markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday and will have a half-day session on Friday. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index lost 0.1% to 23,409. |
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It was like a bombshell when the US Assistant Secretary of State for Central and South Asia, Alice Wells, in her talk at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars in Washington, DC on November 22, lambasted the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) as a dangerous ploy for Pakistan because the net.... |
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore said on Friday it had instructed Facebook to correct a post on its social media platform under a new 'fake news' law, after a user declined a government request to do so. The move, coming as the Asian city-state gears up for an election, is the first real test of a.... |
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TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian markets slipped on Friday leaving global shares just short of an all-time peak as investors turned cautious, fearing a new U.S. law backing Hong Kong protesters could torpedo efforts to end the U.S.-China trade war.
MSCI All Country world index .MIWD00000PUS, which tracks shares in 49 countries, were up 0. |
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(Adds details, background throughout) SINGAPORE, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Singapore said on Friday it had instructed Facebook to correct a post on its social media platform under a new 'fake news' law, after a user declined a government request to do so. The move, coming as the Asian city-state gears up.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Terms of Trade is a daily newsletter that untangles a world embroiled in trade wars. Sign up here. Ship owners are waiting longer and paying more to refuel at the Asian hub of Singapore as the industry scrambles to prepare for the implementation of new ship-fuel rules in just a few weeks. |
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"The United States has warned Pakistan of the long-term risks to its economy if it embraces China’s massive infrastructure project and suggested that it should instead look to the U.S. business model,” Alice Wells, the acting assistant secretary of state for South Asia, told a conference on November 21. |
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A small demonstration of a few dozen people advocating for human rights was set to take place in the Lao capital of Vientiane on November 11, in what would have been a rare protest in the repressive one-party state. — Asia Times. Feature photo UN Women This week’s Lao morning news feature photo focus on , November 25. |
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Cambodia’s authoritarian leader Hun Sen has offered to renew friendship with the United States after receiving a letter from President Donald Trump, a turnaround in relations with the country he once accused of conspiring to overthrow him. — Yahoo News Cambodia boasts one of the lowest unemployment rates in Southeast Asia. |
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Bangladesh last year had 70 percent less deaths in terrorist attacks than the previous year, says a new global study. Bangladesh is the most successful South Asian country in countering terrorism, it said. The country was ranked 31 last year, while it was 25th the year before, according to the 2019 Global Terrorism Index published recently. |
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Futures pointed to a higher open for Japanese shares, while stocks in Australia edged higher in early trade. Following the signing of bills by U.S. President Donald Trump in support of Hong Kong protesters on Wednesday, investors continue to assess the potential impact on ongoing trade negotiations between Washington and Beijing. |
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In the progress of South Asia lies our prosperity. To start with, we must break down barriers to the free movement of goods, services and ideas htls Updated: Nov 29, 2019 04:37 IST.
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi being Greeted by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People. |
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Soon after hosting the 35th Asean Summit and the 14th East Asia Summit and cementing its position at the epicentre of regional decision-making, Bangkok became the regional capital of something often neglected but equally important for the region's future. |
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The downtown city area will be bustling this weekend with four major events taking place at the same time: the Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon (SCSM), U2 Joshua Tree Tour, C3 Anime Festival Asia (AFA) and Gardens by the Bay's Christmas Wonderland. This rare convergence of schedules is expected to see hundreds of thousands throng the area. |
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More than a million visitors are expected for the City of Sydney’s 2020 Sydney Lunar Festival, considered the biggest celebration of the Lunar New Year outside Asia. The celebrations will begin on 25 January Lunar New Year’s Day for the first time, Lunar Lanes will weave through the streets of.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Asia looked set to nudge higher on the final trading day of November with a lack of fresh drivers due to the U.S. holiday. Futures in Japan, Hong Kong and Australia all pointed to modest gains. U.S. equity and bond markets were shut Thursday for Thanksgiving, while European shares slipped. |
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Asia-Pacific Graduate Institute (SJTU-APGI) was unveiled here Thursday, and Singapore Education Minister Ong Ye Kung sent a congratulatory letter on the occasion in hopes of enhancing cooperation between the two countries on the education front. |
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NUR-SULTAN, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- The European Union will provide 28 million euros (about 31 million U.S. dollars) to support three multi-year programs in Central Asia, which aim to promote trade, the rule of law, investment and economic growth in the region, EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan Sven-Olov Carlsson said here on Thursday. |
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The U.S. pork industry could profit handsomely from the higher prices that are accompanying shortages of pork products in Asia as African Swine Fever (ASF) sweeps China—the world’s biggest producer and market. However, America’s pork producers would be decimated if the disease were to gain a foothold here. |
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Mainstay Asian sweet crudes have brushed aside shrinking margins to trade at their highest premiums in over six years for the January trading cycle, supported by rising demand from refineries to produce IMO-compliant low sulfur fuels and a closed arbitrage, Asian sweet crude traders said Thursday. |
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are climbing fast in the world’s biggest emerging markets, posing a possible inflation threat after months of dormant pressures. Asia’s two largest developing economies face a price surge for staple products -- pork in China and onions in India -- that are central to consumers’ diets. |
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A month after the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and Bengaluru police began their probe into the alleged misuse of client securities by Karvy Stock Broking (KSBL) in June, Ashish Agarwal, the lone representative of Barings Private Equity Asia on the board of KSBL, had resigned from it in July. |
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Protecting the endangered Asiatic cheetah. Tweeting a satirical poem. Attending a climate conference. Campaigning against a power plant. These actions hardly conjure images of suicide bombers or coup plotters. Yet they have been labeled “eco-terrorism,” “extremism,” or “threats to national security”.... |
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised 85.05 million lari ($28.6 million) from its first Georgian lari-denominated bonds issued in the offshore market. The bonds pay a floating rate coupon based on the 6-month Tbilisi Interbank Rate (TIBR), a risk-free benchmark interest rate introduced by the.... |
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