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Norway’s new oil grade is making inroads in Asia, threatening to undermine sales of similar crudes from Africa and South America. China’s Unipec, at least one of the nation’s independent refiners and South Korea’s Hyundai Oilbank Co have bought Johan Sverdrup for December delivery, said traders and refinery officials in Asia. |
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Weeks after Armand Wahyudi Hartono became the vice president director of Indonesia’s largest non-state bank, he noticed how staff were leaving half-empty glasses of water after work. The next morning, he restricted the amount of drinking water available at PT Bank Central Asia’s headquarters. |
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Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque speaks at a seminar titled ‘GMO Crops: Policy and Practices in South Asia’ on North South University (NSU) campus in the capital’s Bashundhara Residential Area on Sunday. - SUN PHOTO.
Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque said the government has allocated.... |
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. Shang-Jin Wei, a former chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, is Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University.
Oppone-nts of globa-lisation constantly point to the uneven impact of open trade. Although trade liberalisation can make the overall economic pie bigger, not.... |
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Hyundai Asia Resources Inc. (HARI) recently featured its Hyundai Modern Jeepney Class 1 at this year’s Roads & Traffic Expo Philippines at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City. Inspired by the President Rodrigo Duterte Administration’s “Build, Build, Build” modernization program which aims to.... |
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HARBIN, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's Xiamen Airlines launched two air routes linking two Chinese cities and southeast Asian cities Sunday. One of the routes links Harbin City, the capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Fuzhou City, the capital of east China's Fujian Province, and Kuala.... |
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Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai‘i. Support UNDP representative says judiciary can help reduce stigmas. MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, June 4, 2013) – Thirty judges from sixteen Asia Pacific.... |
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The ship will dock at Tien Sa, a deep-water port considered the biggest and most important port in terms of economics in central Vietnam. The visit, part of the Indian Navy’s deployment to the Southeast Asia, will comprise professional exchanges between the two navies, friendly games, meetings.... |
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India Women beat Pakistan Women by seven wickets in an ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 match played at the Navy Cricket Ground, Werisala in Sri Lanka on Sunday, according to a press release issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). India chased down the 107-run target for the loss of.... |
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Following the adoption of the Mutual Evaluation Report, the Philippines entered a 12- month observation period, the completion of which requires the country to submit a comprehensive progress report to the Asia/Pacific Group on Money Laundering focused on the implementation of its recommended actions. |
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From developing nations to rich countries, people are taking to the streets. Protests are leading to bloodshed from South America to Asia. The reasons for the protests differ, but there are a number of underlying questions: Why doesn’t everyone benefit in equal measure from greatly increased.... |
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Peter Wong, deputy chairman and chief executive of HSBC’s Asia Pacific operations, also told a financial summit in Shanghai that China needs to improve corporate governance and investor protection to mitigate systemic risks. “We really don’t want to have another situation ... |
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The ship will dock at Tien Sa, a deep-water port considered the biggest and most important port in terms of economics in central Vietnam. The visit, part of the Indian Navy's deployment to the Southeast Asia, will comprise professional exchanges between the two navies, friendly games, meetings.... |
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Shutterstock. Turkmenistan is one of the world's most secretive countries, and has a widely denounced human rights record. The country doesn't allow many people in, and its president is a fan of showing off through photo ops and gold statues. Scroll down to see what the country is like. |
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By Frances Yoon and Joanne Chiu. For years, Hong Kong has been one of the world's most profitable banking markets. That status is now under threat. The city is a money-spinner for HSBC Holdings PLC, Standard Chartered PLC, Bank of China (Hong Kong) Ltd. and others, such as Bank of East Asia Ltd. and HSBC's local subsidiary, Hang Seng Bank Ltd. |
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In May, politicians took the unprecedented decision to legalise same-sex marriages, becoming the first place in Asia to do so. More than 2,000 couples have since married, many of them taking part in Saturday’s festival. “I am very excited because it’s the first pride parade after same-sex marriages.... |
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A draft of the statement to be issued after the East Asia Summit in Bangkok early next month makes no mention of the exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar's Rakhine state, according to a copy of the communique seen by Kyodo News on Sunday. According to diplomatic sources of the Association of.... |
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A woman stands in front of an AI service robot at CES Asia 2019 in Shanghai on June 13 Photo: VCG A view of Cheetah Mobile's services robot in the Joy City shopping mall in Beijing on Sunday Photo: Zhang Hongpei/GT Chinese internet firms have been actively expanding their foothold over recent years.... |
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By Most martial arts find their home in Asia. Movies such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Ong Bak have made us familiar with Karate, Taekwondo and Judo. Here’s an itinerary of South-East Asian countries from where the deadliest martial arts originated and can be witnessed. |
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Compiled by Singapore has retained its place as second best on a World Bank ranking for the world’s easiest place to do business even as the overall pace of reforms in the East Asia and Pacific region slows. — The Business Times. ASEAN is unlikely to be a successful platform in resolving the palm.... |
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The French owner of Louis Vuitton is looking to sharpen its focus further on the US, the company’s second-largest region by revenue behind Asia; An acquisition of Tiffany would be the biggest ever by LVMH, higher than the US$7 billion it paid for the rest of Christian Dior in 2017
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Initially, this text was to be read at an international conference to be held in the capital of a country in Asia. Finally, it was decided not to participate in that conference because of ethical and moral issues. Here is the text of Nguyên Hoàng Bao Viêt, in its entirety: At the opening of the 42nd.... |
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A senior U.S. official on Saturday expressed readiness to urge South Korea to maintain its military intelligence-sharing agreement with Japan. “We do of course encourage the Korean side to return to this agreement because it benefits us, benefits you and it certainly benefits them as well,” David Stilwell, U. |
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The Australian Government announced on May 30 it will be introducing a travel ban for child sex offenders — in a “world first” bid to prevent child sex tourism abroad. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that in 2016 almost 800 convicted child-sex offenders had travelled overseas. |
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