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The pound fell Friday as investors fret over Boris Johnson’s chances of pushing his Brexit deal through parliament, while Asian markets were mostly down after data showed China’s economy expanded at its slowest pace in nearly three decades. The pound rallied almost to $1. |
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STOCKHOLM Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Mycronic AB (publ) has received an order for a Prexision 8 Evo mask writer from an existing customer in Asia . The order is valued between USD 18 -23 million and is planned for delivery in the fourth quarter of 2020. |
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Spectrum: Can you taste where a wine came from?
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* European shares choppy in morning trading after Asia slips. * China GDP grows 6.0% in third quarter, near three-decade low. * Dollar set for worst week since mid June, Wall Street futures flat. * Sterling gives back some gains after Brexit deal rally. * Benchmark government bond yields nudge higher. |
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Q&A with Dr. Emma Hakala, Finnish Institute of International Affairs on how India can use climate change in its foreign policy. South Asia Fast Track Senior Research Fellow Emma Hakala was interviewed by South Asia Fast Track on how India can use climate change in its foreign policy. |
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and its close Gulf partner UAE held wide ranging consultations on labour mobility and have highlighted this as a role model for other Asian countries. Minister of State for External Affairs, V. Muraleedharan led the Indian delegation to the fifth Ministerial Consultation of Abu Dhabi Dialogue (ADD) held on 16-17 October in Dubai . |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Asian nations face heightening risks to their economic outlooks as the U.S.-China trade war and slumping Chinese demand hurt the world's fastest-growing region, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday.
In its World Economic Outlook report on Tuesday, the IMF cut its.... |
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A currency trader works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 10, 2019. Asian financial markets advanced on Monday after China released better-than-expected trade data for May. Gains were reined in by worries over where the world’s.... |
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Maria do Valle Ribeiro of Ireland as United Nations Resident Coordinator for Zimbabwe, with the host country’s agreement. Ms. Ribeiro has more than three decades of humanitarian and development leadership experience in Africa, Asia and.... |
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* European shares choppy in morning trading after Asia slips. * China GDP grows 6.0% in third quarter, near three-decade low. * Dollar set for worst week since mid June, Wall Street futures flat. * Sterling gives back some gains after Brexit deal rally. * Benchmark government bond yields nudge higher. |
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There is a growing international trade in waste tyres that pollute the communities that host them. By John Geddie, Sudarshan Varadhan and Joe Brock. NABIPUR, India/KULAI, Malaysia, Oct 18 (Reuters) - When night falls in the Indian village of Nabipur, the backyard furnaces come to life, burning waste.... |
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ executive director Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler "baffling" and "a slap in the face" to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan. |
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Pakistan’s immigration authorities barred entry of Committee to Protect Journalists' (CPJ) Asia Programme Coordinator Steven Butler, saying that his name had been placed on a 'stop list', a press statement issued by the body said on Thursday. "Last [Wednesday] night, Pakistani immigration.... |
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In this Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, file photo, paper origami cranes are displayed during a sit-in outside police headquarters in Hong Kong. The protests that started in June over a now-shelved extradition bill have since snowballed into an anti-China campaign amid anger over what many view as Beijing's.... |
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia co-ordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ executive director Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler “baffling” and “a slap in the face” to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan. |
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ executive director Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler “baffling” and “a slap in the face” to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan. |
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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo specialist Brian Fairbrother, left, and trader Philip Powers work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 17.
A currency trader watches computer monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. |
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ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ executive director Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler "baffling" and "a slap in the face" to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan. |
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FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo specialist Brian Fairbrother, left, and trader Philip Powers work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The U.S. stock market opens at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Oct. 17.
A currency trader watches computer monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Oct. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices retreated in Asia after China reported Friday that its economy grew at an annual rate of 6.0% in the latest quarter. The Shanghai Composite index gave up early gains, losing 0.6% to 2,960.55 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.2% to 26,800.24. Australia's S&P ASX 200 declined 0. |
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Archipelago International , Southeast Asia's largest privately owned and independent hotel management group, recently entered into a first of its kind partnership with Grab, the leading everyday everything app in Southeast Asia. |
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ISLAMABAD Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ executive director Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler “baffling” and “a slap in the face” to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan. |
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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has blacklisted and expelled the Asia coordinator of global press freedom group the Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ executive director Joel Simon called the expulsion of Steven Butler “baffling” and “a slap in the face” to those concerned about press freedom in Pakistan. |
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SINGAPORE Oct. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Increasing choice, better internet access, and rising affluence will continue to drive more spend online in Southeast Asia , according to Facebook and Bain & Company who released a follow-up to the 2018 study on Emerging Middle Class in the region. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices retreated in Asia after China reported Friday that its economy grew at an annual rate of 6.0% in the latest quarter. The Shanghai Composite index gave up early gains, losing 0.6% to 2,960.55 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng shed 0.2% to 26,800.24. Australia's S&P ASX 200 declined 0. |
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