A Chinese vessel that collided with a Philippine ship in the South China Sea in June may have been sent to the disputed waters on enforcement duty, according to US analysts. In a report released on Wednesday, the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative (AMTI) in Washington challenged Chinese claims.... |
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BEIJING, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Chinese card payment giant China UnionPay had extended its services to 177 countries and regions, as some merchants and automatic teller machines (ATM) in Armenia began to accept UnionPay cards recently. Central Asia and Transcaucasia are core regions along the Silk Road.... |
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Schistosomiasis, also known as bilharzia, is caused by schistosome infection and affects more than 240 million people in Africa, Asia and parts of South America. In this work the scientists focused on one phase of the schistosome life cycle that could be an intriguing target for preventing infection. |
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HO CHI MINH CITY/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE — Just next to Ho Chi Minh City’s financial district, two dozen street vendors’ stalls display colorful adverts for e-wallets backed by private equity firm Warburg Pincus, ride-hailing firm Grab and Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC, among others. |
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KUALA LUMPUR — A palm oil industry watchdog will adopt rules next month that will impose fines on consumer goods companies like Unilever and Nestle if they don’t start buying more green palm oil to help curb deforestation in Southeast Asia, the regulating body said. |
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By Beatrice M. Laforga. THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB) has increased its overall lending program to the country to a “record” level up to 2022, with the biggest focus this time on infrastructure projects, the regional lender announced in a press briefing on Thursday. |
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Adoption curves of various technologies vary by region because of infrastructure and available service providers. In many parts of Asia, service providers are leapfrogging to cutting-edge application methods. Here’s why Asian agriculture is primed for adoption of precision ag technologies:
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By Michael Angelo S. Murillo Senior Reporter. ADD Pinaco, Vietnam’s leading dry cell and storage battery brand, as one with the country’s hosting of the 30 th Southeast Asian Games later this year. This, after the company signed a commitment of support with the Philippine Southeast Asian Games.... |
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Pakistan could escape being blacklisted by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on Friday, but even if it does, the international watchdog on terror finance is likely to issue strong warnings to the South Asian nation’s government, in addition to keeping the country on the grey list, sources said. |
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Some of the deadliest disasters in the Asia Pacific Region in the last 5 years such as the Nepal Earthquake (2015), Myanmar Floods (2015), the Indonesia Earthquake in Sulawesi (2018), Kerala Floods in India (2018), etc. have resulted in extensive damage to housing and critical infrastructure.... |
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Hanoi (VNA) – Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung received a delegation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in Hanoi on October 17. At the meeting, head of the delegation - Elder Homer P. David of the LDS Church’s Asia Area Presidency, informed his.... |
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HÀ NỘI — Since its emergence early last year, the US-China trade conflict has not shown signs of easing. Companies are increasingly concerned about the impact of trade tariffs and other trade protection measures, with many actively planning to divert their production from China. |
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report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Australia has progressed to now be one of the four major sub-markets for data centres in Asia alongside Singapore Hong Kong and Japan As data centres become larger and more efficient, new data centres are generally being built in.... |
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AsiaNet 81095 SINGAPORE, Oct. 17, 2019 (Antara/Bernama-AsiaNet) -- Drawing on her personal memoir Becoming, ‘An Evening with Michelle Obama’ will leave attendees inspired after a night to remember on Saturday, 14 December 2019 Leading business events provider, The Growth Faculty will present ‘An.... |
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Who has been paying attention to the news this week? Much has happened: from the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge going on a royal tour in Asia to a presidential visit in the UAE and a world-famous musical theatre show arriving at Dubai Opera. Do you know which K-pop band made history in Saudi Arabia?.... |
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Silver Inks, Pastes and Coatings report studies the global market size of it, especially focuses on the key regions like United States, European Union, China, and other regions (Japan, Korea, India and Southeast Asia).Silver is an excellent conductor of electricity, which enables its use in a wide variety of applications in the electronics sector. |
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This report researches the worldwide Terephthalic Acid market size (value, capacity, production and consumption) in key regions like United States, Europe, Asia Pacific (China, Japan) and other regions.This study categorizes the global Terephthalic Acid breakdown data by manufacturers, region, type.... |
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Global business assurance market was valued at US$ 108,500.2 Mn in 2017, and is expected to exhibit a CAGR of 8.4% over the forecast period to reach US$ 227,564.6 Mn in 2027. The Asia Pacific market is witnessing high growth due to increasing demand for business assurance services across the rapidly expanding industrial sector. |
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This report researches the worldwide Hot Melt Adhesive (HMA) market size (value, capacity, production and consumption) in key regions like United States, Europe, Asia Pacific (China, Japan) and other regions.This study categorizes the global Hot Melt Adhesive (HMA) breakdown data by manufacturers,.... |
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NGILNGIG Asian Fantastic Film Davao was formally launched last Wednesday, October 16, at Green Windows Dormitel, Davao City through PANIID: Ngilngig Sneak Peek 2019. Posters and film teasers for the film festival were also presented. The 5th edition of Ngilngig was called Ngilngig Asian Fantastic.... |
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World football governing body president Gianni Infantino has pledged that Fifa would be much more active in Bangladesh football and south Asia with competitions at youth, club and national level during his Asia’s Goodwill Tour in Bangladesh Thursday. “I thought I came to a country which knows.... |
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Jeju - Justin Thomas said on Thursday a fit Tiger Woods should be on the US Presidents Cup team "100 times out of 100" as the debate about who should get a wildcard heats up. The PGA Tour has decamped to Asia for this week's CJ Cup in South Korea and next week's Zozo Championship in Japan, where.... |
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Karur Vysya Bank on Thursday partnered with Home Credit India, a local arm of the international consumer finance provider with operations spanning over Europe and Asia, for joint lending. The recent RBI guidelines have opened up opportunities to explore partnership avenues with the aim of reaching out to the large unbanked customer base. |
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Hong Kong Philharmonic won orchestra of the year at the prestigious 2019 Gramophone Awards, a first for Asia and a rare bright spot for the financial hub's cultural industry as the city reels from months of protests. In the only category of the annual awards open to public votes, Hong Kong's.... |
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The report will help brands and agencies drive more effective engagement with Asian consumers SINGAPORE, Oct 17, 2019 - (ACN Newswire) - WARC, the global authority on advertising and media effectiveness, has today released Asia's Anatomy of Effectiveness, a report aimed at advertising agencies,.... |
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