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HOUSTON (AP) - The Rockets are back home in Houston, looking to leave behind the distractions from their trip to Asia. Their two games in Japan were overshadowed by the aftermath of a tweet by general manager Daryl Morey in support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, angering fans and officials in China. |
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HOUSTON (AP) - The Rockets are back home in Houston, looking to leave behind the distractions from their trip to Asia. Their two games in Japan were overshadowed by the aftermath of a tweet by general manager Daryl Morey in support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, angering fans and officials in China. |
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HOUSTON (AP) - The Rockets are back home in Houston, looking to leave behind the distractions from their trip to Asia. Their two games in Japan were overshadowed by the aftermath of a tweet by general manager Daryl Morey in support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, angering fans and officials in China. |
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DANISH furniture company Normann Copenhagen has opened its first franchise store and its Asian flagship store in Bonifacio Global City in Taguig in recognition of the growth it has experienced in the region. “Over the last five years, Normann Copenhagen has enjoyed an average growth rate of 20%-25%.... |
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ASIA UNITED Bank Corp. (AUB) was awarded the second-highest credit rating by a local debt watcher due to its continuous profitability and strong management support. The listed bank received a PRS Aa plus (corp.) credit rating with a stable outlook from Philippine Rating Services Corp. |
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Financial Software and Systems (FSS), a leading global digital payment and financial technology company, is seeking to strengthen its longstanding association with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (asean) by building state-of-the-art infrastructure and expanding local footprint to capitalize on the booming digital payments market. |
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COPENHAGEN: Too much of the world is still addicted to coal power even as climate change "threatens the viability of human societies", U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, singling out Asian nations over their ongoing use of the fossil fuel. The U.N. |
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From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong Kong investors are shifting cash into Southeast Asian property, demoralised by increasingly violent protests as well as the China-US trade war. Millions have taken to the streets during four months of pro-democracy demonstrations in.... |
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Key point: America and the Taiwanese people have been practicing for just this scenario. With President Xi Jinping having consolidated his power at the 19th Party Congress, and the United States increasingly distracted at home, it may seem like a given that China will reestablish its predominance over the Asia-Pacific region. |
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KATHMANDU, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's trip to India and Nepal has injected new impetus into China's relations with the two countries, built new platform for good-neighborliness in South Asia, and opened up new prospects for regional practical cooperation, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday. |
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Adrian Wong delivered as Ateneo De Manila University snared the first Final Four berth with a 77-69 beating of archrival De La Salle University in Season 82 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men’s basketball tournament on Sunday at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay City. |
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In the aftermath of US President Trump okaying the Turkish invasion of northern Syria, ‘Kurds’ are in the news. The Kurds, an Iranian ethnic group native to a mountainous region of Western Asia known as Kurdistan, spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northern Syria. |
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Also known as the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, it is considered the richest in Asia. Over the years it has accumulated a massive Rs.75, 538 crores in reserves. Biggest contributors to it have been taxes – GST (before the implementation of GST it raked in the moolah from “octroi”) and property tax. |
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The Bangladesh economy is forecast to achieve the second highest growth rate this fiscal year in South Asia, the World Bank said in its biennial regional economic update yesterday. Bangladesh’s gross domestic product is projected to grow at 7.2 percent this fiscal year and 7. |
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Washington: Bangladesh and Nepal are estimated to grow faster than India in 2019, according to the World Bank, which said that overall growth in South Asia is projected to slow down this fiscal in line with a global downward trend, reports PTI. Pakistan’s growth rate is projected to deteriorate further to a mere 2. |
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Bangladesh’s economy will grow faster than all South Asian countries except for Bhutan in the current fiscal year, says the World Bank (WB). In its latest report titled “South Asia Economic Focus, Making (De) Centralisation Work”, the WB also projects a 7.2% GDP growth for the country for the current FY 2019-20 and 7. |
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Ateneo de Manila University reasserted its mastery over chief rival De La Salle University with a 77-69 victory and clinched the first Final Four seat of Season 82 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) men’s basketball tournament yesterday at the Mall of Asia Arena. |
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From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong Kong investors are shifting cash into Southeast Asian property, demoralized by increasingly violent protests as well as the China-US trade war. Millions have taken to the streets during four months of pro-democracy demonstrations in.... |
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Why did the Neanderthals go extinct?, asks Richard Collins. They lived in Europe and Asia for hundreds of thousands of years and must have been superbly adapted to their environment. Yet, around 30,000 years ago, they vanished completely. How odd that, while our species became so spectacularly.... |
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. Pipelines from the US to Canada and Mexico, Bolivia to neighbouring countries in South America, and North Africa to Europe provide significant examples of the more traditional regional trade patterns, but of course the extensive pipeline exports from Russia to Europe are the most well-known, and increasingly controversial, example. |
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4,300 exhibitors showcase tech trends, symposium focuses on 5G 13 October 2019 − The 39th HKTDC Hong Kong Electronics Fair (Autumn Edition), organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), and the 23rd electronicAsia, jointly organised by the HKTDC and MMI Asia Pte Ltd, opened today at.... |
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As I was preparing to travel to the West, I found myself thinking about the East. About a week after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the appointment of his impressive-sounding economic advisory council, I had a conversation with a friend and former colleague. In SA, it doesn’t take long for the conversation to turn to the ANC’s politics. |
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PROPERTY SECTOR. This photograph taken on August 19, 2019, shows an overview of high-rise private condominiums in Singapore. Photo by Roslan Rahman/AFP. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – From luxury Singapore apartments to Malaysian seafront condos, Hong Kong investors are shifting cash into Southeast Asian.... |
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By official accounts, the pig contagion wreaking havoc across Eastern Asia has virtually skipped over North Korea, with a single outbreak reported there in May. However, wayward feral pigs have stoked concern that North Korean-leader Kim Jong-un’s reclusive state is hiding an African swine fever disaster. |
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THIS year’s Rotary Club of Saipan’s “Las Vegas Night” will give away big and exciting prizes, club president Marcia Ayuyu said. Aside from the grand prize, which is a brand new car or $10,000 cash, Rotary will also give away a round-trip ticket to any destination in Asia, she added. |
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