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Hanoi (VNA) - Thailand is proposing that tech companies set up centres in each ASEAN member nation to curb the flow of fake news and fake accounts. The initiative came after a meeting between Takorn Tantasith, secretary-general of Thailand's National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission,.... |
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LIBREVILLE : A haul of illegally-logged tropical hardwood that triggered a major scandal in Gabon is to be auctioned, the environment ministry has said. In February, the authorities seized 353 container-loads of kevazingo, a precious wood that is highly prized in Asia but which is protected under.... |
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GUANGZHOU -- The protests in Hong Kong that virtually shut down the local airport risk causing lasting damage to the city's status as one of Asia's major transportation hubs. The number of flight reservations to Hong Kong made in Asian countries outside of mainland China and Taiwan fell 20% on the.... |
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Shangri-La Asia Limited ( HKG:69 ), which is in the hospitality business, and is based in Hong Kong, saw significant share price movement during recent months on the SEHK, rising to highs of HK$10.68 and falling to the lows of HK$8.22. Some share price movements can give investors a better.... |
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After Ocado made a full-year loss of £44.4million in 2018, investors will be hoping they are right. The Footsie started the week off on the right foot, rising 1.02 per cent, or 72.50 points, to 7189.65, as oil giants, miners and Asia-exposed banks gained. Meanwhile the mid-cap FTSE 250 rose 1.47 per cent, or 276. |
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A haul of illegally-loggedtropical hardwood that triggered a major scandal in Gabon is to be auctioned, the environment ministry has said. In February, the authorities seized 353 container-loads of kevazingo, a precious wood that is highly prized in Asia but which is protected under Gabonese law, at.... |
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Humans played a much bigger role than previously thought in driving the cave bear to extinction, according to new evidence revealed last week.
The enormous bears, which typically lived in Asia and Europe, were driven from caves by human hunters thousands of years ago and put on the road to extinction, the researchers found. |
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Hosting six South Asian designers, four from Pakistan and two from India the platform celebrates diversity while bridging cross cultural divides by bringing talented artists into the global limelight as designers and fashion experts collaborate under one creative avenue. We caught up with Sadia on her latest edition of Fashion Parade. |
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A top government adviser and close confidant of Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has signaled the government may be ready to talk . “The dialogue has to start,” Bernard Chan told The Globe and Mail’s Asia correspondent, Nathan VanderKlippe. The government has for months refused requests to discuss protester demands. |
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BALTIMORE, MD, August 20 - Each year there are more than 200 million cases of malaria worldwide, a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that brings on fever and body aches and, in some cases, more serious conditions such as coma and death. While the vast majority of these cases occur in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, the U. |
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Sinanju Logistics Services, the tanker operating arm of Sinanju Tankers Holdings (“Sinanju”) entered into a two-year time charter agreement on 25 July with ExxonMobil Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (“ExxonMobil”) for a new-build bunker tanker five months ahead of commencing operations. |
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Rice ( Oryza sativa ) is a major food crop in the world. It is important in Asia where most rice is produced and consumed. As a staple food, rice feeds half of the world’s population. On average, 19% of our daily energy comes from rice, higher than cereal crops wheat (18%) and maize (5%). |
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Swimmer's ear happens when constant exposure to cold water irritates tissues in the ear canal, causing bony growths to form. As its name implies, it commonly shows up in people who spend a lot of time in the water. But it also shows up in almost half of Neanderthal skulls from Eurasia, according to a recent study. |
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August 19, 2019. By Francois Murphy. VIENNA (Reuters) – The operator of a global network of radioactive-particle sensors said on Monday its two Russian sites closest to a mysterious explosion went offline days after the blast, soon followed by two more, fuelling suspicions that Russia tampered with them. |
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BANGKOK: Thailand is proposing that tech companies set up centers in each of the 10 Southeast Asian countries to curb the flow of “fake news” and fake accounts, the country’s telecoms regulator said on Monday. Such centers would also work as a shortcut for governments to flag misinformation more.... |
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AWARD-winning Pakistani actress Mehwish Hayat took a tour of the Bradford district. The VIP, hailed by some as the ‘Angelina Jolie of South Asia’, has been appointed ambassador to UK-based international humanitarian charity, Penny Appeal.
She dropped in to Park Avenue cricket ground, off Canterbury.... |
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VIENNA – The operator of a global network of radioactivity sensors said on Monday its two Russian sites closest to a mysterious explosion on Aug. 8 went offline two days after the blast, raising concern about possible tampering by Russia. The Russian Defense Ministry, which operates the two.... |
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One of dozens of white-rumped Shamas seized by PERHILITAN in Malaysia in April 2015 © TRAFFIC. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, August 18, 2019—A new analysis of the trade in White-rumped Shamas in Southeast Asia over the past decade finds incredible numbers of the birds seized and recorded in markets,.... |
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August 19, 2019. By Francois Murphy. VIENNA (Reuters) – The operator of a global network of radioactive-particle sensors said on Monday its two Russian sites closest to a mysterious explosion on Aug. 8 went offline two days after the blast, raising concern about possible tampering by Russia. |
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International technology group ANDRITZ has signed a contract with the Indian state utility company KARNATAKA POWER CORPORATION LTD. to refurbish and renovate the Shivasamudram hydropower plant located in the southern state of Karnataka. Shivasamudram is one of Asia's oldest hydropower plants and was built in 1902. |
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https://pictures.reuters.com/archive/SOUTHKOREA-JAPAN-LABORERS-RC130FCF0030.html. Katrin Fraser Katz. Security, Asia Tokyo and Seoul must also summon their own capacities and resolve to pull themselves out of this bitter impasse that threatens to leave both countries, and the U.S.-backed regional order, depleted. |
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Libreville (AFP) - A haul of illegally-loggedtropical hardwood that triggered a major scandal in Gabon is to be auctioned, the environment ministry has said. In February, the authorities seized 353 container-loads of kevazingo, a precious wood that is highly prized in Asia but which is protected.... |
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THE FOURTH and final day of Basketball without Borders (BWB) Asia 2019 in Tokyo, Japan, concluded in thrilling fashion as the 64 campers from 18 countries and territories in Asia-Pacific competed in playoffs and championship games, a 3-point contest, and a pair of All-Star games, which featured Batang Gilas forward Joshua Rafael Lazaro, Jr. |
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By Gillian M. Cortez Reporter. MORE THAN half of Filipino youth want to go abroad to land jobs, while the Philippines had the smallest percentage of this segment saying they would like to stay in the country to work, according to an online survey covering six Association of Southeast Asian Nations.... |
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