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BANGKOK – The long-running trade dispute between the United States and China, and simmering territorial disputes in the South China Sea will be among the key issues in focus during a ministerial-level meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that begins in Bangkok on Wednesday. |
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A scene in Netflix's 'Another Life' where its characters find a fruit that's meant to be 'alien-looking.' The prop used is rambutan. Netflix.
It's a tropical fruit common to Southeast Asia. But apparently, at least in the world of the Netflix science fiction series "Another Life," it's also found in a "mysterious" moon. |
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A small group of islands in the Sea of Japan — known as the Liancourt Rocks — have highlighted serious geopolitical and geostrategic problems developing in the already fragile north-east Asian region and threaten to affect Australia. South Korea and Japan both claim the rocks as their territory. |
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Foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian countries are meeting in the Thai capital this week. They will be joined by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Chinese and Russian counterparts, with old flashpoints in the disputed South China Sea and denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula set to dominate. |
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Police are hunting a 'drunk' zoo visitor who clambered up a huge fence and jumped on the back of a giraffe. The animal had been standing close to the fence at the Shymkent Zoo in the city Shymkent in Kazakhstan, Central Asia. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in the country spread.... |
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By AFP 26 mins ago in World The US-China rivalry is set to be sharpened at a Bangkok summit starting Wednesday, where Washington's top diplomat will insist his nation remains a key Asia-Pacific power in the face of Beijing's military machinations in contested seas and airspace. |
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The US-China rivalry is set to be sharpened at a Bangkok summit starting Wednesday, where Washington's top diplomat will insist his nation remains a key Asia-Pacific power in the face of Beijing's military machinations in contested seas and airspace. Foreign ministers from 10 Southeast Asian countries are meeting in the Thai capital this week. |
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AMMAN — The national football team returned home on Tuesday after ending a training camp in Turkey in the last phase of preparations for the 9th West Asian Championship which will be held in Iraq July 30 — Aug 14. Jordan was drawn to play alongside Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Bahrain in Group B while.... |
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AMMAN — Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi on Tuesday received UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) Executive Secretary Rola Dashti. The two sides discussed ways to further bilateral cooperation between Jordan and ESCWA, and joint efforts to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. |
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National Assembly (NA) Speaker Asad Qaiser on Tuesday said increasing parliamentary cooperation will help achieve prosperity in South Asia and strengthen democratic systems in the countries. Addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 5th CPA Asia Regional Conference, he said the tradition of.... |
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Minister for SAFRON and Narcotics Control Shehryar Khan Afridi has said that peace in Asia is linked with peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute and that the members of the parliaments of Europe, United Kingdom and United States need to act and help save the suffering humanity in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK). |
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Tough competition against Durex condoms in China put a dent in revenues at Reckitt Benckiser. In a gloomy set of final results for outgoing boss Rakesh Kapoor, the consumer goods giant reported falling like-for-like sales in Europe and Asia during the second quarter. |
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The GVK-led Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has expanded its reach to southeast Asia by starting direct flights to countries such as Singapore and Thailand. The launch of SpiceJet’s newest route, Mumbai to Hong Kong, at 1.05 a.m. on Wednesday will make it the fourth non-stop international.... |
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U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington's plan for cutting troop numbers there. Trump's South Asia strategy, unveiled in August 2017, called for an open-ended deployment of U. |
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Ride-hailing giant Grab is investing $2 billion in Indonesia over the next five years, using funds from Japan's SoftBank Group to boost its presence in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, the firms said Monday. The Singapore-based firm has seen its business grow rapidly since it bought U.S. |
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ResourceCo Asia Managing Director Pavel Cech said that the cement kiln used to turn plastic waste to the alternative fuel called processed engineered fuel, is designed specifically to not release harmful emissions. — Picture by Farhan Najib. IPOH, July 30 — Plastic waste disposal companies whose.... |
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Some online shoppers in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand who use beauty products retailer Sephora's mobile application and website have been affected by a data leak. — Reuters pic. SINGAPORE, July 30 — Sephora’s customers who have online.... |
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STATE DEPARTMENT - The United States is not ruling out working-level talks with North Korean officials on the sidelines of Southeast Asian regional meetings in Thailand this week, with experts noting Pyongyang's recent missile launch is unlikely to reverse Washington's current diplomatic efforts. U.S. |
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Eric Gomez, a policy analyst for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and editor of , joins The Diplomat ‘s Ankit Panda ( @nktpnd ) to discuss nuclear arms control, U.S.-China relations, and missile defense in the Asia-Pacific. Click the play button to the right to listen. |
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ResourceCo Asia Managing Director Pavel Cech said that the cement kiln used to turn plastic waste to the alternative fuel called processed engineered fuel, is designed specifically to not release harmful emissions. — Picture by Farhan Najib. IPOH, July 30 — Plastic waste disposal companies whose.... |
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Some online shoppers in Australia, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand who use beauty products retailer Sephora's mobile application and website have been affected by a data leak. — Reuters pic. SINGAPORE, July 30 — Sephora’s customers who have online.... |
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, the world's largest real estate technology firm by agent count, is expanding across Asia. As momentum continues, KW has awarded a new master license in Malaysia. As of June 30, the brand has 52 market centers and 1,586 agents across Asia. David Ong will serve as the regional operating principal of Malaysia. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked set to trade mixed after U.S. equities edged lower with technology giants weighing on benchmarks. The dollar climbed to the highest in almost two months. Futures pointed to modest gains in Japan and Australia, with stocks in Sydney within a whisker of a record high. |
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Christy Lee contributed to this report. WASHINGTON - A leading member of the U.S. Congress is calling for the Trump administration to do more to mediate a dispute between two of America's closest allies in Asia: South Korea and Japan. Eliot Engel, a Democrat and chairman of the House Committee on.... |
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Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump wants combat forces reduced in Afghanistan by the next U.S. presidential election, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday, introducing a timeline to Washington's plan for cutting troop numbers there. Trump's South Asia strategy, unveiled in August 2017, called for an open-ended deployment of U. |
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