Tai, who is Asian-American, would also be the first woman of color to serve as the USTR. She is fluent in Mandarin. In choosing Tai, the senior trade lawyer on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Biden team likely signals an intent to return to a more multilateral trade approach to advance U.S. |
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NEW YORK Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Â In view of continuingly underperforming and costly efforts to improve public service delivery across most of the world, ideas42 and The Asia Foundation today released a new report, Official Action: A Roadmap for Using Behavioral Science in Public Administration Reform . |
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Tai, who is Asian-American, would also be the first woman of color to serve as the USTR. She is fluent in Mandarin. In choosing Tai, the senior trade lawyer on the House Ways and Means Committee, the Biden team likely signals an intent to return to a more multilateral trade approach to advance U.S. |
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NEW YORK Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In view of continuingly underperforming and costly efforts to improve public service delivery across most of the world, ideas42 and The Asia Foundation today released a new report, . The insights in Official Action combine more than a decade of experience.... |
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The BSE Sensex snapped its five-session winning run to close 144 points lower on Thursday as investors pocketed gains in bank and IT counters after the recent rally. A weakening rupee and lacklustre global markets further weighed on sentiment, traders said. |
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The Pacific Ocean’s currents support a diverse ecosystem, seen here from space, with green indicating blooms of photosynthesizing plankton. Warmer currents during the last ice age may also have supported early human settlements.NASA New research reveals significant changes to the circulation of the.... |
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H ONEYBEES IN ASIA have it rough. Unlike their cousins in North America, where bee-eating hornets have arrived only recently, Asian bees are relentlessly hunted by these giant wasps. Constant attacks have kicked Asian honeybee evolution into high gear and resulted in the insects developing several.... |
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FILE - In this May 21, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, prepares to fly over Southwest Asia. Two American bomber aircraft have flown over a swath of the Middle East, sending what U.S. officials say is a message of deterrence to Iran. |
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FILE - In this May 21, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, prepares to fly over Southwest Asia. Two American bomber aircraft have flown over a swath of the Middle East, sending what U.S. officials say is a message of deterrence to Iran. |
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Asian stock markets rise on hopes of a better-than-expected regional economic recovery supported by China's rebound. |
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FILE - In this May 21, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, prepares to fly over Southwest Asia. Two American bomber aircraft have flown over a swath of the Middle East, sending what U.S. officials say is a message of deterrence to Iran. |
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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan. The tenth annual Meeting of Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Central Asian states and Afghanistan, organized by the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA), in cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic.... |
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With around 3,000 exhibitors from over 120 countries anticipated, Cosmoprof Asia will roll out across two exhibition venues. For supply chain exhibitors and buyers, Cosmopack Asia will take place at AsiaWorld-Expo from 16 to 18 November, featuring companies specialized in ingredients and raw.... |
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FILE - In this May 21, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, prepares to fly over Southwest Asia. Two American bomber aircraft have flown over a swath of the Middle East, sending what U.S. officials say is a message of deterrence to Iran. |
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US Iran bombers FILE - In this May 21, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, a U.S. B-52H Stratofortress, prepares to fly over Southwest Asia. Two American bomber aircraft have flown over a swath of the Middle East, sending what U.S. officials say is a message of deterrence to Iran. |
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It had been a mixed session for Asia amid a surge in coronavirus cases and the ejection of some Chinese stocks from S&P Dow Jones’ indices, so the sight of the ECB cranking open the money taps again kept markets on track ahead of the bank’s news conference. |
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DW News DW News Asia with Melissa Chan, 10 December 2020. Indonesia has received its first shipment of a Chinese COVID vaccine. Other Asian states want it too. But there's no official Chinese data yet available on the jab. How trustworthy is it? A young man in Jakarta spends much of his meager income to feed those with less than he has. |
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Volocopter plans to launch its first commercial electric flight cab service in Singapore within the next three years, likely initially on a tourist route along the southern coast. In preparation for the upcoming launch, the German company has established Volocopter Asia Holding. |
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Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum (CZ), which has traditionally been used as an oriental tea in Asia, is known to have anti-inflammatory effects in osteoarthritis (OA). However, the mechanism of these effects has not been made clear. To reveal this mechanism, we first identified which.... |
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So it was said at the 2020 International Trade Forum on Cooperation with Partners from the Eurasian Region, hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) on December 10. Following the success of the first Vietnam – Eastern Europe Trade Forum in May 2019, this year’s forum aims to update the.... |
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The growth forecast was made in a regular supplement to the Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Update released on December 10. Vietnam’s economy expanded rapidly from a rate of 0.4% in the second quarter of 2020 to 2.6% in the third quarter of 2020, raising the average growth rate in the January-September period to 2. |
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At the session, Vietnam underlined the need for states to enhance international cooperation and have an overall and multi-sectoral approach to the settlement of challenges to the global marine environment. Nearly 30 countries gave opinions on the UN Secretary-General’s report on oceans and law of.... |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/IRAQ – Chaldean Patriarch Sako to Iraqi Christians: may the Pope’s visit be for us a “return to the sources” of our missionary vocation. Baghdad – The announced apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Iraq will be a providential occasion for Iraqi.... |
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Vietnam has actively joined in the cooperation mechanisms, making active and important contributions to promoting the development of the ADMM and maintaining peace, stability, and cooperation for the prosperity of the region. The country has proposed vital initiatives, including a commitment to “not.... |
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(marketscreener.com) HONG KONG, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited , an independent online marketing and enterprise data solutions provider in China, today announced its board of directors has approved a share repurchase program in which the company may purchase its own ADSs with an aggregate value of up to US$15. |
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