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Lao Army FC will take on Evo United in an exciting Pepsi Lao Premier League match at the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane on Sunday. The two teams facing each other in the Sunday’s Lao Premier League fixture are lying bottom and second from bottom in the six-team Laos top division. |
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PHILIPPINE Airlines (PAL) must cut down its widebody fleet to help it reduce low-yielding routes from its long haul operations, particularly to Europe and North America, an aviation think tank said. Australia-based Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said in a report over the weekend the flag.... |
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Southeast Asian nations have vowed to fight against plastic pollution in the ocean, as their leaders adopted a joint declaration during a summit in Bangkok. The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris was adopted by leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes four of the world's top polluters. |
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Southeast Asian nations have vowed to fight against plastic pollution in the ocean, as their leaders adopted a joint declaration during a summit in Bangkok. The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris was adopted by leaders of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which includes four of the world's top polluters. |
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The allegation levelled last Tuesday by several opposition MPs led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was as incendiary...
Ethnic and religious polarisation have been spreading in South Asia and afar in recent decades. Sadly, sections of the...
It is generally assumed we have passed the stone.... |
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(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and will put serious thought into its content, state-run North Korean news agency KCNA said. In a report published early on Sunday in Asia, KCNA did not give details on the letter but said Kim described it as "of excellent content. |
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As many as 1.03 million HongKongers demonstrated Sunday over a proposed law that would allow Hong Kong to extradite its citizens to China if they are suspected of committing a crime. Although the protests are peaceful, police have used pepper spray to push back demonstrators from entering the Legislative Council building, Reuters reported. |
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(Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump and will put serious thought into its content, state-run North Korean news agency KCNA said. In a report published early on Sunday in Asia, KCNA did not give details on the letter but said Kim described it as “of excellent content. |
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It depends on who you talk to whether China's massive Belt and Road Initiative is a good thing or a bad thing. Washington, DC has gone so far as to contend that this series of infrastructure investments to connect China with economies throughout Asia and into the Middle East and Europe is a.... |
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taking center stage. There has been less US engagement with the region since President Donald Trump came to power in 2016. Trump also pulled the US out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), saying it was harmful for the US jobs market. Analysts say Beijing is trying to dominate Asia-Pacific trade following Washington's retreat. |
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Kyle Mizokami. Security, Asia Could it happen? South Korea's Greatest Fear: An Artillery Strike on Seoul by North Korea. During peacetime, North Korean artillery is organized under the Artillery Command, which in turn falls under the Fourth Department of the General Staff’s Department’s Operations Bureau. |
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With Southeast Asia awash in rubbish, from plastic-choked whales to trash-clogged canals, leaders are planning to push through a deal to fight maritime debris at a regional meeting this weekend. Just five Asian countries -- China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand -- dump more than.... |
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Delta Air Lines says it is making big plans for its hub operations at the soon-to-be rebuilt Salt Lake City International Airport, including adding nonstop flights to Asia when it is finished.
“Salt Lake has been our fastest growing hub” in the United States, growing faster than Atlanta, Detroit.... |
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'As I stand here this morning, every minute children are dying in Africa and Asia from malnutrition' By Thin Lei Win. ROME, June 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The world is nowhere near to achieving a global goal to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030 because of a lack of accountability and.... |
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. The writer is a freelance journalist and a correspondent for The Diplomat, based in Lahore, Pakistan. His research focuses primarily on the analysis of South Asian security and politics. His work has been featured in number of renowned media outlets including Foreign Policy, Al-Jazeera, The.... |
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THE CITY. Erdogan has famously said: "Whoever wins Istanbul, wins Turkey" and "Whoever loses Istanbul, loses Turkey." Erdogan's rise to power began as Istanbul's mayor in 1994. The city of more than 15 million residents is Turkey's largest, straddling both Europe and Asia. |
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Executive Summary. In 2018, there were 315 natural disaster events recorded with 11,804 deaths, over 68 million people affected, and US$131.7 billion in economic losses across the world. The burden was not shared equally as Asia suffered the highest impact and accounted for 45% of disaster events, 80% of deaths, and 76% of people affected. |
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Duterte called on the ASEAN Business Advisory Council to help develop the skills of workers in Southeast Asia, as emerging technologies reshape labor demand. File/George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News.
BANGKOKPresident Rodrigo Duterte on Saturday called on the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC) to help.... |
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David Axe. Security, Asia The Chinese navy could possess as many as six aircraft carriers by the mid-2030s. Here is all we know. China's Navy Is Adding Some Serious Aircraft Carrier Muscle. The growing Chinese aircraft carrier fleet passed several important milestones in recent months. |
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The CMPort managed Colombo International Container Terminal (CICT), the only deep water terminal in the Port of Colombo, has been voted the Best Container Terminal in Asia in the Under 4 million TEUs category at the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards hosted and presented by Asia Cargo News. |
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Sri Lanka’s leading tennis player Harshana Godamanna will play a key role when they participate in the Davis Cup Asia/Oceania group III tennis tie by PNB Paribas at the OCBC arena in Singapore from June 26 to 29. Godamanna has been in the forefront of Sri Lanka’s Davis Cup ties for the past 17 years.... |
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Ethnic and religious polarisation have been spreading in South Asia and afar in recent decades. Sadly, sections of the intelligentsia and the clergy have also been fuelling divisive nationalist forces and xenophobia. A welcome counter to this trend are Bishop Duleep de Chickera’s thoughtful and.... |
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Sri Lanka is set to host the 14th West Asian Basseball Cup from July 15 to 20, 2019 at the Japan-Sri Lanka Friendship Baseball ground, Diyagama. The ground at Diyagama was donated by Japan through its International Development Assistance with JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) and is South Asia’s only dedicated baseball venue. |
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For the past year XOMA Corporation has stronger performance than Allena Pharmaceuticals Inc. Summary. XOMA Corporation beats on 8 of the 10 factors Allena Pharmaceuticals Inc. XOMA Corporation discovers, develops, and commercializes antibody-based therapeutics in the United States, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. |
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United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cancelled his proposed visit to Sri Lanka during his upcoming visit to the Indo-Pacific region covering three Asian countries. The cancellation came in the midst of media reports about the alleged pressure tactics of US Embassy in Colombo to force Sri.... |
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