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For the past five months, Mustafa al-Kharouf has been languishing inside Israel's Givon prison, away from his wife Tamam and their one-and-a-half-year-old daughter Asia, but now he faces deportation to Jordan. The 32-year-old photojournalist, son of an Algerian mother and a Palestinian father, has.... |
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Singapore: United Overseas Bank Ltd is betting South-East Asia will shield it from the escalating trade war between the United States and China, distancing itself from the approach of its two main rivals that have expanded their focus to Hong Kong and the mainland. |
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Information communication technology has become an integral part of society and the development of the sector is an indicator of a country’s progress in economic growth, CEO, Lirneasia, Helani Galpaya said. “We have been conducting surveys to ascertain many development aspects with regard to socio.... |
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As the most populous continent in the world, Asia has a long and influential history of human civilization. Through cultural accumulation, countries like China and India, over time, have built their unique wisdom. Both countries have played an important role in the development of human civilization,.... |
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A 12-try spree by the Sri Lanka Tuskers enabled them to secure the third place playoff of the Asia Division I Rugby Championship, after handing hosts Chinese Taipei a smashing 72-17 defeat yesterday. Both sides – Sri Lanka and Chinese Taipei — were complete contrasts to how they played in their.... |
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And what’s the Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne, a notable anti-smoking man, stand on this? He was in Geneva — this week when Mangala announced his plan — attending the World Health Organisation summit where he was appointed as the First Vice President giving priority to the Asia Pacific Region coming under his purview. |
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Hundreds of millions of people could be left without access to water as climate breakdown causes Asia’s vast glaciers to shrink, researchers have found, reports The Independent. When the rains fail, glaciers in the high-mountain regions around the Himalayas are a life-saver, releasing 36 cubic.... |
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Prime Minister Hun Sen has dismissed fears that Cambodia was falling into a Chinese “debt trap”, saying its loans are low interest, low risk and were not a threat to national independence. Speaking at a Future of Asia conference in Japan, Hun Sen said China respected Cambodia’s sovereignty when it came to using Chinese loans. |
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CHICAGO May 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today findings from the investigational Phase 3 TITAN study, which showed the addition of ERLEADA ® (apalutamide) to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) compared with placebo plus ADT.... |
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Asia-Pacific nations pledged at talks in Bangkok on Friday to take steps, including legal reforms, to tackle statelessness, a key issue in the region. More than half of the world’s 10 million people who are stateless live in Asia, with at least 1 million of them Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, according to the United Nations. |
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May was a particularly violent month in Europe and Central Asia, with attacks on journalists in Turkey and Ukraine and a car bombing in Greece. But there was good news too, with Uzbekistan unblocking long-banned websites and news of a safety app for activists in Ukraine…
Komarov’s colleagues believe that the attack was connected to his work. |
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and IFEX members sent an open letter to Maltese members of PACE , urging them to support Omtzigt’s mandate and report, and asking them “to constructively promote implementation of its recommendations without delay”. Four brutal attacks. May saw at least four brutal attacks on journalists in Turkey. |
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Shares of major Asian automakers and suppliers tumbled on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap tariffs on imports from Mexico from next month, potentially upending a decades-old business model of global manufacturers. Railing against a surge of illegal immigrants across the.... |
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Employees worldwide have begun to go rogue by using unauthorized software and applications on their work devices despite being aware of the potential business risks involved according to new research from The company's new study surveyed 3,00 professionals in the US, Europe and Asia Pacific to.... |
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Phase 3 results featured in oral presentation at ASCO 2019, selected for Best of ASCO 2019 Meetings, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
CHICAGO May 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today findings from the.... |
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Phase 3 results featured in oral presentation at ASCO 2019, selected for Best of ASCO 2019 Meetings, and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today findings from the investigational Phase 3 TITAN study,.... |
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CHICAGO May 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson announced today findings from the investigational Phase 3 TITAN study, which showed the addition of ERLEADA ® (apalutamide) to androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) compared with placebo plus ADT.... |
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Companies based in North America, Asia and Europe were holding conference calls and meetings to explore if they could move up certain shipments of parts and vehicles to mitigate tariffs on Mexican goods, auto executives and trade group officials said. Those tariffs were set to begin at 5 percent on.... |
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May 31 (UPI) -- As African swine fever continues its relentless spread across Asia, the World Organisation for Animal Health this week announced it will launch a global initiative to control -- and hopefully eradicate -- the disease. "Given the global socioeconomic repercussions of ASF, controlling.... |
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Video report by ITV News Asia Correspondent Debi Edward Three decades on from the Tiananmen Square massacre, many in China are preparing to remember what happened - but not the country's regime.
Protesters had been gathering in the Beijing plaza for six weeks when the tanks rolled in, signalling.... |
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TOP STORIES Hog Producers Make Trade Plea to Trump -- Market Talk. 09:25 ET - Just when things were looking up for US hog farmers, after Mexico lifted tariffs on US pork and African swine fever's spread in Asia boosted prices, President Trump's threat to issue new tariffs on Mexican imports raises.... |
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As some 1.85 million people in Mozambique try to recover from back-to-back cyclones Idai and Kenneth, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Friday kicked off a two-day pledging forum to drum up funds to help get the vulnerable country get back on its feet. |
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Asian corn and soybean prices spiked as corn prices on the Chicago Board of Futures soared on poor planting progress in the US amid persistent wet weather. CFR Northeast Asia corn prices reached a year-to-date high to close at $213/mt on May 29. The last time CFR NE Asia corn price was higher was on August 20, 2018 at $213. |
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Some have died on the way, pregnant women lost their babies and one Haitian was shot in the arm, yet migrants still trek on foot through Panama's perilous Darien forest in the hope of one day reaching the
and Asia -- brave the nightmare journey across the 575,000 hectares of jungle where snakes and jaguars lurk. |
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On March 20, 2003, the United States invaded Iraq on the pretext that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction. That resulted in removal of Saddam Hussein from presidency and his subsequent execution. The execution led to a sectarian war in Iraq, which was fuelled and shaped by a Jordanian.... |
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