This story is part of Forbes' coverage of Indonesia’s Richest 2020. See the full list A s Indonesia’s Covid-19 cases crossed the half-million mark—the biggest outbreak among Southeast Asian countries—the country slipped into its first recession since the 1997 Asian financial crisis. The economy contracted 5. |
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The US Treasury slapped sanctions Wednesday on a notorious Chinese organized crime leader known as "Broken Tooth", alleging he is expanding criminal activities throughout Southeast Asia on the back of a major Beijing infrastructure initiative.
With the Belt and Initiative as a vehicle , the.... |
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The US government has imposed sanctions three individuals and three companies in Africa and Asia under the Global Magnitsky Act, the Treasury Department announced in a press release on Wednesday.
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th December, 2020) The US government has imposed sanctions.... |
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DUBLIN Dec. 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Asia Pacific Contactless Biometrics Technology Market By Component, By Application, By End User, By Country, Industry Analysis and Forecast, 2020 - 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. |
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Kenya Airways will fly fewer destinations and frequencies as it looks to recover from financial losses incurred due to the Coronavirus pandemic. KQ, as the national carrier is known by its international code name, will focus on 30 destinations out of which 22 will be Africa, four in Europe and the US same as destinations in Middle East and Asia. |
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BROADCASTER and restaurateur Andi Oliver has made the transition from judge to host of the Great British Menu. But what do we know about Andi and how did she get famous?
Andi, 56, is a London-based chef who is regularly seen hosting TV and radio shows, usually around food. |
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At the time, Spears had just wrapped four months of touring North America and Europe. This marked her first tour since 2011 (she did a few shows in Asia in |
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By decorating the entrance of their hives with animal feces to ward off giant predator hornets, Asian honeybees have learned to embrace the phrase “neck deep.” |
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Take that scene, where Chow Yun-fat and Zhang Ziyi clash in a dance across bamboo stalks. Asked what he remembers about shooting it, Lee doesn’t hesitate: The sweating. Not from heat but from the stress of suspending a few of Asia’s biggest movie stars high in the air, held aloft by cranes over a valley. |
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Bees are remarkably intelligent creatures capable of abstract thought ( and ) and use symbolic language . But that’s not all. In a new study, researchers have shown that honey bees ( Apis cerena ) in Southeast Asia are collecting animal dung to defend their colonies from potentially devastating giant hornet attacks. |
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Source: United Nations – ESCAP. Bangkok (ESCAP news) – Cross-border paperless trade has great potential to not only grow trade competitiveness but also to address new challenges associated with e-commerce and the digital economy. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the.... |
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MANILA, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Wednesday that it has approved 500 million U.S. dollars in policy-based loans to support Indonesia's efforts to expand the financial access for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises and marginalized groups such as women and youth. |
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“Lipids are relatively less prone to degradation and have been discovered in pottery from archaeological contexts around the world. However, they have seen very limited investigation in ancient ceramics from South Asia." "This study is the first to investigate absorbed lipid residues in pottery from.... |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/PAKISTAN – Appeal to the Prime Minister: protection of religious minorities from forced conversions. Lahore – “The phenomenon of the current forced conversions threatens religious freedom, freedom of conscience and religious pluralism in Pakistan. |
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Corruption has made Nigeria the biggest smuggler of ivory and pangolin scales from central and West Africa to Asia, according to a report by the Environmental Investigation Agency. The London-based group says in the past five years, Nigeria has been implicated in global seizures equating to 4,400.... |
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The leader of GlaxoSmithKline’s Asia–Pacific Consumer Healthcare group describes how his organization is speeding up to serve consumers, despite the heightened uncertainty of COVID-19. |
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U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has called his pick for defense secretary, retired Central Command chief Gen. Lloyd Austin, a “trailblazing leader” with “deep experience … in critical Pentagon roles.” But there were two words noticeably absent from Biden’s announcement of his choice: “China” and “Indo-Pacific. |
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Rhinacanthus nasutus (L.) Kurz (Acanthaceae) ( Rn ) is an herbaceous shrub native to Thailand and much of South and Southeast Asia. It has several synonyms and local or common names. The root of Rn is used in Thai traditional medicine to treat snake bites, and the roots and/or leaves can be made.... |
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. Panelists suggest those that challenge preconceived notions of how things must work will prosper when COVID-19 subsides.
Those airlines with the “dare and imagination” to rethink their products and strategy will emerge stronger from the pandemic crisis, a senior figure at Singapore Airlines has said. |
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Priest who volunteered for COVID vaccine – dies suddenly — Pregnant Women Spontaneously Abort Babies; become INFERTILE HAL TURNER RADIO SHOW Fr. John Fields, the Communications and Religious Education Director for the Archeparchy of Philadelphia, which is part of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic.... |
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HONG KONG: Asian Football Confederation president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has called for patience to overcome the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as the region's governing body renegotiates its existing and future commercial contracts. |
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SINGAPORE - A new fund has been set up to advance efforts in conserving wildlife and mitigating climate change in Singapore and Asia. Called the Mandai Nature Fund, it will focus on tackling overlooked issues, such as wildlife trade and nature-based solutions for climate change like restoring.... |
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DW News DW News Asia with Melissa Chan, 9 December 2020. Bangladesh has begun transporting a planned 100,000 Rohingya refugees from the vast, overcrowded Cox's Bazar camp to a new, offshore facility. The UN is criticizing the move. Why is that? And we join an Indian couple finally tying the knot after COVID-19 changed their wedding plans. |
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MANILA, Philippines The foreign affairs department on Wednesday said four more Filipinos abroad have contracted the coronavirus to bring the total to now at 11,699. Officials in a daily bulletin said today's additional infections came from the Asia Pacific region, which has reported 1,971 cases to date. |
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President George Tsereteli (Georgia) has appointed Special Representatives to cover the important portfolios of the South Caucasus, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. The Special Representatives will serve as focal points for the PA’s work in the regions, provide advice,.... |
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