: EVENTS. Refugee Narratives: USC Pacific Asia Museum presents “Conversations@PAM: Southeast Asian Refugee Narratives” at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, online through www.pacificasiamuseum.usc.edu . Listen to Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen and artists Ann Le and Phung Huynh as they.... |
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— Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways has fired three flight attendants for violating the island’s quarantine rules. Taiwan has since March required that all flight crew isolate themselves at home for five days after arriving from overseas. During those flights, crew members must wear full personal protective equipment. |
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In his latest assessment of the global economic outlook, OECD Chief Economist Laurence Boone said for the first time since the pandemic began, there is now hope for a brighter future, progress with vaccines and treatment have lifted expectations and uncertainty has receded. |
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Lord (Tariq) Ahmad of Wimbledon, Minister for the Commonwealth and South Asia, said:
I commend the perseverance and effort of the two negotiating sides in reaching common ground after decades of conflict. This is an important step in the Afghan-led, Afghan-owned peace talks. |
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JS 'Maya.' Wikimedia Commons. The Japanese government is considering building two new warships that would sail between Japan and North Korea, waiting to intercept any ballistic missiles the North Korean regime lobs at the Japanese home islands. The ships would be huge . |
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Pythons first arrived in Australia from Asia around 23 million years ago and then adapted to their new home by becoming incredibly diverse, according to new |
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Asia needs flexible liquefied natural gas (LNG) contracts with no links to oil prices to reflect changes to the market as demand recovers from the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, India’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. Pradhan said gas buyers and sellers need to adjust to.... |
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An Post is advising the public to send Christmas mail abroad as soon as possible, with the latest date for posting to several countries quickly approaching. M onday, December 7 is that final day for posting to the USA, Canada, Asia, Australia, and New Zealand this Christmas. |
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The present research analyzes the potential economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on South Asian economies using a systematic review approach. The cause-effect relationship framework showed that the outbreak of COVID-19 slowed down the gross domestic product (GDP) along with major economic sectors and indicators in the South Asian economies. |
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Turkmenistan, Now With Soviet-Style Deficits, on Brink of Explosion; Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 17 Issue: 170 By: Paul Goble Turkmenistan, far and away the most closed country in the former Soviet space, seldom receives much attention except as the butt of dismissive jokes or, more recently, when.... |
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SHENZHEN, China Dec. 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- X Financial (NYSE: XYF) (the "Company" or "we"), a leading technology-driven personal finance company in China , today announced that it has received a notification letter from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") dated December 2, 2020 , informing.... |
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, announced its release of their latest AI-driven security product in the CyCraft AIR security solutions suite, ThreatWall--a threat intelligence gateway and network detection and response solution capable of providing actionable threat intelligence, perimeter defense for inbound and outbound.... |
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In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region: — Taiwanese carrier EVA Airways has fired three flight attendants for violating the island’s quarantine rules. Taiwan has since March required that all flight crew isolate themselves at home for five days after arriving from overseas. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of masked students in South Korea, including 41 confirmed COVID-19 patients, took the highly competitive university entrance exam Thursday despite a viral resurgence that forced authorities to toughen social distancing rules. |
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Source: https://scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3112463/bangladesh-starts-transferring-rohingya-refugees-low-lying
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Countries in the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, and Europe clarified that 72 of the previously confirmed COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) cases were not of Filipino nationalities, the Department of Foreign Affairs said in a report on Thursday. MANILA BULLETIN FILE. |
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Global Trimebutine Market Regional Analysis 2020 | Axcan Pharma, Poly Pharma, Aa Pharma, East Asia Pharma, Shanxi Xinbaoyuan Pharmaceutical
Global Trimebutine Market Regional Analysis 2020 | Axcan Pharma, Poly Pharma, Aa Pharma, East Asia Pharma, Shanxi Xinbaoyuan Pharmaceutical.
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Thailand’s taboo-breaking demonstrations are about more than the right to criticize the monarchy without fear of going to prison: Protesters want taxpayers to control investments and real estate worth tens of billions of dollars. Thailand’s royal family has long been the biggest shareholder in two.... |
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Equity benchmark indices were at record highs during early hours on Thursday amid mixed trends in Asian parameters. |
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The incoming US administration will have to make an early decision on what approach it will take with North Korea , and not repeat the delay of the Obama era, a former US official who has advised President-elect Joe Biden has said. Kurt Campbell, the top US diplomat for east Asia under President.... |
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(marketscreener.com) On November 13, 2020, NTT DATA Corporation was selected as one of the world's leading ESG investment indicators under the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World Index for the 4th consecutive year. It has also been selected as one of the Asia Pacific Index made up of companies from the Asia-Pacific region since 2009. |
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During the period of the Cold War, North America and Europe never became war zones and the battle for ideological domination shifted to the non-European world primarily West Asia (Middle East) and Southeast Asia. This led to untold suffering for ordinary people in these areas. |
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $100 million policy-based loan to improve the operational performance and financial sustainability of state-owned enterprises (SOE) in Papua New Guinea (PNG). “ADB has long been engaged in SOE reforms in PNG and built strong relationships with several.... |
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The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $40 million grant for a project to make one of Samoa’s most critical roads safer, more efficient, climate-resilient, and sustainable. The project will upgrade the Central Cross Island Road in Upolu island by building 8. |
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(marketscreener.com) Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after a choppy day of Wall Street trade, thanks in part to a disappointing U.S. jobs report, while the greenback languished near 2-1/2 year lows on growing optimism of a coronavirus vaccine. https://www.marketscreener. |
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