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SAN FERNANDO CITY, Nov. 8 (PIA) - The Department of Trade and Industry's (DTI) 2020 Zero to Hero awardee in the Ilocos Region bagged the most coveted 2020 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Awards (ABA 2020) under the Inclusive Business Category. On November 13, Xavier B. |
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World leaders on Sunday cheered Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president as a chance to enhance cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems after four years of President Donald Trump’s rejection of international alliances. Trump had yet to concede defeat, but Western and Asian.... |
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Trump had yet to concede defeat, but Western and Asian allies expressed hoped for a fresh start following Trump's "American First" trade policies, withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and attacks on NATO and the World Health Organization. In Asia, a region on edge about the strategic.... |
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Millions are expected to cast their ballots even as the Southeast Asian nation fights to contain a surging coronavirus epidemic. The Union Election Commission has pledged that preventive measures at the polling stations will minimize voters’ risks of getting infected. |
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Even before Trump took office, the last Democratic administration of President Barack Obama and then Vice President Biden had significantly hardened its attitude toward China. After initial efforts to engage Beijing, Trump’s administration took this further, pushing back forcefully against China’s.... |
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World leaders are cheering Joe Biden’s election as U.S. president as a chance to fortify democracy and cooperation on climate change, the coronavirus and other problems. Trump has yet to concede defeat, but Western and Asian allies say they want a fresh start after four years of “American First”.... |
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Thais and our neighbors will have much to gain if the new President of the United States of America is committed to finding peaceful solutions to conflicts and de-escalating tensions in the region. F ormer Vice President Joe Biden
for White House on Saturday morning, U.S. local time, after the world was mired in anxiety for three full days. |
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Ripple, the enterprise blockchain solution for global payments, has established its regional headquarters at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), the leading global financial centre in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia region. Ripple has chosen DIFC for its innovative regulations,.... |
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Earlier in September this year, President of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCCI) Roland Ng made a trip to Chongqing Municipality in southwest China amid COVID-19, meeting with local officials and preparing to bring chamber members to visit Chongqing. |
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Myanmar voted on Sunday in an election seen as a referendum on a fledgling democratic government.
At least 22 students are injured in the attack by gunmen on university campus.
The Taliban have increasingly taken over Afghanistan’s highways, raising millions in unofficial taxes and strengthening their hand at the negotiating table. |
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People have been dropping off items in recent weeks at Southington Christian Church. During the national collection week Nov. 16-23, the shoeboxes will be collected at Living Word Sanctuary in Southington as well as various other locations in Mahoning and Trumbull counties. |
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A shopper watching the lighting ceremony of a 60-foot tall Christmas tree at the Mall of Asia in Manila November 7, 2020. — AFP pic. MANILA, Nov 8 — The Philippines boasts one of the world’s longest Christmas seasons, kicking off in September with fairy lights and artificial trees decorating malls,.... |
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A shopper watching the lighting ceremony of a 60-foot tall Christmas tree at the Mall of Asia in Manila November 7, 2020. — AFP pic. MANILA, Nov 8 — The Philippines boasts one of the world’s longest Christmas seasons, kicking off in September with fairy lights and artificial trees decorating malls,.... |
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The restrictions have been in effect since Oct. 14 in the country’s biggest city, Kuala Lumpur, the administrative capital, Putrajaya, and the richest state, Selangor. Malaysia emerged from a three-month lockdown in June, and the fresh outbreak was linked to an election in Sabah state on Borneo island. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Health officials in South Korea have approved a new test that’s designed to detect both COVID-19 and seasonal influenza from the same samples, which would help prevent disruption at hospitals as the pandemic stretches into the flu season. |
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A Joe Biden presidency is unlikely to mean a reduction in the United States’ efforts to contain China as regardless of who is in the White House, Washington will continue to boost ties with its Asian allies to keep Beijing in check, observers say. While a win for the Democratic presidential.... |
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(AGENPARL) – WORCESTER (MASSACHUSETTS), dom 08 novembre 2020 A new study shows that patients with rheumatic diseases across Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas and Europe had trouble filling their prescriptions of antimalarial drugs, including hydroxychloroquine, during the 2020 global coronavirus.... |
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(AGENPARL) – MANILA (PHILIPPINES), dom 08 novembre 2020 This technical assistance (TA) project was developed to assist DMCs to maximize the use of ICT in development activities and improve the capacity of governments to identify and prepare ICT projects. This report validates the completion report’s assessment of the TA. |
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India's economy is showing signs of recovery following a punishing Covid-19 lockdown, according to recent data releases. But analysts warn that Asia's third-largest economy is not yet out of the woods, citing concerns about the sustainability of an economic recovery if a second wave of the coronavirus hits and the need for more fiscal stimulus. |
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MUSCAT, Nov 7, (KUNA): Asia’s swimming federation (AASF) has chosen Kuwait’s Hussain Al-Musallam as the region’s candidate to contest upcoming elections to determine the new chief of swimming’s world governing body, FINA. “We have created history today by taking the first step towards our next.... |
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MUSCAT, Nov 7 – Muscat city was the venue for the 14th AASF General Congress of the Asian Swimming Federation (AASF) which was held on Saturday at Kempinski Hotel. The meeting was presided over by Kuwait’s Hussain al Musallam, the first vice-president of the International Swimming Federation (FINA).... |
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When composer Ng Chor Guan started commuting by bicycle in car-obsessed Malaysia a decade ago, he was struck by how quickly his city was changing and the sounds he would not have heard if he had been driving. It led him to start recording the everyday sounds of Malaysian cities, one of a growing.... |
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Central Asia. Central Asia is the core region of the and stretches from the in the west to in the east and from in the south to Russia in the north. It is also sometimes referred to as Middle Asia , and, colloquially, "the 'stans " (as the six countries generally considered to be within the region.... |
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Ropo Sekoni. THE third world, a coinage by Western Powers led by the United States, used to be domiciled in parts of specific continents; Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The concept also used to denote certain characteristics that include absence or thinness of respect for human and civil rights in.... |
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Officials of the federal Income Tax Department conduct such searches when they suspect an individual or business is hoarding illegal money. It is seen as a method to curb unaccounted wealth. The search continued for a second day on Nov. 6 in the independent church’s headquarters in Thiruvalla town in Pathanamthitta district. |
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