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Robert Sam Anson, a virtuoso of magazine writing who ventured with equal brio into the mean streets of Los Angeles, the jungles of Southeast Asia and the psyches of prominent American men, died on Nov. 2 at a home where he had been staying in Rexford, N.Y. He was 75. The cause was complications of dementia, his son, Sam Anson, said. |
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FILE PHOTO: A member of a rescue team walks among debris from a plane belonging to Ukraine International Airlines, that crashed after a take-off from Iran's Imam Khomeini airport, on the outskirts of Tehran, Iran January 8, 2020. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo.... |
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THE charity Tearfund has said that thousands of people in Cambodia are still struggling to get help since being displaced by Tearfund’s country director for east and south-east Asia, Raymond Kwong, said on Tuesday that “thousands of people lost their homes and livelihoods in last month’s floods, and.... |
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Washington – The United States said Friday it had removed from its list of terror groups a shadowy faction regularly blamed by China to justify its harsh crackdown in the Muslim-majority Xinjiang region. In a notice in the Federal Register, which publishes new U.S. |
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, announced on Friday the expansion of its services in India to include a second infrastructure region by mid-2022. The new AWS Asia Region, which will consist of three Availability Zones at launch, will join the.... |
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In an interview to FE in August, Rohit Kapoor, CEO, India & South Asia, had said the company has managed to reach 30% of the pre-Covid occupancy levels in the country with bookings led by millennials and small businesses. Oyo Hotels & Homes has received Rs 634. |
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Petrochemical, energy, exports, technology and high-dividend stocks are all recommended plays following the US election, say analysts. Asia Plus Securities (ASP) executive vice-president Terdsak Taweethiratham said there will be several sectors that benefit from the US election that investors can consider. |
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Jotun, a global leader in marine coatings, is ready to launch its proven Jotacote Universal S120 primer to the worldwide market after three years of success in the North East Asian and West European market. Jotacote Universal S120 is the world’s first PSPC approved single coat, solvent free system, with approvals since 2017. |
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A group of cybercriminals that breached the systems of Japanese video game giant Capcom is demanding $11 million after deploying ransomware and stealing vast amounts of data. Capcom, which has operations in the US, Europe and East Asia, is best known for games such as Resident Evil, Street Fighter,.... |
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‘Immense contribution’ In a message ahead of Remembrance Sunday, the Prime Minister praised the “immense contribution” by volunteers from India, Africa and the Caribbean in “every theatre of the Second World War”. Mr Johnson highlighted the role played by the British Indian Army, which mobilised 2. |
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Even for India, remittances have accounted for nearly 3% of GDP in recent times. Remittances thus serve the triple purpose of augmenting resources available to households to which these transfers are made, increasing funds for investment to the extent that remittances finance investment and support the current account balances of these countries. |
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A five-year follow-up of population with diabetes in three mega cities in South Asia has found that the overall prevalence had risen between 2010-11 and 2015-16 to just 1%. However, the four care goals — glycaemic control (HbA1c), blood pressure, cholesterol and cessation of smoking — need improvement. |
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The enormous appeal of the UEFA Champions League is reflected in the scope of its diffusion, with partners in Europe and around the world spanning territories in Africa, Asia, South America, North America, the Middle East, Oceania and beyond. Fans can find their local UEFA Champions League operator (-s) below. |
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(marketscreener.com) Worldwide spending on telecommunication and pay TV services will reach $1,565 billion in 2020, representing a decline of 1.1% year on year, according to the International Data Corporation Worldwide Semiannual Telecom Services Tracker. |
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TORONTO, Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), with support from the Government of Canada, concluded a successful two-day Canada’s First Women-only Virtual Business Mission to South Korea on November 4, 2020. |
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Japan and China have basically agreed to resume business travel between the two countries as early as mid-November, a government source said Friday, in a step to revive Asia's two key, interdependent economies hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The relaxation of travel restrictions will cover.... |
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TORONTO, Nov. 06, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada), with support from the Government of Canada, concluded a successful two-day Canada’s First Women-only Virtual Business Mission to South Korea on November 4, 2020. |
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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon, announced on Friday the expansion of its services in India to include a second infrastructure region by mid-2022. The new AWS Asia Region, which will consist of three Availability Zones at launch, will join the.... |
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JAKARTA — Indonesia is inching toward building an industry to supply nickel for batteries and electric vehicles. The government last month acquired a major stake in a nickel miner, following basic agreements with top South Korean and Chinese battery makers for domestic joint ventures totaling $12 billion. |
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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s highest court on Friday upheld a state’s border closure and dismissed billionaire businessman Clive Palmer’s argument that the pandemic measure was unconstitutional. The seven High Court judges ruled that Western Australia’s state border closure to non-essential.... |
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A review. The primary aim of this article is to provide an overview of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) detected in the environment, wildlife, and humans, and recommend clear, specific, and descriptive terminol., names, and acronyms for PFASs. |
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OECD's dissemination platform for all published content - books, serials and statistics |
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SINGAPORE - Orthodontic treatment has long been one of the priciest options in dental care but Singapore-based start-up Zenyum is looking to change that. German co-founder and chief executive Julian Artope told The Straits Times: "Our main aim is to provide an affordable solution for straightening.... |
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The global geopolitical alignments are achanging. The world is inexorably moving towards a multipolar dispensation. The US is withdrawing from mainland Asia and is largely restricted to its peripheries onlythe Arabian Peninsula in the West and the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR) in the East. China ... |
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The global geopolitical alignments are achanging. The world is inexorably moving towards a multipolar dispensation. The US is withdrawing from mainland Asia and is largely restricted to its peripheries onlythe Arabian Peninsula in the West and the Indo-Pacific Region (IPR) in the East. |
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