JAKARTA, Indonesia Indonesia’s economy has fallen into recession for the first time since the Asian financial crisis more than two decades ago as the country struggles to control the coronavirus pandemic. Statistics Indonesia, the central statistics agency, said Thursday that Southeast Asia’s largest economy contracted at a 3. |
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KUALA LUMPUR – 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.... |
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Yangon, Myanmar – Five million young voters will be able to cast their ballots for the first time in Myanmar’s election on Sunday — about 14 percent of the electorate. In a country that emerged less than a decade ago from near total isolation under military rule, the nation’s youth defies easy classification. |
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Ten years ago: President Barack Obama opened his 10-day Asia trip on a somber note in Mumbai, India, where he memorialized victims of devastating terror attacks two years earlier, declaring, “We’ll never forget.” A Yemeni judge ordered police to find Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical U.S. |
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Ten years ago: President Barack Obama opened his 10-day Asia trip on a somber note in Mumbai, India, where he memorialized victims of devastating terror attacks two years earlier, declaring, “We’ll never forget.” A Yemeni judge ordered police to find Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical U.S. |
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The Food and Beverage Pavilion will be the headquarters of the Brazilians in one of the biggest multi-sectoral events of the Asian giant. Brazil was present in all editions so far. SHANGHAI Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) has organized,.... |
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SHANGHAI Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report by T house: During this year's China International Import Expo, Zou Yue , Chinese host and opinion leader, visited Tesla's Shanghai Giga Factory and Yangshan Phase IV, the world's largest port run by robots, to witness American businesses booming,.... |
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JAKARTA, Indonesia Nov. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Bigo Live, a global leading livestreaming platform, continues to gain momentum in Indonesia as a pandemic-stricken world becomes the new reality. More Indonesians are turning to Bigo Live for entertainment, community and even to make an income. |
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Aquarius International Hospitality Development, the pioneering company specialising in high-end travel and hospitality experiences in Asia |
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The Astana Times provides news and information from Kazakhstan and around the world. NUR-SULTAN – The Kazakh Ministry of Ecology, Geology, and Natural Resources finalized the restoration plan for Turanian tigers in Central Asia, the ministry’s press service reported. |
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Leading hyperscale data center solution provider in emerging Asia-Pacific markets launches an online video to take a virtual tour inside the data center The largest single hyperscale data center in Asia , with an IT capacity of 50 megawatts, located in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, went into operation on Oct. |
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Trump claimed victory yet again and said he was being cheated—with no evidence. Biden, with a likelier path to victory, says, “Every vote must be counted.”
As U.S. states count votes, are foreign states seeking to undermine American interests from East Asia to East Africa?
Under a potential Biden.... |
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(marketscreener.com) New AWS Asia Pacific Region will be available by mid-2022, providing customers with even greater resiliency for critical cloud workloads, lower latency, and improved compliance capabilities https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/AMAZON-COM-INC-12864605/news/Amazon-com-AWS-Ann.... |
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“Our past was in Asia but our future is in Europe!” This was how Mesut Yilmaz portrayed his vision for Turkey in a panel debate in Davos in the 1990s. At the time Yilmaz, who died last week at the age of 73, was one of the rising stars of Turkish politics and a generation that seemed destined to.... |
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Leading hyperscale data center solution provider in emerging Asia-Pacific markets launches an online video to take a virtual tour inside the data center The largest single hyperscale data center in Asia , with an IT capacity of 50 megawatts, located in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, went into operation on Oct. |
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Leading hyperscale data center solution provider in emerging Asia-Pacific markets launches an online video to take a virtual tour inside the data center The largest single hyperscale data center in Asia , with an IT capacity of 50 megawatts, located in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, went into operation on Oct. |
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(marketscreener.com) Leading hyperscale data center solution provider in emerging Asia-Pacific markets launches an online video to take a virtual tour inside the data center The largest single hyperscale data center in Asia, with an IT capacity of 50 megawatts, located in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, went into operation on Oct. |
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– By Yohanes Sulaiman, Associate Lecturer, School of Government, Universitas Jendral Achmad Yani. While the result of the United States presidential election remains hanging in the balance , it seems Vice President Joe Biden will prevail and replace President Donald Trump next year. |
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LILIA BURUNCIUC. When starting my assignment in Central Asia four years ago, my introductory briefing included a map of the region that showed the incidence of earthquakes in the previous 30 days. I was shocked at the number of red dots all over the map. |
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Leading hyperscale data center solution provider in emerging Asia-Pacific markets launches an online video to take a virtual tour inside the data center The largest single hyperscale data center in Asia , with an IT capacity of 50 megawatts, located in Datong, North China's Shanxi province, went into operation on Oct. |
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COVID-19 in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan): 249,948 registered cases, 3,621 deaths. IOM missions in Central Asia have assisted 4,619 victim s of trafficking and vulnerable migrants. During the reporting period IOM organized the return of 450 Tajik migrants who had.... |
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Indonesia’s rupiah hit a four-month high on Friday and most other emerging Asian currencies and stock markets also rose as Democrat Joe Biden inched close to victory in the U.S. presidential election. The rupiah firmed 0.9% to 14,240 per dollar, taking gains so far this week to around 2. |
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"A small rally by the dollar in Asia has seen gold profit-taking appear, but the fundamentals appear to be rapidly aligning for further gold strength," said Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst at OANDA. "The U.S. election seems likely to give us a Democrat President and Republican Senate,.... |
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NEW DELHI (THE STATESMAN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - While the attention of the world remains riveted on an election taking place this week, another election of significance to this region will take place in Myanmar which was conditionally welcomed into the comity of democratic nations five years ago. |
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When Myanmar began its transition to democracy from military rule in 2010, it came with grand aspirations to restore its long lost status as a vital player in the Asian economy. A decade later, with de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi poised for re-election, those plans remain largely unfulfilled. |
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