CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced it will spend $351 million to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the Pacific and Southeast Asia as part of a shared recovery for the region. The government says it will use a range of advance purchase agreements with manufacturers via the global COVAX.... |
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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has announced it will spend 500 million Australian dollars ($351 million) to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the Pacific and Southeast Asia “as part of a shared recovery for our region from the pandemic.” The government said it would use a range of advance purchase.... |
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Next week's United States presidential election is being closely watched in South Asia. Senator Kamala Harris is certainly a draw as she could be the first American vice-president of Indian heritage should the Democrats win. But the interest in the election outcome goes beyond Senator Harris' background. |
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CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has announced it will spend 500 million Australian dollars ($351 million) to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the Pacific and Southeast Asia “as part of a shared recovery for our region from the pandemic.” The government said it would use a range of advance purchase.... |
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TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) will launch Canada’s First Women-only Virtual Business Mission to South Korea on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with keynote presentations from The Honourable Mary Ng , Minister of Small Business, Export.... |
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Australia is set to spend half a billion dollars on an "advance purchase" of COVID-19 vaccines to help its regional neighbours bounce back from the pandemic. The Morrison government says lending a hand to Pacific and Southeast Asian nations will assist Australia's economic recovery and health security. |
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TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) will launch Canada’s First Women-only Virtual Business Mission to South Korea on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with keynote presentations from The Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of Small Business, Export.... |
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Australia is set to spend half a billion dollars on an "advance purchase" of COVID-19 vaccines to help its regional neighbours bounce back from the pandemic. The Morrison government says lending a hand to Pacific and Southeast Asian nations will assist Australia's economic recovery and health security. |
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Australia is set to spend half a billion dollars on an "advance purchase" of COVID-19 vaccines to help its regional neighbours bounce back from the pandemic. The Morrison government says lending a hand to Pacific and Southeast Asian nations will assist Australia's economic recovery and health security. |
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Australia is set to spend half a billion dollars on an "advance purchase" of COVID-19 vaccines to help its regional neighbours bounce back from the pandemic. The Morrison government says lending a hand to Pacific and Southeast Asian nations will assist Australia's economic recovery and health security. |
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Australia is set to spend half a billion dollars on an "advance purchase" of COVID-19 vaccines to help its regional neighbours bounce back from the pandemic. The Morrison government says lending a hand to Pacific and Southeast Asian nations will assist Australia's economic recovery and health security. |
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TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) will launch Canada's First Women-only Virtual Business Mission to South Korea on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with keynote presentations from The Honourable Mary Ng , Minister of Small Business, Export.... |
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TORONTO, Oct. 30, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) will launch Canada’s First Women-only Virtual Business Mission to South Korea on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with keynote presentations from The Honourable Mary Ng , Minister of Small Business, Export.... |
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Mr Turnbull, who was a high profile lawyer before turning to politics, said that while the expensive gifts may not look good, Ms Holgate had not done anything wrong and had been treated harshly. 'The fact that she chose to deliver that bonus with a flashy watch, a very expensive watch, that is a.... |
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The second batch includes 15 leaders from Dubai Public Prosecution Press Release - 25-Dec-2019 NeoBiocon, a collaboration between Asia's leading biopharmaceuticals company Biocon Ltd and Dr. B.R. Shetty, Chairman of the UAE-based Neopharma, announced today that it has partnered with Novartis Middle.... |
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Ocular Therapeutix Inc. and Affamed Therapeutics Ltd. entered a license and collaboration agreement to develop and commercialize Dextenza and OTX-TIC in greater China, South Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations markets. Bedford, Mass.-based Ocular receives $12 million up front and is.... |
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There were a total of 170 ships broken in the third quarter of 2020. Of these, 110 ships were sold to the beaches of South Asia, where, despite several yards being closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, shipbreaking activities continued to put workers’ lives at risk. |
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He has taken a tough line, most prominently, with China, by imposing tariffs on the country as well as sanctions against tech giant Huawei and popular apps TikTok and WeChat. After the Trump administration blacklisted Huawei last year and barred it from buying vital American components, Wist Plastic.... |
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Southeast Asia, when taken as a whole, is a global laggard in the uptake of renewable energy, but some countries are leading the way, such as Vietnam, the Philippines, and Myanmar. And as ‘Angry Clean Energy Guy’ Assaad W. Razzouk argues, policymakers in the region cannot hold back the tide of solar and wind for much longer. |
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A big source of tension between the US and China at the moment is technology. And one very small component is now at the centre of this battle for global dominance. BBC Asia business correspondent Karishma Vaswani explains. |
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German container shipowner Hapag-Lloyd will postpone its Nov. 1 rate hike for East Asia to North America route until Dec. 1, the company said in a notice to clients on Oct. 29. Hapag-Lloyd’s General Rate Increase (GRI) of $1,200/FEU was previously delayed from Oct. 1 to Nov. 1 as scrutiny from regulators in the US and China intensified. |
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Global Engine Oil Market Analysis by Region (North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Middle East and Africa), by Application (Gasoline engines, Diesel engines, Alternative fuels engine) and, by Type (Synthetic Motor Oil, Synthetic Blend Motor Oil, Mineral Motor Oil), 2019-2025 Owing to the outbreak.... |
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ASIA DPRK (North Korea) Expected Council Action In November, the chair of the 1718 Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee, Ambassador Christoph Heusgen (Germany), is expected to brief Council members on the 90-day report about the committee’s work. |
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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Life Membership was awarded to Hiran Cooray, (Pictured) Chairman of Jetwing Symphony PLC. The award is the association’s highest individual honour and recognises significant leadership and invaluable dedication to PATA. |
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In a new study researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences present an analysis of the genome of the oldest human fossil found in Mongolia to date. They show that the 34,000-year-old female inherited around 25 percent of her.... |
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