By Phuong Nguyen. HANOI (Reuters) - Rescue teams searched for more signs of life on Friday after a series of deadly landslides in central Vietnam unleashed by heavy rains from Typhoon Molave, as yet another powerful storm barrelled towards the Southeast Asia region. |
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A gauge of Asian shares fell for a third straight session on Friday as jitters over next week's U.S. presidential election and a shaky global economic outlook enveloped markets. |
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Founded in 1999 as a high-tech spin-off from the Nanyang Technological University, Nanofilm Technologies International Limited is a leading provider of nanotechnology solutions in Asia. Their key business units comprise: (i) Advanced Materials – surface solution services based on their vacuum.... |
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— India reported 48,648 new coronavirus cases, continuing a monthlong slowing trend in infections even as the country adds to its 8 million cases. The Health Ministry also reported 563 more fatalities in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 121,090 on Friday. |
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An Asian fast food brand which had thousands of people queueing for the launch of its first UK restaurant is opening a branch in Newcastle. Chicken diner Jollibee is set to create 70 jobs in the city centre with the opening of its “flagship” northern branch. |
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October 30, 2020. By Swati Pandey. SYDNEY (Reuters) – A gauge of Asian shares fell for a third straight session on Friday as jitters over next week’s U.S. presidential election and a shaky global economic outlook enveloped markets. E-Mini futures for S&P500 skidded 1.5%, a signal Wall Street would open in the red later in the day. |
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"For a crisis of this scale, Asian equities have performed remarkably well," Citi analysts wrote in a note. "Within the region, markets with a higher weighting of technology stocks or where the recovery has become more entrenched have outperformed," they added. "This solid performance can continue, in our view. |
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was last down 0.1%, on track to the end the week 1.1% lower after four straight weeks of gains. Still, the index has risen 3.8% in October so far, and analysts expect this broader outperformance to extend further. “For a crisis of this scale, Asian equities have performed remarkably well,” Citi analysts wrote in a note. |
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Pro-democracy demonstrators shine their mobile phone lights as they march to the German Embassy in central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. As lawmakers debated in a special session in Parliament that was called to address political tensions, student-led rallies were set to continue with a.... |
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Pro-democracy demonstrators shine their mobile phone lights as they march to the German Embassy in central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. As lawmakers debated in a special session in Parliament that was called to address political tensions, student-led rallies were set to continue with a.... |
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TOKYO Japan’s coronavirus cases have topped 100,000, nine months after the first case was found in mid-January, the health ministry said Friday. The country confirmed 808 new cases on Thursday, bringing the cumulative COVID-19 cases to 100,334, including 712 people who were on a cruise ship that was docked off a Japanese port earlier this year. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 -- Lazada, Southeast Asia's leading e-commerce platform, returns to bring some of the lowest price guaranteed deals on its 11.11 Biggest One Day Sales with hundreds of exclusive brands offering up to 70 million items. Lazada Malaysia chief business officer Sherry Tan said the.... |
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Two lesbian couples tied the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan’s military on Friday in a historic celebration with their peers. Taiwan is the only place in Asia to have legalized same-sex marriage, with more than 4,000 such couples marrying since the legislation passed in May 2019. |
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TOKYO Japan’s coronavirus cases have topped 100,000, nine months after the first case was found in mid-January, the health ministry said Friday. The country confirmed 808 new cases on Thursday, bringing the cumulative COVID-19 cases to 100,334, including 712 people who were on a cruise ship that was docked off a Japanese port earlier this year. |
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Asia India's Coronavirus Cases Surpass 8 Million Mark
By Kyodo News 30 October 2020. NEW DELHI—India said Thursday its coronavirus cases have surpassed the 8 million mark, adding over a million cases in the past 18 days alone. The world’s second-most populous country is fast approaching the United.... |
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh gesture with their elbows before a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Friday, Oct. 30, 2020. Pompeo is wrapping up an anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam as the fierce American presidential election race enters its final stretch. |
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Pro-democracy demonstrators shine their mobile phone lights as they march to the German Embassy in central Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. As lawmakers debated in a special session in Parliament that was called to address political tensions, student-led rallies were set to continue with a.... |
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has wrapped up a five-nation anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam as the fierce American presidential election race enters its final stretch. With just four days left in the campaign in which China has been a central theme, Pompeo visited Hanoi on Friday ostensibly to celebrate 25 years of U. |
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MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside of Japan was last down 0.3%, on track to the end the week 1.3% lower after four straight weeks of gains. The index is up 3.7% in October so far. Analysts expect this broader outperformance to extend further. |
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TAOYUAN, Taiwan (AP) — Two lesbian couples tied the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan’s military on Friday in a historic celebration with their peers. Taiwan is the only place in Asia to have legalized same-sex marriage, with more than 4,000 such couples marrying since the legislation passed in May 2019. |
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HANOI, Vietnam (AP) U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a five-nation, anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam on Friday with a call for regional unity to counter Beijing's growing assertiveness, as the fierce American presidential election race entered its final stretch. |
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OCT. 23-29, 2020. This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Asia and Pacific. The gallery was curated by AP photo editor Toru Takahashi in Tokyo. Follow AP visual journalism: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/apnews. AP Images on Twitter: http://twitter. |
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About one-third of the cases come from Tokyo, where 221 cases were confirmed Thursday, bringing a prefectural total to 30,677, with 453 deaths. Nationwide, Japan has more than 1,700 deaths. Experts say Japan has so far managed to avoid “explosive” infections as in Europe and the U.S. |
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TAOYUAN: Two lesbian couples tied the knot in a mass wedding held by Taiwan's military on Friday in a historic celebration with their peers. Taiwan is the only place in Asia to have legalized same-sex marriage, with more than 4,000 such couples marrying since the legislation passed in May 2019. |
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HANOI, Vietnam — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up a five-nation, anti-China tour of Asia in Vietnam on Friday with a call for regional unity to counter Beijing's growing assertiveness, as the fierce American presidential election race entered its final stretch. |
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