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Tasweer, a new photography festival based in Qatar, has announced the open call for its inaugural Sheikh Saoud Al Thani Project and Single Image Awards. These annual, open call awards are intended to recognise and support photographers from Western Asia and North Africa (Wana), according to a press statement. |
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Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security said on October 10 that former President Almazbek Atambayev, who was freed from prison by supporters earlier this week, has been rearrested by security forces. Kyrgyzstan is an independent state (a former Soviet republic) in the Central Asia. |
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Tourism has badly affected many economies including Sri Lanka and South Asia and even if border restrictions ease, a quick rebound is not expected, World Bank officials say. “One can’t be optimistic about a quick revival in tourism because tourism is not only the result of closure of borders and.... |
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Chance at redemption. But Guam will get its chance at redemption before the year is out, said coach E.J. Calvo. He is waiting on a phone call from FIBA that will designate the location and dates for the continuation of the tournament. It will be played bubble style, mimicking the environment of the NBA playoffs and championships. |
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Who could have predicted that Saddam Hussein’s attack on Iran back in 1980 would create a perfect storm that was to last for almost four decades? The militarisation of West Asia as a consequence of the Cold War could ultimately only have one outcome. After eight years of bitter conflict, Saddam.... |
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MOSCOW — A man who had been convicted of kidnapping was chosen to be the prime minister of Kyrgyzstan on Saturday after feuding politicians agreed on a new government in an effort to end nearly a week of violent turmoil in the Central Asian country. An agreement to put the government under the man,.... |
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FILE PHOTO: A man displays the Iranian currency at Ferdowsi square in Tehran, Iran July 2, 2020. Mohamadreza Nadimi/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
SULAIMANI The Iranian rial fell to a new low against the US dollar on Saturday (October 10) as the economy reels under pressure from the COVID-19 pandemic and US sanctions. |
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For writer and artist Trung Le Nguyen, sharing stories was always a way for his family to learn and grow together. Nguyen, who was born in a Vietnamese refugee camp in the Philippines, moved to the United States with his family as a young child in 1992. |
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World Mental Health Day 2020 was today. The vast social and economic impact of COVID-19 highlights the critical need for all countries in South-East Asia region to scale up investments for sustained and quality mental health care, the WHO said on Saturday on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. |
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New Delhi: The vast social and economic impact of COVID-19 highlights the critical need for all countries in South-East Asia region to scale up investments for sustained and quality mental health care, the WHO said on Saturday on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. |
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According to Dr Khetrapal, nearly one in 10 people have a mental health condition globally. Most mental health conditions can be effectively treated at relatively low cost. And yet more than a quarter of the world's population lives in a country where there is less than one psychiatrist for every 100 000 people. |
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For the first time, tomatoes of Madanapalle region, the largest tomato-growing belt in Asia, are set to reach Chennai by rail. The modalities pertaining to the loading, unloading and time schedules would be finalised in a couple of days in coordination with agriculture and horticulture wings, traders and railway authorities. |
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Fans and mourners gather for the funeral of Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iran's most celebrated musician and a critic of the government, in Tus city of Mashhad province, Iran October 10, 2020. WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS.
October 10, 2020. (Reuters) – Mohammad Reza Shajarian, Iran’s most.... |
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MANILA, Philippines Social commerce in the Philippines grew over 300 percent in terms of value in the first semester, according to artificial intelligence (AI) solutions firm iKala. In its report “The Rise of Social Commerce in Southeast Asia,” iKala said the average gross merchandise value (GMV) or.... |
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While we were not looking, the Philippines (334,770 cases) overtook Turkey (330,753) the other day to move up from #20 to #19 position in the global tally of COVID-19 cases, and has stayed No. 1 in the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations. But comparing their number of cases per.... |
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The coronavirus outbreak has caused an 88% drop in theatrical box office income in Asia-Pacific. |
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Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (L), Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi (R), Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Marise Payne (2nd L) and US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo (2nd R) gather for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad).... |
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About 55 million years ago, when the Indian Subcontinent collided with Asia, many plants and animals migrated from India to other parts of Asia. Now, by studying the evolutionary history of a spider family, researchers have tried to map the dispersal event from India to the islands of Southeast Asia 55–38 million years ago. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/INDONESIA – Challenge of the law that reorganizes the labor market, inappropriate according to an Indonesian Jesuit. Jakarta – “The problem with the Omnibus Law lies above all in the fact that the decision to vote it took place at an inappropriate.... |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: NEWS ANALYSIS – Evangelization in Asia in the midst of the pandemic. Manila – The Covid-19 pandemic and the prolonged lockdown imposed in many countries have added difficulties and suffering to the populations in many States of Asia. |
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The Russian Empire was the third largest Empire in the world. How was it created? In the course of its history, the Russian Empire occupied parts of Eastern and Northern Europe, Asia, and even North America. It was the third largest state in human history, leaving the second place to the British.... |
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It’s relatively easy for those involved in the entertainment industry in Asia to get caught up in geopolitical scuffles, with social media accelerating and magnifying any faux pas. or get the wrong tattoo and suddenly you’ve raised diplomatic tensions tenfold. |
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Malcolm Simmons is a leading expert in judicial reform and is in demand by justice ministries around the World LONDON, UK, October 10, 2020 / is an expert in justice reform and advises governments and senior judiciary from Europe to Asia on reform of the administration of justice. |
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CEBU PROVINCE proves to be a place which has stayed in the heart and mind of travelers when travel itself began to be out of reach in 2020 in the face of a pandemic. Cebu and the Visayas topped in 2020 Readers’ Choice survey for best islands in the Asian Region by the international travel magazine “Conde Nast Traveler. |
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Outside observers were expecting the North to possibly unveil the latest weapons in its growing nuclear arsenal that threatens U.S. allies in Asia and the American mainland. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said early in the day that there were signs that the North had mobilized “large crowds and.... |
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