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BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher on hopes Washington will provide more aid to the U.S. economy. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Australia and Southeast Asia advanced. Tokyo was lower. Wall Street gained after President Donald Trump suggested he might be.... |
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World Bank projects Sri Lanka’s GDP to decline by 6.7% this year, poverty to increase to 13% Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 09:09 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 09, Colombo: World Bank in its twice-a-year-regional update expects the South Asian economies including Sri Lanka to slump sharper.... |
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Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 09:09 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Oct 09, Colombo: World Bank in its twice-a-year-regional update expects the South Asian economies including Sri Lanka to slump sharper than expected this year into its worst-ever recession as the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the region’s economies. |
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Informal workers hit hardest. South Asia is set to plunge into its worst-ever recession as the devastating impacts of COVID-19 on the region’s economies linger on, taking a disproportionate toll on informal workers and pushing millions of South Asians into extreme poverty, says the World Bank in its twice-a-year-regional update. |
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Kerry Blanchard, chief executive officer of Chinese biotech firm Everest Medicines Ltd., talks about the company's initial public offering in Hong Kong and its growth strategy. Everest focuses on developing drugs already discovered or marketed overseas for the China and Asia markets by licensing.... |
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The U.S. oil, natural gas and chemicals (OG&C) industry slashed 107,000 jobs from March to August 2020, the fastest rate of layoffs in the industry’s history. Heightening employment cyclicality and layoffs are challenging the industry’s reputation as a reliable, long-term employer. The sensitivity of U. |
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SHANGHAI/NEW YORK: Asian shares fell on Thursday following a slump on Wall Street overnight, as a series of warnings from U.S. Federal Reserve officials |
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A rare glimpse of a wave power generator among the Paracel Islands – a sign of how China is using offshore renewable energy to supply its isolated islet outposts. New satellite imagery spotted by Radio Free Asia shows an experimental wave power generator off Woody Island, China’s main military base.... |
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“Taking on a new adventure” is how Barbara Stoll views her recent appointment as President of the China Medical Board (CMB), a US-based philanthropic foundation for health development in China and southeast Asia. “I'm incredibly lucky to be given this opportunity, and will try my best to fill the.... |
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Singapore. ARTIFICIAL intelligence (AI) could add US$1 trillion to South-east Asia's gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 according to management consulting firm Kearney and Asian-based strategic investor EDBI. That being said, adoption is still in its nascent stages - about 30 per... |
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Singapore. WITH Asia primed to undergo a significant wealth transfer over the next decade, competition among banks to serve the region's ultra-rich families looks to intensify, with the next generation of wealth holders expected to further consolidate their banking relationships. |
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TOKYO -- While investors and executives in Asia were still scrambling to deal with the new coronavirus outbreak in May, U.S. investment company KKR struck its biggest deal in Asia: a $1.5 billion investment in Jio Platforms, a newly established digital services arm of Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries. |
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. Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. BEIRUT, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Ministry of Labor in Lebanon and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) launched on Thursday an initiative to provide online learning for Lebanese citizens. |
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A World Bank publication noted that Sri Lanka and Bhutan were leading the South Asian region in testing of the COVID-19 virus. They noted that both regions had the lowest rates per capita of the virus. The report noted that South Asian governments have maintained macro-economic stability through monetary easing and fiscal stimulus. |
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TAGS: Church The Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul has removed Metropolitan Evangelos of New Jersey and transferred him to the Metropolis of Sardis in Asia Minor, the National Herald reported on Thursday.
The Patriarchate also announced that it was suspending Metropolitan Methodios of Boston until Christmas. |
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In a Viennese garage in 2013, the two “bike foolish dads” (sic!) Christian Bezdeka and Marcus Ihlenfeld laid the foundation stone for the children’s bike manufacturer woom. The children’s bike startup in Klosterneuburg, which focuses on sustainability and ergonomics, now employs around 100 people. |
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Millions of people in South Asia are being pushed into extreme poverty as the region where a quarter of humanity lives suffers its worst-ever recession due to the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank said on Thursday. The multi-lateral lender forecast a record economic contraction of 7. |
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COVID-19 has dramatically changed the way Stimson does its work, but what it hasn’t changed is the work we do. We are finding opportunities to increase engagement with stakeholders, continue our research, and develop new tools to address serious policy challenges in a very different environment. |
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Royal Caribbean has confirmed it will restart cruising from Singapore on Dec. 1. The line will base the 4,180-passenger Quantum of the Seas out of Singapore offering three- and four-night "Ocean Getaways" – or cruises to nowhere – for Singapore residents only and operating at half capacity, reports
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A group of brilliant young footballers put Bangladesh prominently on the map of age-level women's football, especially in South Asia, by clinching the first-ever AFC U-14 Girls' Regional Championship in December 2015. Eighth months later they once again made the whole of Asia sit up and notice by.... |
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The latest Pulse Asia survey on trust and performance of top national officials speaks volumes about how the people perceive President Rodrigo Roa Duterte and his Administration amid the current health crisis. As spokesman of our Chief Executive, I am thankful to the people for the very high rating that they gave our President during this pandemic. |
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Venezuela Planning New 100,000-Bolivar Bills Worth Just $0.23;
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