Manama, Oct. 5 (BNA): “A Vision of Promise-Salman bin Hamad” documentary film, by Bahraini Director Eva Dawed, brought about numerous achievements in 2020 after it was shown in many international film festivals, won wide acclaim and many awards. The documentary was shown in many halls in major cities in the USA, Asia and Europe. |
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Lunedì, 5 ottobre, 2020 - 10:00 Dossier Axel Berkofsky Co-Head ISPI Asia Centre Giulia Sciorati ISPI Associate Research Fellow After Abe Shinzo announced his early retirement at the end of August, Japan has had to come to terms with a significant structural change on top of all the challenges left.... |
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AirAsia will cease operations in Japan immediately as it tries to reduce cash burn amid the coronavirus outbreak that's wiped out travel demand globally. AirAsia Japan has stopped operations as of Monday, Southeast Asia's second-biggest budget carrier said in a statement. That will help the parent conserve cash. |
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by Christian Whiton Recent events may have turned the tide in a U.S. presidential campaign that many predicted would elevate challenger Joe Biden to the White House. President Donald Trump seems to be recovering strongly from his coronavirus infection. He still trails in most polls, but that was also the case in 2016. |
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According to the research data analyzed and published by SafeBettingSites.com , the number of eSports viewers worldwide is expected to reach 495 million in 2020. From the total number of viewers, it is expected that frequent viewers will number ... |
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AirAsia Japan today made a surprise announcement that it would cancel all flights and cease operations immediately. This is the second time the AirAsia brand exits the Japanese market. The first incarnation was with ANA that was later rebranded as Peach. You can access AirAsia here. Here’s the announcement from the airline: AirAsia Japan Co. |
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European markets have started the week on a high note as news of U.S. President Donald Trump's continued recovery from his COVID-19 infection appeared to calm nervous investors. London's FTSE index and the CAC-40 index in Paris are both up 0.6% at the midday point in the trading day, while the DAX index in Frankfurt is 0. |
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(RTTNews) - 3M Co. (MMM) said Monday that it has neither increased nor will increase the prices of its respirators as a result of the global pandemic. 3M has factories that produce respirators and other critical products needed to fight COVID-19 in the U.S., Europe, Latin America and Asia. |
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This report focuses on the global Customer Analytics Applications status, future forecast, growth opportunity, key market and key players. The study objectives are to present the Customer Analytics Applications development in North America, Europe, China, Japan, Southeast Asia, India and Central & South America. |
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(based on the upper-middle income poverty line of $5.50 a day). In the wake of COVID-19, EAP governments have, on average, committed nearly 5 percent of their GDP to strengthen public health systems, support households, and help firms to avoid bankruptcy. |
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Call for Participants for Science Diplomacy in South Asia workshop, 2020 “Science Diplomacy is the torch that can light the way, where other kind of politics and diplomacy have failed.” To enlighten South Asia with the torch of Science Diplomacy, the GYA Science Diplomacy in South Asia working group.... |
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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte. (PNA file photo) COTABATO CITY A cross-section interview here and in the nearby provinces of North Cotabato and Maguindanao showed that people in Central Mindanao back the result of the 91 percent trust rating by Filipinos to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as recently.... |
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A quick look at global markets courtesy of NewsSquawk. Asian equity markets and US equity futures began the week with a constructive tone as the regional bourses reopened from recent holiday closures and participants also digested the positive updates regarding President Trump’s condition, which was.... |
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 5 (APP):The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) has acknowledged Pakistan as one of the top-ranked countries in Asia with highest number of responses to social protection, the Prime Minister’s Office said on Monday. |
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Overview: New actions to contain the virus are being taken in the US and Europe, but investors are looking past it and taking equities and risk assets, in general, higher to start the new week. MSCI Asia Pacific recouped most of last week's 0.7% loss with gains of move than 1% in Japan, Hong Kong, South Korea, and Australia. |
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“Only a few weeks ago, we demonstrated our largest and most transparent SolarWindow glass panes generating electricity from sunlight and artificial indoor light,” stated Mr. Jay S. Bhogal, CEO and President of SolarWindow. “This milestone achievement spurred today’s expansion of our operations and.... |
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The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) has acknowledged Pakistan as one of the top ranked countries in Asia with highest number of responses to social protection. At a global e-conference hosted by IPC-IG, Pakistan was labelled as one of the top ranked countries in Asia having.... |
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This issue of Southasiadisasters.net is titled ‘The Impact of COVID-19 in Asia Pacific’ and takes a detailed look at how the pandemic has affected the various countries of the region. The social, economic, demographic and cultural diversity of the region has shaped the pandemic response of these countries, with varying degrees of success. |
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Organizational Context. The Secretariat of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is organized into four Business groups in Geneva and five Business Groups in the field, namely the Regional Office for Africa, Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and North Africa (MENA). |
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Grade school and high school students in the Philippines began classes at home Monday after the coronavirus pandemic forced remote-learning onto an educational system already struggling to fund schools. The shift to distance learning has been a logistical nightmare for the.... |
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Mumbai: Asia's largest slum colony and a former hotspot of the city, Dharavi , reported 19 new cases of coronavirus on Monday. The number of daily cases in the area had gone down to as less as two in the last month. However, with new cases emerging every day, Dharavi has once again gone back to recording a double-digit case count every day. |
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European markets have started the week on a high note as news of U.S. President Donald Trump’s continued recovery from his COVID-19 infection appeared to calm nervous investors. London’s FTSE index and the CAC-40 index in Paris are both up 0.6% at the midday point in the trading day, while the DAX index in Frankfurt is 0. |
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Grade school student Bhea Joy Roxas, center, uses a smart phone as she joins online classes while her friends observe inside a passenger jeepney at the Tandang Sora jeepney terminal in Quezon city, Philippines on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. Students in the Philippines began classes at home Monday after.... |
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The shift to distance-learning has been a logistical nightmare for the poverty-stricken Southeast Asian country that has long lacked enough classrooms, teachers and educational equipment. Nearly 25 million students enrolled this year in mostly 47,000 public schools nationwide that would have to be.... |
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The world’s largest meatpacker, which started out as a tiny slaughterhouse in the 1950s, processes more than 75,000 cattle, 115,000 pigs and millions of chickens every day — much of which is exported to satisfy growing demand for protein across Asia and the Middle East. |
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