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At least 88 people have died and tens of thousands have been displaced after torrential monsoon rains triggered floods and landslides across Nepal and parts of South Asia.
At least 64 people have died in Nepal, with a further 31 people identified as missing and more than 2,500 rescued, the country's Ministry of Home Affairs said Monday morning. |
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A plea bargain in the extradition case of hit-run driver Puneet Puneet is the subject of discussions in Australia, his lawyer says.
China says President Xi Jinping last month urged US President Donald Trump to show flexibility in dealings with North Korea. |
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Guwahati, India: Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc. The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar, in India's north-east, have been among the worst hit. |
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SYDNEY – The ancestors of modern humans interbred with at least five different archaic human groups as they moved out of Africa and across Eurasia some 55,000 years ago, University of Adelaide researchers said on Monday. Two of the groups are currently known – the Neandertals and Denisovans –, while.... |
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When the first trailer for Disney’s upcoming live action version of “Mulan” was released earlier this month, social media was immediately set abuzz. Starring Chinese actress Yifei Liu, the upcoming film is being praised for its new approach to the ancient Chinese tale. |
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SINGAPORE July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at RSA Asia Pacific & Japan 2019, API security leader and creator of the industry's first API Firewall – 42Crunch – announced the latest release of its API security platform with full support for Kubernetes environments . |
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SINGAPORE July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at RSA Asia Pacific & Japan 2019, API security leader and creator of the industry's first API Firewall – 42Crunch – announced the latest release of its API security platform with full support for Kubernetes environments. |
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is the Director of the Central Asia Institute for Strategic Studies and currently a Visiting Fellow at the Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University. Her research focuses on language and communication strategy in countering violent extremism in Kazakhstan. |
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Singapore. PICTET Wealth Management (PWM) is pursuing a growth strategy in Asia, where it plans to double its team of bankers over the next few years. Boris Collardi, Pictet Group managing partner and co-head of PWM, said the firm will hire 10 to 15 bankers a year over the next four... |
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More than 100 people have been killed and two million forced from their homes across Nepal, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh as rain-triggered floods and landslides left a trail of destruction in parts of South Asia. The death toll was the highest in Nepal, where torrential rains unleashed mudslides.... |
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Manchester City have finally been cleared to fly to China for their pre-season tour after two days of frustrating delays. The treble winners were due to travel to Shanghai ahead of the Premier League Asia Trophy on Saturday but their departure was twice put back due to an administrative issue involving travel agent Thomas Cook Sport. |
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SINGAPORE July 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at RSA Asia Pacific & Japan 2019, API security leader and creator of the industry's first API Firewall – 42Crunch – announced the latest release of its API security platform with full support for Kubernetes environments. |
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Global waste markets were upended in 2018 when China implemented tough new import restrictions on plastic and e-waste materials from foreign nations, forcing countries to find new markets. Australia is among the countries taking advantage of the lax environmental regulations in Asia, redirecting.... |
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PARIS — Fifty years to the day since mankind launched the first mission to set foot on it, the Moon is set to treat Earthlings to a partial lunar eclipse on Tuesday. Britain's Royal Astronomical Society said in a statement the event would be visible from parts of northern Europe, Asia, Africa, south America and Western Australia. |
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Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc. The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar have been among the worst hit. About 4. |
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Floods have forced more than four million people from their homes across India, Nepal and Bangladesh and killed more than 100 people as torrential rains in the initial days of monsoons wreaked havoc. The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar have been among the worst hit. About 4. |
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The poor Indian states of Assam and Bihar have been among the worst hit. About 4.3 million people have been displaced from their homes in Assam in the past 10 days due to rising waters across the mostly rural northeastern region, according to a government release on Monday. |
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The Meridian Highway is a new commercial route that will connect Europe with Central Asia. Stock image by Getty. It won’t be the world’s most leisurely road trip but the new Meridian Highway will provide a sort of modern-day, Marco Polo-style adventure behind the wheel. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks were set to start the week with a cautious tone as investors turned their attention to upcoming data on Chinese economic growth amid expectations for further policy support.Futures in Hong Kong and Australia were lower late Friday despite the S&P 500 Index climbing to a fresh all-time high. |
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(Bloomberg) -- For months, executives from Anheuser-Busch InBev NV raced to prepare for a listing of its Asian subsidiary, Budweiser Brewing Company APAC Ltd. It was to be this year’s biggest initial public offering and would surpass Uber Technologies Inc.’s $8.1 billion share sale. |
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Jefferies announced today the recent appointment of Jonathan Slone as Chairman of Asia based in Hong Kong. In this role, Mr. Slone will focus on the firm’s major relationships for investment banking and trading throughout Asia. Prior to joining Jefferies, Mr. Slone spent over three decades at CLSA Ltd. |
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Garment factory workers making men's suits in a factory in Hanoi. Vietnam has become a hub of labour-intensive manufacturing for export, attracting greenfield investment into its cities.
Singapore. ONLY 18 per cent of today's goods trade involves exports from low-wage, traditionally Asian countries, into high-wage countries. |
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When I began farming chilli in Bundaberg 25 years ago, everyone said it was crazy and that Asia was the only place to grow the crop. But Asia had typhoons and Australia (at the time) didn't have wild weather, so growing chilli worked out well. Today, we are the biggest individual chilli supplier in south-east Asia and Australasia combined. |
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AMMAN — Jordan has exerted tremendous efforts to preserve its stability despite unfavourable regional developments, refugee influxes, the closure of trade routes and an increase in loan costs, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department Jihad Azour has said. |
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A partial lunar eclipse will occur on July 16 and 17 which will be visible in several countries around the world including India. Several regions in Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia will be able to witness the partial lunar eclipse. At 1:31 am on 17 July, the partial lunar eclipse can be viewed from India which will end at 5:47 am. |
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