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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysians will soon have to bid "zai jian" (farewell) to the second giant panda cub born in the country. Yi Yi's return to China is pending confirmation from Chinese authorities. Zoology, Veterinary Hospital and Giant Panda Conservation Centre director.... |
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Middle East and Asian countries expressed concern Sunday over escalating hostilities after Armenian forces shelled Azerbaijani military and civilian positions in the occupied Upper Karabakh, or Nagorno-Karabakh region. Iran called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to end the conflict and start talks. |
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The powerhouse city-state has long thrived as a vital hub in the heart of south-east Asia, but recent events have shaken up global trade. How is Singapore innovating and adapting to meet the challenges it faces today and in the future?. |
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The Philippines has probably had the longest COVID-19 quarantine period in Asia. The government clearly took the virus threat early on and quite seriously. Although we lacked the testing and treatment capacity in the early days of the quarantine, I believe the lockdown made a difference in containing the spread of the virus. |
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Havana, Sep 27 (RHC) The prestige of the Contingent of Doctors Specialized in Situations of Disasters and Serious Epidemics ‘Henry Reeve’, from Cuba, has earned the respect and admiration of the international community that continues to ask to be awarded the Nobel Prize of Peace 2021. |
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At $390 billion, deal activity in Asia Pacific in the third quarter is already at a record, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The volume of deals involving Asian companies this year has climbed nearly 11% from a year earlier, while those in Europe and the Americas have plunged. |
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- China's first consumer CBD store set to open on Alibaba's Tmall MUNICH, Sept 25, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Nordic Cosmetics GmbH ("Nordic Cosmetics"), a subsidiary of Nordic Oil, the top-selling European CBD product manufacturer, and Asia Horizon Group Inc. |
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(Bloomberg) -- After the Covid-19 pandemic pulled down the curtain on dealmaking in the first half of the year, an unexpected bright spot emerged in the third quarter: Asia. At $390 billion, deal activity in Asia Pacific in the third quarter is already at a record, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. |
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Singapore. INSURANCE bigwig Aviva's headline S$2.7 billion sale of its Singapore operations to homegrown digital insurer Singlife mirrors a global trend of private equity (PE) firms digging into the strong growth of insurance businesses. With Singlife, that private equity angle... |
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Initiatives in Arts and Culture and De Beers recently co-hosted a webinar on the worth of gold and diamonds. The webinar, which was moderated by Mickey Alam Khan, the founder and editor of Luxury Daily, featured Jeffrey Christian, founder and managing director of CPM Group; Kyle Roderick, an author;.... |
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When companies eye expansion abroad, major considerations would include a fairly stable political system and a fertile business environment. In Asia, countries such as Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Singapore have traditionally been attractive destinations for international companies to expand in, and for global business and investment. |
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(Bloomberg) — After the Covid-19 pandemic pulled down the curtain on dealmaking in the first half of the year, an unexpected bright spot emerged in the third quarter: Asia. At $390 billion, deal activity in Asia Pacific in the third quarter is already at a record, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. |
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Currencies began the week with muted moves and stocks in Asia were on course for modest gains as investors weighed further signs of recovery in China against more virus outbreaks in some parts of the world. The dollar was steady against most G-10 peers early Monday. |
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Green politics is considered as one of the emerging trends in the world politics stressing on the social, political and economic aspects of development through the sustainable development. With the advancement in technology, the concerns for the environment is increasing by the day due to which.... |
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Analyzing ancient genomes. In 2016, I joined Dr. Qiaomei Fu’s Molecular Paleontology Lab at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. Our challenge: Resolve the history of humans in East Asia, with the help of collaborators who were long.... |
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Developing close partnerships with major regional players and increasingly aware of South Asia’s potential, Russia has been interested in closer interaction with the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). Collaboration in both security and development issues may be beneficial for.... |
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The show chronicles the self-deluded superiority of Britons in the military stronghold as Japanese tanks rolled towards them. The Singapore Grip follows the British Blackett family, who live in Asia and are caught in the conflict. Walter Blackett is keen to make as much profit as he can despite the impending war. |
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Huawei has unveiled a paradigm shift for industrial digital transformation with the aim of cultivating a robust ecosystem and scenario-specific solutions for a future intelligent society in the Asia Pacific region.
The new paradigm, according to the global leading tech company revealed in Huawei.... |
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Source: UNCTADstat (https://unctadstat.unctad.org/CountryProfile/GeneralProfile/en-GB/050/index.html). Fourth, after came to power in 2009, Sheikh Hasina resolved the long-standing maritime boundary delimitation dispute with India and Myanmar peacefully through the help of international regimes. |
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Australia's coal miners are headed for a $17 billion collapse in export earnings this year as the shock of the coronavirus crisis persists and more Asian power utilities switch from coal to gas. The projected declines across 2020-21, contained in a federal government report to be released on Monday,.... |
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September 28, 2020 marks the 74th birthday of Sheikh Hasina, the Honourable Prime Minister of Bangladesh. On the occasion of her birthday, it becomes important to examine the foreign policy of Sheikh Hasina and the policy imperatives for Bangladesh. Sheikh Hasina brought dynamism in Bangladesh foreign policy. |
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The South Island’s connections to Asia have grown steadily over the past decade. On the people front, nearly 67,000 Canterbury residents identified with at least one Asian ethnicity at the time of the 2018 Census – more than twice the number in 2006. Otago and Southland have also seen significant.... |
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Manufacturing data dominates. The usual end- and start-of-the-month activity releases dominate the calendar at the crossover from September to October and a typical focus around this time is on purchasing manager indices. As we see from advance September PMI releases in developed countries,.... |
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Elon Musk also shared at the shareholder meeting that Giga Shanghai could eventually produce 1 million electric vehicles a year . This makes sense in light of Tesla’s goal to export vehicles made at Giga Shanghai to other markets in both Europe and Asia — it will need to produce a lot of vehicles. |
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With the local automotive industry’s gradual transition to electric vehicles (EV), Nissan — for its part — is bringing in the much-awaited Leaf this year. However; with the many misconceptions surrounding EV these past years, the Japanese carmaker musters the gall to demystify them all before the iconic intelligent mobility arrives in our shores. |
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