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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The latest batch of Myanmar's Rohingya minority refugees landed in Aceh recently, prompting Asean in its ministerial meeting last week to urge and express readiness to help Myanmar to work out its plan to repatriate the refugees. |
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SEOUL (THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - During his visit to the truce village of Panmunjom on Wednesday (Sep 16), Unification Minister Lee In-young expressed hope for the resumption of "open-minded" dialogue between the two Koreas at an early date. |
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The dollar slipped and yen and yuan led Asia's currencies a little higher on Monday, as investors looked ahead to a slew of U.S. Federal Reserve speakers this week and to a decision on the inclusion of Chinese government bonds in a global index.
Moves were slight and volumes light due to a public holiday in Japan. |
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Covid-19 has invoked challenges worldwide that require us to formulate innovative solutions. Dr.Tandi Dorji , the foreign minister of Bhutan talks about the need to foster and increase transnational cooperation during these trying times. Dr. Tandi Dorji has played a significant role in fostering.... |
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The date of the mega annual music event Mnet Asian Music Awards, popularly known as MAMA, has been announced. The MAMA 2020 will have many changes this year due to COVID-19 restrictions. Here is the complete information available so far about the grand event. The 22 nd edition of MAMA 2020 will be held on December 6. |
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Saudi Press Agency. Sunday 1442/2/3 - 2020/09/20. JAKARTA, September 20, 2020, SPA -- Indonesia reported 3,989 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total to 244,676, data from the country's health ministry showed, according to Reuters. The data added 105 new deaths, taking the total to 9,553, the biggest death toll in Southeast Asia. |
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Hong Kong-listed shares of Standard Chartered and HSBC fell on Monday after the banks — among several global lenders — were identified in reports as having allegedly moving large sums of suspicious funds over a period of nearly two decades, according to Reuters. |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All remaining virus restrictions will be lifted across much of New Zealand from late Monday with the exception of the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have some restrictions for at least another 16 days.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday after meeting with top lawmakers. |
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The foreign ministry will have a representative at the next meeting between senior commanders of Indian and Chinese armies, locked in a stand-off in eastern Ladakh. Naveen Srivastava, joint secretary, East Asia in MEA will join the commanders meeting to be held on Monday for the first time. |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All remaining virus restrictions will be lifted across much of New Zealand from late Monday with the exception of the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have some restrictions for at least another 16 days.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday after meeting with top lawmakers. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Monday after U.S. stocks fell for a third day on Friday, reflecting continued weakness among technology stocks and the lack of progress on a U.S. stimulus package. Worries about the global economic recovery and the surge in coronavirus cases across Europe also weighed on the markets. |
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Citi and the Citi Foundation will commit US$35 million (S$47 million) together to help create economic opportunities and employability for youth from low-income and underserved communities in the region by 2023, according to a press statement. The New York-headquartered bank is stepping-up in.... |
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HOD HASHARON, Israel Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Singapore Exchange Mainboard listed, Israeli company Sarine Technologies Ltd ("Sarine") (U77:SI), a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturing of precision technology products for the evaluation, planning, processing and grading of.... |
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SHENZHEN, China Sept. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- In the recent SAP BWH Benchmark Version 3, Huawei FusionServer Pro 2488H V5, with 5.2 billion initial records, broke the record of 4-socket servers by delivering 5,293 queries per hour in Phase 2 (Query Executions per Hour). |
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On the morning of 23 September (10:00 GMT+8), Bain & Company will moderate the keynote panel session, featuring insights from Aditya Kulkarni, Director of City Logistics (First & Last Mile), Flipkart, Gerald Glauerdt, Co-Founder & Chief Logistics Officer, Redmart & Lazada, Saurabh Lal, Director of Supply Chain - India & South Asia, Kellogg, and Mr. |
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Under the agreement, the appliance maker and the badminton team will jointly promote the development of China's sports industry through a "technology + sports" collaboration mode. At the ceremony, Changhong also announced the global debut of a new series of TVs, refrigerators, air conditioners and washing machines. |
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Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals Group (PCG) and Germany’s PCC have established a joint venture to produce oxylates in Malaysia. For the purpose, Petronas has agreed to acquire a 50% share in PCC Oxyalkylates Malaysia (PCC-OM), a project company set up by the Duisburg group in 2017 to expand its production of the chemicals into Asia. |
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Hong Kong-listed shares of Standard Chartered and HSBC fell on Monday after the banks — among several global lenders — were identified in reports as having allegedly moving large sums of suspicious funds over a period of nearly two decades, according to Reuters. |
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Indonesia's Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto is in hot water because of a recent comment about having deployed thousands of medical interns to the front lines of the nation's Covid-19 treatment efforts. |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All remaining virus restrictions will be lifted across much of New Zealand from late Monday with the exception of the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have some restrictions for at least another 16 days.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday after meeting with top lawmakers. |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All remaining virus restrictions will be lifted across much of New Zealand from late Monday with the exception of the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have some restrictions for at least another 16 days.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday after meeting with top lawmakers. |
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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.
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iranian rial fell to a record low against the U.S. dollar on the unofficial market on Sunday, a day after the U.S. |
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SINGAPORE -- Asian countries were some of the most aggressive in closing their borders to fight COVID-19 and are among the slowest to reopen to tourists, recently compiled data shows, underscoring the prolonged pressure on economies that rely heavily on international visitors. As of Sept. |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — All remaining virus restrictions will be lifted across much of New Zealand from late Monday with the exception of the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have some restrictions for at least another 16 days. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday after meeting with top lawmakers. |
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand All remaining virus restrictions will be lifted across much of New Zealand from late Monday with the exception of the largest city, Auckland, which will continue to have some restrictions for at least another 16 days. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement Monday after meeting with top lawmakers. |
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