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NEW DELHI (AP) The number of people infected with the coronavirus in India rose by another 80,000 and is near Brazil's total, the second-highest in the world. The 83,341 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India's total past 3.9 million, according to the Health Ministry. Brazil has confirmed more than 4 million infections while the U. |
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Asia Today: India adds another 83K, nears 2nd-most in world |
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© Provided by Associated Press A child salutes for a photo near statues of Chinese military honor guards at the military museum in Beijing on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Seventy-five years after Japan's surrender in World War II, and 30 years after its economic bubble popped, the emergence of a 21st century Asian power is shaking up the status quo. |
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BENGALURU, Sept 4 (Reuters) - India reported a daily jump of 83,341 coronavirus infections on Friday, taking its tally to 3.94 million, health ministry data showed, as Asia's worst-hit country closes in on Brazil as the world's second most affected nation from the virus. The ministry said 1,096 people died from COVID-19, taking the toll to 68,472. |
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A workers sanitizes a metro coach in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Delhi Metro will open for service in a phased manner from Sept. 7, even as India has been reporting the highest single-day caseload in the world every day for more than three weeks and is the third worst-hit country behind the United States and Brazil. |
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Seventy-five years after Japan's surrender in World War II, and 30 years after its economic bubble popped, the emergence of a 21st century Asian power is shaking up the status quo. As Japan did, China is butting heads with the established Western powers, which increasingly see its growing economic and military prowess as a threat. |
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The 83,341 cases added in the past 24 hours pushed India's total past 3.9 million, according to the Health Ministry. Brazil has confirmed more than 4 million infections while the U.S. has more 6.1 million people infected, according to Johns Hopkins University. |
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The Report has been achieved through in-depth analysis of market dynamics across five regions including North America, Europe, South America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The segmentation of Driving Energy Storage Systems (FES) market by component, end-user, and region was carried out based.... |
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Kuala Lumpur – Asia’s soccer body is “confident” of completing its coronavirus-hit Champions League this year, a senior official told AFP on Friday, as it heads into a frantic period of games with some venues still unknown. The region’s showpiece tournament has been on hold since March, creating a.... |
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Friday that New Zealand would keep its current coronavirus restrictions in place until at least mid-September as a precaution. Authorities had earlier lifted a lockdown in the city of Auckland following an outbreak there that began last month, but they.... |
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Sharifa Akeel, the Filipino-Qatari beauty queen who was crowned Miss Asia Pacific International in 2018, has penned an open letter on Facebook following accusation she is Maguindanao Second District Representative Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu’s mistress. The accusation came from none other than.... |
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Jan Czaplicki of CarbonClick was named New Zealand’s first ever National Winner of Generation Impact Fellowship, a 3-month entrepreneurship programme by Impact Hub Waikato in partnership with Impact Hub Asia Pacific and Bank of America. ‘I am ... |
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By Christopher Chen and Alistair D. B. Cook. As the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, the threat of natural hazards still looms large. How will humanitarian response to a major natural hazard be affected during the COVID-19 pandemic? As the monsoon season begins in the Asia-Pacific,.... |
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Japan's supplementary budget for fiscal 2020 earmarked 23.5 billion yen ($221 million) for companies that move production to Southeast Asian nations. When the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry opened up a second round of applications on Thursday, it added "projects that contribute to the.... |
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SINGAPORE, Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Japan-based smart energy solutions provider, 3DOM, has announced its entry into the Singapore market, where it has established its Southeast Asia (SEA) regional office, overseeing the fundraising and business development activities of the organisation outside.... |
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Students pass by Patuxay Park after school in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 2, 2020. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua) VIENTIANE, Sept. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic situation is eased in Laos, the daily life in capital Vientiane is returning to normal. |
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DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - The decision taken by the government to lift all restrictions on public movement and activities which were imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus is untimely and dangerous. The decision came at a time when the number of Covid-19 patients, including critical ones, is on the rise in our hospitals. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are in negative territory on Friday after Wall Street saw its biggest sell-off since June amid concerns about excessive valuations in the tech sector. Investors also turned cautious ahead of the release of the closely-watched U.S. monthly jobs report for August due later in the day. |
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KUALA LUMPUR: Asia's football body is "confident" of completing its coronavirus-hit Champions League this year, a senior official told AFP on Friday (Sep 4), as it heads into a frantic period of games with some venues still unknown. The region's showpiece tournament has been on hold since March,.... |
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Yum China, the operator of KFC and Pizza Hut in the mainland, is hoping investors in Asia will have a better grasp of consumer trends in its home market. Photo: Bloomberg.
KFC operator Yum China expected to raise US$2.2 billion in secondary listing in Hong Kong. |
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Beijing and Jakarta haven’t always had a smooth friendship, with domestic political dynamics being a major driver of Indonesia’s foreign policy; But China needs to navigate its relationship with Southeast Asia’s largest economy on new terms it has hitherto been unused to in dealing with Asia. |
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A woman holds a veiled chameleon during the Pet Expo Thailand 2020 at Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Center (BITEC) in Bangkok, Thailand, Sept. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Rachen Sageamsak) BANGKOK, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- From dogs to exotic reptiles, adorable pets take center stage at the Pet Expo.... |
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Students pass by Patuxay Park after school in Vientiane, Laos, Sept. 2, 2020. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua) VIENTIANE, Sept. 4, 2020 (Xinhua) -- As the COVID-19 pandemic situation is eased in Laos, the daily life in capital Vientiane is returning to normal. |
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Asian markets fell deep into negative territory Friday following painfully deep losses on Wall Street, where the tech sector finally succumbed to profit-taking after months of mind-boggling gains. All three main indexes in New York suffered hefty selling but the tech-heavy Nasdaq led the way with.... |
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SYDNEY Sept. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Self Care Corporation, the manufacturer of Australia's No.1 clinical skincare brand freezeframe, today announced a new partnership with Australian based Zorgen Health, one of Australia's largest export distribution companies with a focus on connecting consumers across Asia with premium Australian made products. |
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