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was a foreign correspondent in Asia for two decades, working as Tokyo bureau chief of the New York Times from 2009 to 2015. He is currently a research fellow at the Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation, a Tokyo-based think tank. |
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Image copyright Getty Images. AirAsia’s founder Tony Fernandes is building what he hopes will be the region’s next "super app" as he deals with the coronavirus travel downturn. He wants to rival the likes of Grab, GoJek and WeChat with an all-in-one mobile platform for food delivery, banking, shopping, payments and travel. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic Monday as the government urged hot spot Victoria state to announce its plans to lift a lockdown on the country's second-largest city. Victoria’s health department reported 41 deaths from COVID-19 and 73 new infections in the latest 24-hour period. |
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Topix rebounds on reports of Abe successor while rest of region gains on China data. Asia-Pacific stocks rose on Monday as data showed further recovery in China’s services sector and Japanese.... |
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SUVA, FIJI (28 August 2020) - Personal protective equipment and other medical supplies financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Japan, and procured by UNICEF, were today delivered to Fiji to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. |
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) Board of Directors has approved a loan of EUR70 million (approximately USD82.6 million equivalent) to support the Government of Turkey in strengthening its healthcare emergency response against the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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Frydenberg pointed to a Treasury Department forecast that in the next three months more people in Victoria will be receiving pandemic employment subsidies than from the rest of Australia combined. Australia pays employers an allowance known as Job Keeper to continue paying staff who have no work to do. |
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Image used for illustrative purposes. A Thai investor sits in front of an electronic board displaying live market data at a stock broker's office in central Bangkok, Thailand, August 24, 2015. Asian stocks slumped to 3-year lows on Monday as a slide in Chinese equities gathered pace, hastening an.... |
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Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ Minister of Environment and Tourism D.Sarangerel on August 27 met with World Bank Country Manager for Mongolia, East Asia & Pacific Andrei Mikhnev to discuss completed and ongoing joint projects and areas of further cooperation. Minister D. |
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Mastercard-backed homegrown startup Pine Labs is emerging as one of South Asia’s foremost payment technology players, working closely with banks, card networks and regulators in , Malaysia, and Singapore. Latest from its innovation lab is an acceptance solution which helps consumers make a UPI payment through QR code without scanning it. |
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Frydenberg pointed to a Treasury Department forecast that in the next three months more people in Victoria will be receiving pandemic employment subsidies than from the rest of Australia combined. Australia pays employers an allowance known as Job Keeper to continue paying staff who have no work to do. |
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Given the health dangers, the hassles and the potential for domestic political blowback, these are not the usual diplomatic jaunts. Some ministers are germophobes who would rather keep their counterparts on the other end of an internet connection. Others are suffering diplomatic deficit disorder,.... |
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Frydenberg pointed to a Treasury Department forecast that in the next three months more people in Victoria will be receiving pandemic employment subsidies than from the rest of Australia combined. Australia pays employers an allowance known as Job Keeper to continue paying staff who have no work to do. |
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Frydenberg pointed to a Treasury Department forecast that in the next three months more people in Victoria will be receiving pandemic employment subsidies than from the rest of Australia combined. Australia pays employers an allowance known as Job Keeper to continue paying staff who have no work to do. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic Monday as the government urged hot spot Victoria state to announce its plans to lift a lockdown on the country's second-largest city. Victoria’s health department reported 41 deaths from COVID-19 and 73 new infections in the latest 24-hour period. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia - Australia recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic Monday as the government urged hot spot Victoria state to announce its plans to lift a lockdown on the country’s second-largest city. Victoria’s health department reported 41 deaths from COVID-19 and 73 new infections in the latest 24-hour period. |
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© Provided by Associated Press Staff members wearing protective suits demonstrate their safety measures to media as they hope the government allowing their massage parlours to reopen in Hong Kong, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. Businesses such as massage parlours was forced to close to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as part of social distancing measures. |
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Frydenberg pointed to a Treasury Department forecast that in the next three months more people in Victoria will be receiving pandemic employment subsidies than from the rest of Australia combined. Australia pays employers an allowance known as Job Keeper to continue paying staff who have no work to do. |
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Asia Today: Australia records its deadliest day of pandemic |
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HONG KONG, China (China Daily) — As many of Asia’s economies gradually put the worst of the pandemic disruptions behind them, China is expected to play a key role in leading a rebound in the region. And that’s thanks to further steps seen in the country’s opening-up and advances in its industrial innovations, experts said. |
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Today, strategically located in the ancient east-west Indian Ocean maritime trade route, Sri Lanka faces competition for control by China on one side and the US-led Asia-Pacific Quadrilateral Alliance (also including India, Japan and Australia) on the other. The new Sri Lankan Government says it will reconcile competing external interests. |
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(Bloomberg) -- U.S. and Asian futures started the week stronger, suggesting the rally that lifted equities to fresh highs still has legs. The yen pared some of Friday’s gains as Japan looks for a new prime minister. Contracts pointed higher in Japan and Hong Kong, though slipped in Australia. |
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SGX’s SECONDARY LISTING STRATEGY. The dual listing has therefore emerged as a key strategy for SGX to try and capture some of the tech listings. Go ahead and do your primary listing in New York, SGX pitches to start-ups, but do a secondary listing as well in Singapore so you have a capital raising option in Asia. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Currencies were steady early Monday and Asian stocks looked set for a muted open after U.S. equities chalked another week of fresh gains. The dollar is trading near a two-year low against major peers. In Japan, investors will be alert as the race to replace Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets underway. |
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Image: Tony Pham (ice.gov) During the Trump years, deportations of Southeast Asians have grown at an alarming rate . Pham’s nomination comes at a particularly fraught time for a group already reeling from the health and economic fallout of the pandemic. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Currencies were steady early Monday and Asian stocks looked set for a muted open after U.S. equities chalked another week of fresh gains. The dollar is trading near a two-year low against major peers. In Japan, investors will be alert as the race to replace Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gets underway. |
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