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Hostility between the two giants of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation has translated into disarray within the entire group; But common threats to its members, such as the coronavirus, poverty and threats to internal security, underscore the urgency to find shared solutions. |
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Key European and Asian allies and partners of America have embraced the language of “great power competition”—but still have divergent definitions, not only with Washington but with each other. |
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka on Friday began inoculating frontline health workers, military troops and police officers against COVID-19 amid warnings about infections among medical... |
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka on Friday began inoculating frontline health workers, military troops and police officers against COVID-19 amid warnings about infections among medical workers. Sri Lanka on Thursday received 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine donated by India and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. |
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka on Friday began inoculating frontline health workers, military troops and police officers against COVID-19 amid warnings about infections among medical workers. Sri Lanka on Thursday received 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca-Oxford University vaccine donated by India and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. |
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Asian stock markets recovered on Friday but are headed for their steepest weekly loss in months, as a liquidity squeeze in China and a Wall Street retail-trading frenzy has unnerved investors. |
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* South Korean shares down over 4% this week * Jakarta stocks set for worst week since March, sliding nearly 7 * Asian stock markets: https://tmsnrt.rs/2zpUAr4 By Nikhil Nainan Jan 29 (Reuters) - South Korea, Indonesia and Philippine stocks slid more than 1% on Friday after... |
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Gilas Pilipinas will play in Doha, Qatar for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 Qualifiers following the cancellation of the Philippines' hosting of the third window |
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Samoa Broadcasting Corporation Ltd TV1 has won an international broadcasting award for their coverage of the 2019 measles outbreak. The local broadcaster has been named the recipient of an award by the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union’s Asia Vision Network for their coverage of the measles outbreak. |
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The EU and South Asian countries are stepping up their engagement on trade, investment and economic cooperation. The EU also plays an important role as a development actor in the region, working to foster institution-building, democracy, good governance and human rights. |
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For the past few months, Royal Caribbean and Dream Cruises have been cruising within Singaporean waters without a recorded case of COVID-19, says Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasian spokesman Joel Katz. Dream Cruises have also been conducting intracountry cruises mainly island hopping within Taiwan’s territory since July. |
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Daniel Pearl was Wall Street Journal's South Asia bureau chief. The US has said it is "outraged" by the Pakistani Supreme Court's decision to release four men convicted of the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. The White House said it was "an affront to terrorism victims everywhere". |
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January 29, 2021 7:22 AM SINGAPORE (REUTERS) - Asia's retail investors, emboldened by the meteoric rise of US videogame retailer GameStop, are taking on short sellers and making their brokers nervous enough to cut off margin lending. |
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China will donate three lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to Sri Lanka, stepping up its vaccine diplomacy in South Asia as India rushed its domestically manufactured coronavirus vaccines to several countries in the subcontinent as well as across the globe. Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on.... |
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Biden and Southeast Asia. U.S. President reverses several Trump policies, focuses on climate change. Australia heats up. Convicted killer of U.S. journalist set free. Trees on the menu. Seeking Sri Lanka justice. |
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Vietnam is likely the top-performing Asian economy in 2020 — a feat that was achieved without a single quarter of economic contraction at a time when many economies globally were weighed down by the coronavirus pandemic. Not every Asian economy has reported fourth-quarter and full-year economic numbers. |
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Abdullah Bozkurt/Stockholm. Foreign fighters for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) apparently took refuge in a madrasa located in a conservative neighborhood of Istanbul, stronghold of the ruling Islamists and nationalists in the Turkish government, and used the religious school as a hub to.... |
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A week into the job, U.S. President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to Beijing against any expansionist intentions in East and Southeast Asia. In multiple calls and statements, he and his top security officials have underscored support for allies Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines,.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked set to follow their U.S. peers higher Friday as moves to limit retail trader speculation led to gains in stocks that hedge funds had been forced to abandon. The dollar retreated.Futures were up more than 1% in Japan and Hong Kong, while Australian shares opened higher. |
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President Biden has yet to name a new special envoy for North Korea policy, leaving open a major personnel hole on a national security matter that had garnered front-burner attention during the Trump administration. While Mr. Biden has begun filling out his National Security Council and State Department Asia policy . |
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In early September, Russia hosted the Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s (SCO) annual meetings of defense ministers (September 3–4), ministers of foreign affairs (September 9–10) and security council heads (September 15) (Sectsco.org,
The Second Central Asian Leaders’ Consultative Summit—involving.... |
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The army of small investors using Reddit to punish hedge funds hoping to profit from the failure of GameStop have taken their battle global, sending some stock prices soaring across the US, Asia and Europe. The investors, who use online broker apps such as Robinhood and discuss stocks and tips.... |
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Pakistan's Supreme Court decision to order the release of a man accused in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl is "horrifying," says Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator at the Committee to Protect Journalists. |
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WASHINGTON One week into the job, US President Joe Biden has sent a clear warning to China against any expansionist intentions in East and South-east Asia. In multiple calls and statements, he and his top security officials have underscored support for Asian allies, signalling Washington's rejection.... |
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