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Singapore - An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor. Paul Tambyah, senior consultant at the National University of Singapore and.... |
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However, other countries in South Asia seem to be on a different trajectory, with confirmed infections showing what seems to be a downward trend, after steep increases in May and June. In Pakistan, with the second-highest number of total cases in the region, there is cautious optimism after cases.... |
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People wait at a traffic intersection, reflected on a monitor showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are mixed on Tuesday despite the mostly positive cues overnight from Wall Street, as the stalemate in U.S. stimulus talks and U.S.-China tensions weighed on sentiment. The Trump administration has announced new restrictions on China's Huawei Technologies Co. |
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Shares are mixed in Asia after a rally in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 closer to its record high. Markets fell Tuesday in Hong Kong, Tokyo and South Korea but rose in Sydney and Shanghai. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index closed at 3,381.99, after trading briefly just above its Feb. |
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SEOUL (KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - South Korea added 246 more Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (Aug 18), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 15,761, according to the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention's (KCDC) database. Of the 235 locally transmitted cases, Seoul accounted for the greatest number, 131. |
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JAKARTA (JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has considered pulling the emergency brake to stop the gradual reopening of several essential services sectors as cases of Covid-19 continue to soar in the capital city. The Covid-19 positivity rate in the city during the past three weeks had reached 8. |
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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Washington's attempt to purge the United States of Chinese high-tech companies continues apace, with US President Donald Trump saying on Saturday (Aug 15) during a news conference that he was "looking into" whether Chinese technology giant Alibaba should be banned in the US. |
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A man walks past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Japanese stocks sank while other Asian markets gained Monday after Japan reported a record economic contraction as the coronavirus pandemic weighed on retailing, investment and exports. |
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) Board of Directors has approved a loan of USD100 million to Uzbekistan to strengthen the country's public health emergency response and preparedness to address the COVID-19 pandemic and enhance its resilience to future public health disasters. |
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Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, after buying of technology stocks nudged the S&P 500 closer to the record high it set in February before the pandemic crunched the global economy. Benchmarks fell in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul but rose in Sydney and Shanghai. |
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer. Shares were mixed in Asia on Tuesday, after buying of technology stocks nudged the S&P 500 closer to the record high it set in February before the pandemic crunched the global economy. Benchmarks fell in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Seoul but rose in Sydney and Shanghai. |
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TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Mehr News takes a look at the headlines of Iran’s Persian-language dailies on Tuesday, August 18.
Etela'at: China warns US: End unilateral sanctions on Iran. Asia: Belarus President Lukashenko ready to hand over power. Javan: Parliament proposes double-urgency bill on withdrawal from JCPOA. |
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Contributed by NAMPA / Associated Press.
Asia shares mixed after tech rally takes S&P 500 near record |
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By Orathai Sriring and Kitiphong Thaichareon. BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's economy suffered its biggest annual contraction since the Asian financial crisis in the second quarter due to the fallout of the coronavirus, prompting the government to slash its GDP forecast for the year and announce more stimulus. |
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Shares are mixed in Asia after a rally in technology stocks pushed the S&P 500 closer to its record high. Markets fell Tuesday in Hong Kong, Tokyo and South Korea but rose in Sydney and Shanghai. On Wall Street, the benchmark S&P 500 index closed at 3,381.99, after trading briefly just above its Feb. |
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor. Paul Tambyah, senior consultant at the National University of Singapore.... |
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An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be 'more infectious' but appears to be 'less deadly', according to a prominent infectious disease doctor. Paul Tambyah, a senior consultant at the National University of Singapore and.... |
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Asian stock are mixed on Tuesday despite the mostly positive cues overnight from Wall Street, as the stalemate in U.S. stimulus talks and U.S.-China tensions weighed on sentiment. The Trump administration has announced new restrictions on China's Huawei Technologies Co. |
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Americas. Kaman Precision won a $57.3 million contract for joint programmable fuze-152. The deal provides a cockpit-selectable bomb fuze employed in MK-80 series warheads (both guided and unguided variations). The Mk 80 series of bombs are a group of heavy, high-explosive weapons, weighing between 500lbs and 2,000lbs. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 -- Leading integrated cloud communications platform, 8X8 Inc has announced Asian startups Janio Asia and Coda Payments are using 8x8 Communications Platform as a Service (CPaaS) to effectively reach out to customers anywhere. 8x8, through its Wavecell acquisition, recently.... |
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An increasingly common mutation of the novel coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious but appears less deadly, according to a prominent infectious diseases doctor. Paul Tambyah, senior consultant at the National University of Singapore and president-elect.... |
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BEIJING , Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBPO, "China Biologic" or the "Company"), a leading fully integrated plasma-based biopharmaceutical company in China , today announced its unaudited financial results for the second quarter of 2020. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Oil jumped to a five-month high alongside a surge in U.S. equities as optimism that an economic recovery may be on the horizon lifted hopes for improving fuel demand to follow. Equities in the U.S., Europe and Asia strengthened on Monday, with the S&P 500 Index approaching the highest.... |
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TOKYO -- "Never die in Japan" is a common warning given by financial professionals unhappy about the country's onerous tax code. As Japan seeks to attract financial talent to become an Asian financial hub, easing its tax burden is considered imperative. |
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