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William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades." It is hard to think of a region with a worse case of economic whiplash than Southeast Asia as COVID-19 upends 2020. Just ask President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, where growth cratered 16. |
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Researchers have identified 140 species of butterflies from Matheran, over 80km from Mumbai, during an eight-year-long study. This is the first dedicated checklist of butterflies after 125 years, at the only pedestrian hill station in Asia that documented twice as many species. |
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South Asia has seen inter-state wars and intra-state violent movements during most of its post colonial history, but its experience with terrorism by non-state actors is relatively recent as compared to other regions such as the Middle East. In the last decades or so, South Asia has, indeed, emerged.... |
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The laboratories are popularly known as P4 and P3 labs, indicating the biosafety levels adopted by them. Allegations of biological warfare experiments. The Washington Times was first to conclude with evidence from Radio Free Asia (RFA) that it was a biological warfare project that led to Covid-19 leaking from this P4 lab in Wuhan. |
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INFLATION FEARS are hotting up around the world, threatening to undermine the attraction of bond markets. But for now, Southeast Asia appears to be relatively immune. Indeed, the lack of price growth has been a major factor helping to push up the region’s real yields, or nominal bond yields adjusted for inflation. |
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After the success of this year’s first-ever Manila-hosted 24th Asian Television Awards (ATA) last 10 to 12 January at Resorts World Manila, the region’s most celebrated TV awards show opens its Call for Entries for the 25th Asian Television Awards. The 25th ATA is slated to happen on 15 to 17.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia’s state-controlled oil giant pressed ahead with a plan to pay $75 billion in dividends this year despite crashing profit and a surge in debt, as the kingdom battles a widening budget deficit. Saudi Aramco said net income for the three months ending in June fell to 24.6 billion riyals ($6. |
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Ever since the coronavirus appeared in Central Asia, the authorities in countries there have used some questionable systems to count the numbers. If patients were not tested for the virus, they often were not counted even if they exhibited all the symptoms of COVID-19. |
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B.C. bugs are getting a bad rap thanks to the murder hornet. Some perfectly harmless — though somewhat menacing-looking — insects are being mistaken for the Asian giant hornet, said Paul van Westendorp, an apiculturist with the provincial government. He’s the point person on the team tasked with.... |
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Next Saturday (15 August 2020) marks 75 years since Victory in Japan (VJ) Day when the Second World War finally came to an end in Japan. Whilst VE Day (Victory in Europe) marked the end of the war in Europe in May 1945, Japan fought on with both sides suffering thousands of losses across Asia and the Pacific. |
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Ever since the coronavirus appeared in Central Asia, the authorities in countries there have used some questionable systems to count the numbers.
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A man in Vietnam sips at a cup of so-called “Golden Egg Coffee” at the Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel in Hanoi, billed as Southeast Asia’s most luxurious hotel, on July 24. Asia’s growing middle class is tomorrow’s savvy consumer. Photo: EPA-EFE.
Coronavirus recovery: Opportunities abound for small businesses in Asia. |
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Welcome to Nikkei Asian Preview. This week marks the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II. With tensions high between Japan and South Korea, there is speculation over whether Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will mark the anniversary by paying a visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo. |
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Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Chairman Emeritus Manny V. Pangilinan has offered his sympathy to Hagop Khajirian, FIBA executive director for Asia and CEO of the FIBA Asia Secretariat, following the two huge blasts that rocked Beirut last Tuesday. “It was with great sadness when I learned about the.... |
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DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco’s Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday that he sees oil demand recovering in Asia as economies gradually open up after the easing of coronavirus lockdowns. “Look at China, their gasoline and diesel demand is almost at pre-COVID 19 levels. |
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Saudi Aramco's Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday that he sees oil demand recovering in Asia as economies gradually open up after the easing of coronavirus lockdowns. Topics
DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco's Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday that he sees oil demand recovering in.... |
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Heidelberg was and still is a dream destination for people from all over the world. How badly is Heidelberg affected by the coronavirus pandemic? DWs Nicole Frölich visits the romantic city on the Neckar. |
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For the last two decades, China has managed to establish itself as the go-to place for manufacturing. The Asian country has often used its position in the world to exert its political hegemony. But with Coronavirus pandemic and its expansionist moves in border areas and the South China Sea, many.... |
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Lebanon, officially known as the Republic of Lebanon is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus lies west across the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland.... |
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TO PROMOTE sustainable family businesses despite the pandemic in the Philippines, Family Business Network (FBN) Asia has signed an agreement with Premier Family Business Consulting Inc. (PFBC) on Friday, Aug. 7. The agreement formalized both parties’ cooperative partnership to mutually promote the.... |
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DUBAI — Saudi Aramco’s Chief Executive Amin Nasser said on Sunday that he sees oil demand recovering in Asia as economies gradually open up after the easing of coronavirus lockdowns. “Look at China, their gasoline and diesel demand is almost at pre-COVID 19 levels. |
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Name: India, officially, the Republic of India. I like to describe myself as: A sovereign, socialist, secular democratic republic. Where you can find me: In South Asia, surrounded by my neighbours (Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) and three water bodies (Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal). |
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Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.
Take your taste buds on a trip to Hawaii with the new McDonald’s Japan menu
The Hawaiian menu returns once more, this time with a surprisingly delicious new item. Summer has well and truly arrived , and if this were a normal year, we here.... |
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Rich in culture. There are 370 million indigenous peoples around the world spread across 90 countries, with the vast majority, 70%, living in Asia. They belong to more than 5,000 different indigenous populations and speak more than 4,000 languages.
Cultural discrimination and marginalization. |
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