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Outstanding examples from the Royal Collection’s holdings of South Asian works of art have gone on display for the first time in Scotland at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh. Eastern Encounters: Four Centuries of Paintings and Manuscripts from the Indian Subcontinent, which.... |
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong, Sydney and Shanghai but fell in Seoul and Taiwan. The Kospi in Seoul lost 0.5% to 2,217.01 after South Korea reported that its economy contracted 3. |
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as flaring tensions between the U.S. and China added to uncertainties overhanging regional markets. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai, Seoul and Taiwan. Asia’s biggest market, Tokyo, was closed for a four-day weekend. |
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as flaring tensions between the U.S. and China added to uncertainties overhanging regional markets. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai, Seoul and Taiwan. Asia’s biggest market, Tokyo, was closed for a four-day weekend. |
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer. MITO, Japan Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as flaring tensions between the U.S. and China added to uncertainties overhanging regional markets. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai, Seoul and Taiwan. Asia’s biggest market, Tokyo, was closed for a four-day weekend. |
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SINGAPORE -- Investment in Southeast Asian startups jumped in the April-June quarter despite headwinds from the coronavirus pandemic, led by e-commerce and fintech companies that gained momentum as COVID-19 reshapes home and the workplace. According to data compiled by Singapore-based startup.... |
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as flaring tensions between the U.S. and China added to uncertainties overhanging regional markets. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai, Seoul and Taiwan. Asia’s biggest market, Tokyo, was closed for a four-day weekend. |
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Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend. |
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Asian shares are mixed, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai and Seoul. South Korea’s central bank reported that its economy contracted 3.3% in April-June after shrinking 1.3% in the first quarter as exports fell more than 16%. |
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HERE'S an important finding that should debunk the popular belief that Filipinos have defied quarantine rules and are mostly to blame for the rise in Covid-19 cases. Asian Development Bank (ADB), "a multilateral institution without bias and partnership," surveyed 24 countries in the Asia Pacific regarding quarantine rules. |
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This particular kind of bees create intricate spirals, bullseye, and other irregularly-shaped beehives. Tetragonula bees are usually found in Southeast Asia and Australia. This type of bees doesn't sting. According to a published in Science Alert , a team of researchers has now investigated as to how exactly do these bees make these patterns. |
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Currency traders watch monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 23, 2020. Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend. |
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MITO, Japan (AP) — Asian shares are mixed, with the region’s biggest market in Tokyo closed for a four-day weekend. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai and Seoul. South Korea’s central bank reported that its economy contracted 3.3% in April-June after shrinking 1.3% in the first quarter as exports fell more than 16%. |
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MITO – Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday, as flaring tensions between the U.S. and China added to uncertainties overhanging regional markets. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong and Sydney but fell in Shanghai, Seoul and Taiwan. Asia’s biggest market, Tokyo, was closed for a four-day weekend. The Kospi in Seoul lost 0. |
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A man wearing a face mask looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, with Australia’s benchmark down more than 1% on reports of a sharp rise in coronavirus cases in the Melbourne area. |
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(Bloomberg) -- The world topped 15 million Covid-19 infections. California set a daily record and topped New York as the U.S. state with the most confirmed cases, while deaths in Texas reached a new high. Brazil also set a record for new cases. The virus tightened its grip on the Asia Pacific.... |
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Stone tools found in a Mexican cave suggest that people were living in North America as early as about 26,500 years ago, much earlier than most scientists accept, a new study says. It’s a new step in the difficult and contentious process of establishing when people arrived in North America from Asia. |
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SANTA CLARITA, Calif. Princess Cruises on Wednesday announced it is extending its pause in cruise operations due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the exception of cruises sailing in and out of Australia, all sailings in the United States, Asia, the Caribbean, Mexico, Panama, South America and elsewhere are paused through December 15, 2020. |
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China will face the consequences of its misplaced aggression in eastern Ladakh and other parts of Asia because its misadventures may trigger nationalist counter-responses among neighbours who will simply not accept any attempted domination, a strategic affairs expert said Wednesday. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks were on course for a mixed start to Thursday trading as investors weighed the likelihood for a new U.S. spending bill and potential coronavirus vaccines against concern about an escalation of tensions with China. The dollar weakened to the lowest level since March. |
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— Just days after South Korean officials hopefully declared the country’s COVID-19 epidemic was coming under control, health authorities reported 63 new cases. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said at least 36 came from the Seoul area. |
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— Just days after South Korean officials hopefully declared the country’s COVID-19 epidemic was coming under control, health authorities reported 63 new cases. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said at least 36 came from the Seoul area. |
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“We can’t necessarily expect numbers to go down. I think that will be an even greater challenge in days ahead. That means that we’re going to look at 500-600 cases per day. I absolutely don’t want us to go there,” Sutton added. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said people had to self-isolate when they became sick. |
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Adding to unease was a report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that the number of coronavirus cases in some states is much higher than has been reported. Experts have said all along that the toll from the COVID-19 pandemic is much higher than the confirmed cases would indicate, due to issues with testing and data collection. |
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— Just days after South Korean officials hopefully declared the country’s COVID-19 epidemic was coming under control, health authorities reported 63 new cases. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday said at least 36 came from the Seoul area. |
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