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SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The euro stood at an 18-month high, silver soared and commodities forged ahead on Wednesday, as economic recovery hopes drove bets on rebounding world demand and a falling U.S. dollar.
Stock markets in Asia ground higher, except in Australia where a surge in.... |
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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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The United Nations' special rapporteur on North Korea's human rights says he will request a detailed explanation from Seoul regarding its inspection of state-funded civic groups engaged in matters concerning the North. Speaking to Radio Free Asia(RFA) and Voice of America(VOA) Wednesday, Tomas Ojea.... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and health authorities warned that numbers could continue to rise. With Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne now in lockdown for two weeks, authorities had hoped the infection rate would begin to plateau. |
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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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A man wearing a face mask stands next to a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong Tuesday, July 21, 2020. Asian shares were mostly higher Tuesday as hopes rose about a vaccine being developed to fight the coronavirus pandemic. |
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In order to clarify her post, reporters visited her in Ratchaburi province on Monday. She was at the funeral of her father, 53, who died on Sunday. The Facebook user, who wanted to be identified only as Pronrawin, said she called the hotline three times on Sunday. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia’s rupiah has depreciated more than any other emerging-market currency this month. Past performance suggests August will see further losses. The rupiah has weakened against the dollar in August for 16 consecutive years, the only emerging Asian currency to show such a long-standing trend. |
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SEOUL--Just days after South Korean officials hopefully declared the country’s COVID-19 epidemic was coming under control, health authorities reported 63 new cases following a dual rise in local transmissions and imported infections. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on.... |
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NEW DELHI/TOKYO--The United States is conducting two military exercises in Asian waters this week involving allies Japan, Australia and India, the U.S. navy said on Tuesday. The exercises come as military rivalry between the United States and China is intensifying and days after the United States.... |
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Anna Hu's "Sky Tower" jadeite necklace Anna Hu. Contemporary high jewelry artist, Anna Hu’s latest creation, the “Sky Tower” necklace, is one of the highlights of the upcoming Christie’s New York Magnificent Jewels auction on July 29. The substantial and complex jewel, which combines important Asian.... |
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Asian investors traded cautiously Wednesday after the previous day's strong rally, with optimism over a possible vaccine tempered by profit-taking and concerns about the slow progress being made by US lawmakers in drafting a new stimulus package. News that trials on a COVID-19 vaccine had shown.... |
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Queensland state reported one new case, a returned traveler who was diagnosed in quarantine. In other developments in the Asia-Pacific region: — Just days after South Korean officials hopefully declared the country’s COVID-19 epidemic was coming under control, health authorities reported 63 new cases. |
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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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Kuala Lumpur/Delhi/Dhaka/Kathmandu//Geneva, 22 July 2020 A humanitarian crisis is deepening in South Asia as new figures reveal that more than 9.6 million people have been affected by monsoon floods, devastating large areas of India, Bangladesh and Nepal. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and health authorities warned that numbers could continue to rise. With Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne now in lockdown for two weeks, authorities had hoped the infection rate would begin to plateau. |
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The Report has been completed through an in-depth analysis of market dynamics across five regions including North America, Europe, South America, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa. The segmentation of Intelligent Handheld Ultrasonic Scanners Market by components, end users and region was carried.... |
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When colonialism came to Africa, it was founded on the vision of a civilizing mission that depicts the white as arriving in the continent to rescue Africans from savagery and barbarism. In his poem, “The White Man’s Burden,” Rudyard Kipling gave poetic voice to this mission by the European to civilize the Africans. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s hard-hit Victoria state has reported a record 484 new COVID-19 cases, and health authorities warned that numbers could continue to rise. With Australia’s second-largest city Melbourne now in lockdown for two weeks, authorities had hoped the infection rate would begin to plateau. |
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The United States is conducting two military exercises in Asian waters this week involving allies Japan, Australia and India, the U.S. navy said on Tuesday. The exercises come as military rivalry between the United States and China is intensifying and days after the United States said China's claims.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked set to give back some of this week’s gains Wednesday after a mixed U.S. session on doubts over the timing of a fresh stimulus program. Treasuries edged higher and the dollar extended losses. Futures pointed lower in Japan, Hong Kong and Sydney. |
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Now that many of us have been working from home for a period of months, scientists have had the chance to study the effects of social distancing. And one group, out of London’s Global University, even decided to analyze zebrafish, a freshwater fish native to South Asia. |
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Grab has said its digital banking plans have not changed because of the pandemic, and that the firm's transport business is "slowly recovering" across South-east Asia, though the rate of recovery will be mostly dependent on when government lockdowns end.
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The five-day virtual Empower Youth Conference 2020, hosted by Education Above All (EAA) Foundation’s programme, Reach Out to Asia (Rota), featured a combination of webinars, townhalls, keynote speeches, workshops and a digital exhibition. More than 700 youth from around the world participated in.... |
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