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Pompeo says US shifting military to face Chinese threat to India and Southeast Asia; Pakistan condemns India's expulsion of diplomats at 'delicate' time after China clash. India has acknowledged for the first time that it has matched China in massing troops at their contested Himalayan border region after a deadly clash this month. |
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Dubai is being recognised as one of the world's top 10 fintech hubs, and nurturing innovation will help these firms capitalise on growth opportunities in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, Arif Amiri, CEO of the DIFC Authority, told Khaleej Times. Dubai fintechs are gaining momentum and with tremendous government support, growth is inevitable. |
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The Asian tiger mosquito is on the loose — again. The invasive and disease-carrying mosquito, Aedes albopictus , has been spotted in Wayne County, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Wayne County Health Department announced Friday. |
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Southeast Asian leaders on Friday called for maintaining free airspace over the South China Sea in response to reports that Beijing plans to establish an air defense zone as part of its territorial expansion efforts in the contested maritime region. As they participated in a virtual summit hosted by.... |
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The Black Lives Matter campaign sparked by the death of George Floyd in the United States has resonated in an unusual area — skin lightening beauty products that have become hugely popular in India and other Asian countries. Consumer giant Unilever has announced it will change the name of its.... |
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(Mumbai/Islamabad) REUTERS: Unilever will drop the word “fair” from its “Fair & Lovely” skin lightening products, it said this week in the latest makeover of a brand in response to a global backlash against racial prejudice. Skin lightening cosmetics have a huge market in South Asia, but their.... |
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MILPITAS, Calif. – When Iran cyber-attacked Israel’s water supply system last April, it did more than just shut down computers and disrupt water system operations. Asia Times reports. Continue reading original article The Military & Aerospace Electronics take: 24 June 2020 -- The water facility.... |
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Source: Asia Development Bank. News Release | 26 June 2020. MANILA, PHILIPPINES (26 June 2020) — Mongolia can build a more inclusive and sustainable economy by improving macroeconomic management, strengthening human development, increasing international trade, and diversifying the economy by.... |
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Source: Asia Development Bank. News Release | 26 June 2020. NUKU’ALOFA, TONGA (26 June 2020) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) today announced the release of a $12.2 million (27.67 million Tonga pa’anga) grant from its Asian Development Fund to help finance the Government of Tonga’s response to the.... |
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Source: Asia Development Bank. Zamira and her partner had 2 restaurants employing 25 people and serving 18,500 customers per month. They were thinking of opening their third restaurant when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Zamira Rakhmanova, Business owner: “Because of the pandemic we had to close one of.... |
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is the advocacy director of Human Rights Watch's women's rights division. As a researcher in the women's rights division between 2003 and 2014, she conducted investigations, published reports, and carried out advocacy campaigns on migrant domestic workers ’ rights across Asia and the Middle East. |
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, executive director of Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division since 2002, oversees the organization’s work on human rights issues in twenty countries, from Afghanistan to the Pacific. At Human Rights Watch, he has worked on a wide range of issues including freedom of expression, protection of civil.... |
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Local fishermen help Rohingya asylum seekers as they arrive in North Aceh, Indonesia, June 25, 2020. © 2020 AP Photo.
(Bangkok) – Southeast Asian leaders should urgently adopt concrete plans for addressing the crisis facing ethnic Rohingya in Myanmar and abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. |
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What's it like to be a journalist in a small Central Asian state? What's it like to fight for the right to speak the truth? In cases of emergency, can journalists count on the protection of the state and human rights organisations, or will the state turn out to be their main obstacle? When writing.... |
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More than $US839 million ($1.2 billion) worth of seized illegal drugs have been destroyed in Myanmar to mark the annual International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Key points: Thai authorities mark the day with a mass incineration of drugs; South-East Asia's Golden Triangle has.... |
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Manulife Financial Corp. is emerging as the leading bidder for Aviva Plc’s Vietnamese unit as it eyes further expansion in southeast Asia, according to people familiar with the matter. The Canadian insurer is weighing a deal that would include a so-called bancassurance agreement with Aviva’s local.... |
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Friday, the Port of Melbourne (PoM) welcomes the CMA CGM Ural, the largest container ship by maximum capacity to call at the port. The 299 metre long vessel is one of six currently deployed on the South-East Asia – Australia trade route called the ‘AAX1’. It commenced its 42-day round-trip in Malaysia, calling at Singapore. |
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A relative wearing protective suit reacts while burying the body of a man who died due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a graveyard in Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 8, 2020. REUTERS.
Bangladesh still has the lowest death rate among the Covid-19 affected countries in South Asia. In the last 24 hours, the death rate is 1. |
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TAIPEI, TAIWAN - Indonesia declined this month to negotiate with China over a tract of sea where Beijing says it should have usage rights. But Beijing isn't pressuring Jakarta like it does Malaysia, Taiwan, and Vietnam when they offend China’s sovereignty claims. |
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Mumbai: The daily coronavirus case load of Dharavi , once the worst-hit areas of the city, dropped further as only eight persons came out to be positive on Friday. The total number of cases in the largest slum of Asia is now pitched at 2,218, while the number of active cases stands at 1,019. |
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Stewart Investors is set to reopen four of its global emerging markets (GEM) funds, some of which have been soft-closed since 2004. Tom Prew, head of St Andrews Partners, which is part of Stewart Investors, said the Global Emerging Markets, Global Emerging Markets Leaders, Asia Pacific and Latin America funds will re-open on 1 July. |
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2/2 © Reuters. Grounded jetliners stored at Tarmac Aerosave in Tarbes 2/2 By Tim Hepher TARBES, France (Reuters) – At the airport of Tarbes in France, row upon row of empty jets in liveries from Asia to Africa sit nose to tail on the tarmac, waiting out the coronavirus crisis in the foothills of the.... |
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MUMBAI - Unilever will drop the word "fair" from its "Fair & Lovely" skin lightening products, it said on Thursday, in the latest makeover of a brand in response to a global backlash against racial prejudice. Skin lightening cosmetics have a huge market in South Asia, but their promotion is being.... |
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At the airport of Tarbes in France, row upon row of empty jets in liveries from Asia to Africa sit nose to tail on the tarmac, waiting out the coronavirus crisis in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Airplanes sit on the tarmac at the site of French aircraft storage and recycling company Tarmac.... |
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Tokyo (VNA) - The 36th ASEAN Summit, held online on June 26, presents a challenge not only for the ten-nation bloc but also for its 2020 Chair, Vietnam, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has said. In an article published in the Nikkei Asia Review on June 25, Le Thu Huong.... |
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