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By Wayne Cole. Asian shares crept to a four-month high on Wednesday as investors remained stubbornly upbeat on the outlook for a re-opening of the global economy even as cases of the coronavirus looked to be accelerating to new peaks. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0. |
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“The recent acceleration in infections has rekindled concern that governments will be forced to shut down their economies once again, squandering the chance for the much-hoped-for economic bounce back," he said in a report.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 rose 0.4% and is on pace for its third straight monthly gain. |
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BEIJING (AP) — New virus cases declined Wednesday in China and in the capital Beijing, where a roughly two-week spike appears to be firmly on the wane. A total of 12 cases were reported for the country, down from 22 the day before. Beijing reported seven cases, down from 13, while the two other.... |
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People wearing surgical masks walk past a screen showing Nikkei index outside a brokerage in Tokyo February 3, 2020. — Reuters pic. SYDNEY, June 24 — Asian shares crept to a four-month high today as investors remained stubbornly upbeat on the outlook for a re-opening of the global economy even as.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday with another mood boost from Wall Street, but fears persist over the surge in coronavirus cases in parts of the world. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 22,576.63. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 also picked up 0.1% to 5,958.40. South Korea's Kospi added 1. |
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TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday with another mood boost from Wall Street, but fears persist over the surge in coronavirus cases in parts of the world. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 22,576.63. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 also picked up 0.1% to 5,958.40. South Korea's Kospi added 1. |
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TOKYO – Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday with another mood boost from Wall Street, but fears persist over the surge in coronavirus cases in parts of the world. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% higher to 22,576.63. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 also picked up 0.1% to 5,958.40. South Korea's Kospi added 1. |
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A report on the impact of the novel coronavirus on the children of South Asia pays special note to reports of adolescent suicide — and looks at preventive measures. |
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Indonesian bonds appear more promising than India’s in a contest between Asia’s high-yield heavyweights, according to two of the world’s biggest investment funds. The archipelago’s debt is more attractive due to a superior fiscal outlook and the greater potential for currency strength, says JPMorgan Asset Management. |
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“Within its first decade, the Segway PT became a staple in security and law enforcement, viewed as an effective and efficient personal vehicle,” said Judy Cai, Segway president, in a statement, noting that in the past decade it gained popularity with vacationers in major cities in North America, Europe, Asia, South America, and the Middle East. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Less than a year after Donald Trump Jr. visited Jakarta to mark the Trump Organization’s foray into Southeast Asia’s biggest country, his ultra-luxury project in Bali is facing a new reality: Indonesians are holding back spending as the coronavirus ravages the nation’s $1 trillion economy. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Asia were poised for a muted start after gains for U.S. stocks faded into the close, with concerns mounting that a spike in virus cases in some states could impact the speed of the economic rebound. Gold rose to the highest since 2012. |
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LONDON - Johnson & Johnson has decided to stop selling skin-whitening creams popular in Asia and the Middle East, it said, after such products have come under renewed social pressure in recent weeks amid a global debate about racial inequality. Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its Clean & Clear.... |
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International logistics company to open air and sea freight locations in Australia and New Zealand / network in the Asia-Pacific region extended / close ties to importing countries. AUCKLAND , New Zealand and SYDNEY June 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 1, 2020 , Gebrüder Weiss, the globally active.... |
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Asian Aframax freight rates hit a two-year low June 22 amid a sharp decline in cargo volumes and an increasing surplus of tonnage in Southeast Asia and the Persian Gulf, S&P Global Platts data showed. The key Persian Gulf-East route basis 80,000 mt was assessed at Worldscale 60 on June 22, equating to $12. |
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Green financing is rapidly gaining traction in the Bangladesh market thanks to the country's specific focus on issuing green loans, according to an International Finance Corporation (IFC) report. The report by IFC-facilitated Sustainable Banking Network (SBN) shows that Bangladesh, Mongolia, and.... |
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NTU Singapore leads Asia's dominance at the top of the QS young universities league table Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has again been named the world’s best young university by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) . This is the seventh consecutive year that NTU has topped the QS.... |
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An estimated 120 million children living in South Asian countries, including India, could slip into poverty within the next six months due to the Covid-19 crisis, taking the total number of such kids in the region to 360 million, according to a new UNICEF report. |
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Political leaders, civil societies and activists across Asia, Africa, and Latin America (the Global South) are imploring the United Nations to intervene in the Israeli state’s impending action.(Photo: Spencer Platt / Getty Images)
The South African chapter of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment,.... |
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Indonesian bonds appear more promising than India’s in a contest between Asia’s high-yield heavyweights, according to two of the world’s biggest investment funds. The archipelago’s debt is more attractive due to a superior fiscal outlook and the greater potential for currency strength, says JPMorgan Asset Management, which oversaw $1. |
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Asian stocks rallied yesterday after an early plunge as Donald Trump countered one of his top economics advisers who said the China-US trade deal was “over”, fanning fears of a renewed tariffs standoff between the superpowers. Peter Navarro’s remarks sent shivers through markets, which had started.... |
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22 June 2020 Downloads This ActionAid briefing paper examines the issue of gender-based violence during the Covid-19 pandemic.
ActionAid has monitored service users and referrals to women's shelters and hotlines across severn countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East and compared data.... |
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Singapore will head to the polls on July 10 after its prime minister said he was satisfied a ballot could be held safely despite criticism that such a move might endanger voters during the coronavirus pandemic. The tiny city-state, which has one of Asia's highest tallies of COVID-19, largely fuelled.... |
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A government threatening the independence of journalists is the kind of story Voice of America (VOA) used to cover. Now VOA is on the other end of the sword. This past week, Michael Pack, the new CEO of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), dismissed the leadership of Radio Free Europe/Radio.... |
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