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MANILA – The Covid-19 pandemic has been a boon for authoritarian leaders in Southeast Asia who have leveraged emergency rule provisions for their own political ends. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte has fully exploited the ongoing public health crisis to consolidate more power. |
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MANILA – The Covid-19 pandemic has been a boon for authoritarian leaders in Southeast Asia who have leveraged emergency rule provisions for their own political ends. Nowhere is that more apparent than in the Philippines, where President Rodrigo Duterte has fully exploited the ongoing public health crisis to consolidate more power. |
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LONDON — Soaring stocks stalled on Tuesday and high-flying currencies such as the euro and Australian dollar lost altitude, as a weeks-long risk rally hit turbulence. It all seemed so sudden. Asian equities had scored their ninth day of gains after landmark highs by Wall Street on Monday , but.... |
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The new board of directors at WRP Asia Pacific says it is willing to assist in the investigation against the former management. PETALING JAYA: Glove maker WRP Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd (WRP) confirmed that the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) raided its premises today as part of investigations.... |
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Even as some countries, particularly those first hit by the coronavirus, show some positive signs of improvement, the World Health Organization has warned that the pandemic is still worsening around the world. Most daily new cases are coming from 10 countries, according to the WHO, mostly in the Americas and South Asia. |
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Gabor Fluit, Business Group Director De Heus Asia: ‘This acquisition will accelerate our Indonesian growth strategy. It gives us an opportunity to expand our position in key livestock and aqua farming areas, close to our existing and potential new customers. |
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European markets are slumping Tuesday in a marked reversal of results earlier in the day in Asia. The FTSE in London is down 1.7% in early afternoon trading, Paris’ CAC-40 index is 1.8% lower and Frankfurt’s DAX index is down 1.9%.
A man wearing a face mask walks past a bank electronic board.... |
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BMW said it had set up a ‘response team’ to pursue a complaint that one of its Thai suppliers, Sunstar Engineering, targeted unionists when it sacked 94 factory workers in May. — Reuters pic. PHNOM PENH, June 9 — Major brands including carmaker BMW and fashion label Zara are investigating reports of.... |
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A sign of China Mobile is seen at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) Asia 2016 in Shanghai, China, May 12, 2016. — Reuters pic. WASHINGTON, June 9 — A US Senate report released today says the US government failed to properly oversee Chinese-owned telecommunications companies for nearly two decades. |
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, senior fellow at the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy and Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum fellow, spent close to 20 years as a journalist, 15 of them reporting from Europe, Asia and Latin America. He left journalism to join the administration of President George W. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA – Migrants in the grip of Covid-19. Bangok – The suffering condition of migrants has multiplied throughout Eastern Asia, South and North during the Coronavirus period and paradoxically above all in more advanced countries, such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea. |
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Brent crude prices fell in April to their lowest since 1999 as strict restrictions to contain the global coronavirus outbreak heavily dented oil demand.Refineries in countries such as India, South Korea, Japan, and Thailand are also expected to pick up the pace of processing the cheap crude oil |
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SEOUL/BANGKOK/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Refineries from India to South Korea are expected to increase output from June, joining their Chinese counterparts as the easing of lockdown measures boosts demand for oil products, industry executives said.
The average operating rate for refineries in Asia is expected to rise to 75. |
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(Reuters) - Refineries from India to South Korea are expected to increase output from June, joining their Chinese counterparts as the easing of lockdown measures boosts demand for oil products, industry executives said. Below is the latest on major refining centres in Asia: CHINA. |
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According to Mercer's '2020 Cost of Living Survey', Mumbai is the 60th most expensive city for expatriates globally, while it ranks 19th in Asia.Mumbai is the most expensive among Indian cities surveyed, followed by New Delhi (101st globally) and Chennai (143rd globally). |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/PHILIPPINES – The Vincentians: the anti-terrorism law will bring suffering, violence, impunity. Manila – “We, the Vincentian Family in the Philippines, call on our government to face the poverty and suffering of our people, exacerbated by a health crisis caused by a feared COVID-19 virus. |
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India’s financial capital Mumbai has emerged as the most expensive city in the country for expatriates in terms of cost of living, a survey said on Tuesday. According to Mercer’s ‘2020 Cost of Living Survey’, Mumbai is the 60th most expensive city for expatriates globally, while it ranks 19th in Asia. |
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Pangolin scales have been removed from an official 2020 listing of ingredients approved for use in traditional Chinese medicine in a move lauded by animal protection groups as a key step in stamping out trade in the scaly anteater, the world’s most trafficked mammal. |
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The Tuesday Market Minute Global stocks mixed as Asia rides a stronger U.S. dollar to a ninth consecutive session gain, while weak data in Germany and profit-taking in US stocks look to tip Wall Street into the red. German exports plunge 24% in April, the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, igniting concerns for second quarter growth data in Europe. |
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, a survey said on Tuesday. According to Mercer's '2020 Cost of Living Survey', Mumbai is the 60th most expensive city for expatriates globally, while it ranks 19th in Asia. Mumbai is the most expensive among Indian cities surveyed, followed by New Delhi (101st globally) and Chennai (143rd globally). |
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DHAKA (THE DAILY STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - With the Bangladesh economy in the first phase of its Covid Reopening, the country will be eagerly looking forward to attracting foreign investors to provide a much-needed stimulus. The Foreign Minister and the Commerce Minister sounded optimistic in their.... |
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The Philippines is a coronavirus hotspot in Southeast Asia, with about 22,400 infections, including more than 1,000 deaths. REUTERS/Edgar Su (Representational) A Philippine peace award has been cancelled this year due to the
, marking only the third disruption in six decades for the annual prize regarded as an Asian Nobel. |
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SINGAPORE June 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Â Brightcove Inc. Â (NASDAQ: BCOV), the world's leading video technology platform, today published the Q1 2020 Brightcove Global Video Index , which analyses hundreds of millions of recent data points from Brightcove's customers globally to provide insights into how viewers are watching video content. |
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for updates throughout the day. MANILA, Philippines — The Ramon Magsaysay awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, have been cancelled this year due to the global pandemic, the only third time the annual awards were disrupted in six decades. |
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for updates throughout the day. MANILA, Philippines — The Ramon Magsaysay awards, regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize, have been cancelled this year due to the global pandemic, the only third time the annual awards were disrupted in six decades. |
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