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On May 23, 1914, the SS Komagata Maru arrived in Vancouver with would-be immigrants led by Indian businessman Gurdit Singh, who sought to challenge Canada's exclusionary immigration policy towards Asians. The 376 passengers were denied entry to Canada, and had to remain on the ship for two months.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asia stocks looked set to extend a global rally after their U.S. peers pushed back into the green for the year as easing lockdowns bolstered economic optimism. The dollar fell. Equity futures pointed to modest gains in Japan, Australia and Hong Kong. |
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The fourth-largest deal was the $128m purchase by the China Education Group of education provider the King’s Own Institute. KPMG’s partner in charge of Asia and international markets, Doug Ferguson, said: 'You can’t deny there has been a change in Chinese outbound direct investment into Belt and Road Initiatives. |
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Photo taken on April 17, 2020 shows the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua) Growth in East Asia and Pacific is projected to fall to 0.5 percent in 2020, the only region that could see growth this year, the report said. The Chinese economy is expected to grow by 1 percent this year. |
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KUNMING, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A total of 4.44 million stems of flowers were transacted Monday via the electronic auction services of the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh-cut flower trading market, up 1.6 percent from Sunday. The data were provided by the Kunming International Flora.... |
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WELLINGTON – JAKARTA, IndonesiaRestrictions in Indonesia’s capital were partly relaxed on Monday after two months of lockdown, as the world’s fourth most populous nation gradually reopens its economy. Jakarta, home to 11 million people, had been under large-scale social restrictions since April 10. |
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Middle East crude paper markets adjusted mildly upward in the first half of trading on June 8 in Asia, suggesting the OPEC+ cut extension and Aramco’s price hikes had been largely priced into market expectations for the current cycle. At 11 am in Singapore on June 8 (0300 GMT), outright prices were.... |
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A blockbuster US jobs report that fanned optimism about the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis helped push Asian stock markets even higher yesterday, while a decision to extend production cuts provided fresh support to oil prices. As countries continue to ease lockdown measures and with.... |
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Former Minneapolis officer Tou Thao’s role in the death of George Floyd has thrust the city's Hmong refugee population into the national discourse around race. The actions of Thao, who is Hmong American, have propelled the community into the contentious discussion involving the relationship between the Asian American and the black communities. |
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Taiwanese-Italian fitness instructor-host Liv Lo and local MTV Asia VJ-actress Hanli Hoefer do not recommend wearing a full face of make-up to exercise as you need to let your skin breathe but said applying eyeliner won't hurt when you want to look good while working out. |
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A week after celebrating his 58th birthday on May 29, Singapore football legend Fandi Ahmad received a belated gift when he found out from his elder sister via text that he was named one of the Asian Football Confederation's Greatest Eredivisie Players in an online poll. |
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Photo taken on April 17, 2020 shows the World Bank headquarters in Washington, D.C., the United States. (Photo by Ting Shen/Xinhua) Growth in East Asia and Pacific is projected to fall to 0.5 percent in 2020, the only region that could see growth this year, the report says. The Chinese economy is expected to grow by 1 percent this year. |
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Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Ed Markey (D-MA), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy, introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing 25 years of normalized relations between the United States and Vietnam. |
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Steeping up its efforts to bring home its natives, stranded in places that do not have rail connectivity, the Odisha government airlifted 180 migrant workers from the Andaman & Nicobar Islands on Monday. The migrant workers flew from the Port Blair airport by a special Air Asia flight that landed at.... |
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Traffic jams are on the way back in Indonesia's capital as Jakarta starts reopening after weeks of lockdown. But healthcare workers worry the relaxation of restrictions is too soon for Southeast Asia's largest city. Al Jazeera's Jessica Washington reports. |
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The head of the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus pandemic is worsening globally, even as the situation in Europe is improving. At a press briefing on Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that about 75% of cases reported to the U.N. health agency on Sunday came from 10 countries in the Americas and South Asia. |
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Stepping up its effort to bring home its natives stranded in places having no rail connectivity, the Odisha government airlifted 180 migrant workers from Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Monday. The migrant workers flew from the Port Blair airport by a special flight of Air Asia and landed at the Biju Patnaik International Airport in the city. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Short sellers across Asia are being drawn to the health care sector, betting the region’s best-performing industry this year is poised for a retreat. The daily average amount of short interest among 324 biotechnology and pharmaceutical stocks across Asia’s major equity benchmarks has.... |
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"I was not sure what happened," he told the Nikkei Asian Review by phone in late May. He was speaking from the Singapore Expo, a huge exhibition hall converted into a temporary coronavirus care facility. The man is one of over 35,000 migrant workers in Singapore who have been infected. |
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The head of the World Health Organization warned that the coronavirus pandemic is worsening globally, even as the situation in Europe is improving. At a press briefing on Monday, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted that about 75% of cases reported to the U.N. health agency on Sunday came from 10 countries in the Americas and South Asia. |
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SLOWLY RECOVERING A currency trader watches monitors at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea on Monday. Crude oil prices rose after major oil producing nations agreed to extend a production cut of nearly 10 million barrels of oil a day through the.... |
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The Europe Polymeric Sand Market holds substantial share owing to initiatives taken by governments of European countries to improve their existing transit infrastructures. Asia Pacific and Latin America will show decent growth rate with increasing product awareness. |
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Ten countries of South Asia, Middle East and Latin America have seen a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases over the last couple of weeks, according to World Health Organization data. Coincidentally, in the past few months, the trend of a rise in cases were almost similar in eight of those countries --.... |
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DUBLIN June 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The "Global Processed Cheese 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This report looks at the Processed Cheese markets in the West and East Europe Middle East and North Africa Africa Asia Central Asia and Caucasus, Latin and North American regions. |
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Is the so-called "Islamic State" aiming to use the Philippines as its bridgehead in Asia? IS took control of the predominantly Muslim city of Marawi in 2017, and it took the Philippine army five months to take it back. |
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