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The protesters’ demands included the freeing of political prisoners, a ban on selling land to foreigners and removing the designation of opposition movement Democratic Choice as an extremist organization.
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The number of COVID-19 cases in India has been doubling every three weeks but the epidemic is not growing exponentially in the country and South Asia region, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday "In South Asia, not just in India, but in Bangladesh and... |
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REUTERS/Issei Kato. Countries across the globe are erupting in response to the death of George Floyd. From Europe to Asia, to South America, and Australia, protesters in several countries and cities are following the U.S.'s lead in Black Lives Matter protests last weekend,
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Aditya , which became an icon on the Vaikom-Thavanakadavu route in Kerala, is among 12 such ferries that have been shortlisted for the Gustave Trouvé Award. It is the sole entrant from Asia. There are three award categories: one for electric boats up to 8m in length, electric boats more than 8 m.... |
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in cities far from the United States to express their anger over the death of George Floyd, a sign that the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality is resonating with wider calls over addressing racism in Asia, Australia and Europe. |
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Locust Threat. As per FAO Desert Locust Situation Update dated 04 June 2020 (Annexure A), the unprecedented Desert Locust threat to food security and livelihoods continues in the Horn of Africa and is likely to spread to southwest Asia and West Africa. |
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BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered Saturday in cities far from the United States to express their anger over the death of George Floyd, a sign that the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality is resonating with wider calls over addressing racism in Asia, Australia and Europe. |
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Tens of thousands of people have gathered in cities far from the United States to express their anger over the , a sign that the Black Lives Matter movement against police brutality is resonating with wider calls over addressing racism in Asia, Australia and Europe. |
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SEOUL – JAKARTA, IndonesiaIndonesia reported nearly 1,000 new cases of the coronavirus on Saturday, a new single-day high for the country that brought its total caseload past 30,000, as the government unveiled an enhanced stimulus package worth $47.6 billion to anchor the virus-battered economy. |
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The University of Management and Technology (UMT) has been shortlisted for ‘Workplace of the Year’ award category by Times Higher Education (THE) Awards Asia, 2020. THE Awards Asia 2020 explores how universities continue to innovate and help the world navigate an uncertain future and also offer a.... |
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has threatened to pull out of the WHO over "ideological bias," as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic while Europe slowly reopens its borders. From Africa to Europe to Asia, governments are focused on.... |
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FRENCHMAN Arnault Castel’s story with Hong Kong started 24 years ago, from the moment he saw a Wong Kar-Wai movie “Chungking Express.” Inspired by the 1994 movie, he left the Ferrals-les-Corbieres region in the south of France two years later and embarked on an exciting journey to the Asian city. |
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The third phase of Air India Express (AIE)’s Vande Bharat Mission to evacuate stranded Indians from West Asia and southeast Asian countries will commence on June 9. The services, which will be on till June 23, will begin with the IX 1181 flight which will leave Abu Dhabi at 10.45 a.m. and reach the Cochin international airport at 4. |
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Dharavi, Asia's largest slum in Mumbai, also one of the Covid-19 hotbeds, is finally showing signs of flattening the curve, as the number of active coronavirus cases is now less than the number of people discharged. The region has reported zero deaths in the past 6 days and out of the total number of cases -- 1,899-- 939 people have recovered. |
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Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has granted permission to capture 30 rhesus monkeys for COVID-19 vaccine research at the Pune-based National Institute of Virology (NIV), official sources said on Saturday.
`Rhesus macaques' or rhesus monkeys which are widely used in medical research are found in south and east Asia. |
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Overview of CTG: CTG support and manage humanitarian projects in fragile and conflict-affected countries around the world. With past performance in 15 countries from the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia and Central and South America we offer a holistic fabric of project management, implementation and support. |
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BERLIN -- Thousands of people rallied across Australia to honour George Floyd and voice their support for the Black Lives Matter movement Saturday, part of a worldwide wave of solidarity that has also sought to highlight racial discrimination outside the United States. |
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The rolling, global protests reflect rising anger over police treatment of ethnic minorities, sparked by the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis after a police officer detaining him knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes as fellow officers stood by. |
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From Africa to Europe to Asia, governments are focused on reviving economies ravaged by weeks of restrictions to contain the virus that has killed almost 400,000 people worldwide since it emerged in China late last year. European countries that are among the hardest hit are steadily reopening with.... |
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— ANOTHER SPIKE IN INDIA: India surpassed Italy as the sixth worst-hit by the coronavirus pandemic after another biggest single-day spike in confirmed infections. The Health Ministry reported 9,887 new cases on Saturday, bringing the total to 236,657. Most of the new cases are in rural areas.... |
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Kathmandu, June 6. Nepali squad Elementrix along with four other teams are in India for the ongoing PUBG Mobile Pro League, a professional tournament for the South Asia region that began on March 19. Around 20 teams from countries like Nepal, India and Bangladesh are battling it out for the first.... |
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BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across Australia to honor George Floyd and voice their support for the Black Lives Matter movement Saturday, part of a worldwide wave of solidarity that has also sought to highlight racial discrimination outside the United States. |
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Abstract. The mainly Australian grass genus Austrostipa with ca. 64 species represents a remarkable example of an evolutionary radiation. To investigate aspects of diversification, macro- and micromorphological variation in this genus we conducted a molecular phylogenetic and scanning electron.... |
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BERLIN (AP) — Thousands of people rallied across Australia to honor George Floyd and voice their support for the Black Lives Matter movement Saturday, part of a worldwide wave of solidarity that has also sought to highlight racial discrimination outside the United States. |
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Thousands of protestors gather in Sydney, Saturday, June 6, 2020, to support the cause of U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Black Lives Matter protests across Australia proceeded mostly peacefully as thousands of demonstrators in state capitals honored the memory of George Floyd and.... |
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