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AQUATICS. Asian water polo championships in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, from Feb. 12-16 canceled. Diving Grand Prix in Madrid from Feb. 14-16: China team withdrew. Diving World Series in Beijing from March 7-9 canceled. Men’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed. Women’s Water Polo World League from March 12 postponed. |
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Wendy Cutler is Vice-President of the Asia Society Policy Institute. Given the focus on the Hong Kong national security law, the international community paid little attention to the statement by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at last week's National People's Congress that China "has a positive and open attitude toward joining CPTPP. |
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In this undated and unknown location photo made available by Human Rights Watch, Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist displays a common Thai protest, three-finger hand sign. The human rights group says Wanchalearm, a self-exiled political activist, has been abducted in.... |
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PCR tests can show a person with mild infection being positive for fragments of the virus 2-3 weeks after onset of symptoms.Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief scientist, noting India has a population of 1.3 bn, said that 200,000 reported cases, 'look big but for a country of this size it's still.... |
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is looking primarily into the issue of the advanced ageing of Asian societies. It’s policy brief on Ageing in Asia acknowledges that “policy responses to population ageing inherently involve questions of values, any responses require both the active involvement of parliamentarians and the creation.... |
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where journalists were also arrested or detained for criticising the government. In India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu, journalist Jerald Aruldas and photographer M Balaji had been detained for 9 hours after a series of pieces that exposed corruption in the
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GENEVA : The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday said the number of COVID-19 cases in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh is increasing rapidly but the disease has not exploded in the region. “In South Asia, not just in India, but in Bangladesh and… Pakistan and other countries of South Asia with.... |
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is senior fellow for India, Pakistan, and South Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). She is a foreign policy practitioner and award-winning author with senior experience in the government, nonprofits, and the private sectors. Her book about India’s rise on the world stage, Our Time Has.... |
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Several British politicians criticised HSBC Holdings Plc’s support for China’s sweeping proposed security legislation for Hong Kong, soon after the global lender’s top executive in Asia publicly showed his support for Beijing. Jacob Rees-Mogg, the governing UK Conservatives’ house leader, said.... |
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Grave diggers carry the coffin of a coronavirus victim before burial at the Vila Formosa cemetery in São Paulo, Brazil, May 28, 2020. As the West settles into a grinding battle with the virus, it surges across the Middle East, Africa, Latin America and South Asia. Image Credit: NYT. |
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Move towards a new care-compact to rebuild a gender equal Asia. Authors: (Blog post by) Lan Mercado, Mohammad Naciri, and Yamini Mishra. As Covid-19 grips the world, market economy have shuttered, schools have closed, and nearly half of the global population is confined to their homes. |
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The startling prevalence of such rapid destruction of the peatlands, and their resulting subsidence, is revealed in a new satellite-based study conducted by researchers at MIT and in Singapore and Oregon. The research was published in the journal Nature Geoscience , in a paper by Alison Hoyt PhD.... |
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Both India and China agreed that the two countries should handle their differences through peaceful discussion, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday, 5 June, after Joint Secretary (East Asia) Naveen Shrivastava held a meeting with Wu Jianghao, Director General in the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on the Ladakh row. |
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Skywatchers are getting so much more than just a full moon tonight. June’s Strawberry moon will be coupled with a penumbral lunar eclipse to ring in eclipse season. The penumbral lunar eclipse will be visible from Africa, Asia, Australia, and parts of Europe. |
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Virtual Conference: COVID-19 Education And Training Disruption. In response to the changing landscape of teaching and learning, LEARNTech Asia 2020 pays particular attention to Southeast the structure of the conference. The conference is organised to cover concerns at all levels including a wide.... |
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Changes impact several trades, but especially Asia – North Europe trade In light of the extraordinary impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the members of THE Alliance will adjust the schedules for July, August and September for the Asia – North Europe trade and July for the remaining trades, in order to match market demand. |
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GUANGZHOU, China , June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The 127 th and first virtual China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) launched its first online promotion event for France. The "Cloud" event was joined by more than 50 local representatives of business association, buyers and entrepreneurs from Paris Lyon Marseille , and Bordeaux. |
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BEIJING June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Xinyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. ("Xinyuan" or "the Company") (NYSE: XIN), an NYSE-listed real estate developer and property manager operating primarily in China and also in other countries, today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend for the first quarter of 2020 of US$0. |
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HONG KONG June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Despite the heavy blow of COVID-19 on business, many local companies find new opportunities in producing and trading anti-epidemic products to battle against the pandemic, and ride out the challenges by quickly transforming and diversifying their businesses. |
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In this undated and unknown location photo made available by Human Rights Watch, Wanchalearm Satsaksit, a prominent Thai pro-democracy activist displays a common Thai protest, three-finger hand sign. (AP) A Thai dissident has been abducted in Cambodia, a human rights group said on Friday, raising.... |
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HONG KONG - When a team of producers at Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) heard on May 19 that the publicly funded broadcaster planned to axe one of its most popular weekly shows, they rushed to the building next door to confront the station’s head. A group of about 20 producers and other employees.... |
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OSAKA, Japan June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Naotsune Alliance, a financial advisor for the world of business that provides discretionary investment advisory services for individual clients, wealthy families, institutional investors and investment trusts, with extensive fund management experience and.... |
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OSAKA, Japan June 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Â Naotsune Alliance, a financial advisor for the world of business that provides discretionary investment advisory services for individual clients, wealthy families, institutional investors and investment trusts, with extensive fund management experience and.... |
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NEW DELHI - India’s Health Ministry on Friday reported another record spike in new coronavirus cases — more than 9,800 in 24 hours. India now has 226,770 confirmed cases with 6,348 deaths, 273 of them in the past 24 hours, the ministry said. It says the overall rate of recovery for coronavirus patients is around 48%. |
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The most significant demographic challenge facing many countries in Asia is the ageing of the population, and the social and economic impacts that will occur because of the rapid pace and scale of this change. As a consequence, the growing demand for affordable elderly care services exceeds supply.... |
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