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Executive summary Most of the Mekong river basin and neighboring regions in Southeast Asia are experiencing relatively dry conditions, involving most of mainland Thailand and parts of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Despite a wet climate, underperforming precipitation since at least mid-2019 has.... |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets, led by Japan, are mostly higher on Tuesday despite the absence of fresh cues from Wall Street, which was closed overnight for a holiday. Optimism about a global economic recovery as countries such as Japan and Spain ease lockdown restrictions and a survey.... |
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vaccine. Japanese shares led gains among major markets in the region, with the Nikkei 225 up 2.39% as shares of index heavyweight Fast Retailing jumped more than 4.5%. The Topix index also gained 1.81%. The moves came after Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Monday that the state of.... |
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Asian markets are tentatively higher as economies across the region start to reopen with governments also promising stimulus programs to support growth rates which are plunging into negative territory. China and Hong Kong officials moved to reassure the global investor community about the proposed.... |
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fears. The workers returned to the country in recent months as jobs dried up worldwide due to the pandemic. They were quarantined for two weeks in hospitals, hotels and makeshift isolation centers in metropolitan Manila in a chaotic situation that delayed their trip home and sparked a myriad of complaints. |
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TOKYO – Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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HONG KONG, May 26, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – A further easing of lockdown measures across the planet continued to push equities higher in Asia on Tuesday, with the reopening of bars, cafes, pools and beaches overshadowing China-US tensions. Hong Kong was among the big gainers as the Hang Seng ate away at a.... |
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— 19 NEW CASES IN SOUTH KOREA: South Korea is continuing to trace new virus infections and preparing for more students to return to school. Most of the 19 new cases reported Tuesday were from the Seoul area, where officials are tracing transmissions linked to nightclubs and other entertainment venues. |
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The European Union’s top diplomat has called for the bloc to have a “more robust strategy” toward China amid signs that Asia is replacing the United States as the centre of global power. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell told a gathering of German ambassadors on Monday that “analysts have long.... |
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The workers returned to the country in recent months as jobs dried up worldwide due to the pandemic. They were quarantined for two weeks in hospitals, hotels and makeshift isolation centers in metropolitan Manila in a chaotic situation that delayed their trip home and sparked a myriad of complaints. |
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TOKYO Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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President Rodrigo Duterte said in televised remarks Monday night that some provincial officials have refused entry to returning workers from abroad and warned them of possible lawsuits. Authorities have been scrambling to decongest the quarantine facilities in the capital since about 300,000 more.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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TOKYO – Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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, led by Japan, are mostly higher on Tuesday despite the absence of fresh cues from Wall Street, which was closed overnight for a holiday. Optimism about a global economic recovery as countries such as Japan and Spain ease lockdown restrictions and a survey showing an improvement in German
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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BANGKOK--South Koreans will be required to wear masks when using public transportation and taxis nationwide starting Tuesday as authorities look for more ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus as people increase their public activities. Health Ministry official Yoon Taeho on Monday said masks.... |
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ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Heart-rendering stories from the PK-8303 crash on Friday (May 22) have been trickling through: entire families wiped out, a son coming home on a surprise Eid visit to his parents who will never see him alive again, a young woman returning from a funeral in Lahore only to herself perish, and so on. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad is on the warpath. He has been going at Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's government on an almost daily basis, and he seems even more angry than when he was trying to topple Najib Razak. |
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TOKYO Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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By YURI KAGEYAMA, AP Business Writer. TOKYO Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Tuesday as some regions in Japan resumed close-to-normal business activity, with hopes for economic recovery overshadowing worries over the coronavirus pandemic. The market focus is shifting to how various nations are adapting to getting back to business, while striving to keep new COVID-19 cases in check. |
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The governor of the Bank of Thailand will step down when his term ends in September. Veerathai Santiprabhob announced yesterday that he has decided against seeking a second 5 year term for “family reasons.” His departure comes as Thailand sees its economy contracting as much as 6% this year, mostly.... |
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Summary ASX futures are pointing to a gain of 47 points, or 0.8 per cent, at the open. Stocks climbed overnight in Asia and Europe, while US Futures markets rallied. Trade was thin as US markets closed for Memorial Day. Monday's rally in the ASX200 pushed the index to a new 11-week high. |
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