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Joe Biden becomes US president. Britain enters a post-EU era. China versus the West. Vaccines and Covid-19's long shadow. PAP's political transition. Revised PSLE. The Straits Times looks ahead to the new year and new uncertainties. Hard choices await Asia. |
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The mob threatened the Christians in Charar after a local pastor posted a faith-based message on social media angering Muslims, reported Washington-based International Christian Concern (ICC). “Pastor Raja Waris published a faith-based post on Facebook on Dec. |
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The Russo-Japanese War commenced 110 years ago this February, lasting eighteen months before a US-brokered truce mercifully put it to rest. The war killed upwards of 125,000 people, and sharply limited Russian influence in Northeast Asia. Japan gained control of Korea, and gained a long-term foothold for influencing events in Manchuria and China. |
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Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia has opened the first Carrefour Store in Uganda. Located at the popular Oasis Mall, the store covers over 2800 square meters selling area and offers shoppers great value and choice, through.... |
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January 02, 2021 5:00 AM The challenges faced by the region 50 years ago - as Associate Professor Simon Tay highlighted in his commentary - are still highly relevant today (Echoes of a tumult... from South-east Asia 50 years ago, Dec 30). |
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January 02, 2021 5:00 AM Asians should have a better sense of where their collective destinies are headed in a few months from now. |
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Addressing a virtual symposium along with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on “Shared Values and Democracy in Asia” recently, it is no coincidence that former President Maithripala Sirisena chose to focus on the contributions of his Presidency to strengthen Sri Lanka’s democratic institutions. |
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Chinese bottled water tycoon and vaccine manufacturing mogul Zhong Shanshan has become Asia's richest person, financial media outlets reported Wednesday. |
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After some reflection about what, exactly, was gnawing at me about the rules that help support Japan's orderly, well-organized society, it finally dawned on me: I simply hate being told what to do. And after watching the U.S. response to the COVID-19 crisis this year, it became clear that this is a.... |
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As COVID-19 took over the world in 2020, densely populated South Asia became one of the hardest-hit regions, with India, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal surpassing China in terms of the number of coronavirus cases. The economic and social disruption caused by the pandemic has been just short of.... |
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks a news conference, in Tehran, Iran, Aug. 5, 2019. Photo: Nazanin Tabatabaee / WANA (West Asia News Agency) via Reuters.
Iranian maritime forces in the Persian Gulf have raised readiness levels in recent days, CNN Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr tweeted Friday , citing a US official. |
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January 02, 2021 2:30 AM The challenges faced by the region 50 years ago - as Associate Professor Simon Tay highlighted in his commentary - are still highly relevant today (Echoes of a tumult... from South-east Asia 50 years ago, Dec 30). |
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Sharoon Sunil Deep, a native of Kannancheri, Kozhikode, recently bagged the Grand Master title of the Asia Book of Records after he listed the names of the 46 Presidents of the United States of America from George Washington to Joe Biden in 42 seconds. He was approved by the editors’ panel from eight countries. |
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CANBERRA, Australia -- This New Year's Eve is being celebrated like no other in most of the world, with pandemic restrictions limiting crowds and many bidding farewell to a year they'd prefer to forget. As the clock struck midnight across Asia and the South Pacific, the New Year's experience mirrored countries' responses to the virus itself. |
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Mumbai Actor Kajol's maiden digital project "Tribhanga" is set to release on streaming platform Netflix on January 15. The multi-generational story, directed by actor Renuka Shahane is backed by Kajol''s husband, actor-producer Ajay Devgn, in collaboration with Bannijay Asia and Siddharth P Malhotra''s Alchemy Films. |
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The government’s decision to create the Pakistan Islands Development Authority and place Bundal and Dingi Islands off the coast of Karachi under federal authority shocked 70-year-old fisherman Majeed Motani. “Our ancestors came to these islands centuries ago. Now the government is trying to occupy them. |
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He said no impact of variants on the vaccine’s immune effect had been detected.
The Saudis have regularly accused the Houthis of using drones and missiles to attack Saudi Arabia.
Beijing has robustly defended its policies in the Xinjiang region where Muslims from Turkic speaking... |
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The new variant has not been detected in the Philippines yet.
Formed in the late 1990s, the Islamic Defender's Front advocates a strict interpretation of Islam...
The country has one of the world's lowest Covid-19 fatality rates, only 29 people have died of the...
Singapore plans to innoculate its 5. |
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Bringing you yesterday's news from Japan and Asia, today.
Sega leaves arcade management like retiring idol singer, confuses, upsets Japanese Internet users
Sega leaves arcade management like retiring idol singer, confuses, upsets Japanese Internet users
But in some fans’ eyes, this was the only way to go. |
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Prime Minister Gaston Browne is hoping that the distribution of vaccines across the world would boost travel this year. Browne was speaking during his New Year’s address to the nation. “Already, hundreds of thousands of people in the United States, parts of Europe and Asia have been inoculated against the various strains of Covid-19. |
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A Taichung physician on Thursday warned against eating raw pork after treating a migrant worker for tapeworms that had infected their calf muscles. Chang Wei-shuo (張為碩), an infectious disease specialist at Asia University Hospital, said that he treated a Thai national complaining of pain in their calves. |
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– NYT, January 1, 2013 [Thanks to Tom for pointing this out.] …The Chinese-financed railway is to snake its way through dozens of tunnels and bridges, eventually linking southern China to Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, and then on to the Bay of Bengal in Myanmar, significantly expanding China’s already enormous trade with Southeast Asia. |
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The Home Affairs Department today said more than 14,600 people who are covered in the compulsory testing notices published on December 30 and 31 have taken the virus test on the first day of the mandatory testing period. The Government has arranged mobile specimen collection stations or other.... |
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Luli Torn, in Gili Trawangan, Indonesia (Photos: @lulitorn and (@travelwithmazur) Exactly one year ago, on January 1, 2020, Luli Torn embarked on a journey that ended up being the adventure of his life, as he defines it in dialogue with Teleshow. The actress left Buenos Aires on December 30 and.... |
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India to be a co-chair of regional forum to conserve wildlife habitats.
NEW DELHI: After successfully increasing population of wild animals such as tigers, lions and leopards through protecting their habitats, India will be the co-chair of the IUCN-supported Asia Protected Areas Partnership (.... |
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