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MANILA - There are 6 new deaths due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from the Americas and Europe among overseas Filipinos as of April 6, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. There are now 535 confirmed cases among Filipino nationals abroad from 34 countries/regions covering the Americas, Asia and the Pacific, Europe, and Middle East. |
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The U.S. dollar stalled against most currencies on Monday but continued its rise versus the Japanese yen as the rate of deaths from coronavirus in Europe slowed while deaths in Japan and elsewhere in Asia accelerated.
The yen fell, while the Australian and New Zealand dollars, which tend to benefit from sharper risk appetite, rose. |
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The outlooks for Asian economies have greatly deteriorated due to the impact from the corona shock. With the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus, Asian economists have drastically lowered their growth projections. Some forecasts see negative growth rates for 2020 in Singapore and Thailand. |
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Samoa and the region’s worst biosecurity fears have been realised with news that African Swine Fever (A.S.F.), the lethal disease that has decimated pork farming in East Asia, has arrived in the Pacific. Papua New Guinea has announced that its multi-million pork industry is under threat due to an outbreak of A. |
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Major European nations reported lower fatality rates, with Italy seeing the number of patients in intensive care falling for the second consecutive day. However, a rise in cases and deaths in Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines kept gains in Southeast Asia stocks under check. Australia's benchmark index rose 0. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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News Release | 6 April 2020. MANILA, PHILIPPINES (6 April 2020) - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is promoting innovation and efficiency to enhance its anticorruption efforts by streamlining case management and expediting the assessment of complaints and completion of investigations, according to the
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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Sharjah Cricket Stadium has hosted more one-day internationals than any other venue in the world. Officially, it started on April 6, 1984, when Pakistan and Sri Lanka played what was also the first ever Asia Cup fixture. The emirate had been a hotbed for the game for some time before that, though. |
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Asian stocks are showing some signs of stability this morning with hopes that the impact of the coronavirus pandemic may stabilize. News coming out this week will also help us better gauge the economic impact of the global pandemic. Meanwhile Indian markets are closed today on account of Mahavir Jayanti. |
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HANOI Vietnam April 6, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Vingroup announced it would produce ventilators and body thermometers to serve the domestic market on April 3 . It will also give the Ministry of Health (MoH) 5,000 non-invasive ventilators to treat COVID-19 patients in Vietnam. |
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Stocks in Asia Pacific rose in afternoon trade as a scheduled meeting between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, initially set to take place Monday, was delayed. Shares in Australia led gains among the region's major markets, with the S&P/ASX 200 gaining 4. |
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SINGAPORE, Apr 6, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Fullerton Healthcare Corporation Limited ("Fullerton Health"), the leading integrated healthcare platform in the Asia Pacific, announces that it has fully redeemed its US$175 million senior perpetual capital securities today, underscoring its financial.... |
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A man in a face mask walks past barriers blocking access to buildings in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak. Photo: Reuters.
Coronavirus: What are the lockdown measures and travel bans in Asia?
The restrictions introduced in Wuhan, where the new virus was.... |
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Many markets have shortened trading hours, and others are mulling whether to follow suit. Here are some of the measures taken by exchanges across the world so far: ASIA. INDIA. ** The Reserve Bank of India cut trading hours for bonds and foreign exchange to four hours between April 7 to 17. |
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In early March, Russia declined to go along with a Saudi-led OPEC proposal to further trim production to deal with the plummeting demand for oil because of the coronavirus epidemic, leading the Saudis to walk away from a three-year agreement with Moscow on production trims.
What we know about how the Fed plans to spend its new pot of money. |
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BANGKOK Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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BANGKOK -- Vietnam's ambitions to raise its stature in Southeast Asia and the broader international community as the chair of ASEAN this year have been derailed by the coronavirus pandemic, which has disrupted interactions between people and nations. Vietnam, which holds the regional group's.... |
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SINGAPORE, April 6, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Oil prices fell sharply Monday after a meeting to discuss output cuts between OPEC and its allies was delayed, dimming hopes of swift action to support coronavirus-ravaged energy markets. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate plunged eight percent at the open in Asia but clawed back some ground and was trading 5. |
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HONG KONG, April 6, 2020 (BSS/AFP) – Shares rose more than one percent in the first few minutes of Monday, in line with an advance across Asia, after several countries reported fewer virus deaths over the weekend. The Hang Seng Index rose 1.39 percent, or 322.72 points, to 23,558.83. Markets in China are closed for a public holiday. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares and U.S. futures rebounded on Monday as investors grasped at threads of hope that the battle against the coronavirus pandemic may be making some progress in some hard-hit areas. Markets in Tokyo, Seoul and Sydney gained more than 2% in early trading and Hong Kong was up nearly 1%. |
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ISLAMABAD (DAWN/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has announced a major list of incentives for the construction industry aimed at boosting the economy at a time when the adverse impact of the coronavirus is wreaking havoc across all sectors. |
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South Korea reported fewer than 50 new coronavirus cases on Monday for the first time since its Feb. 29 peak as daily infections in Asia's largest outbreak outside China continued to trend downward. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 47 new infections, compared with.... |
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