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January 28, 2021 1:00 PM The Republic along with Finland, Switzerland and Sweden scored 85 points each, tying for third place in the 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index. |
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Prompt intermonth spreads for benchmark Dubai crude widened mid-morning Jan. 27, as focus shifts to trade activity for April-loading cargoes. At 11 am in Singapore (0300 GMT), the March/April Dubai time spread was valued at 30 cents/b, up 2 cents/b from the Asia close Jan. 26, S&P Global Platts data showed. |
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Asia Durr was a young, up-and-coming rookie with the New York Liberty in 2019, scoring 10 points a game, and starting 15 of 18 contests she played. The 2019 season was the start of a promising professional career for the second overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft who was named the ACC Player of the.... |
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Asia Durr was a young, up-and-coming rookie with the New York Liberty in 2019, scoring 10 points a game, and starting 15 of 18 contests she played. The 2019 season was the start of a promising professional career for the second overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft who was named the ACC Player of the.... |
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Asia Durr was a young, up-and-coming rookie with the New York Liberty in 2019, scoring 10 points a game, and starting 15 of 18 contests she played. The 2019 season was the start of a promising professional career for the second overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft who was named the ACC Player of the.... |
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Shares of Apple suppliers in Asia will be watched by investors after the Cupertino-based tech behemoth reported its largest quarter by revenue of all time on Wednesday. Overnight on Wall Street, the S&P 500 wiped out its 2021 gains and dropped into negative territory for the year. The U.S. |
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Rohingya Muslims continue to defy strict COVID-19 restrictions on movement to flee western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, many for destinations in Southeast Asia, to flee discrimination and to find jobs, police and other officials said Wednesday. More than 830,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar for Bangladesh.... |
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North Korea and Biden. New top US diplomat says much work lies ahead. Indonesia and Thailand battle COVID-19 surge. Nursing students using virtual patients. Florida tries to reduce vaccine eligibility. |
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At least three recruiters approach Singapore-based software engineer Xiao Yuguang every day with job offers. Demand for Xiao's skills has soared since he graduated in 2014 with a computer engineering degree but now he just ignores the offers, having recently joined TikTok owner Bytedance after several years with Southeast Asia's Grab. |
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Asian American community advocates say a new immigration reform bill reintroduced in Congress on Tuesday can become a pathway for Southeast Asian Americans who have been deported to return to the U.S. or who are in deportation proceedings to stay in the country. |
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Asia Durr was a young, up-and-coming rookie with the New York Liberty in 2019, scoring 10 points a game, and starting 15 of 18 contests she played. The 2019 season was the start of a promising professional career for the second overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft who was named the ACC Player of the.... |
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SINGAPORE Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Traditionally one of the biggest annual travel periods for Asia Pacific travelers, this Lunar New Year Agoda reveals changing travel patterns emerging post-COVID. This year travelers are discovering off the beaten track destinations as well as revisiting traditional tourist hotspots. |
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“Although the coronavirus outbreak started in China, countries in the Asia–Pacific, on average, proved the most successful at containing the pandemic,’’ the report states. “By contrast, the rapid spread of COVID-19 along the main arteries of globalisation quickly overwhelmed first Europe and then the United States. |
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Asia Durr was a young, up-and-coming rookie with the New York Liberty in 2019, scoring 10 points a game, and starting 15 of 18 contests she played. The 2019 season was the start of a promising professional career for the second overall pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft who was named the ACC Player of the.... |
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SINGAPORE Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Traditionally one of the biggest annual travel periods for Asia Pacific travelers, this Lunar New Year Agoda reveals changing travel patterns emerging post-COVID. This year travelers are discovering off the beaten track destinations as well as revisiting traditional tourist hotspots. |
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SINGAPORE Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Traditionally one of the biggest annual travel periods for Asia Pacific travelers, this Lunar New Year Agoda reveals changing travel patterns emerging post-COVID. This year travelers are discovering off the beaten track destinations as well as revisiting traditional tourist hotspots. |
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Equity investors trod warily Wednesday as they weighed hopes for a long-term recovery against immediate worries over surging virus infections and mutations — and slow vaccine rollouts. Signs that US President Joe Biden’s much-vaunted stimulus could face a tough ride through Congress also tempered.... |
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Michael Pack, a producer of conservative films whom Trump tapped to head the agency that oversees taxpayer-supported media, resigned hours after President Joe Biden was sworn in last week. Pack had vowed to break down the legally guaranteed firewall against meddling in editorial decisions. |
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Minister for Energy Omar Ayub Khan and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) President Dr Bandar Hajjar Wednesday jointly inaugurated the construction of 113-kilometer electricity transmission line from Pak-Afghan border to Nowshera, being laid under the Central Asia-South Asia Regional Trade and Transmission Project (CASA-1000). |
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Capital inflows will move towards risky assets, especially in Asia including Thailand after the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised its world GDP growth estimate for 2021 from 5.2% to 5.5%, a signal the economic impact of the pandemic may have receded, predicts Asia Plus Securities (ASPS) Research. |
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Burger Thailand, the authorised operator of Burger King in Thailand, has revamped its brand image for the first time in 20 years, targeting changing consumer demands. Tanawat Damnernthong, the company's general manager, said part of the brand's upgrade involves opening Asia's first concept store at.... |
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Islamabad. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has endorsed a new 5-year country partnership strategy (CPS) to help restore economic stability and growth in Pakistan, enhance people’s well-being, create jobs, and expand economic opportunities as the country works to overcome the coronavirus disease pandemic. |
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Global crude steel production reached 1,864.0 million tonnes (Mt) for the year 2020, down by 0.9% compared to 2019. Asia produced 1,374.9 Mt of of crude steel in 2020, an increase of 1.5% compared to 2019. China’s crude steel production in 2020 reached 1,053.0 Mt, up by 5.2% on 2019. China’s share of global crude steel production increased from 53. |
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A plunge in temperatures in Asia in early December 2020 took gas markets by surprise and caused prices to soar. Having sunk to record lows in mid-2020, spot prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) increased tenfold to reach unprecedented highs in January 2021. |
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Britain could join the military coalition known as the "Asian Nato" following a US proposal to expand the group’s membership as a counterweight to China. © Jeremy Selwyn/Pool Evening Standard Boris Johnson launches the UK-hosted COP26 UN Climate Summit in London - Jeremy Selwyn/Pool Evening Standard.... |
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