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16:42 Here is the latest from across Asia: Thailand: It is preparing to close many of its land border crossings. Tens of thousands of migrant workers have left Thailand for neighboring countries while Thai workers from the countryside are leaving Bangkok after businesses and other public places were shut down. |
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March 23, 2020. By Stephanie Kelly, Ahmad Ghaddar and Koustav Samanta. NEW YORK/LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Prices and profit margins for motor and aviation fuels globally are under severe pressure from a plunge in demand as countries enforce lockdowns and airlines ground planes, forcing more refineries to reduce output. |
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16:42 Here is the latest from across Asia: Thailand: It is preparing to close many of its land border crossings. Tens of thousands of migrant workers have left Thailand for neighboring countries while Thai workers from the countryside are leaving Bangkok after businesses and other public places were shut down. |
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16:42 Here is the latest from across Asia: Thailand: It is preparing to close many of its land border crossings. Tens of thousands of migrant workers have left Thailand for neighboring countries while Thai workers from the countryside are leaving Bangkok after businesses and other public places were shut down. |
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TAIWAN: A man in Taiwan had an expensive night out after he was fined Tw$1 million ($33,000) because he skipped quarantine to go clubbing, authorities said on Monday. The unnamed man, who was supposed to be doing 14-days mandatory self-isolation at home after returning from Southeast Asia, was.... |
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After a weak start and a subsequent rebound that briefly lifted the market into positive territory, Canadian stocks faltered in mid morning trades Monday amid rising worries about the coronavirus spread and its impact on the global Markets across Asia and Europe tumbled today, weighed down by.... |
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MYAWADDY, MYANMAR: Tens of thousands of migrant labourers from Laos and Myanmar flooded bus stations and border crossings in Thailand on Monday (Mar 23), defying requests to stay put to prevent exporting infections of the deadly coronavirus. Laos and Myanmar - two of Southeast Asia's least developed.... |
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HIGHLIGHTS IN HISTORY ON THIS DATE. 1267 - St Louis of France calls his knights to Paris to prepare for his second crusade to the Holy Land. 1401 - In a sweep through Asia and the Mediterranean, Tartar ruler Tamerlane conquers Damascus. 1449 - England breaks a truce and captures Fougeres from the.... |
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The virus has killed nearly 100 people since the number of cases started to shoot up early this month. Nearly half the fatalities in Southeast Asia have been in Indonesia, the world’s fourth most populous country. The Philippines has confirmed 33 deaths among 462 cases. |
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Hauling backpacks and duffle bags, wearing masks and gloves, four planeloads of exhausted young Israeli travelers flowed through Ben-Gurion airport all day Friday. Greeted by mask-wearing parents tearfully blowing kisses from a social distance, unable to embrace their children, a rousing round of.... |
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The hunt for ventilators and other medical supplies consumed the U.S. and Europe on Monday, as new coronavirus infections soared and political paralysis stalled efforts for a quick aid package from Congress. Markets in Asia and Europe sank along with U.S. futures as more governments tightened restrictions to fight the pandemic. |
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The 54 new cases ranged from 21 years old to 80 years old. 48 of them are imported cases with travel history to Europe, North America, and South-East Asia. Of these, a large majority – 34 cases – had travelled to the UK. All 48 imported cases except one were returning Singapore residents –.... |
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March 23, 2020. By Sanjeev Miglani and Aditi Shah. NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India said on Monday it will shut down domestic flights to halt the spread of coronavirus and imposed a curfew on a giant state. as the number of people dying of the disease ticked up across densely populated south Asia. |
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South Korea has reported the lowest number of new coronavirus cases since infection rates peaked four weeks ago, fuelling hope Asia's worst outbreak outside China may be abating. The country recorded 64 new cases of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 8,961 with 111 deaths. |
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Most of the countries in Asia, Europe and North America are now in lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. This is the “suppression” strategy, and it should keep the death rate from going exponential for a while. |
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Last updated: March 22. For the latest dashboard, click here. Our latest. Kyrgyzstan: Anxiety creeping, but few can afford luxury of COVID-19 panic. There are six confirmed cases to date. All returned from Mecca. Georgia gets rare plaudits for coronavirus response. |
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Malaysia leads the region in number of cases: 1,306. With 48 deaths, Indonesia holds the sad record of coronavirus deaths. Thailand’s king remains in Germany, causing controversy at home. Philippine President Duterte wants special powers to tackle the crisis. |
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The first batch of protective and medical equipment donated by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma has arrived in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. Coronavirus cases in Africa have risen above 1100, with the virus spreading more slowly in Africa than in Asia or Europe, but still.... |
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– By Meghan Henning, Assistant Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton. With the spread of the coronavirus, the world is becoming pointedly aware of the extent to which human beings are interconnected . The rapid spread of the virus has highlighted how much we are dependent upon one.... |
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As Asia Pacific scrambles to respond to the Covid-19 coronavirus, one of the latest measures by businesses to minimise chances of its spread is to stop bring-your-own (BYO) container schemes. BYO schemes encourage customers to take along their own reuseable cups and containers to take food and drink.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. futures dropped more than 4% and Australia's share benchmark initially plunged 8.5% as work on more stimulus for the U.S. economy hit snags in the U.S. Senate. Shares dropped more than 4% in Hong Kong and 5% in South Korea. The Shanghai Composite index lost 2.6%. However, Japan's Nikkei 225 index held steady, gaining 0. |
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Gulf energy companies are leading the way in one of the world’s newest markets for renewable energy, with Saudi and UAE firms picking up the first contracts to develop solar power projects in Uzbekistan. The government of the central Asian republic has ambitions to develop up to 5GW of solar power.... |
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