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DW News Coronavirus: Several Asian countries tighten restrictions. While China seems to have its outbreak under control, rising numbers of cases in other parts of Asia are forcing governments to ratchet up their response. Millions in New Delhi and other major Indian cities are under lockdown. In Thailand, confirmed cases have more than doubled. |
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T he current COVID-19 pandemic has forced many to Google other historic outbreaks, and the search usually brings them to the 1918 influenza epidemic that killed between 20-40 million people – half of them in South Asia. Just over 100 years ago, as Europe was coming out of a ruinous four-year trench.... |
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* Total infections across Southeast Asia reach 4,030. * Nearly 100 people have died in the region. * Malaysia announces biggest daily jump in cases. * Tens of thousands of migrant workers leave Thailand (Updates with regional infection data, adds tens of thousands leave Thailand in paragraphs 15-18) By Martin Petty and Joseph Sipalan. |
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PETALING JAYA (REUTERS, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Malaysia deployed the army on Sunday (March 22) to enforce a two-week curb on travel in a country that has the highest number of coronavirus cases in South-east Asia, most of them linked to a mass religious gathering. |
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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ) - A 70-year-old Malaysian man is the latest victim to die of coronavirus , bringing the total number of deaths in the country to 11, said Health Ministry director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah on Monday (March 23). |
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BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. futures dropped 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. India's Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore's benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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, a stablecoin on the protocol MakerDAO . Known as the largest decentralized stablecoin, it is also the second largest stablecoin overall in terms of collateral value. “BiKi is pleased to have many of the top 100 coins listed with us over the last month, and now DAI has joined too,” said
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As demand evaporates, the number of scheduled flights last week was down more than 12% globally from the year earlier, flight data provider OAG said, with many airlines having announced further cuts to come. “It is a war against a virus,” Andrew Herdman, director general of the Association of Asia.... |
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Asian markets were mostly in the red in early trade Monday despite massive economic stimulus efforts worldwide, with investors spooked by the relentless march of the coronavirus pandemic. The negative mood was fuelled by the failure of US lawmakers to agree on a trillion-dollar emergency package to help the reeling American economy. |
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The United States currently has some 11 million undocumented people, several hundred thousands of which are from India and South Asia.
U.S. President Donald Trump has said that illegal and undocumented immigrants, including from India , would not be denied from a test for the novel coronavirus which has infected over 300,000 globally. |
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Asian markets were mostly in the red in early trade Monday despite massive economic stimulus efforts worldwide, with investors spooked by the relentless march of the coronavirus pandemic. The negative mood was fuelled by the failure of US lawmakers to agree on a trillion-dollar emergency package to help the reeling American economy. |
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OIL prices fell at the open in Asia todoy after a trillion-dollar Senate proposal to help the coronavirus-hit American economy was defeated and death tolls soared across Europe and the US.
Brent crude, the international benchmark, fell 4.9% to US$25 a barrel. |
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It's much quieter than usual, and the sushi chef doesn't need to buy as much fish for his small restaurant, Sushi Marubatsu.
Business is down around 50%, Sugiura says, due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The virus has spread through large parts of Asia and is now gripping Europe and the US, with more than 300,000 cases globally. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. futures dropped 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. India’s Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore’s benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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BANGKOK (AP) U.S. futures dropped 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. India's Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore's benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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BANGKOK – U.S. futures dropped 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. India's Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore's benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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Business Wire India. The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation today announced plans to donate much-needed medical supplies to 10 more countries in Asia to help the global fight against COVID-19. The governments of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal,.... |
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Here are the latest developments (Tokyo time): Monday, March 23. 12:47 p.m. The new coronavirus outbreak is set to cost the Asia-Pacific region $620 billion, according to a new estimate from rating agency S&P Global Ratings. This cost will be borne by governments, banks, companies and households. |
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BANGKOK – U.S. futures dropped 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. India's Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore's benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - As the number of novel coronavirus infections continues to drop nationwide , this nation of 1.4 billion needs to get back to normal. But lingering fear of a potential rebound in infections is proving to be an outstanding obstacle, especially when it comes to.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. futures dropped 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. India's Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore's benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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BANGKOK – U.S. futures dropped 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. India's Sensex plummeted 9.4%. Singapore's benchmark plunged 7.3% after the city announced a sharp increase in confirmed infections and its first two deaths. |
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As demand evaporates, the number of scheduled flights last week was down more than 12% globally from the year earlier, flight data provider OAG said, with many airlines having announced further cuts to come. "It is a war against a virus," Andrew Herdman, director general of the Association of Asia.... |
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Demand for plant-based meat alternatives is still nascent in Asia, but is nevertheless rising by about 30 per cent annually and is particularly strong in developed markets such as South Korea, Hong Kong and Singapore, industry players say. "We do see that there is a growing environmental.... |
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(Bloomberg) -- The Thai baht’s transformation from Asia’s best-performing currency in 2019 to one of its worst this year is poised to accelerate after the central bank cut interest rates and said it would enhance financial-market liquidity to counter the impact of the coronavirus. |
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