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A Cathay Pacific Airways Airbus A350 airplane approaches to land at Changi International Airport in Singapore. Reuters Transpacific flying began in 1935 with Pan American World Airways launching flying boats from San Francisco to destinations across Asia, Australia, and Oceania. |
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Saudi Arabia is flooding markets with oil at prices as low as $25 per barrel, specifically targeting big refiners of Russian oil in Europe and Asia, in an escalation of its fight with Moscow for market share, five trading sources said. The sources, from oil majors and refiners which process crude in.... |
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By Thomas Gryta and Jennifer Maloney. The rapidly spreading coronavirus has reached every corner of the U.S. economy, upending the jobs of Seattle taxi drivers, Texas oil workers and Wall Street traders -- and nearly everyone in between. The virulent invader, which swept through Asia and Europe, is leading many U. |
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An Asian alliance of tobacco harm reduction advocacy organizations has asked regulators to bring up the rights of Filipino smokers who want to switch to safer alternatives at the Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO-FCTC) to be held in November 2020. |
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A rapidly developing situation. At the beginning of March, there were significant COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe and Asia, but fewer than 70 confirmed cases in the United States. Over the past two weeks, the situation has changed rapidly. Hundreds of new U.S. |
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– By Simon Chadwick, Professor of Eurasian Sport | Director of Eurasian Sport, EM Lyon. In recent weeks, sports organisations around the world have been forced to confront the reality that the coronavirus Covid-19 is likely to have a significant impact on the industry – not just in the short term, but also the long term. |
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A rapidly developing situation. At the beginning of March, there were significant COVID-19 outbreaks in Europe and Asia, but fewer than 70 confirmed cases in the United States. Over the past two weeks, the situation has changed rapidly. Hundreds of new U.S. |
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Constructed over three centuries ago, the Chirakkal Chira, said to be one of the biggest man-made tanks in Asia, is all set to get a fresh lease of life. The dredging work to desilt the Chira began recently with a large number of people gathering around the Chira, which was completely dried after the water was pumped out. |
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SINGAPORE/BANGKOK/JAKARTA -- A resort hotel in southern Thailand's popular beach town of Hua Hin is to close all its operations permanently on Monday, becoming the latest corporate victim of the new coronavirus, which has dampened travel demand in Asia. |
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NUR-SULTAN/TASHKENT (Reuters) - Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan effectively closed their borders on Sunday after Central Asia's two biggest nations confirmed their first coronavirus cases. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev declared a state of emergency, barring entry to Kazakhstan for everyone except.... |
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India proposed setting up an emergency fund to fight the coronavirus outbreak in South Asia on Sunday, with New Delhi offering $10 million to get it going, as the number of confirmed infections in the country rose past 100.
“Any of us can use the fund to meet the cost of.... |
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Leaders from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) held a video conference on Sunday to coordinate their efforts on fighting the new coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in the South Asian countries. “Our vulnerability comes from our openness. |
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- Thousands of police officers and army troops started sealing the Philippines' densely populated capital on Sunday at the start of one of Southeast Asia's most drastic containment moves against the new coronavirus. Under monthlong restrictions imposed in the entire Manila.... |
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A customer wearing a protective mask, shops at a supermarket, following the outbreak of coronavirus, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 15, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng.
March 15, 2020. KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with most linked to a religious event.... |
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Chief Operating Officer, Senior Partner, Head of Assurance, Risk Management, Quality Assurance Review (QAR) and Accounting Outsourcing Services (FAO), Official Supervisor, BDO Sri Lanka and Maldives, Sasanka Rathnaweera, Director and CEO, Paramount Realty. |
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ADB provides €360m to upgrade Dhaka-Northwest int'l road corridor. Published: March 15, 2020 17:54:34
The Government on Sunday signed €360 million ($400 million) loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help upgrade the Dhaka - Northwest international trade corridor in Bangladesh. |
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Thailand's poverty rate has been rising in recent years despite steady, if slow, overall economic growth, a new World Bank report says, widening the gap between rich and poor in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. "Taking the Pulse of Poverty and Inequality in Thailand," launched last week, says the country's poverty rate jumped from 7. |
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Afghanistan. "We are in an unknown territory. Our major vulnerability is the border with Iran," Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said. He suggested a common framework for tele-medicine for helping the poor and the vulnerable in South Asia. He sought coordination between SAARC and SCO for learning from the Chinese experience. |
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The newsletter refers to a “plague” described as a “torment sent by God on whomsoever He wills”, adding: “Illnesses do not strike by themselves but by the command and decree of God.” ISIS has lost a lot of ground in West Asia after a series of defeats, but it remains active in Iraq and Syria in a fragmented form. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with most linked to a religious event at a mosque that was attended by 16,000 people from several countries. The new cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 428, the health ministry said, making it the worst affected in Southeast Asia. |
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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 190 new coronavirus cases on Sunday, with most linked to a religious event at a mosque that was attended by 16,000 people from several countries. The new cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 428, the health ministry said, making it the worst affected in Southeast Asia. |
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The leaders and representatives of SAARC countries, lead by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, participated in a meeting via video conference meet to chalk out a strategy to fight the coronavirus outbreak that has affect hundreds in South-East Asia and led to two deaths in India. |
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Fear closed the world in on itself as nations, from the US to much of Europe and Latin America, took measures to shield citizens from the coronavirus infection. That meant shutting borders, airports and, in France, its cafes and restaurants. Cases in Thailand spiked by 32. Spain declared an emergency. |
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Thailand's poverty rate has been rising in recent years despite steady, if slow, overall economic growth, a new World Bank report says, widening the gap between rich and poor in Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. "Taking the Pulse of Poverty and Inequality in Thailand," launched last week, says the country's poverty rate jumped from 7. |
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will start a phased suspension of almost all its long-haul international flights from the U.S. starting Monday, the airline said in a statement. The flights affected include those in Asia Pacific, Europe and South America. The latest move will be implemented from March 16 to May 6, and will reduce.... |
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