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Malaysia’s major banks are bucking a global trend towards the decarbonisation of the finance industry by continuing to finance new coal-fired power projects in Southeast Asia, a new report has found. Maybank, Malaysia’s largest bank by assets and Southeast Asia’s fourth largest, CIMB and RHB Bank,.... |
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By doing so he became the first boxer to retain both the WBA West Asia and Asia East belts at the same time. Last October, Hoang secured the WBA Asia East title by beating Lee Gyu Hyun from the Republic of Korea over 10 rounds at the Victory 8 – Legends of Hoan Kiem event. |
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Compared to the same period last year, visitor arrivals from China and Northeast Asia, and from Western Europe, North America and Australia, are predicted to drop by about 80 percent and 30 percent, respectively. The number of domestic visitors is expected to fall by 70 percent. |
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to improve its services. London-headquartered Concirrus raised the fresh funding to expand its marine and automotive insurance data business to the US and Asia. Andrew Yeoman, the company’s chief executive, said his business can help insurance companies make better decisions on which customers to insure by using AI to process vast amounts of data. |
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BANGKOK — (AP) — Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan's benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted 6.3% in annual terms in the last quarter. China's shares got a boost after the central bank stepped in to help the economy with a rate cut, extra buying of securities and tax cuts. |
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By Kyodo News 17 February 2020. TOKYO—Organizers of next month’s Tokyo Marathon are considering reducing the number of general participants in the largest marathon in Asia amid coronavirus fears, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. According to sources, organizers of the March 1 race said.... |
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BANGKOK – Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan's benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted 6.3% in annual terms in the last quarter. China's shares got a boost after the central bank stepped in to help the economy with a rate cut, extra buying of securities and tax cuts. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan’s benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted 6.3% in annual terms in the last quarter. China’s shares got a boost after the central bank stepped in to help the economy with a rate cut, extra buying of securities and tax cuts. |
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A Palmerston North school has cancelled its history trip to Asia because of the coronavirus outbreak, leaving parents thousands of dollars out of pocket. Awatapu College booked the trip to Cambodia through Travelbound, a company that specialises in education tours. |
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General Motors says it's pulling out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand as part of a strategy to exit markets that don't produce adequate returns on investments. The company said in a statement on Sunday that it will wind down sales, engineering and design operations for its historic Holden brand in Australia and New Zealand in 2021. |
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BANGKOK — (AP) — Markets were mixed in Asia on Monday, with Japan's benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted 6.3% in annual terms in the last quarter. China's shares got a boost after the central bank stepped in to help the economy with a rate cut, extra buying of securities and tax cuts. |
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By Kyodo News 17 February 2020. TOKYO—Organizers of next month’s Tokyo Marathon are considering reducing the number of general participants in the largest marathon in Asia amid coronavirus fears, sources familiar with the matter said Monday. According to sources, organizers of the March 1 race said.... |
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RETURNS FROM PAKISTAN AND IRAN. 1,974 Returns in Q4. 377 Iran in Q4. 1,597 Pakistan in Q4. 8,172 Returns in 2019. 1,952 Iran in 2019. 6,220 Pakistan in 2019. Since 2002, more than 5.2 million Afghan refugees have returned to Afghanistan from the two neighboring countries, through UNHCR’s facilitated voluntary repatriation programme. |
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Increasing adoption of public Land Mobile Radio (LMR) in the LMR category is helping the global push-to-talk market grow exponentially, finds Fortune Business Insights(TM) in their new study. The study is titled, "Push-to-talk Market: Global Market, Analysis, and Forecasts, 2018 - 2025. |
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IT was a tough season on the club front but Illawarra's generation next have picked up a fair reward, with five players selected for the Boomers upcoming Asia Cup Qualifiers. Todd Blanchfield and Dan Grida will return to the Boomers set-up, while Sunday Dech, Angus Glover and Sam Froling will make their international debuts. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — The Malaysian men’s badminton squad saw a 1-3 loss to Indonesia at the 2020 Asia Team Championship finals in Manila yesterday.
This was Indonesia’s second successive win since they became champions in 2018, in Alor Setar, Kedah. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked poised for a cautious start to the week as investors mulled China’s latest plans to help its economy counter the impact of the coronavirus outbreak. U.S. equity futures ticked higher. Futures edged lower in Japan and Hong Kong, while Australian shares opened flat after two weeks of gains for global equities. |
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June Wei the only one to win a match in the final. (Bernama pic) KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian men’s badminton squad were defeated 3-1 by Indonesia at the Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila yesterday. This is Indonesia’s second successive Asian team title after repeating their 2018 triumph in Alor Setar, Kedah. |
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Elephant parks unvisited, curios at markets unsold as tuk-tuks sit idle: Southeast Asia is facing billions of dollars in losses from a collapse in Chinese tourism since the outbreak of a deadly new coronavirus. From Luang Prabang in northern Laos to Pattaya in Thailand, Hoi An in Vietnam and the.... |
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Global RFID Digital Inventory Management System Market: Overview Radio-frequency identification (RFID) are fast replacing barcode scanning in the asset tracking and inventory management for making retail supply chain smarter in the logistics industries. RFID tagging has gathered immense steam in stock control. |
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“Visitors will also be able to spot India’s endangered species, which includes the magnificent big cats such as Asiatic lion, Royal Bengal Tiger and leopard,” states the official website. The Kevadia Zoological Park and Safari, located about 2 km from the Statue of Unity , will be opened to public.... |
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) In a popular Catholic church in the Philippines, nearly half of the pews were empty for Sunday Mass. The few hundred worshippers who showed up were asked to refrain from shaking others' hands or holding them during prayers to prevent the spread of the virus that started in China. |
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PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) — Be it on a Triple-A field in Syracuse or a tennis court in South Asia, Tim Tebow is still working, hoping for a shot at the majors. Now 32, the former celebrated quarterback is back for his fifth year as a minor league outfielder for the New York Mets. |
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MarketResearchNest.com presents “ Southeast Asia EV Charging Station Market Report (2014-2024) – Market Size, Share, Price, Trend and Forecast ” new Research to its studies database. The Southeast Asia market size of EV Charging Station is $XX million in 2019 with XX CAGR from 2014 to 2019, and it.... |
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Domestic airlines will see a marginal impact on their revenue due to the coronavirus crisis because of limited presence in East Asia, but will gain from the drop in crude oil prices and possible reduction in aircraft lease rentals. Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet have suspended flights to China and Hong Kong. |
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