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DW News DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 24 January 2020. China expands a lockdown in Wuhan to other cities in the region. The goal - to stop a deadly coronavirus from spreading further. But its a lockdown that comes at a festive time. We look at what it means to be a Rat in the Lunar Year of the Rat. |
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Many Britons spend months saving, planning and preparing for their annual holiday. Whether its an adventure holiday in Asia or a beach holiday in Barbados, hopping on a plane and jetting off to warmer climates is commonplace for many. However, new research reveals that there is another form of holiday that Britons are increasingly turning to. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/LEBANON – 10 Christians and 7 Muslims (4 Shiites and 3 Sunnis) among the ministers of the next Lebanese government. Beirut – Almost three months after the resignation of the government led by Saad Hariri, in a political and social climate still marked.... |
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The Nikkei 225 in Japan closed 0.13% higher at 23,827.18 while the Topix index finished its trading session flat at 1,730.44. Meanwhile, shares in Australia rose slightly, as the S&P/ASX 200 closed fractionally higher at 7,090.50. Overall, the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index was 0.13% higher. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, a health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia. Indonesia is screening travelers from overseas for a new type of coronavirus as fears spread about a.... |
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020, file photo, a health official scans the body temperature of a passenger as she arrives at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Indonesia. Indonesia is screening travelers from overseas for a new type of coronavirus as fears spread about a.... |
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH. BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0. |
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Under the cascading roar of the 24/7 news cycle cum Twitter eruptions, it’s easy for most of the West, especially the US, to forget the basics about the interaction of Eurasia with its western peninsula, Europe. Asia and Europe have been trading goods and ideas since at least 3,500 BC. |
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South Australian eye surgeon James Muecke is the favourite to snare the coveted award when the winners are announced in Canberra on Saturday night. He founded Sight For All, an organisation dedicated to fighting all causes of blindness with projects in Aboriginal and mainstream Australian communities, Asia and Africa. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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Contributed by NAMPA / Associated Press.
AP Photos: Editor selections from the past week in Asia |
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Trade in Asia is already slowing down for the Lunar New Year holiday, with financial markets in China, Taiwan and South Korea closed on Friday. "Investors are worried that the outbreak of coronavirus will dampen consumption in China when the Chinese economy has been already cooling down," said Yasuo.... |
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A new strain of virus that has never before been identified in humans is spreading in Asia and North America. Yahoo News explains what it is, how it afflicts sufferers, and how it can be treated. Video: Sallyann Nicholls. |
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This time, it might just work. Telenor ASA and Kuala Lumpur-based Axiata Group are back at the negotiating table. Joining forces in South and Southeast Asia still makes sense for both carriers. Options including a mooted minority investment from Norway’s US$27 billion telecoms heavyweight could be.... |
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Wuhan virus outbreak in numbers. Updated as of 24 Jan, 11am SGT.
Authorities in China and around the world are in a race to contain a deadly coronavirus - originating from Wuhan - that’s fast spreading throughout Asia and the globe. Here’s a look at the current developments in numbers: Friday, 24 January 2020, 12. |
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The situation. On 31 December 2019, the Wuhan city in China was reported to have cases of unknown pneumonic disease. On 9 January 2020, the virus was identified to be a Coronavirus – a virus from a broad family that can range from less severe cases similar to the common cold to more serious.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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BANGKOK Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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A currency trader touches balloons displayed in celebration of receiving an award for last year's performance at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Asian shares are mostly higher as health authorities around the world.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800. Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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Asia China Coronavirus Infects 830, Kills 26 as Lunar New Year Holiday Begins
Passengers wear masks at Beijing international airport on Jan. 24, 2020, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, amid the spread of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus believed to have originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. |
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BANGKOK — (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival that is being overshadowed by the outbreak of a new virus that has killed 25 people and sickened more than 800.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index rose less than 0.1% to 23,811.54 and in Hong Kong the Hang Seng gained 0. |
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Asia China Coronavirus Infects 830, Kills 26 as Lunar New Year Holiday Begins
Passengers wear masks at Beijing international airport on Jan. 24, 2020, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, amid the spread of pneumonia caused by a new coronavirus believed to have originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. |
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