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MANILA, Philippines – Ateneo completed its run to perfection with an 86-79 Game 2 triumph over University of Santo Tomas to bag its third straight championship in the UAAP Season 82 men's basketball finals on Wednesday, November 20 at the Mall of Asia Arena. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/AFGHANISTAN – The Barnabite, Scalese: “The exchange of prisoners, a necessary step towards peace” Kabul – “A morally difficult choice to accept, but politically necessary to resolve the conflict”. Barnabite priest, Fr. |
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Source: Agenzia Fides – MIL OSI. Headline: ASIA/MALAYSIA – Bible and Koran together to educate for peace and coexistence. Penang – Teaching school students the Bible and the Koran at the same time helps foster mutual respect between religions, acceptance and coexistence in Malaysia: this is what was.... |
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia’s food and agriculture industry needs investment of $800 billion over the next 10 years to meet the region’s growing food demand, a jointly produced report showed on Wednesday. Investments will unlock annual market growth of around 7%, with the region more than doubling.... |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 20 -- The organisation of the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation Summit (APEC) 2020 will pave the opportunity for Malaysia to become a tourism hub, other than economic co-operation, said International Trade and Industry (MITI) deputy Minister Dr Ong Kian Ming. |
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Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vijay Jolly was thrown out by security personnel at the Asia Pacific Summit in Cambodia on Tuesday after he tried to disrupt the speech by Pakistan National Assembly Deputy Speaker Qasim Suri on Kashmir issue. Jolly, a former member of the Delhi Assembly, was enraged.... |
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The 14th session of the working group of the UN Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) on trade issues was held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Trend reports referring to the Turkmen Dovlet Khabarlary state news agency. The event was organized by the Turkmen government together with.... |
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Hanoi (VNA) - Vietjet has been recognised as the Asia Pacific low cost airline of the year by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). The CAPA awards aims to annually acknowledge the airline that has been the biggest standout strategically, established itself as a leader, and has been the.... |
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Quang Ninh (VNA) – Nearly 500 delegates from 11 Vietnamese provinces and cities and 16 member organisations of the Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) gathered at an international conference on digital transformation towards building smart cities in the
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Hong Kong - Next week's Hong Kong Open , one of the biggest and oldest golf tournaments in Asia, was postponed on Wednesday following months of anti-government protests in the city. It ends a 60-year run for the venerable event, won by luminaries from Peter Thomson to Rory McIlroy, which has been an.... |
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THE Philippine Ice Skating team finished fifth overall in team standings during the 4th Ice Skating Institute of Asia Championship in Indonesia on Oct. 24 to 27. Twelve Filipino youngsters competed in Indonesia and won 45 gold medals, 18 silvers, and 10 bronzes. |
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LONDON: British insurance firm Aviva on Wednesday (Nov 20) announced a major overhaul that could see it leave several countries in Asia. Aviva, whose chief executive Maurice Tulloch launched a strategic review to slash costs, said in a statement that it will exit Hong Kong - and explore options over divisions in Vietnam and Indonesia. |
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Stratagem Market Insight’s Asia-Pacific Kitchen Shelving Cabinets Market report is a collection of logical information, quantitative and qualitative evaluation by industry experts. This research report also provides Comprehensive analysis of the market share, segmentation, revenue forecasts and geographic regions of the market. |
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Stratagem Market Insight’s Current Asia-Pacific Kitchen Sink Cabinets Market report is a collection of logical information, quantitative and qualitative evaluation by industry experts. This research report also provides Comprehensive analysis of the market share, segmentation, revenue forecasts and geographic regions of the market. |
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People cross a busy intersection in Tokyo’s Shibuya shopping district June 6, 2013. Asia’s growing population and rising incomes are resulting in higher demand for protein-rich foods which require investment in setting of food supply chains. — AFP pic. SINGAPORE, Nov 20 — Asia’s food and agriculture industry needs investment of US$800 billion (RM3. |
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BEIJING. Shares retreated in Asia on Wednesday after Japan reported its worst monthly decline in exports in three years, putting pressure on the economy as growth slows following a sales tax hike. Adding to regional jitters, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution overnight to support human rights in.... |
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Adding to regional jitters, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution overnight to support human rights in Hong Kong after months of increasingly violent protests. Japan's Nikkei 225 index declined 0.8% to 23,116.51 after customs data showed the country's exports falling 9. |
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Bangkok. Pope Francis arrived in Thailand on Wednesday, the first leg of an Asian tour that will sweep in Japan and carry a message of interreligious dialogue and nuclear disarmament. The pontiff landed at just after midday (0500 GMT) in Bangkok's Don Mueang International Airport, according to an AFP journalist onboard. |
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A free trade agreement that takes effect on Nov. 21 between the European Union and Singapore will put EU-based businesses closer to one of the world’s fastest-growing consumer markets. The deal is evidence that the EU is accelerating trade deals across Asia while the US withdrew from the now-defunct Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). |
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Shares retreated in Asia on Wednesday after Japan reported its worst monthly decline in exports in three years, putting pressure on the economy as growth slows following a sales tax hike. Adding to regional jitters, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution overnight to support human rights in Hong Kong after months of increasingly violent protests. |
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The Women and Child Development ministry and Facebook have announced an initiative where they will share content to promote safety of women and children and build digital literacy. This includes a comic strip and a series of short videos. The announcement was made by WCD minister Smriti Irani at Facebook’s South Asia Safety Summit. |
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“Now that the ‘HK bill’ has passed by an overwhelming majority in the Senate, it will be difficult for the White House to hold out against this bipartisan pressure, which could to put another snag in the trade talk lines,” Stephen Innes of AxiTrader said in a commentary. |
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Stratagem Market Insight’s Current Asia-Pacific Badminton and Tennis Market report is a collection of logical information, quantitative and qualitative evaluation by industry experts. This research report also provides Comprehensive analysis of the market share, segmentation, revenue forecasts and geographic regions of the market. |
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Pope Francis arrives in Thailand at start of Asia trip. Contributed by NAMPA / Reuters. BANGKOK, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Pope Francis arrived in Thailand on Wednesday to meet with the country's small but devoted Catholic minority on a seven-day Asian trip that will include a family reunion in Bangkok and take his anti-nuclear message to Japan. |
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Microsoft Teams reported outages as of 7:30 p.m. Pacific time. DownDetector.com Microsoft is citing a “recent networking update” for an outage that took down services including Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, Sharepoint Online, Yammer, and Skype for Business in parts of the U.S., Australia and Asia for more than two hours on Tuesday evening. |
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