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People protest against increased gas price, on a highway in Tehran, Iran November 16, 2019. — Nazanin Tabatabaee/Wana (West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters. DUBAI, Nov 19 — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards warned anti-government protesters yesterday of “decisive” action if unrest over gasoline.... |
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People protest against increased gas price, on a highway in Tehran, Iran November 16, 2019. — Nazanin Tabatabaee/Wana (West Asia News Agency) pic via Reuters. DUBAI, Nov 19 — Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards warned anti-government protesters yesterday of “decisive” action if unrest over gasoline.... |
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Americans planning to splurge on a Thanksgiving or Christmas ham may have to dig deeper into their wallets. Prices have skyrocketed to levels not seen since 2014, when a piglet-killing disease rocked the U.S. industry. This time, the culprit is African swine fever — the epidemic sweeping through hog herds in Asia. |
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NewQuest Capital Partners (NQCP) has announced the final close of its fourth dedicated secondary fund, NewQuest Asia Fund IV, having secured $1 billion in total commitments. NQCP said it has surpassed its initial target of $850 million. NQCP is a private equity (PE) firm that specialises in.... |
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(AGENPARL) – New Nork, lun 18 novembre 2019. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Kanni Wignaraja of Sri Lanka as the next Assistant Secretary‑General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). |
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READ MORE: Student activists capture social media attention for 'Student Solidarity March' Yahoo Japan is the country’s biggest search engine, and has e-commerce and online banking subsidiaries. Line is the country’s dominant messaging app, and is also popular in Southeast Asia and Taiwan. |
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Not only was it surreal for local singer-producer Jasmine Sokko to be the first Singaporean to win Best South-east Asia Act at the 2019 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMAs) in Seville, Spain, earlier this month, she was also thrilled to meet international pop stars such as Dua Lipa and Halsey on the event's red carpet. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks looked set for a muted open as investors continued to look for signs of progress in U.S.-China trade negotiations. The dollar and Treasury yields retreated. Futures in Japan and Australia were little changed with Hong Kong contracts slipping after escalating violence in the city Monday. |
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Read the 167-page research report with TOC on "X-Ray Equipment Market Analysis Report by technology (digital and analog) and geography (North America, Europe, Asia, and ROW) 2020-2024". The market is driven by the growth in the adoption of portable X-ray devices. |
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Read the 144-page research report with TOC on "Wearable Injectors Market Analysis Report by product (on-body wearable injectors, and off-body wearable injectors) and geography (North America, Europe, Asia, and ROW) 2020-2024". The market is driven by the increasing demand for self-administrative drug delivery devices. |
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Asian airlines have cut flights to Hong Kong over the coming weeks as anti-government protests in the city grow increasingly violent and disrupt daily life. Routes Online said the latest schedules showed cancellations from Garuda Indonesia, India’s SpiceJet, Malaysia’s AirAsia, South Korea’s JejuAir.... |
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SBI Ripple Asia and SBI Remit, a cross-border funds transfer platform that operates as a subsidiary of the Japanese financial giant SBI Holdings, are launching a new payments service between Japan and Vietnam. The new transfer platform will run on RippleNet with the Tien Phong Commercial Joint Stock.... |
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Kuala Tanjung International Hub Port and Industrial Estate in North Sumatera province, is set to become Indonesia’s biggest and most strategic port in the western part of the archipelago. The Indonesian government even has listed the port as one of its National Strategic Program. |
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The 29th World Customs Organisation (WCO) Asia Pacific Regional Contact Points (RCP) meeting hosted by the Chennai Customs Zone at Puducherry began on November 18. The conference was inaugurated by Pranab Kumar Das, Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and senior officials of the Finance Ministry. |
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By Laurie Goering. LONDON, Nov 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet's limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, researchers and bankers said on Monday. |
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Hong Kong’s controversial ban on wearing masks is unconstitutional a Hong Kong court ruled on Monday. Delivering a fresh legal blow to an administration that is struggling to contain increasingly violent protests. The High Court ruling was made in response to a challenge filed by Hong Kong ‘s opposition lawmakers. |
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Interest in the Chinese-French artist Sanyu, especially in Asia, is continuing to rise. While the art world is watching closely whether Five Nudes will set a price record for Sanyu at Christie’s this Saturday, its competitor, Sotheby’s, announced that it would feature another iconic nude painting by.... |
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Interest in the Chinese-French artist Sanyu, especially in Asia, is continuing to rise. While the art world is watching closely whether Five Nudes will set a price record for Sanyu at Christie’s this Saturday, its competitor, Sotheby’s, announced that it would feature another iconic nude painting by.... |
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as police say there has been an increase of gang violence among the local southeast Asian community Xy Lee was among four men killed at the home in Fresno, California, on Sunday He was a popular Hmong singer with a large following on YouTube He and 15 other men were in the backyard when two.... |
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November 18, 2019, 9:22 pm In the following article Korean President Moon Jae-in outlines his contribution to the Asia News Network and details some important issues central to ASEAN and on its role in regional development. Next week, November 25-27, the 2019 ASEAN-Republic of Korea Commemorative.... |
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November 18, 2019, 10:01 pm Skipper Charith Asalanka’s hundred was in vain as Sri Lanka crashed out of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup tournament in Bangladesh yesterday. by Roscoe Thattil The defending champions of the Emerging Teams Asia Cup, Sri Lanka, were knocked out of the 2019 edition after they.... |
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In geo-political terminology, a new term is gaining currency: The Indo-Pacific. Taking a cue from the prevailing Asia-Pacific community, which merges the Pacific coasts of Asia, Australasia, and the Americas -- the Indo-Pacific envisions a region including the coastal states of the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. |
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The Argentine pontiff, 82, flies to Asia on Tuesday, where he will first visit Thailand and then Japan, including the two cities destroyed by devastating US nuclear attacks during the Second World War.
Despite both countries having less than 0.6 percent Catholic populations, Francis is thirsty for interreligious dialogue with them. |
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Z Holdings CEO Kentaro Kawabe, left, and Line President Takeshi Idezawa, right, shake hands during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 18. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
TOKYO -- Yahoo Japan and Line are poised to create Japan's biggest internet company when they complete their merger in October 2020,.... |
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Credit: SIGGRAPH Asia. Even novice photographers and videographers who rely on their handheld devices to snap photos or make videos often consider their subject's lighting. Lighting is critical in filmmaking, gaming, and virtual/augmented reality environments and can make or break the quality of a scene and the actors and performers in it. |
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