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On October 29, Laos unveiled a new dam in the country’s north. The 1.3-gigawatt Xayaburi dam sits on the Mekong River, which flows the length of the country. Laos plans to build nearly a hundred like it by 2020many with direct funding and support from Chinain a bid to become “the battery of Asia,”.... |
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The Asia Pacific region holds the largest market share in the global synthetic paper market. The production and consumption rate of synthetic paper is rapidly increasing with China and Japan being the major markets for the global synthetic paper market. The Asia Pacific has emerged as the largest consumers and exporter of synthetic paper. |
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By AFP 44 mins ago in Politics An offer by the United states to host a Pacific rim summit in America in 2020 after Chile abruptly cancelled this year's event was "not a good idea", Malaysia's foreign minister said Thursday.
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An offer by the United states to host a Pacific rim summit in America in 2020 after Chile abruptly cancelled this year's event was "not a good idea", Malaysia's foreign minister said Thursday. The sharp retort comes days after most southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with US officials in Thailand when President Donald Trump failed to show. |
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After passing over south-east Asia, Tropical Cyclone MATMO has reformed over the Bay of Bengal. On 7 November its centre was approximately 480 km south-west of Ayeyarwady Region (central-eastern Myanmar), with maximum sustained winds of 93 km/h. Over the next 24 hours, it will move towards West.... |
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November 7, 2019. By Marc Jones. LONDON (Reuters) – Europe’s share markets hit a more than four-year peak and bond yields shifted higher on Thursday, as Beijing signaled a “phase 1” trade deal with the United States was close to being sealed. Asia had been quiet overnight, but things sparked just.... |
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DW News DW News Asia with Melissa Chan, 7 November 2019. The next billion internet users. DW talks to a digital expert who busts myths about why they're going online. Soviet-era nuclear waste in a remote Kyrgyzstan town is making people sick, and a landslide could make things even worse. |
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Thailand's parliament unanimously approved the use of medicinal marijuana on Tuesday, becoming the first Southeast Asian country to do so. The junta-appointed parliament voted 166-0 to amend the Narcotic Act of 1979, which will see marijuana as well as the traditional herb kratom available for research and medical purposes. |
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Southeast Asia has become the world's fastest-growing meth market. Production is concentrated in the Golden Triangle, where Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet. In a vast area difficult to patrol, the authorities are struggling to intercept the high volume of drugs. |
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The sharp retort comes days after most southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with US officials in Thailand when President Donald Trump failed to show. The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit had been scheduled for November 16-17 in Chile, but President Sebastian Pinera pulled out of.... |
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SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in asked Thursday for continued attention and support for the Korea peace process from Asia-Pacific news agencies, as he greeted their representatives at Cheong Wa Dae. "Peace on the Korean Peninsula is a starting point for achieving a peace community of.... |
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Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - An offer by the United states to host a Pacific rim summit in America in 2020 after Chile abruptly cancelled this year's event was "not a good idea", Malaysia's foreign minister said Thursday. The sharp retort comes days after most southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with.... |
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LOS ANGELES - When billboards in Chinese start appearing, along with Korean and Japanese grocery stores and restaurants that span tastes from almost all of Asia, they are signs that you have entered California's San Gabriel Valley. For some people, it is a bedroom community of Los Angeles. For others, the Asian enclave is a home away from home. |
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AKIPRESS.COM - The Chinese government has started an initiative to promote greater use of its BeiDou global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in Central Asian countries for applications such as precision farming, transportation, and disaster relief and management, spacewatch global Agreements.... |
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Five-time World Champion Viswanathan Anand will aim to seal a World Finals berth in the star-studded Tata Steel Chess India Rapid and Blitz 2019, to be held here from November 22-26. The second edition of the Tata Steel event has now become part of the Grand Chess Tour and the showpiece annual circuit will be held in Asia for the first time. |
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Dr Pawan Munjal, Chairman, Hero MotoCorp, has been formally inducted into the Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame. Dr Munjal, whose support and commitment to the promotion of golf has been globally acknowledged, was conferred the prestigious honour at a glittering ceremony held at the DLF Golf and.... |
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OYO Hotels and Homes, India and South Asia's largest and world's second-largest and fastest-growing chain of hotels, homes, living, and workspaces, today announced that OYO Wizard, India's largest hospitality paid loyalty program, has reached 5 million subscribers, contributing to 49per cent of OYO bookings. |
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An offer by the United states to host a Pacific rim summit in America in 2020 after Chile abruptly cancelled this year's event was "not a good idea", Malaysia's foreign minister said Thursday. The sharp retort comes days after most southeast Asian leaders snubbed a meeting with US officials in Thailand when President Donald Trump failed to show. |
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Description: - The global Digital Pills market is valued at xyz million USD in 2018 and is expected to reach xyz million USD by the end of 2024, growing at a CAGR of xyz% between 2019 and 2024. The Asia-Pacific will occupy for more market share in following years, especially in China, also fast growing India and Southeast Asia regions. |
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The prosecutor in Sichuan Province, who is preparing the case against the Christian leader, suddenly informed lawyer Zhang Peihong that his client no longer wanted to be represented by him. The pastor is one of the most influential Chinese dissidents, and has always preached peaceful civil disobedience. |
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Successful implementation could see 80m jobs transferred from Asia. |
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The Congress is held every three years, this year being the first time it has been organised in Asia at a moment when wildlife is under increasing threat in national parks around the world, putting rangers at increasing risk. More than 1,000 rangers have been killed in the line of duty in the past.... |
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Halfway between North America and Asia in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Midway Atoll is a tiny speck of land that U.S. officials have reserved as a wildlife sanctuary, home to some of the world’s rarest seabirds and endangered marine animals. But here the ground is littered with bird skeletons.... |
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Indonesia posted another quarter of slowing growth Tuesday, its weakest pace in two years, as Southeast Asia's biggest economy feels the sting of slumping commodity prices. The economy expanded 5.02 percent in the July-September period, slipping from 5.17 percent in the same period last year, and the weakest since 2017. |
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MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Halfway between North America and Asia in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, Midway Atoll is a tiny speck of land that U.S. officials have reserved as a wildlife sanctuary, home to some of the world’s rarest seabirds and endangered marine animals. |
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