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Hanoi is rapidly gaining favour with travellers to South-East Asia. It's an intriguing city of immersive experiences that will have visitors shuttling seamlessly between past and present, but for those seeking a rustic retreat, Pan Pacific Hanoi's (www.panpacific. |
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Hanoi is rapidly gaining favour with travellers to South-East Asia. It's an intriguing city of immersive experiences that will have visitors shuttling seamlessly between past and present, but for those seeking a rustic retreat, Pan Pacific Hanoi's (www.panpacific. |
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BANGKOK – Thailand rolled out plain cigarette packaging on Tuesday, the first country in Asia to introduce what activists say is an effective way to reduce the appeal of smoking. In 2012, Australia became the first country to require tobacco products to be sold without colorful brand logos. |
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The leaders of India and Nepal have inaugurated South Asia's first cross-country oil pipeline, allowing the Himalayan nation of Nepal to receive an uninterrupted supply of oil from its large southern neighbour. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Nepalese counterpart, Khadga Prasad Oli, hit.... |
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MANILA -- The country’s biggest and longest-running book fair is back. Now on its 40th year, the Manila International Book Fair (MIBF) opens Wednesday, September 11, and runs until September 15 at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City. |
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An international development bank that supports projects in central Europe and central Asia is completely and utterly committed to Turkey for the long term, its head has said. "There should be no doubts in anyone's mind about the EBRD's movement in Turkey," Suma Chakrabarti, the president of the.... |
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Hanoi is rapidly gaining favour with travellers to South-East Asia. It's an intriguing city of immersive experiences that will have visitors shuttling seamlessly between past and present, but for those seeking a rustic retreat, Pan Pacific Hanoi's (www.panpacific. |
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The books were written as part of an Asia-wide collection known as the "Mighty Girls" featuring fictional and real-life stories. By Beh Lih Yi. KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From a schoolgirl who fights plastic pollution to real-life heroines, 800 Indonesian women are telling.... |
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Jakarta : Huge fires are raging across vast swathes of Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's biggest, with toxic smog shutting hundreds of schools across Southeast Asia, officials said on Tuesday. Massive jungle areas in Sumatra and Borneo island are ablaze as thousands of personnel battle to.... |
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TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mixed Tuesday as investors awaited action from global central banks amid concern that U.S-China trade war is hurting economic growth. Asian markets finished mostly higher, European shares were mostly down and Wall Street appeared headed for a lower or flat open. |
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By Beh Lih Yi. KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - From a schoolgirl who fights plastic pollution to real-life heroines, 800 Indonesian women are telling stories to change beliefs about girls, the project's organiser said on Tuesday. The Southeast Asian country has one of the.... |
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(Reuters) - Malaysian stocks fell on Tuesday, dragged by telecom giant Axiata after talks with Norway's Telenor to create a joint venture collapsed, while most other Southeast Asian markets edged up in anticipation of monetary easing by major global central banks.
Malaysia was the top loser in the region with a drop of 0. |
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Dubbed "breakbone fever", dengue is one of the world's leading mosquito-borne illnesses and infects tens of millions across the globe annually. Around half of the planet's population live in at-risk areas, mainly in Latin America, Africa and Asia. Outbreaks have ravaged Southeast Asia this year,.... |
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Japan’s tropical paradise of Okinawa has proven the rising star of the latest Mastercard Global Destination Cities Index , ranking as Asia’s fastest-growing destination, with visitors numbers jumping by 38 per cent over the past decade. Japan’s popularity continues to boom, with Japanese cities.... |
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September 10/19: Six Inquiries Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSVTS) says it has received six separate inquiries on the attack helicopter. Tass reports that these countries are from Southeast Asia, the Middle East and CSTO members-states. |
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HONG KONG Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 6 , the 13th Asia Fruit Logistica (Asia Fruit Logistica) was successfully completed at Hong Kong Asia World-Expo Arena. As the largest and most internationally recognized professional fruit and vegetable exhibition in Asia , this show has.... |
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ISLAMABAD: The FATF’s Asia Pacific Group in its face-to-face meeting on Monday scrutinised Pakistan’s compliance report on supervision of regulatory regime and investigation against outfits and persons involved in offences of terror-financing. Pakistan’s 15-member delegation led by Minister for.... |
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American officials are increasingly worried that less credible deterrence against North Korea's nuclear weapons development could persuade U.S. allies in Northeast Asia including South Korea to develop their own nuclear weapons. The latest warning came in a U.S. Congressional Research Service in a report released last Friday. |
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HONG KONG Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 6 , the 13th Asia Fruit Logistica (A sia Fruit Logistic a) was successfully completed at Hong Kong Asia World-Expo Arena. As the largest and most internationally recognized  professional fruit and vegetable exhibition in Asia , this show has.... |
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HONG KONG Sept. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 6 , the 13th Asia Fruit Logistica (A sia Fruit Logistic a) was successfully completed at Hong Kong Asia World-Expo Arena. As the largest and most internationally recognized professional fruit and vegetable exhibition in Asia , this show has.... |
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Mr Ma cofounded the Alibaba Group in 1999 and under his leadership, the Chinese retail giant grew to become one of the largest and most valuable tech companies in the world and Asia's most valuable listed company, and has The company is often compared to online retail giant Amazon, however the.... |
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Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept.10. By Fakhri Vakilov - Trend: Uzbekistan will become one of the most attractive investment destinations in Central Asia provided that current economic and administrative reforms (including the reform of judiciary) are successfully carried out, European Commission representative told
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TECH industry stakeholders like to harp on the percentage of all retail sales that e-commerce accounts for year-on-year. Unless referring to the United States, where the Census Bureau says it’s around 11 per cent, or China, where eMarketer believes it’s now a whopping 35.3 per cent, this is usually a low single-digit number. |
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The government has signed a $200 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and to “upgrade” rural roads to all-weather standards in 34 districts of Maharashtra, the finance ministry said. “The project will improve the condition of about 2,100 kilometers of rural roads to.... |
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