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PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): ‘We had nothing to lose, ” Chea Serey, assistant governor of the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) confided in an interview on Project Bakong, Southeast Asia’s first fiat-backed central bank digital currency (CBDC), with The Fintech Power 50 publication in Singapore last December. |
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Earth’s changing climate will impact socioeconomic systems in Asia more than anywhere else in the world. Find out more in this episode. |
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WHO's Tedros says gov't decisions made in coming days will determine course of pandemic S Asia needs a collaborative framework to overcome disaster & health challenges: MoS Rai Pompeo says hopeful Saudi-Qatar dispute can be resolved WHO's Tedros says pleased by UK's authorization of Pfizer COVID-19.... |
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MP CM bows to Tantya Mama WHO's Tedros says gov't decisions made in coming days will determine course of pandemic S Asia needs a collaborative framework to overcome disaster & health challenges: MoS Rai Pompeo says hopeful Saudi-Qatar dispute can be resolved WHO's Tedros says pleased by UK's.... |
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HONG KONG -- The number of foreign companies with offices in Hong Kong has fallen for the first time in 11 years, with a notable drop in financial firms, as concerns over social unrest and the city's political autonomy push businesses to consider other Asian hubs. U.S. |
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LONDON/NEW YORK/TOKYO -- As coronavirus vaccines start to come on the market, countries are rushing to tackle the unique logistical challenges presented by worldwide distribution at the ultralow temperatures needed to keep them stable, with developing Asian countries facing some of the most difficult issues. |
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When Mailie Ross enrolled in the Hindi language program at La Trobe University, she was hoping to connect with her partner's Indian heritage and help pass that culture on to her 15-month-old daughter. Key points: Enrolments have been down in some Asian language courses in the past few years; Cutting.... |
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(marketscreener.com) StoneX's Asia Deputy CEO, Gregory Kallinikos, Speaks at the FT Global Banking Summit NEW YORK, December 3, 2020 - StoneX Group Inc. , today announced that Gregory Kallinikos, the Company's Asia Deputy CEO, paticipated on a panel at the FT Global Banking Summit entitled, "Banking in. |
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Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Organization: CBM Closing date: 3 Jan 2021 CBM is an international Christian development organisation, committed to improving the quality of life of persons with disabilities in the poorest communities of the world. |
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Country: Italy Organization: International Development Law Organization Closing date: 31 Dec 2020 THE POSITION As part of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA) program team based in Rome, Italy, under the supervision of the Regional Program Manager, EECA Programs, the Program Lead will deputize.... |
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A protester holds a picture of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, during a demonstration against his killing in Tehran, Iran, November 28, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS. The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on November 27.... |
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When Mailie Ross enrolled in the Hindi language program at La Trobe University, she was hoping to connect with her partner's Indian heritage and help pass that culture on to her 15-month-old daughter. Key points: Enrolments have been down in some Asian language courses in the past few years; Cutting.... |
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Retains title for fifth consecutive year. SriLankan Airlines, the national carrier of Sri Lanka and a member of the oneworld alliance has won the ‘World’s Leading Airline to the Indian Ocean’ title once again at the World Travel Awards Grand Final held in Moscow. |
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Asia’s position at the center of U.S.-China geopolitical competition and ongoing tensions in hotspots such as the Taiwan Strait, the Korean Peninsula, and the South and East China Seas continue to pose daunting challenges to the region. Additionally, the regional architecture is shifting, as.... |
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There are only 7,100 cheetahs left in the wild. They have vanished from 91 percent of their historic range in Africa and are extinct in Asia except for a small population of about 50 in central Iran . There are 100 individuals or less in 79 percent of cheetah populations. |
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By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government is encouraging private firms to sign import and export deals with companies in Asia and the Middle East as part of an effort to limit the impact of U.S. sanctions, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter. |
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by Liang Hui. JAKARTA, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- The cooperation between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would go closer and deeper, and the China-ASEAN community with a shared future would play an important role in safeguarding multilateralism in the world, an Indonesian scholar said. |
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Venezuela's government is encouraging private firms to sign import and export deals with companies in Asia and the Middle East as part of an effort to limit the impact of U.S. sanctions, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter. |
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By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government is encouraging private firms to sign import and export deals with companies in Asia and the Middle East as part of an effort to limit the impact of U.S. sanctions, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter. |
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DW News DW News Asia with Biresh Banerjee, 4 December 2020. Coronavirus cases in China are nowhere near those being recorded in many countries around the world. We look at the measures China took to control numbers and ask how they did it. And the Indian teacher who won a Global Teacher competition.... |
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The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Friday that 600 of the newly confirmed cases were domestically transmitted — nearly 80% of them in the densely populous Seoul area, which has been at the center of a viral resurgence.
The cases took the country’s total to 36,332 with 536 deaths. |
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The Southeast Asian nation fights the spread of the coronavirus during the festive season |
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By Corina Pons and Mayela Armas © Reuters/EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA FILE PHOTO: Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meets with Venezuela's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez in Moscow. CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's government is encouraging private firms to sign import and export deals with companies in.... |
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. Because operations of private Venezuelan companies are not explicitly targeted by U.S. sanctions, shifting trade away from state-run firms and toward private enterprise makes foreign partners more interested in Venezuela deals, said the sources, who asked not to be identified. |
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AKIPRESS.COM - Taiwan and the United States has decided to move ahead with a plan to finance infrastructure and energy projects in Asia and Latin America as an alternative to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Al Arabya Post
According to Taiwan’s finance minister, this alliance will provide greater.... |
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