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The Democratic victory was history-making, most notably because Biden's running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris , D-Calif., will become the first woman, African American and South Asian American to assume the vice presidency. Biden, who will be 78 at his inauguration, will also be the oldest person in U.S. history to become president. |
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NEW YORK -- U.S. former Vice President Joe Biden has reached the 270 electoral vote threshold needed to defeat President Donald Trump, a result that is widely expected to revive a more conventional American relationship with Asia. Biden declared victory in a statement Saturday. |
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Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa, evolving into us. The other struck out overland, into Asia, then Europe, becoming Homo neanderthalensis – the Neanderthals. They weren’t our ancestors, but a sister species, evolving in parallel. |
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New Delhi: The Royal Government of Bhutan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $3 million grant from the ADB-administered Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) to demonstrate the viability and sustainability of solar power as an alternative energy and income source. |
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Asia looking for answers Miyeon articulates the questions ricocheting across allied Asian capitals right now: How is an incoming Biden administration “going to identify areas of conflicting versus common interest with China? Here’s why that’s top of mind, she adds: “Given Asia-Pacific allies’ heavy.... |
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Scientists estimated there may only be between 3,920 and 6,390 snow leopards left in the wild around the world. China is thought to be home to more than half of them. Mainly found in the high, rugged mountains of Central Asia, the specie is a Class A protected animal in China and recognised as.... |
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Asia looking for answers Miyeon articulates the questions ricocheting across allied Asian capitals right now: How is an incoming Biden administration “going to identify areas of conflicting versus common interest with China? Here’s why that’s top of mind, she adds: “Given Asia-Pacific allies’ heavy.... |
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Special: The 3rd China International Import Expo Chile looks forward to further tapping into the rising Chinese demand for avocados as the fruit has gained increasing popularity in the huge Asian market, Chilean trade representatives told Xinhua recently. |
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Ashley Ratnavibhushana, veteran film critic, international film expert and the joint President of the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC), was invited to be a member of the jury of 7th Silk Road International Film Festival held in the city of Xi’an in Central China from October 10 – 16. |
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. Contributed by NAMPA / Xinhua. KUNMING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 3.67 million stems of flowers were transacted Saturday via the electronic auction services of the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh cut flower trading market, down 0.5 percent from Friday. |
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The plan will be rolled out over three years to help countries in Southeast Asia and the Pacific achieve “full immunization coverage.” The money will be used to distribute millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries across the region, as well as provide technical support to local health authorities. |
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KUNMING, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- A total of 3.67 million stems of flowers were transacted Saturday via the electronic auction services of the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, Asia's largest fresh cut flower trading market, down 0.5 percent from Friday. The data were provided by the Kunming International.... |
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New York: Patients with rheumatic diseases across Africa, Southeast Asia, the Americas and Europe had trouble filling their prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine, during the 2020 global coronavirus pandemic, when antimalarials were touted as a possible Covid-19 treatment, says a new study. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it will expand movement restrictions to most parts of the country, with coronavirus cases nearly tripling over the past month. Another 1,168 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing Malaysia’s total tally to 39,357 — compared to just 13,993 a month ago. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it will expand movement restrictions to most parts of the country, with coronavirus cases nearly tripling over the past month. Another 1,168 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing Malaysia’s total tally to 39,357 — compared to just 13,993 a month ago. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it will expand movement restrictions to most parts of the country, with coronavirus cases nearly tripling over the past month. Another 1,168 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing Malaysia’s total tally to 39,357 — compared to just 13,993 a month ago. |
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DHAKA, Nov 7, 2020 (BSS) – In the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governments, development institutions, and the private sector must work together to achieve a nature-positive recovery, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President (Operations 2) Ahmed M. Saeed. |
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— Health authorities in Thailand on Saturday confirmed a new case of local transmission of the coronavirus, one of only a handful discovered in recent months. The Department of Disease Control identified the new case as a 37-year-old Indian man working as a waiter in the southern province of Krabi. |
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The Global Radiofrequency Ablation Market Report 2020-2027 provides in-depth information on the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the Market. Our analysis on Company Profiling of key market players gives an idea about the supply chain in the marketplace for the year 2020, and also their.... |
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In the wake of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, governments, development institutions, and the private sector must work together to achieve a nature-positive recovery, said Asian Development Bank (ADB) Vice-President (Operations 2) Ahmed M. Saeed. “One lesson we should all have… |
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— Health authorities in Thailand on Saturday confirmed a new case of local transmission of the coronavirus, one of only a handful discovered in recent months. The Department of Disease Control identified the new case as a 37-year-old Indian man working as a waiter in the southern province of Krabi. |
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MELBOURNE – Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it will expand movement restrictions to most parts of the country, with coronavirus cases nearly tripling over the past month. Another 1,168 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing Malaysia's total tally to 39,357 — compared to just 13,993 a month ago. |
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— Health authorities in Thailand on Saturday confirmed a new case of local transmission of the coronavirus, one of only a handful discovered in recent months. The Department of Disease Control identified the new case as a 37-year-old Indian man working as a waiter in the southern province of Krabi. |
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This time next year, if all goes according to plans currently being drawn up by the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defense, the Royal Navy (RN) will have deployed its biggest flotilla of warships to Asia in a generation. The carrier strike group (CSG) will be led by the RN’s largest ever warship, the $3. |
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it will expand movement restrictions to most parts of the country, with coronavirus cases nearly tripling over the past month. Another 1,168 new cases were reported Saturday, bringing Malaysia’s total tally to 39,357 — compared to just 13,993 a month ago. |
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