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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday he would go ahead with a trip to Asia next week after President Donald Trump tested positive for the CCP virus. According to the top U.S. diplomat for East Asia, David Stilwell, Pompeo’s visit to Japan, South Korea, and Mongolia next week.... |
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A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China likely await U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week when he visits East Asia for the first time in over a year, but the looming U.S. election means Asian allies will think twice before making concrete promises to Washington. |
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Voters in Kyrgyzstan -- the only democracy in Central Asia -- will go to the polls on October 4 to vote in parliamentary elections. Following the revolution in 2010 that ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiev, the country’s constitution was rewritten, transforming the country from a presidential to a parliamentary system of government. |
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By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China likely await U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week when he visits East Asia for the first time in over a year, but the looming U.S. |
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More coronavirus cases and fatalities were reported in several Eurasian and Central Asian countries on Friday. Ukraine Ukraine registered 4,661 new virus cases over the past 24 hours, its biggest single-day increase since the start of the pandemic, bringing the tally to 222,322, Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said. |
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Around the world, IP gender discrepancies are sharp. Currently, for example, just 20% of those listed in the are women. Regionally, North America scores the worst (17%), followed by Europe (22%) and then Africa and the Middle East (both at 23%). The Asia-Pacific region and Latin America have better gender representation at 28% and 29% respectively. |
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Mumbai: Dharavi reported 12 new cases on Saturday, as the daily count is once again on the rise in the slum colony. The area reported a double-digit spike in cases for the eighth day in a row. The total number of cases in the largest slum of Asia is now pitched at 3,217, while the number of active cases stands at 164. |
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A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China likely await U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week when he visits East Asia for the first time in over a year, but the looming U.S. election means Asian allies will think twice before making concrete promises to Washington. |
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By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom © Reuters/KEVIN LAMARQUE FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is seen giving his pre-recorded address to the 2020 Republican National Convention from Israel on a TV at the White House in Washington. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China likely await U. |
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October 3, 2020. By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China likely await U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week when he visits East Asia for the first time in over a year, but the looming U.S. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The COVID-19 figures in Australia’s Victoria state continued to show improvement on Saturday but officials are concerned about an outbreak at the country’s largest shopping center. Victoria reported three more COVID-19 deaths and eight more cases. |
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MY mother Yu Yu Williamson, who died at the age of 68 from blood cancer, was a dedicated human rights campaigner who fought for two decades to raise awareness of the persecution of religious and minority groups in China, including the imprisonment, torture and execution of Falun Gong, Uyghurs, House Christians and Tibetans. |
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By Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China likely await U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo next week when he visits East Asia for the first time in over a year, but the looming U.S. |
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NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (Oct 3) opened a Himalayan tunnel that will drastically reduce the time needed to rush troops to the country's remote Chinese border as tensions grow between the Asian neighbours. The tunnel traverses India's northern Himachal.... |
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VGP - With a tech-led recovery and consistent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflows, Viet Nam’s economy is set to rebound strongly by 8.1% in 2021, according to HSBC’s latest report titled “Asia Economics: It's About Stamina”.
Accordingly, Viet Nam is the only ASEAN economy where HSBC continues to forecast positive growth this year. |
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PHNOM PENH -- Preparations are underway for a China-backed expansion at Cambodia Ream Naval Base, a facility the U.S. fears will be transformed to host Chinese military assets. A top Royal Cambodian Navy official told Nikkei Asia on Saturday that the Chinese government was supporting a project to.... |
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Many agricultural waste residues are generated in Southeast Asia while some areas in the region still do not have electricity. This study explores the potential effective utilization of agricultural residues in Southeast Asia to generate power. Firstly, visualization of the potential for energy.... |
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The US announced it’s opening a trade investigation into Vietnam’s currency policy to determine whether an undervalued dong hurts American businesses. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer announced the so-called 301 case late Friday in Washington, which will also target the Asian country’s import of illegal timber. |
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The first World Expo in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia (MEASA) region runs from 1 October 2021 until 31 March 2022 and will bring together more than 190 countries to explore new ideas, form new connections and collectively tackle some of the greatest global challenges of our time. |
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For millennia, the Himalayas have not only been our protector but also a region touched by three of the major linguistic, racial, and cultural dividing lines of Asia. The valleys of this great mountain range have been inhabited by people speaking Indo-Aryan and Tibeto-Burman languages, by.... |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The COVID-19 figures in Australia’s Victoria state continued to show improvement on Saturday but officials are concerned about an outbreak at the country’s largest shopping center. Victoria reported three more COVID-19 deaths and eight more cases. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The COVID-19 figures in Australia’s Victoria state have continued to show improvement but officials are concerned about an outbreak at the country’s largest shopping center. Victoria reported three more COVID-19 deaths and eight more cases on Saturday. |
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Melbourne’s latest 14-day average stood at 12 cases, and there have been 11 cases with an unknown source in the past two weeks up to Wednesday. Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews said a recent outbreak linked to southeast Melbourne’s Chadstone Shopping Centre showed why it was unsafe to ease restrictions. |
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