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“Like its neighbouring countries, Vietnam’s economy has been struggling after months of fighting against the pandemic. It is nonetheless still an outlier given its effective response to the COVID-19 outbreak, with impressive growth. Therefore, its economy is expected to witness positive signals soon.... |
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— South Korea’s daily coronavirus tally has remained in double digits for a third straight day, as authorities called for vigilance during one of the country’s biggest holidays. The 75 cases added in the past 24 hours took the country’s total to 24,027 with 420 deaths. |
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— South Korea’s daily coronavirus tally has remained in double digits for a third straight day, as authorities called for vigilance during one of the country’s biggest holidays. The 75 cases added in the past 24 hours took the country’s total to 24,027 with 420 deaths. |
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Nikos Tsafos. The bottom line: Major suppliers cut production in response to historically weak prices, and those cuts helped prop up prices, more so in Europe and Asia than in the United States. Unlike in oil, this adjustment happened without any coordination among major suppliers and without major.... |
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Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gavin Haley has teamed up with rising K-R&B artist SOLE to release an Asia-exclusive rework of his hypnotic hit “ The Way I Am” . Fans in Asia can listen to this version of the song one month before it becomes available worldwide, stream it here: ffm. |
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WASHINGTON--U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Asia next week demonstrates Washington's strong commitment to allies and partners in the region, the top American diplomat for East Asia, David Stilwell, said on Friday. Pompeo said earlier on Friday he would go ahead with the trip to Japan,.... |
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IN ITS bid to learn the best practices in holding elections amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is looking to closely coordinate with its fellow election management bodies in neighboring countries. In a statement, Comelec Chairman Sheriff Abas said.... |
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— South Korea’s daily coronavirus tally has remained in double digits for a third straight day, as authorities called for vigilance during one of the country’s biggest holidays. The 75 cases added in the past 24 hours took the country’s total to 24,027 with 420 deaths. |
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In a briefing call on the trip for reporters, Stilwell said the United States saw the decision by new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to host Pompeo as a reaffirmation of an ever-strengthening partnership. Stilwell said a ministerial meeting of the “Quad” grouping of the United States, Japan,.... |
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MELBOURNE – 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. The figures take the state toll to 805 and the national death count to 893. |
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Amnesty International (AI), the International Crisis Group and local human rights organisations, have documented, in several reports, frequent attacks on civilians, mostly Igbo and Yoruba, in the Christian dominated southern Nigeria. Armed Fulani and Jihadist Moslem groups from northern Nigeria committed heinous attacks. |
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— South Korea’s daily coronavirus tally has remained in double digits for a third straight day, as authorities called for vigilance during one of the country’s biggest holidays. The 75 cases added in the past 24 hours took the country’s total to 24,027 with 420 deaths. |
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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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SPOKANE, Wash. Agricultural officials in Washington state said Friday they are trying to find and destroy a nest of Asian giant hornets — also known as murder hornets — amid concerns they could kill honey bees crucial for pollinating raspberry and blueberry crops. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia 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. The figures take the state toll to 805 and the national death count to 893. |
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Paul Gigot is the editorial page editor and vice president of The Wall Street Journal, a position he has held since 2001. He is responsible for the newspaper's editorials, op-ed articles and Leisure & Arts criticism and directs the editorial pages of the Journal's Asian and European editions and the OpinionJournal. |
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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. © Provided by Associated Press A boy dressed as Mahatma Gandhi puts a face mask on a.... |
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BANGKOK (THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Miss Universe Thailand favourite Chayathanus "Cheraim" Saradatta was removed from the contest on Wednesday (Sept 30) for using an insider for her personal benefit. Ms Piyaporn Sankosik, executive director of TPN 2018, organisers of the Miss Universe Thailand.... |
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JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - What a time to be alive. If we can come out of the other side unscathed, 2020 will certainly be one of the most consequential moments in human history. Last year, who would have thought that a flu-like pandemic could kill more than 1 million people,.... |
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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Asia next week demonstrates Washington's strong commitment to allies and partners in the region, the top American diplomat for East Asia, David Stilwell, said on Friday (Oct 2). Pompeo said earlier on Friday he would go ahead with.... |
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SPOKANE, Wash. Agricultural officials in Washington state said Friday they are trying to find and destroy a nest of Asian giant hornets — also known as murder hornets — amid concerns they could kill honey bees crucial for pollinating raspberry and blueberry crops. |
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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - All schools in the Malaysian state of Sabah will be closed for two weeks following the death of a teacher on Friday (Oct 2) due to Covid-19, and half of the state government's workers have been ordered to work from home. |
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MELBOURNE, Australia 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. The figures take the state toll to 805 and the national death count to 893. |
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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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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Agricultural officials in Washington state said Friday they are trying to find and destroy a nest of Asian giant hornets — also known as murder hornets — amid concerns they could kill honey bees crucial for pollinating raspberry and blueberry crops. |
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