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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/20/2023 10:20:50 AM
UBS is set to take over its troubled Swiss rival Credit Suisse for $3.25 billion following weekend crunch talks aimed at preventing a wider international banking crisis, but Asian equities sank Monday on lingering worries about the sector.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/18/2023 6:28:52 PM
An unprecedented wartime deal that allowed grain to flow from Ukraine to countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat and high food prices are pushing more people into poverty was extended just before its expiration date, officials said Saturday.
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Business
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Tech
3/16/2023 1:54:31 PM
U.S. government efforts to shift production of processor chips from Asia to the United States will double their cost and slow the spread of their use in phones, cars and other products, the billionaire founder of the global industry’s biggest manufacturer warned Thursday.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/14/2023 12:57:06 PM
Asian markets sank Tuesday, with banks bearing the brunt of the selling on fears of contagion in the sector after the collapse of two regional US lenders.
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World
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International
3/14/2023 12:20:58 PM
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West on Tuesday of fomenting "years of confrontation" in the Asia-Pacific region after the AUKUS alliance agreed a nuclear-powered submarines deal.
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World
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International
3/13/2023 10:28:50 PM
Australia will buy as many as five US nuclear-powered submarines and later build a new model with US and British technology under an ambitious plan to build Western muscle across the Asia-Pacific in the face of a rising China, a US official said Monday.
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World
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International
3/13/2023 9:47:05 AM
President Joe Biden meets Monday with the leaders of Australia and Britain at a California naval base for an expected announcement of a nuclear submarines deal aimed at stabilizing the Asia-Pacific region as it faces a rising China.
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World
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International
3/12/2023 7:54:09 PM
Two Namibian cheetahs relocated to India last year were released into the wild, more than seven decades after the world's fastest land animal was declared extinct in the South Asian country.
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Sports
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World
3/8/2023 11:18:04 AM
Jurgen Klinsmann wants to win the Asian Cup after landing in South Korea on Wednesday to take over the men's national side.
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World
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International
3/6/2023 9:52:23 AM
South Korea announced plans Monday to compensate victims of Japan's forced wartime labour, aiming to end a "vicious cycle" in the Asian powers' relations and boost ties to counter the nuclear-armed North.
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World
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International
2/28/2023 12:47:41 PM
Most Asian markets bounced Tuesday on bargain-buying after suffering a series of losses while Hong Kong stocks closed back in negative territory over fears the Federal Reserve will push interest rates higher than expected and for longer than feared as it battles stubborn inflation while
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/27/2023 11:04:55 PM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived early Tuesday in Kazakhstan on a trip aimed at boosting the US role in Central Asia, where giant neighbour Russia's invasion of Ukraine has prompted fears.
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World
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International
2/24/2023 1:37:35 PM
Fresh from a meeting with China’s top diplomat and a UN Security Council session on Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Central and South Asia next week for international talks that will put him in the same room as his Chinese and Russian counterparts.
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Business
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Economy
2/13/2023 5:31:46 PM
European and US stock markets rose Monday as investors set aside Asian losses and focused on expectations of slowing inflation in Britain and the United States, dealers said.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Culture
2/7/2023 10:23:34 PM
Stories about the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan have been finding more and more important place in the international media — as two Paris exhibitions confirm, writes David Tresilian
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World
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International
2/5/2023 2:39:03 PM
Southeast Asian foreign ministers vowed to finalize negotiations with China over a proposed pact aimed at preventing conflicts in the disputed South China Sea in their annual retreat on Saturday in Indonesia's capital.
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World
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International
2/2/2023 11:16:46 AM
The United States and the Philippines announced on Thursday an agreement to expand American military presence in the Southeast Asian country, where U.S. forces would be granted access to four more Philippine military camps, effectively giving them new ground to ramp up deterrence against China's increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
2/1/2023 11:59:00 PM
Al Ahram Weekly reports on the significance of President Al-Sisi’s recent visits to three Asian countries.
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Sports
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World
2/1/2023 6:18:39 PM
Saudi Arabia has won a bid to host the 2027 Asian Cup, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Wednesday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
2/1/2023 12:16:25 PM
China's growing assertiveness and collaboration with Russia poses a threat not only to Asia but also to Europe, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday as he sought stronger cooperation and more ``friends'' for NATO in the Indo-Pacific region.
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