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Asia Peace Film Festival continues in Pakistan’s Islamabad

ByAPDwriterMuhammadSohailISLAMABAD,Sept.19(APD)--ThefirsteverPakistaneditionoftheAsiaPeaceFilmFestival(APFF)isbeingheldinthePakistanicapitalofIslamabad.Pakistan

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Media quiet on South Asia floods as Hurricane Harvey grabs headlines

Summer2017hasseendevastatingnaturaldisastersaroundtheworld,withinternationalmediafocusingontheimpactofHurricaneHarveyintheUS,whichhasclaimedatleast47livesandlef

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Pet Fair Asia 2017 kicks off in China's Shanghai

ACaucasianshepherddogisseenatthePetFairAsia2017inShanghai,eastChina'sShanghaiMunicipality,Aug.24,2017.ThePetFairAsia2017kickedoffatShanghaiNewInternationalExpoC

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Alibaba and Tencent are carving up Southeast Asia’s startup ecosystem

Twoglobaltechforcesareputtingtheirmark—andmoney—intoSoutheastAsia’snascentstartupecosystem,buttheymaynotbetheWesternnamesthatyouexpect.RatherthanGoogle,Facebook

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ADB warns climate change 'disastrous' for Asia

Climatechangewillbe"disastrous"forAsia,undoingmuchofthephenomenaleconomicgrowththathashelpeditmakevastinroadsagainstpoverty,accordingtoareportfromtheAsianDevelo

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Boao Forum convenes in Bangkok, calls for regional cooperation

TheBoaoForumforAsiaconferencekickedoffinBangkok,ThailandonTuesdaymorning,callingforregionaleconomicintegrationunderthethemeof"AsianRegionalCooperation:NewChalle

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China's topping the class when it comes to higher education

UniversitiesfromChinaandSingaporedominatedthetopfiveofTimesHigherEducation'sfirstAsia-PacificUniversityranking.Australia'sUniversityofMelbourneisrankedthird.The

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CES Asia 2017 showcasing latest tech innovation in Shanghai

The2017ConsumerElectronicsShowAsiakickedoffonWednesdayinShanghai,withtheeventintroducingthelatestinglobaltechinnovationtotheAsianmarketplace.Morethan450exhibito

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Will China replace the US to assume leadership in global governance?

InthewakeofmoreisolationistpoliticalthinkingintheWest,andwithmanydevelopedeconomiesturninginward,Chinaisreachingout,seekingstrongertrade,andinvestmentlinkswithi

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Standard Chartered keen to support enterprises along B&R Initiative

TheStandardCharteredBankhassaidthatit'skeenlyinterestedinsupportingenterprisesalongtheChina-proposedBeltandRoadInitiativeinexploringmarkets.StandardChartedBankC

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US leadership: focus of 2017 Shangri-La Dialogue

The16thannualInternationalInstituteforStrategicStudies(IISS)Shangri-LaDialogue,Asia’smostimportantannualdefensemeeting,isbeingheldinSingaporefromJune2to4,withmi

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APEC trade ministerial meeting gains 5 achievements: Chinese official<br>

The23rdMeetingofMinistersResponsibleforTradeoftheAsia-PacificEconomicCooperation(APEC)takingplaceherefromMay20-21gainedfivemajorachievements,ChineseViceMinister

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Asean internet economy worth $50B, home to 230M digital consumers

SoutheastAsia'sdigitaleconomyisnowworthmorethanUS$50billion,butremainshighlyfragmentedwithmultipleplayersbattlingfortheincreasinglylucrativeregion.Fuelledlargel

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Ford set to cut workers in North America, Asia

Ford Motor Co. will cut 1,400 salaried workers in its North America and Asia Pacific operations by the end of September.

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Erdogan highlights Turkey as "crossroad" of continents in B&R initiative

TurkeywilltakeadvantageofitsuniquegeographicalpositioninsupportingtheinitiativeontheconstructionoftheSilkRoadEconomicBeltandthe21stCenturyMaritimeSilkRoad(theBe

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ADB invests 1.5 mln USD for Fiji's presidency of COP23

SUVA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will invest 1.5 million U.S. dollars to assist Fiji's presidency of the 23rd session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and join the Fijian government's COP23 Advisory Panel.

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Bangkok crowns most visited Asia-Pacific destination in 2017

BANGKOK, May 3 (APD) -- Bangkok remains the top destination in terms of visitor numbers out of 171 destinations in the Asia-Pacific region, the latest figures from the influential Mastercard Asia-Pacific Destinations Index 2017 showed.