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COVID-19 poses fresh challenges as Asia fights poverty

03:09 Despite Asian countries making maximum contributions to the global poverty reduction, the COVID-19 pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges to the poverty battle, according to

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India coronavirus caseload crosses 4M, stretching resources

India’s coronavirus caseload surpassed 4 million on Saturday, deepening misery in the country’s vast hinterlands, where surges have crippled the underfunded health care

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‘One of us’: South Asians celebrate Harris as VP choice

Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.”That title of respect that go

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World leaders and COVID-19: Who has it and who's isolating?

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was the most high-profile world leader to announce positive for COVID-19 test late Tuesday, but he is far from the only one to be directly caught up in the globa

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Strict compliance with pandemic-SOPs crucial to steer Pakistan out of economic, health challenges

People wearing face masks chat with each other at a shopping mall in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan on June 2, 2020. (Xinhua/Ahmad Kamal) "No mask, no service" is the message written on the entran

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Pakistani capital to impose fine up to 18 USD on general public for not wearing mask

The Islamabad district administration has announced to impose a fine of up to 3,000 rupees (about 18 U.S. dollars) on people for not wearing face masks at public places

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news ( May 23 - May 29 )

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Trump signs executiv

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Airbus experts probe plane crash that killed 97 in Pakistan

Pakistan announced Tuesday that Airbus experts have opened a probe into last week’s plane crash that killed 97 people when an Airbus A320 went down in a crowded neighbo

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Pakistan plane with 107 on board crashes near Karachi

A passenger plane with 107 people on board crashed in a crowded neighborhood on the edge of the international airport near Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on F

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Deep Render raises £1.6M for image compression tech that mimics ‘neural processes of the human eye’

Deep Render, a London startup and spin-out of Imperial College that is applying machine learning to image compression, has raised £1.6 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Pentech, with parti

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Shanghai launches first centralized tax refund point for overseas tourists

Shanghai launched its first centralized tax refund point in a central commercial district on Friday, offering better tax refund service for overseas travelers. This ce

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World's sportsmen lost to COVID-19

Lorenzo Sanz (C) lifts the Champions League trophy while celebrating with his Real Madrid players in Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 20, 1988. /VCG Lorenzo SanzLorenzo Sanz of Spain, former presid

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Xinhua Photos of the Day (April 19)

BEIJING, April 19 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.A medical worker takes off her face mask after a 14-da

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APD | Chinese experience vital to defeat COVID-19

By APD writer Imdad HUSSAINChina has yet again proved to be a true friend of Pakistan. In wake of the current outbreak of COVID-19, China has provided emergency assista

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APD | Chinese experience vital to defeat COVID-19

By APD writer Imdad HUSSAINChina has yet again proved to be a true friend of Pakistan. In wake of the current outbreak of COVID-19, China has provided emergency assista

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Huawei provides video conference system to help Pakistan fight COVID-19

Huawei Pakistan here on Thursday donated a video conference system worth about 300,000 U.S. dollars to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordi

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Roundup: Pakistan seeks internal consensus, Chinese experts' help to combat COVID-19

The Pakistani government has appealed to the nation including politicians to set aside differences and will seek help of Chinese experts to fight against the COVID-19 outbreak. Pakistani President A