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The Lack of Unity Revealed in the Brexit Vote Comes as No Surprise in Asia

Edit Time Magazine 24 Jun 2016
Its borders encompass the world’s two most populous nations, China and India, each a complete world unto itself ... Earlier this month, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) even failed to reach consensus on the threat China’s militarized island-building poses in the contested South China Sea ... “ASEAN can’t even figure out what it doesn’t want to say,” a senior Asian diplomat told me....

Census: Asians remain fastest-growing racial group in US

Edit The Salt Lake Tribune 24 Jun 2016
Washington • Asians remain the fastest-growing racial group in the United States, according to new information from the Census Bureau. The nation’s Asian population grew at 3.4 percent between July 2014 and 2015, with migration responsible for the majority of the growth, government officials said Thursday. There are now 21 million Asians in the United States, with Hawaii as the nation’s only majority Asian state....

Qatar set for Switzerland trip ahead of World Cup qualifiers (AFC - Asian Football Confederation)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016
AFC - Asian Football Confederation). The Qatar Football Association (QFA) confirmed on Wednesday that Al Annabi will be based in Zurich from August 10 to 20, ahead of their World Cup qualifiers away in Iran on September 1 and at home against Uzbekistan five days later....

Ahead of Australian election, champion of anti-Asian politics looms in the wings

Edit Asia Times 24 Jun 2016
After being in the political wilderness for almost 20 years, firebrand One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is trying to make a comeback in the upcoming federal elections on July 2 ... Eyeing a senate seat, she is still wooing voters by railing against Muslims, in particular, and East Asians in general ... To many Asian-Australians and immigrants, it’s a troubling jolt back to a dark period....

Won drops most in almost five years as U.K. vote to leave Brexit

Edit Chicago Tribune 24 Jun 2016
24 June 2016. (Bloomberg) -- South Korea's won plunged the most in almost five years as tallies of U.K. vote counting leaned toward an exit from the European Union, enhancing concern about the Asian nation's capacity to turn around a slump in exports. The currency dropped 2.2 percent to 1,176 per... ....

Pune: Nat’l Games gold medalist Naveen John to raise awareness on cycling

Edit Indian Express 24 Jun 2016
End of the road for six time Olympic champion HoyTough road for Indian cyclists at Asian C’shipsKarmakar,the cyclist makes splash The trials of cycling in bike-hostile Moscow Cycling president sees stars align for Brit ridersOn a fast track ... So far, we haven’t been able to perform at the Asian level or international level,” he added....

Ten universities among top 100 (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016
National Taiwan University of Science and Technology) ... LEAPS AND BOUNDS.National Taiwan University of Science and Technology climbed 34 positions after the magazine changed its weighting system to make it 'fairer' ... Overall, 24 Taiwanese universities made the annual rankings, tying the nation with South Korea in the number of facilities on the list....

Asian Agri Offers 10,000 Liters of Cooking Oil in Low Prices (Asian Agri Group)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016
Asian Agri Group). Jakarta, 15 June 2016 - In supporting government's effort to keep food prices under control before Lebaran, Asian Agri offers 10,000 liters of cheap cooking oil during the first three days of the Trade Ministry's Bazaar, which starts today ... About Asian Agri. ... Since 1987, Asian Agri has been a pioneer of the Indonesian government's Trans-National Government Migration (PIR-Trans) program....

Asia Catches Junk-Bond Liquidity Flu Even After Market Doubles

Edit Bloomberg 24 Jun 2016
Asia’s junk bond market has doubled its fund raising capacity in the past five years. Yet even it isn’t immune to the global slump in debt trading ... Asian companies outside of Japan raised an average of $15.2 billion annually in the past five years selling high-yield bonds in G-3 currencies. That’s nearly double the $8 billion average in the previous five years....

Chef Mike Li Takes the Helm at Sintoho Restaurant at Four Seasons Hotel Lion Palace St. Petersburg (Four Seasons Hotels Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016
The new Sintoho menu now includes 30 Chinese dishes including five types of Cantonese dim sums with various fillings (pork, shrimp and water chestnut, and others), marinated sea bass steamed with ginger root, sour and spicy seafood soup and amazing marble beef on the bone, steamed with Asian spices for 36 hours and then glazed with honey and tamarind....

Full steam ahead for 18th Asian Games 2018 (OCA - Olympic Council of Asia)

Edit Public Technologies 24 Jun 2016
Full steam ahead for 18th Asian Games 2018 ... The President of the Indonesian Olympic Committee and Indonesia Asian Games Organising Committee (INASGOC), Mr ... A total of 15,000 athletes and officials from the OCA's 45 National Olympic Committees are expected to take part in the 18th Asian Games, along with 8,000 media and a workforce of 30,000 volunteers and staff....

Brexit will trigger a recession, fund manager warns

Edit New Statesman 24 Jun 2016
Now the pound is at its lowest level against the dollar since 1985, and the Asian markets nosedived ... Unfortunately I see unstable market conditions lasting for between three and five years whilst new trade agreements are drawn up ... ratings agency S&P; expects the UK to lose its last AAA rating - previously a sign of the nation's creditworthiness....

Govt to provide Olympic medalists with bonus, pension

Edit The Jakarta Post 24 Jun 2016
The cash prize for gold is five times the amount promised to athletes in past Olympic meets, while pensions have been added for the first time to sweeten the deal ... “Let us hope that this doesn’t stop with the Olympic medalists but also goes to those who secure medals in regional events like the Asian Games, SEA Games and even PON [National Games],” he said....
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