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Viral video: Large number of rare turtle nests spotted in now-empty Thailand beaches
A large number of nests of rare leatherback sea turtles were spotted in the now-empty beaches of Thailand amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. The number, Reuters reports citing environmentalists, is the highest in two decades. Due to the pandemic, tourists
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Confirmed Japan coronavirus cases hit 10,000
TOKYO (Reuters) – The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Japan rose to 10,000 on Saturday, NHK public broadcaster said, just days after a state of emergency was extended to the entire nation in an attempt to slow the
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Breakingviews – India erects low wall against Chinese money
Technically the policy does not name China; the limits apply to countries sharing a land border with India. Nevertheless it is the obvious target. The development comes after a skittish domestic reaction to news that the People’s Bank of China
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India: Defying lockdown, Kumaraswamy’s son marries Congress leader’s daughter in VVIP wedding
KARNATAKA: Following strict guidelines, many weddings and funerals have been cancelled across the country due to the lockdown, political heavyweights of Karnataka, the Gowda family headed by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, still managed to get their grandson married
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India March exports shrink, outlook grim as coronavirus hits demand
NEW DELHI: India’s merchandise exports shrank by more than one-third from a year ago, hit by a fall in global demand and shipments due to the new coronavirus, and analysts warned of a grim outlook for exports in 2020 as
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Google Doodle thanks food service workers with animated illustration
Google doodle paid tribute to food service workers, who are serving people relentlessly amid the novel coronavirus crisis, with an animated illustration on Thursday. The special logo is part of the doodle series that Google introduced last week to celebrate
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Oil bounces back as rising stockpiles seen pointing to lower output amid coronavirus
TOKYO: Oil rose on Thursday, with U.S. crude rebounding from near-20-year lows in the previous session on hopes that a big build-up in U.S. inventories may mean producers have little option but to deepen output cuts as the coronavirus pandemic
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China’s home prices return to growth in March as pandemic impact starts to ease
BEIJING : New home prices in China returned to growth in March after stalling for the first time in five years in February, suggesting some pent-up demand as the impact from the coronavirus outbreak on the property market gradually fades.
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China reports fewer coronavirus cases but infections from Russia a worry
BEIJING: China reported on Wednesday a decline in new confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the mainland, although an increasing number of local transmissions in its far northeast bordering Russia remained a concern for authorities. China reported 46 new confirmed
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Lim: “Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes”, to save Malaysia
Three weeks ago, I called on the Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to immediately adopt a new government motto “Act Fast and Do Whatever It Takes” to save people’s lives, jobs and livelihoods in the unprecedented invisible war against
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