Asia shares jump as China blue chips scale 5-year peak

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[caption id="attachment_4326" align="alignnone" width="923"] FILE PHOTO: A man wearing protective face mask, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks in front of a...

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Asia’s equity valuations hit 10.5-year high in June

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

[caption id="attachment_4322" align="alignnone" width="944"] FILE PHOTO: A pedestrian wearing a face mask rides an escalator near an overpass with an electronic board showing stock information,...

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Scientists say coronavirus is airborne, ask WHO to revise recommendations

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

[caption id="attachment_4191" align="alignnone" width="923"] FILE PHOTO: An illustration, created at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), depicts the 2019 coronavirus. [/caption] NEW...

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Late South Korean triathlete’s team-mates detail abuse allegations

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

[caption id="attachment_4273" align="alignnone" width="923"] In a photo taken on Oct 28, 2019, pedestrians cross a road before a South Korean national flag displayed on a...

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Tennis: Djokovic’s event taught us to be cautious, says French Open director

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

[caption id="attachment_4270" align="alignnone" width="911"] French Open director Guy Forget during a press conference in Paris, France, Nov 3, 2017. [/caption] MUMBAI: French Open organisers are...

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Robotic scientists will ‘speed up discovery’

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have unveiled a robotic colleague that has been working non-stop in their lab throughout lockdown. The £100,000 programmable researcher...

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Louvre museum reopens after 16-week virus shutdown

July 6, 2020July 6, 2020

Crowds thronging the "Mona Lisa" for a selfie will be a thing of the past. PARIS: The Louvre, the world's most visited museum, reopens...

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COVID-19: India becomes world’s third worst-hit country

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

NEW DELHI: India has overtaken Russia with the world's third-highest number of novel coronavirus cases, at nearly 700,000, according to the latest data, as the...

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South Korea court rejects US extradition request for child porn network operator

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

[caption id="attachment_4238" align="alignnone" width="947"] A general view shows the city skyline of Seoul, capital of South Korea [/caption] SEOUL: A South Korean court on Monday...

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Australia to close internal border after Victoria COVID-19 outbreak

July 5, 2020July 6, 2020

[caption id="attachment_4194" align="alignnone" width="912"] A woman wearing a face mask crosses the street in Melbourne on Mar 5, 2020. [/caption] MELBOURNE: Australia will effectively seal...