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[ad_1] By The Yomiuri Shimbun / The Japan News / ANN TOKYO – In an attempt to strengthen national economic security, the government has formulated a stricter screening policy for visa applications from foreign students and researchers seeking to study or conduct research at universities in Japan. Behind the move, …

[ad_1] The field for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature is wide open ahead of Thursday’s announcement, with literary circles rowdy over whether the nod will go to another controversial election or will please the public. Names thrown into speculation include Caribbean-American author Jamaica Kincaid, Canadian poet Anne Carson, Kenyan …

[ad_1] Philippine Airlines will cut about a third of its workforce by the end of this year as part of a review triggered by crippling travel restrictions from the coronavirus. The pandemic has devastated the global aviation industry, forcing airlines to seek government bailouts, lay off workers and cut jobs. …

[ad_1] MANILA, Oct.6 (Xinhua) – The Philippines’ headline inflation declined further to 2.3 percent in September 2020 from 2.4 percent in August 2020, a four-month low driven by lower food prices. and soft drinks, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said on Tuesday. In September 2019, inflation was less than 0.9 …

[ad_1] Serbian Novak Djokovic returns the ball to Russian Karen Khachanov during the men’s singles fourth round tennis match on Day 9 of the 2020 French Open Roland Garros tennis tournament in Paris on October 5, 2020 (Photo by Anne- Christine POUJOULAT / AFP) Novak Djokovic defeated Karen Khachanov in …

[ad_1] My colleague in Tokyo, Justin McCurry, got this update on plans for Japan and South Korea for this week agree to resume business travel between the two countries amid optimism about the slowdown in new Covid-19 infections. Tourism will remain on hold. Japanese media reported that expats and other …

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump removes his mask as he returns to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spent three days hospitalized for coronavirus. | Win McNamee / Getty Images / AFP WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump told …

[ad_1] Despite the fact that nearly 1 billion debit cards are used in India today, there are only 58 million credit cards in circulation in the world’s second most populous nation. According to industry estimates, between 30 and 35 million people in the country today have a credit card. Part …

[ad_1] ORLANDO • Jimmy Butler insisted that even with two key starters injured and two double-digit losses on the books, the Miami Heat did not finish in the National Basketball Association (NBA) Finals. On Sunday, he proved it, delivering a 40-point triple-double in the Heat’s 115-104 victory over the Los …

[ad_1] (CNN) – India’s drug authority last month approved a paper strip test for COVID-19 that shows results in less than an hour, the head of the government institute that invented the test told CNN on Monday. The test, called FELUDA, an acronym for FNCAS9 Editor-Limited Uniform Detection Assay, was …