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[ad_1] PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – AirAsia founder Tony Fernandes has put his sprawling Ayrshire estate in Scotland up for sale for £ 2.5 million (S $ 4.45 million) as the Covid-19 pandemic it has affected airlines around the world. according to the British tabloid The …

[ad_1] South China morning post Top Minds Call on Joe Biden to Reset US Tech Policy on China A high-powered US task force recommended to the incoming US administration that it restart US technology policy to better counter China’s challenge. The report comes amid discussions on how to correct flawed …

[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: President Xi Jinping placed China as the pivot point for global free trade on Thursday (November 19), vowing to keep its “large” economy open and warning against protectionism in a global economy ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. Encouraged by the signing of the world’s largest trade pact …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – It will take several years for the world to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, and even then, some things will change in the new normal, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday (November 19). “In the short term, I don’t see us moving away from the …

[ad_1] TOKYO: Japan is on “high alert” after recording a record number of daily coronavirus infections, the prime minister said on Thursday (Nov. 19), although no immediate restrictions are planned. But the government will not immediately declare a health emergency and will continue to monitor infection rates and the ability …

[ad_1] NEW YORK: New York City’s public school district, the largest in the United States, will halt in-person instruction beginning Thursday (Nov. 19), announced Mayor Bill de Blasio, citing rising infection rates for coronavirus there and throughout the country. The mayor’s decision, revealed Wednesday on Twitter, came as the U.S. …

[ad_1] South China morning post Leading Minds Appeal to Joe Biden to Reset US Tech Policy on China A high-powered US task force recommended to the incoming US administration that it restart US technology policy to better counter China’s challenge. The report comes amid discussions on how to correct flawed …

[ad_1] South China morning post Leading Minds Appeal to Joe Biden to Reset US Tech Policy on China A high-powered US task force recommended to the incoming US administration that it restart US technology policy to better counter China’s challenge. The report comes amid discussions on how to correct flawed …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump plans to represent the United States at a virtual Asia-Pacific summit this week in which his Chinese counterpart, President Xi Jinping, also plans to participate, a US official told Reuters. Trump’s participation in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum hosted virtually by Malaysia on Friday …

[ad_1] CLAREMONT, California: Concerns have been raised in recent weeks that the incoming Joe Biden administration will come under pressure to take a tough stance against China given the bipartisan national consensus that China has become an adversary of states. United. This competitive dynamic between the two countries is rooted …