Passengers wearing protective face masks at the Tanah Abang railway station in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 18, 2020. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images SINGAPORE – Indonesian stocks plunged nearly 1% on Thursday after the capital Jakarta announced it would reinstate partial lockdown measures to slow the spread of …
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One sign reads, “Everyone needs to wear a mask” at the entrance to Castland Cove in Playland as the state of New Jersey continues Phase 2 of the reopening. Alexei Rosenfeld | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images The head of the World Health Organization has called on countries to …
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Bottled water from Nongfu Spring at a supermarket in Hangzhou, China. Costphoto | Barcraft Media | Getty Images SINGAPORE: Shares of Chinese bottled water giant Nongfu Spring surged more than 85 percent in Hong Kong’s stock market on Tuesday. The stock reached about 35.00 HKD ((4.52) before opening at HK …
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duarte met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in April 2019 in Beijing, China. Kenzaburo Fukuhara | Kyodo News | Getty Images SINGAPORE – After more than four years in power, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is still struggling to show that his country has benefited. Ga alliance alliance …
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) looks at US President Donald Trump (R) walking in a family photo next to her as part of the NATO summit at the Grove Hotel in Watford, northeast of London on December 4, 2019. CHRISTIAN HARTMANN NATO Secretary-General Meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin …
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