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Asian-American business leaders fund anti-discrimination effort

Over the past year, hate crime against Asian-Americans has jumped 169 per cent, according to a study by the Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism

Unnecessary panic: Astra vaccine unmasks the great East-West divide

'Let's not become part of that war between the different firms, because it's already visible'

Shoppers snap up gold bangles to bars amid price slump in Asia

Gold in the international market dropped 0.9 per cent to $1,729.60 an ounce on Monday

Emerging Asia's recovery can withstand reflation trade: S&P Global Ratings

The reflation trade that is lifting US yields will not hit Asian emerging markets' financial conditions and growth outlook as much as during the taper tantrum of 2013, S & P Global Ratings said on Wednesday."The recovery across Asia's emerging economies should withstand rising US yields so long as this reflects an improving growth outlook and reflation rather than a monetary shock," said Shaun Roache, Asia Pacific Chief Economist at S & P.In 2013, US yields leaped after the Federal Reserve indicated it will begin unwinding its quantitative easing programme. The resulting panic over rising credit costs led to sharp outflow from emerging markets, including Asia's, and forced central banks to hike interest rates."Not all yield shocks are created equal," said Roache.The report highlighted three important factors that determine vulnerability to external shocks in Asia and which are relevant today.One: the nature of the shock. Yields can rise for more than one reason. Some are more .

Asian soccer gets 8 host hubs for World Cup qualifying games

The delayed World Cup qualifying matches in Asia will be completed in June with each of the eight groups playing in a separate host nation because of the COVID-19 pandemic

Asia thirst for liquefied natural gas is disrupting Europe's market

Even with its numerous pipeline-supply options, Euro­pe's import dependency is rising amid falling domestic production due to aging fields in the North Sea

'It's un-American and must stop': Biden addresses attacks on Asian American

US President Joe Biden has said that the "vicious" hate crimes against Asian Americans in the country amidst the pandemic was "un-American" and it must stop

Nearly 150% surge in anti-Asian hate crimes across major US cities: Report

New York City saw the highest jump, rising from 3 to 28, Boston and Los Angeles followed, with increases from 6 to 14, and 7 to 15 respectively

Mukesh Ambani is again richest Asian as China's Zhong loses $22 billion

With a net worth of about $80 billion, Ambani is again richer than Zhong Shanshan, whose bottled-water company tanked a record 20 per cent this week

Asia seen driving 75% of LNG demand growth by 2040: Shell LNG outlook

Significant demand-supply gap seen opening in middle of current decade; China and India led LNG demand growth in 2020

Saudi Aramco cuts February crude supply to some Asian refiners, sources say

Saudi Arabia has cut supplies of February-loading crude by 10% for at least two Asian buyers while meeting requirements of at least three others, several refinery and trade sources said

Asia shares mostly lower amid rising coronavirus cases, Washington turmoil

Twitter's stock tumbled 6.4% on Monday after the micro-blogging site permanently suspended Trump's account last Friday

India fares better than Asia average in boardroom gender diversity: Report

Egon Zehnder's 2020 Global Board Diversity Tracker noted that between 2012 and 2020, India has seen an 8.6 per cent increase in the percentage of women on boards

Saudi Aramco raises January crude oil price for Asia, document shows

Saudi Arabian state oil giant Aramco has raised the January price for its Arab light crude to Asia to $0.30 a barrel over Oman/Dubai crude, up $0.80 from December, a company document showed

India sees largest drop in malaria cases in south-east Asia between 2000-19

India made strong progress in the fight against malaria, recording the largest reduction in cases in South-East Asia from 20 million in 2000 to about 5.6 million last year, WHO said

74% in Asia believe corruption major issue, young more likely to pay bribes

Global Corruption Barometer - Asia, surveyed nearly 20,000 respondents in 17 countries for their opinion

Don't ignore the good news from Asia in the fight against Covid-19

The differences between Asia and Europe look more rooted in recent, not ancient, history

Wielding power in Asia: US leads, China closes in and India falls behind

India, the fourth most powerful nation on the index after Japan, lost economic growth potential in the pandemic and is also ceding strategic ground to Beijing

Statsguru: How India fares among Asian peers in key economic indicators

India's economic recovery would be sharper compared to Asian peers

Covid controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, say analysts

The index rated 198 nations for privacy violations stemming from mass surveillance operations