Asia markets mixed as investors weigh economic data from the region
People ride an escalator at a shopping mall in Beijing on the second day of a holiday in late April 2023. Asia-Pacific markets were mixed on Thursday as investors digested a slew of economic data across the region. China kept its one and five-year loan prime rates unchanged, days after China's…#beijing #asiapacific #hongkong #hangseng #shanghaicomposite #shenzhencomponent #topix #kospi #kosdaq #dow
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Asia-Pacific markets mixed as traders gauges the latest round of corporate earnings
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lawmakers ’ Vital Roles in Ensuring Dignity for Aging Populations
Dr Rintaro Mori, Regional Adviser, Population Ageing and Sustainable Development at UNFPA, told the conference it was crucial to invest to improve social security, health, and well-being. Credit: APDA By Cecilia RussellBANGKOK & JOHANNESBURG, Jul 19 2023 (IPS) Countries with falling population growth face twin dilemmas: Ensuring their aging population live healthy and fulfilling lives and removing barriers to parenthood. This was the focus of a recent workshop in Thailand reviewing the ICPD30 process and preparation for the Summit for the Future slated for next year (2024). The workshop was opened by Professor Keizo Takemi...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Cecilia Russell Tags: Asia-Pacific Featured Headlines Health Human Rights Population Sustainable Development Goals TerraViva United Nations Women's Health Asian Population and Development Association (APDA) IPS UN Bureau IPS UN Bureau Report United Nati Source Type: news

Integration of knowledge and local wisdom for disaster resilience in Anak Krakatau volcano - Firdaus A, Lestari F, Afiff SA, Herdiansyah H.
Indonesia lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, where most of the area is highly unstable, making it a site of numerous volcanoes and earthquakes, so it needs to enhance its social system through knowledge, awareness, and local wisdom to create disaster resili...
Source: SafetyLit - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news

Climate Justice – Is Litigation a Good Way Forward?
Discussion on “loss and damage” was revived in COP27 in reaction to the failure of developed countries to fulfil their pledge to climate financing to help vulnerable states with climate actions. While there is currently no clear definition for “loss and damage”, the term essentially refers to the much-contested obligations of countries that have historically benefited from fossil fuel investment to pay for the residual consequences and permanent damage caused by climate change to nature and human societies, predominantly in the developing countries. Loss and damage encompass both economic and non-economic losses. ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - July 19, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Kwan Soo-Chen and David McCoy Tags: Asia-Pacific Climate Change Environment Featured Global Headlines Health Human Rights Inequity IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse TerraViva United Nations IPS UN Bureau Source Type: news

As prospect of unregulated deep-sea mining looms, scientists sound the alarm
A high-stakes effort to hash out environmental regulations governing mining of the seabed in international waters ended without agreement last week, after negotiators missed a July deadline. The lack of progress by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) raises an alarming prospect, observers say: that mining operations targeting metals needed by the electric vehicle industry could commence without effective regulations in place. “The ISA has just passed into uncharted territory,” says Matthew Gianni, a policy adviser for the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition who attended the meeting in Kingston, Jamaica. It’s ...
Source: ScienceNOW - July 18, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

The US military ' s most advanced fighter jets and a warship are going to work in the Middle East to stop Iran from seizing commercial ships
A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II aircraft assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, approaches a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, over the Pacific Ocean, after conducting…#usairforcef35a #421stfightersquadron #hillairforcebase #utah #usairforce #stratotanker #andersenairforcebase #guam #pacificocean #mastersgt
Source: Reuters: Health - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘Not always king’: fossil shows mammal sinking teeth into dinosaur
Discovery in China challenges view of early mammals as ‘fodder’ for dinosaurs, say researchersWhether they had sharp teeth, vicious claws or were simply enormous, dinosaurs were creatures to be feared. But a newly identified fossil shows that, at least sometimes, the underdog bit back.Experts revealed the 125m-year-old fossil that froze in time after being taken on by a small mammal a third of its size. They are tangled together, the mammal ’s teeth sunk into the beaked dinosaur’s ribs, its left paw clasping the beast’s lower jaw.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Science correspondent Tags: Dinosaurs Fossils Biology China Evolution Asia Pacific World news Zoology Science Source Type: news

Peter Morici: How Ukraine joining NATO would keep critical technology out of China ’s hands
The future of Ukraine in the NATO alliance will prove critical to the balance of power in the Pacific and U.S. economic leadership around the world. Tensions within NATO on the embattled nation’s status were on full display at the Vilnius Summit last week. On the agenda was Ukrainian membership,…#ukraine #nato #pacific #vilniussummit #georgia #crimea #luhansk
Source: Reuters: Health - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

United adds Tokyo, Manila and Taipei flights to cater to international travel boom
United Airlines on Tuesday mapped out another expansion of Asia flights in the coming months, part of its push to capitalize on a boom in long-haul international travel that has helped drive airlines back to profitability after the Covid-19 pandemic. International travel bookings surged this year,…#unitedairlines #pacific #atlantic #patrickquayle #newzealand #manila #philippine #boeing #777300er #taipei
Source: Reuters: Health - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Today ' s Logistics Report: New Threat to Food Supply Chains; Tesla Accelerates Europe Expansion
A measure of U.S. consumer sentiment jumped this month at the fastest pace since 2005. (MarketWatch) New York state manufacturing activity expanded at a slower pace this month. (MarketWatch) FedEx named former Atlas Air CEO John Dietrich as its chief financial officer, replacing Michael Lenz.…#atlasair #johndietrich #michaellenz #wsj #barnesnobleeducation #davidsbridal #unitedparcelservice #teamsters #barrons #pacific
Source: Reuters: Health - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Asia shares slip further as China casts a pall, dollar ' s slide abates
Asian stocks fell on Tuesday as weak Chinese economic data released the previous day continued to weigh on sentiment, while investors were waiting to see if U.S. retail sales data would shine a light on the path for U.S. interest rates. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan…#asiapacific #garyng #usfederalreserve #europeancentralbank #bankofjapan #hongkong #hangseng #bankofengland #boj
Source: Reuters: Health - July 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

California residents urged to limit air-con use during heatwave
Residents in California have been urged to conserve their air-conditioning usage as an ongoing heatwave threatens to place increasing stress on the state's electrical grid. Officials at both Pacific Gas & Electric (PGE), one of the state's six regulated, investor-owned electric utilities, and…#pacificgaselectric #caiso #pge #southwest #centralvalley #deathvalley #furnacecreek #nws #antelopevalley #fahrenheit
Source: Reuters: Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Asia markets fall; China ' s economy grew 6.3%, missing expectations
SHANGHAI, CHINA - MARCH 01: Skyscrapers stand at the Pudong Lujiazui Financial District on March 1, 2022 in Shanghai, China. Asia-Pacific markets fell on Monday as investors digested key economic data from China. Most notably, the world's number two economy reported that GDP for the second quarter…#shanghai #asiapacific #hongkong #typhoontalim #hongkongobservatory #hongkongexchange #shanghaicomposite #shenzhencomponent #southeastasia #singapore
Source: Reuters: Health - July 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The U.S. Navy Needs More Attack Submarines
The United States, Australia and the United Kingdom formed a pact in 2021 to boost the three nations’ collective deterrence in the Indo-Pacific. That Aukus agreement is vital but there is more work to do: The U.S. should double its submarine production.#unitedkingdom #indopacific
Source: Reuters: Health - July 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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