Shrimp farmers are being exploited in Asia while Western supermarkets make windfall profits, report finds
Unpaid labor prevails, including salaries below minimum wage, unpaid overtime, wage deductions for costs of work, and ...
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Kissinger Is Right: ‘Asia’ Is a Western Construct
This view eventually became the modern Western understanding of Europe and Asia as separate continents. The idea of Asia as a distinct continent is problematic in both a geological and cultural sense.
The New Chaos of Asian Dance Scenes
In the past decade, underground electronic and experimental scenes in Asia forged new connections across borders. Is a global ...
Statista8mon
Top 100 companies: Western Asia
When it comes to their economic situations, countries in Western Asia vary substantially. While the United Arab Emirates had a GDP per capita of US$50,602.32 in 2023, Iraq had a GDP per capita of ...
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Asia Through a Glass Darkly
Two of these are Suzy Wong and Ahmah, the Asian equivalent of mammy. Whatever century, whatever Asian culture, whatever situation, a Western hero in Asia will find a passive, charmingly innocent and ...
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Are Filipinos Asian?
is the only Christian-dominated nation in Asia. The blending of Western and native cultures created a unique society that’s neither Western nor Asian. Many Filipinos are unsure about their ...
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The MDGs in the Western Asian Region: Regional Cooperation and Policies Needed to Promote Development
Bader Al-Dafa is the Executive Secretary of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA). He served as Ambassador of Qatar to the United States and Permanent Observer to the ...
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Energy Management - Western Asia
Revenue in the Energy Management market is projected to reach US$71.0m in 2024. Revenue is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2024-2028) of 8.44%, resulting in a projected market volume ...
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Pope’s Grueling Asia Tour Points Toward a Less-Western Church
As he crisscrossed large swaths of the Asia Pacific region, he shuffled from cars to his wheelchair, from the wheelchair to makeshift papal thrones and on and off many planes as hot, tropical ...
Locarno Winner Woo Ming Jin’s English-Language Debut ‘The Camford Experiment’ Set at Busan Asian Project Market
Malaysian filmmaker Woo Ming Jin is set to present his English-language debut 'The Camford Experiment' at Busan's Asian ...
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Why Asia’s Carbon Emissions Are Erasing Western Progress
But, across Asia Pacific, emissions jumped 4.9%, an increase equivalent to triple the combined decline in the U.S. and EU. This continues a trend that has been ongoing for decades. Consider that ...
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UAE leads North Africa, Western Asia in WIPO Global Innovation Index 2024
Taking a broader view, among the Middle East economies, only the United Arab Emirates (32nd), the Islamic Republic of Iran ...