While the world needs to make joint efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and stabilize the economy and financial markets, some western politicians, in hopes of reducing domestic political pressures, set up trade barriers, cut ties of science and technology exchanges and pushed for economic decoupling, Tung noted.
While much of the blame is focused on big palm oil producers, Varkkey said, "Shifting cultivators practice slash-and-burn to clear land, but this is usually on smaller plots of land, and also not usually on the more sensitive and fire-prone peat soil. So I would say their contribution to the problem is there, but not so major."
While it remains to be seen whether the interest rate will be cut, the country has long been known for its economic resilience.
While the rebound of manufacturing shown by the Caixin survey was in line with the official data, there was divergence in some areas, such as the subindexes of production, new orders and new export orders. The Caixin survey showed a decline in the three indexes in November while the official data registered growth.
While promoting the use of AI in medicine, the association will also assist the government in formulating standards and regulations for the development of intelligent medicine, which is still at its infancy, he said.
While sharing about her secrets to longevity, Wu said eating her favorite foods such as fatty meat, duck skin and chicken butt was the key to her leading a happy life. Wu added that she has a slew of hobbies including reading martial arts novels, and listening to the storytelling and singing ballads in the Suzhou dialect.
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While the US has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council and some other multilateral institutions, Burton said he hoped that the global community could still establish a mechanism to monitor the implementation of the resolution by the US.
While big data can be used for driving behavioral studies and car performance evaluation, accidents can be alerted and prevented when certain parameters of cars go abnormal, Ding said.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said on Tuesday that the president has said he has no problem with masks, and that he encourages people to make whatever decision is best for their safety and to follow what their local jurisdictions say.
While a number of Republicans in Congress have made it clear they would not embrace another shutdown, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney said he could not rule it out.