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ACIAR celebrates 25 years of partnership with Timor-Leste
The National Tribune
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August 29, 2025
ACIAR This year, Australia celebrates 25 years of development cooperation with Timor-Leste. This milestone reflects the enduring partnership between ACIAR and Timor-Leste. Since 2000, ACIAR-supported research projects have played a vital role in...
Estrella kicks off high tech Timor-Leste surveys for manganese, limestone
The West Australian
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August 28, 2025
Estrella Resources has initiated a comprehensive survey program across its Timor-Leste concessions, targeting its highly prospective manganese and limestone deposits in the Lautém Municipality. The program, covering 3,200 hectares, aims to refine...
South and SEA countries partner to strengthen health research systems
Healthcare Asia
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August 28, 2025
Key priority areas include joint efforts in medical technology innovation and ethics. Representatives from Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and India convened at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in New Delhi to strengthen health research systems. In a...
Chinese enterprise initiates major irrigation project in Timor-Leste, boosting agriculture and strengthening bilateral bonds
Global Times
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The Construction of Watuwa/Modobuti Irrigation Scheme, a major agricultural infrastructure undertaking constructed by China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Co, Ltd (CNI22) in Timor-Leste Photo: Courtesy of (CNI22) The Belt and Road Initiative...
President awards scientists of AstraZeneca, Nusantara Immunotherapy
Antara
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August 26, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto awarded Medals of Merit and Honor to several scientists in the health sector, including the patent holder for the AstraZeneca vaccine to the developer of the Nusantara Immunotherapy method. Carina...
Lifau under threat of becoming a “Sex Hub” and “Scam Call Center”
The Oekusi Post
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August 29, 2025
LIFAU is located in Oe-Kusi Ambeno which in 1515 became the gateway and center of the first evangelization of Christianity on the island of Timor (including Nusa Tenggara Timur) for nearly 100 years, is now threatened to turn into a center of...
Why Metro Cebu floods: A crisis rooted in rain, growth, and neglect
Cebu Daily News
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August 30, 2025
CEBU CITY, Philippines — One small scratch was all it took to remind Belinda Amisola how dangerous Cebu’s floods can be. The 55-year-old vendor from Parian brushed off the graze she got while wading through murky waters on her way home one rainy...
South & Southeast Asian nations unite to strengthen health research systems through collaboration
Pharmabiz.com
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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research (DHR), convened representatives from Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and India at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, on August 22 for a high-level regional dialogue...
Scientist puts hope in nest boxes to save Hong Kong’s endangered cockatoos
Hong Kong Free Press
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August 23, 2025
Above the teeming shopping streets of Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district, a fight to save one of the world’s most endangered species is unfolding high in the branches of a decades-old cotton tree. This picture taken on July 28, 2025 shows urban...
How Cebu City Public Library shaped an engineer’s success story
Cebu Daily News
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August 25, 2025
CEBU CITY, Philippines — While many board exam hopefuls flock to cafés armed with pricey lattes and long study hours, Wendel Raph Rosario Jr. discovered that he only needed two things to get through his review: jeepney fare and a pack of snacks....
Indonesia, Timor Leste extend hours at four border checkpoints
Antara
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August 19, 2025
Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara (ANTARA) - Indonesia and Timor Leste have agreed to extend operating hours at four land border checkpoints to facilitate cross-border trade, travel and community interaction, an Atambua immigration officer said. The...
South, Southeast Asian nations agree to boost health research collaboration
ETGovernment
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August 24, 2025
Representatives from Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste and India met in New Delhi for a high-level dialogue on strengthening health research systems. The meeting, convened by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the Department of...
South and Southeast Asian countries unite to strengthen health research systems through collaboration
Biospectrum Asia
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August 22, 2025
South and Southeast Asian countries unite to strengthen health research systems through collaboration August 23, 2025 | Saturday | News To ensure that health research could provide direct guidance to policy making The Indian Council of Medical...
South, Southeast Asian nations unite to strengthen health research systems through collaboration
The Statesman (India)
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August 23, 2025
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research (DHR), convened representatives from Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and India at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, for a high-level regional dialogue on...
ICMR To Share Tools With South Asian Countries To Support Health Research Systems
Ommcom News
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August 23, 2025
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will share tools and training to support emerging health research systems in South Asian countries, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday. At the high-level regional...
India News | South and Southeast Asian Nations Unite to Strengthen Health Research Systems Through Collaboration
Latestly
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August 22, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research (DHR) convened representatives from Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and India at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, for a...
South and Southeast Asian nations unite to strengthen health research systems through collaboration
The News Mill
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August 22, 2025
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Department of Health Research (DHR) convened representatives from Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and India at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan, New Delhi, for a high-level regional dialogue on...
Timor-Leste takes on dengue with 8,000 specially bred mosquitoes
Macao News
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August 11, 2025
Faced with a growing number of dengue cases and deaths, Timorese authorities are releasing thousands of mosquitoes bred to slow the spread of disease. On Monday, the Timorese government, with support from the Australian health research Institute...
NZ Army chief Rose King on warfare, women on the frontline and ordering men around
The New Zealand Herald
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August 29, 2025
The fact that the career soldier now known as Major General Rose King tells this story, despite hesitating for a moment before deciding to do so, reveals a lot about the straight-talking “CA”, as she’s known by the troops. The mother of two, whose...
DHR-ICMR hosts international meeting on health research and innovations in public health
ETHealthworld.com
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August 21, 2025
New Delhi: The Department of Health Research (DHR) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) inaugurated a two-day regional meeting titled "Health Research and Innovations in Public Health: Exchange of Good Practices across RESEARCH...