The first ever Pacific Exposition runs in New Zealand
AUCKLAND, Jul 14, 2019, ANTARA. The first ever Pacific Exposition highlighting the region’s business, investment,…
Month: July 2019
[Analytics] Does Russia hold the key to China’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier
The former Soviet Union developed nuclear technology for its biggest ships by testing it on…
Magnitude 5.5 quake leaves 51 people hurt in Philippines
SURIGAO DEL SUR, Jul 14, 2019, Inquirer. At least 51 people were injured and a…
[VIDEO] Hong Kong protesters and police clash at rally in town near Shenzhen
HONG KONG, Jul 14, 2019, The Straits Times. Clashes again broke out in Hong Kong,…
[Analytics] Time for a Vladivostok Declaration?
Russia’s strongman Vladimir Putin was swift enough, as usual, on the sidelines of the recently…
7 dead, 1.4 million marooned in India as flood situation takes turn for worse
NEW DELHI, Jul 14, 2019, Hindustan Times. More than 1.4 million people have been marooned…
[Analytics] Japan-South Korea trade dispute threatens global tech market
A simmering diplomatic row with Japan is threatening South Korea’s output of components that drive…
Proton-M with Spektr-RG space observatory launched from Baikonur cosmodrome
MOSCOW, Jul 13, 2019, TASS. The Proton-M launch vehicle, which, together with the DM-03 upper…
[Analytics] Leaders ease recession fears as US-China trade war bites
Deputy prime minister Heng Swee Keat and the trade and industry minister have both emphatically…
Indonesia President Jokowi and runner-up Prabowo seek post-election peace
JAKARTA, Jul 13, 2019, AFP/CNA. Indonesian President Joko Widodo and his former challenger, Prabowo Subianto,…
Pacific Alliance: Addition of Ecuador represents great opportunity
LIMA, Jul 13, 2019, ANDINA. Ecuador is a Latin American country, and its inclusion as…
[Analytics] Saving Asia’s Democracies
A Cold War-style, grand ideological campaign against authoritarianism is unlikely to halt democracy’s global regression….