Sino-US tensions create anxiety for Hong Kong: HKEX chief executive
SINGAPORE, Jul 16, 2020, Reuters. The rising tensions between China and the United States are…
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China to reopen cinemas next week as virus cases fall
BEIJING, Jul 16, 2020, AFP. Most Chinese cinemas will be allowed to reopen next week…
US Senate to vote on bill banning TikTok next week
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 16, 2020, Reuters. A United States Senate committee is likely to vote…
Indonesian coal plant taints South Korea’s green pledge
SURALAYA, Lul 16, 2020, Reuters. Indonesian fisherman Ramidin says he used to catch stingray by…
India’s second Covid-19 vaccine candidate to start human trials
NEW DELHI, Jul 16, 2020, ANI. Indian pharmaceutical giant Zydus Cadila has initiated the phase…
[Analytics] Gas pains building in US-Japan trade relations
JERA, Japan’s largest power generator and one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
US secretary of state Pompeo downplays possibility of summit with N. Korea
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 16, 2020, AP. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo downplayed the possibility…
[Analytics] Australia’s vision of leadership in the Indo-Pacific
The recent speech by Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne was an implicit message to the…
International Olympic Committee dont’t want to hold Tokyo Games behind closed doors: Chief
LAUSANNE, Jul 16, 2020, AFP. Banning fans from the Tokyo Olympics is “clearly something we…
Cross-industry initiative in Japan seeks to transform CO2 from steel mills into new shipping fuel
TOKYO, Jul 16, 2020, Splash247. Nine Japanese companies – including shipyards, shipping line Mitsui OSK…
China-Laos railway completes both cross-Mekong River bridges’ beam installation
VIENTIANE, Jul 16, 2020, Xinhua. The Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based…
India’s Goa in lockdown as cases near 1 million
NEW DELHI, Jul 16, 2020, AP. India’s virus cases have surged another 32,695, taking the…