S. Korea may face worst economic slump in Q2: Vice finance minister
SEJONG, May 22, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea is likely to face the worst quarterly economic…
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China blocking India’s patrol across Line of Actual Control
NEW DELHI, May 22, 2020, The Asian Age. India on Thursday accused China’s People’s Liberation…
China boosts defense budget by 6.6 per cent, lowest in over 30 years
BEIJING, May 22, 2020, China Daily. China’s annual defense budget for the fiscal year of…
Hong Kong stocks drop 5 per cent as Beijing pushes security law
HONG KONG, May 22, 2020, Reuters. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index fell more than 5…
Extradition ruling that could free Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou will be issued by Canadian judge next week
HONG KONG, May 21, 2020, SCMP. A crucial ruling in the extradition case against Huawei…
IOC’s Thomas Bach accepts Tokyo Olympics would have to be cancelled if not held in 2021
TOKYO, May 21, 2020, BBC. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach says he understands why…
More than 80 killed in India and Bangladesh as cyclone Amphan heaps misery on coronavirus-hit areas
KOLKATA, May 21, 2020, CNN. More than 80 people have been killed and thousands more…
Panasonic to move factories to Vietnam, 800 jobs to go in Thailand next year
TOKYO, May 21, 2020, Reuters. Japanese appliance-maker Panasonic Corp said on Thursday that next year…
China changes iron ore import rules in escalation of trade war over Covid-19 inquiry call
CANBERRA, May 21, 2020, News.com.au. Trade tensions between Australia and China have escalated again after…
Chinese Beidou navigation system has been used in more than half the world’s countries
BEIJING, May 21, 2020, China Daily. China’s Beidou Navigation Satellite System has been used in…
Nepal’s new map artificial enlargement, says India
KATHMANDU/NEW DELHI, May 21, 2020, The Asian Age. A day after Nepal’s Cabinet endorsed a…
[Analytics] Technology, e-health and telehealth key to combatting coronavirus
A pandemic overwhelms health and medical capabilities, potentially causing hundreds of thousands of deaths and…