15 countries sign RCEP, the world’s largest trade pact
SINGAPORE, Nov 15, 2020, ST. The world’s largest trade pact was inked on Sunday (Nov…
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ASEAN, New Zealand need to pave way to early economic recovery: PM Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 14, 2020, Bernama. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) and New…
Australia’s PM cancels Papua New Guinea trip after James Marape’s party unrest
CANBERRA, Nov 14, 2020, ABC News. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cancelled plans to visit…
[Analytics] How Australia and China can begin the great defrost
During the pandemic, the trade relationship between China and Australia has got bigger, not smaller….
Australia scraps plans to allow foreign students back
SYDNEY, Nov 13, 2020, Reuters. Australia will not allow foreign students to return yet as…
No formal request from US over ‘Quad’ coalition: S. Korean official
SEOUL, Nov 13, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea has not received any formal request from the…
Pacific isles and secretive states among last pandemic-free places
WELLINGTON, Nov 12, 2020, AP. From Argentina to Zimbabwe, from the Vatican to the White…
Papua New Guinea’s company planning on becoming a chocolate exporter
PORT MORESBY, Nov 11, 2020, RNZ. A PNG company is planning to go into chocolate…
Australia’s Great Artesian Basin water pressure on the mend as water take reduces
CANBERRA, Nov 11, 2020, ABC News. Water pressure in the Great Artesian Basin is recovering…
Australia is ‘on track’ to deliver a coronavirus vaccine by next March: Minister
CANBERRA, Nov 11, 2020, SBS News. Australians could start receiving coronavirus vaccinations from March next…
Asia-Pacific ministers in final talks for RCEP trade deal
TOKYO, Nov 11, 2020, Kyodo. Ministers from Japan, China, South Korea and 12 other Asia-Pacific…
Sydney restricts New Year’s Eve fireworks to limit spread of Covid-19
SYDNEY, Nov 9, 2020, Reuters. New Year’s Eve fireworks over Sydney Harbour will go ahead…