Foreign travellers will need Health Pass to enter Colombia
BOGOTA, Dec 7, 2021, MercoPress. Colombia is to require foreign travellers to submit proof of…
USA
The United States is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is the largest economy in the world and home to 323 million people. When the forum began in 1989, the real GDP of the United States was USD 8.8 trillion, which went up to 16.9 trillion in 2016. Its real per capita GDP also rose from 36,000 in 1989 to 52,000 in 2016.
Rohingya sue Facebook for $150B over Myanmar hate speech
YANGON, Dec 7, 2021, BBC. Dozens of Rohingya refugees in the UK and US have…
India signs trade and arms deals with Russia during Putin’s visit to New Delhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 7, 2021, CNN. Russia and India signed a flurry of trade and…
[Dialogue] ‘Nobody will be free from the responsibility’
The world is moving towards carbon neutrality, but the speed of this movement is flip-flopping….
China is developing space capabilities at ‘twice the rate’ of US: Experts
GENEVA, Dec 5, 2021, CNN. Gen. David Thompson, vice chief of space operations for the…
Any move by China to invade Taiwan would have ‘terrible consequences,’ Blinken says
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 4, 2021, NBC. Any move by China to invade Taiwan would have…
US, EU concerned at China’s ‘problematic’ actions in disputed sea
GENEVA, Dec 3, 2021, Al Jazeera. The United States and the European Union have expressed…
Former PM Abe says Japan, US could not stand by if China attacked Taiwan
TAIPEI, Dec 1, 2021, Reuters. Japan and the United States could not stand by if…
Pentagon to build up US bases in Guam and Australia
KANBERRA, Nov 30, 2021, CNN. The Pentagon will focus on building up bases in Guam…
US, Japan reaffirm collaboration in Indo-Pacific and globally
TOKYO, Nov 30, 2021, Reuters. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday reaffirmed the importance…
[Analytics] As China threat rises, can Aukus alliance recover from rancorous birth?
It was initially seen as an audacious enlistment by Joe Biden of Australia into the…
Xi tells Southeast Asian leaders China does not seek ‘hegemony’
BEIJING, Nov 22, 2021, Reuters. Chinese President Xi Jinping told leaders of the 10-country Association…