Second virtual G20 leaders’ summit called off at last minute amid US-China row over WHO
BEIJING, Apr 25, 2020, SCMP. A planned video conference between G20 leaders on Friday was…
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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.
82,000 Americans could die from coronavirus by August, even with social distancing: Researchers
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 31, 2020, CNN. President Donald Trump’s decision to extend social distancing guidelines…
US spies find coronavirus spread in China, North Korea, Russia and Iran hard to chart
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 31, 2020, Reuters. As US spy agencies seek to assemble a precise…
[Analytics] Can survivors of the coronavirus help cure the disease and rescue the economy?
There is an ever-expanding group of people who have been infected by the coronavirus but…
Human testing of coronavirus vaccine to begin by September: Johnson & Johnson
NEW YORK, Mar 30, 2020, Reuters. Johnson & Johnson said on Monday human testing of…
[Analytics] G20 leaders fail to step up
A US$1 trillion increase in the IMF’s crisis-fighting war chest, US$5 trillion in coordinated fiscal…
US coronavirus death toll could be more than 2 million cases if ‘we did nothing’: President Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 30, 2020, CNN. President Donald Trump acknowledged Sunday for the first time…
Japan to ban arrivals from US, China, S. Korea, most of Europe
TOKYO, Mar 30, 2020, Kyodo. Japan is planning to place an entry ban on foreigners…
[Analytics] ‘Origins of the pandemic best left to scientists’
It’s safe to say China’s foreign ministry does not often pay much attention to obscure…
Asian markets resume losses as stimulus joy fades
HONG KONG, Mar 30, 2020, Rappler. Asian markets fell on Monday, March 30, following a…
Singapore PM calls for end to US-China blame game
SINGAPORE, Mar 30, 2020, SCMP. Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday it…
US to extend coronavirus guidelines until Apr 30: Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 30, 2020, TASS. The United States is officially extending effect of its…