Project Python: 750 members of the Jalisco drug cartel was arrested in US
MEXICO CITY, Mar 13, 2020, Mexico News Daily. Officers of the United States Drug Enforcement…
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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.
Philippines locks down Manila to fight coronavirus, Filipino diplomat is first coronavirus case at UN headquarters
MANILA/UN, Mar 13, 2020, VNA, PhilStar. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on March 12 announced a…
Apple reopens all 42 retail stores in China
BEIJING, Mar 13, 2020, The Hindu. As the novel coronavirus situation improves in mainland China,…
Japan’s Nikkei logs biggest point fall in 30 yrs amid worsening virus fears
TOKYO, Mar 13, 2020, Kyodo. The benchmark Nikkei stock index on Friday morning saw its…
Seoul stocks crash to 8 1/2-year low on virus panic selling, Korean won at 4-year low
SEOUL, Mar 13, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea’s financial markets were thrown into turmoil on Friday…
Asia-Pacific markets slump after US stocks fell into bear market territory
BEIJING, Mar 13, 2020, China Daily. The recent panicky sell-offs on Wall Street have roiled…
Brazilian official who posed for photo with Trump tests positive for coronavirus, reports say
RIO DE JANEIRO, Mar 12, 2020, CNBC. A Brazilian official who met and dined with…
Panic over pandemic in India: Sensex crashes over 3,000 points, Nifty below 9,600
NEW DELHI, Mar 12, 2020, India Today. Indian markets on Thursday went through a meltdown…
[Analytics] Malaysia spins the revolving door of patronage politics
In May 2018, Malaysians defied the odds and voted out a United Malays National Organisation…
US researchers use IBM supercomputer, find 77 molecules that deter Covid-19 infection
KNOXVILLE, Mar 12, 2020, The Korea Herald. US researchers from the University of Tennessee have…
Italy closes most shops and restaurants as coronavirus death toll jumps 30 per cent in 24 hours
ROME, Mar 12, 2020, CNBC. Italy has tightened its nationwide lockdown further in response to…
Trump bans all travel from Europe to the US from March 13
WASHINGTON D.C., Mar 12, 2020, The Straits Times. President Donald Trump announced that the United…