Iran to blame for plane crash after Canada’s PM Trudeau cites escalating tensions: US representative
OTTAWA, Jan 15, 2020, Global News. House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy placed blame squarely on…
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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.
Under pressure, Iran makes first arrests over airliner downing
TEHRAN, Jan 15, 2020, AFP. Iran announced Tuesday (Jan 14) its first arrests over the…
[Special Coverage] Meowing robot server, flying taxi and other CES 2020 innovations that become the everyday
Driving Sony car; Flying on Hyundai to avoid traffic; washing and buying clothes with your…
[Analytics] China aims to break US high-tech stranglehold
Tech-tock… tech-tock. The countdown has started for the Ministry of Science and Technology to compile…
Expanding inter-Korean projects could help ease int’l sanctions: Moon
SEOUL, Jan 14, 2020, Yonhap. President Moon Jae-in stressed the need Tuesday to expand inter-Korean…
China’s dollar-denominated exports and imports beat expectations in December
BEIJING, Jan 14, 2020, CNBC. China’s dollar-denominated exports and imports were both higher in December,…
[Analytics] Difficult times for China’s political elite
In Zhongnanhai, the Beijing compound where China’s Communist Party leaders reside and conduct business, 2019…
Amazon to partner with one of the biggest India’s offline retailer Future Retail
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 13, 2020, CNN Business. Amazon is enlisting one of India’s biggest retailers…
[Analytics] Mideast war risks drawing in China and Russia, too
Beijing and Moscow have stood by Iran in the face of Washington’s belligerence. Now they…
Japanese PM Abe warns conflict with Iran impacts entire world
RIYADH, Jan 13, 2020, AFP. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that military confrontation…
US wants China to stop buying Iranian oil: US Treasury
NEW YORK, Jan 13, 2020, TASS. US officials are consulting with Chinese colleagues to cut…
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe says he’s ‘not thinking’ of staying on beyond 2021
TOKYO, Jan 12, 2020, AFP, Bloomberg. Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, has said he’s…