Foreign media rips into Australia over causes behind bushfire crisis
SYDNEY, Jan 6, 2020, News.com.au. The rest of the world is still transfixed by Australia’s…
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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.
[Analytics] China trade questions confound Australia’s Indo-Pacific shift
The ‘Indo-Pacific’, stretching from the eastern Indian Ocean to the Pacific, is the Australian government’s…
Pakistan to remain neutral in US-Iran tension: Pakistani army
ISLAMABAD, Jan 6, 2020, Pakistan Today. As tensions between the United States and neighbouring Iran…
[Analytics] China might take Iran’s side in a war with US
After the US assassination of Iran’s General Qasem Soleimani on Friday, Germany’s Spiegel Online observed…
Level 3 autonomous car to be sold in S. Korea from July
SEOUL, Jan 5, 2020, Yonhap. South Korea will allow carmakers to sell a vehicle with…
[Analytics] East vs West battle for SE Asia’s 5G rollout
Chinese telecom giant Huawei predicted in late December that the number of 5G connections worldwide…
US food regulator bans Malaysian shrimp exporters over illegal antibiotics use
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4, 2020, Malay Mail. The United States’ Food and Drug Administration (USFDA)…
[Ratings] Top 10 international news by The Korea Herald
1. US-China trade deal On Dec. 13, the US and China reached a partial deal…
Thai stock exchange is a one of Asia’s weakest markets in 2019
BANGKOK, Dec 31, 2019, Bangkok Post. The Stock Exchange of Thailand recorded a small gain…
[Ratings] Five key developments in South Asia in the 2010s — and What they mean for the 2020s
South Asia, according to a recent IMF study, houses more than a fifth of the…
[Ratings] Top 5 tech trends 2020: New spacecraft and bendy screens
If your ambition is to fly into space – and you’ve got plenty of spare…
Indonesia still struggles to reduce trade deficit
JAKARTA, Dec 30, 2019, The Jakarta Post. The government has taken a number of steps,…