Venezuelans rally to support Guaido, protest worsening conditions
CARACAS, Apr 7, 2019, Global News. After weeks of power cuts and limited access to…
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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.
Singapore wants integrated ASEAN
SINGAPORE, Apr 6, 2019, The Straits Times. Asean can be a neutral place for economies…
S. Korea National Assembly holds hearing to ratify defense cost-sharing agreement with US
SEOUL, Apr 6, 2019, Hankyoreh. On Apr. 4, a number of objections were raised in…
Gone in six minutes: Last moments of doomed Ethiopian Airlines jet
From the moment they roared down the runway and took off in their new Boeing…
US seriously considers use of military force against Venezuela: administration
WASHINGTON D.C., Apr 6, 2019, TASS. The United States has been seriously considering the use…
US senators file resolution condemning ‘ongoing human rights abuses’ in the Philippines
MANILA, Apr 6, 2019, PhilStar. Five United States senators introduced a bipartisan resolution highlighting human…
US prepares to open new de facto embassy in Taipei amid ‘policy shift’ on Taiwan
TAIPEI, Apr 6, 2019, SCMP. The United States will move its de facto embassy in…
[Analytics] Eye on America, China-Russia flex naval muscles
China and Russia are mounting a joint counter to US supremacy over Asia’s waterways, though…
Probe result shows crashed Ethiopian plane pilots followed required Boeing procedures
ADDIS ABABA, Apr 5, 2019, Xinhua. Preliminary investigation results on doomed Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737…
Guam legalises recreational marijuana
GUAM, Apr 5, 2019, RNZ. Governor Lou Leon Guerrero signed off on bill 32 on…
No summit with China’s Xi Jinping until a deal to end trade war is final, Donald Trump says
The US president, speaking with Chinese Vice-Premier Liu He at his side, said it might…
[Analytics] The 737 Max economy
The US stock market is behaving just like Boeing’s faulty jet, and the Fed’s efforts…