The legal reckoning awaiting Donald Trump if he loses the election
NEW YORK, Oct 18, 2020, CNN. If things don’t go Donald Trump’s way on Election…
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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.
China warns it may detain US citizens over scholar probes: Report
BEIJING, Oct 18, 2020, Bloomberg. Chinese officials warned their US counterparts as early as the…
N. Korea’s media slams S. Korea over alleged nuclear fuel purchase for a nuclear-powered submarine plan
SEOUL, Oct 18, 2020, Yonhap. A North Korean propaganda outlet on Sunday slammed South Korea…
[Analytics] Losing trade, tech war means end of US imperialism
China on Tuesday announced intent to move forward on a legislative initiative to ban the…
[Analytics] Securing an ‘Asian NATO’ or destabilising Korea relations?
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo intended to meet his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung-wha…
China strikes back at US threat of sanctions on int’l financial institutions over Hong Kong
BEIJING, Oct 16, 2020, Xinhua. China on Thursday expressed firm opposition to and denunciation of…
Remdesivir did not cut hospital stay or mortality in Covid-19 patients: WHO
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 16, 2020, Reuters. Gilead Sciences Inc’s remdesivir had little or no effect…
Japan-US talks on cost-sharing for hosting troops start via videoconference: Source
TOKYO, Oct 16, 2020, Kyodo. Japan and the United States launched working-level negotiations Thursday on…
Trump’s lack of honesty on Covid hangs over his reelection bid
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 15, 2020, CNN. President Donald Trump’s refusal to tell America the truth…
[Analytics] A new direction for nukes and North Korea
North Korea’s acquisition of nuclear weapons has changed the nuclear balance in Northeast Asia. But…
US election: Biden says Florida seniors ‘expendable’ for Trump
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 14, 2020, BBC. US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has criticised Donald…
IMF sees less severe global contraction but trouble in emerging markets
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 13, 2020, Reuters. Forecasts for the global economy are “somewhat less dire”…