US warns N. Korean hackers resumed bank heists
PYONGYANG, Aug 27, 2020, The Korea Herald. North Korean hackers have resumed robbing banks across…
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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 fires missiles into South China Sea as US sanctions Beijing
BEIJING, Aug 27, 2020, The Japan Times. China has launched a spate of ballistic missiles,…
Japan, US agree to boost defense cooperation in outer space
TOKYO, Aug 27, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the head of the U.S….
TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer resigns amid US ban threat
TAIPEI, Aug 27, 2020, The China Post. TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer, the former Disney executive…
Russian national arrested in US for conspiracy to commit cyber attack
NEW YORK, Aug 26, 2020, TASS. Russian citizen Egor Kriuchkov has been arrested in Los…
Tear gas deployed, at least one person has died on another shooting night of unrest in US Wisconsin
KENOSHA, Aug 26, 2020, CNN. A third consecutive night of unrest is unfolding in Kenosha,…
China keen to work with ‘US states, local councils, businesses’: Xi Jinping
BEIJING, Aug 25, 2020, SCMP. President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed a commitment to cooperate with…
California fires torch more land than 5 New York Cities
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 25, 2020, CNN. Firefighters working 24-hour shifts will get no reprieve from…
[Analytics] The Eurasian Century has already begun
In 1997, Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote: “Eurasia is the axial supercontinent … It is imperative that…
VNG sues TikTok over alleged copyright infringement in Vietnam
HANOI, Aug 25, 2020, Reuters. TikTok is finding itself entangled in yet another controversy as…
Biggest sponsor of cross-border terrorism, Pakistan ‘masquerading’ as victim: India to UN
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25, 2020, The Hindu. The Pakistan Mission falsely claimed that its UN envoy…
US, China agree to ensure ‘success’ in partial trade deal: USTR
WASHINGTON D.C., Aug 25, 2020, Kyodo. Top U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators affirmed progress in…