McDonald’s faces a French fries shortage in Japan
TOKYO, Dec 22, 2021, BBC. The world’s biggest fast food company McDonald’s is suffering a…
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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.
Japan to pay 75B yen more under new 5-yr deal to host U.S. troops
TOKYO, Dec 21, 2021, Kyodo. Japan’s government said Tuesday it will increase its financial support…
Blinken says US weighing new sanctions on Myanmar
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15, 2021, AP. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden…
China’s Xi is set to meet Russia’s Putin virtually on Wednesday
BEIJING, Dec 13, 2021, CNBC. Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to meet virtually with…
China’s response to Aukus deal was ‘irrational’, Peter Dutton says
BEIJING, Dec 12, 2021, The Guardian. China has responded “irrationally” to the Aukus pact between…
Blinken heads to Southeast Asia to deepen cooperation on China pushback
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 12, 2021, Reuters. The Biden administration will seek to bolster economic and…
No official report on threats to hack Malaysia’s defence ministry system: Official
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10, 2021, Bernama. The Malaysian Armed Forces have not received any official…
Meta to ban all Myanmar-army controlled businesses from platforms
YANGON, Dec 9, 2021, Reuters. Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O), formerly known as Facebook, said on…
[Analytics] Three letters to save the Earth
Russia and its technologies may give a huge boost into the world’s fight against the…
Moon to attend Biden’s summit for democratic nations
SEOUL, Dec 8, 2021, Yonhap. President Moon Jae-in will attend a virtual democracy summit to…
US Congress includes $300M for Ukraine, addresses China in massive defense bill
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 8, 2021, Reuters. U.S. lawmakers included efforts to push back against Russia…
Biden and Putin hold high-stakes two-hour videocall
WASHINGTON D.C., Dec 7, 2021, CNN. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke…