Google to invest $10B in India, its key overseas market
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Jul 13, 2020, Tech Crunch. Google said on Monday that it plans to…
USA
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.
US, China, UAE to send unmanned spacecraft to the red planet
NEW YORK, Jul 13, 2020, AP. Mars is about to be invaded by planet Earth…
[Analytics] Brazilian president is finally humbled by coronavirus
The most surprising thing about Jair Bolsonaro’s positive test for coronavirus, announced on Jul 7,…
China hits back at US sanctions with countermeasures
BEIJING, Jul 13, 2020, China Daily. China announced on Monday sanctions against United States entities…
US base in Okinawa has 32 more coronavirus cases: Local govt
NAHA, Jul 13, 2020, Kyodo. A US Marine base in Okinawa, southwestern Japan, has confirmed…
New supersonic jet Overture to begin test flights in 2021
NEW YORK, Jul 12, 2020, CNN. Over 50 years after Concorde first took to the…
US Naval bases in Japan’s Okinawa on lockdown due to the coronavirus
NAHA, Jul 12, 2020, Kyodo. Two U.S. Marine bases in Okinawa Prefecture have been put…
[Analytics] Trump’s views on Taiwan and Asia in Bolton’s book
Former national Security Advisor John Bolton’s recent book, which was published in late June, has…
Donald Trump finally wears mask in public
WASHINGTON D.C., Jul 12, 2020, BBC. US President Donald Trump has worn a mask in…
[Analytics] What does US leaving the WHO mean for Taiwan’s campaign to rejoin?
As the US begins the process of withdrawing from the World Health Organisation, it raises…
68 per cent of a New York clinic’s patients test positive for coronavirus antibodies
NEW YORK, Jul 11, 2020, CNN. New data suggests that working-class and minority neighborhoods hit…
[Analytics] What does the future hold for relations between Vietnam and US?
As the 25th anniversary of US-Viet Nam diplomatic ties draws near, Professor H. Bruce Franklin,…