Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum 2020 opens in China
BEIJING, Sep 10, 2020, Xinhua. The Silk Road Maritime International Cooperation Forum 2020 kicked off…
China’s largest private rocket will be launched in 2021
BEIJING, Sep 10, 2020, China Daily. China’s largest and most powerful private carrier rocket is…
Flights resume from Chongqing to Seoul
CHONGQING, Sep 9, 2020, China Daily. Regular passenger flights between Chongqing and Seoul, South Korea,…
[Analytics] Taiwan appears determined to create an anti-Beijing alliance
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen wants to create an alliance to defend “freedom, safety, human rights…
Malaysia’s palm oil industry faces labour crunch, turns to prisoners for help
KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 9, 2020, Hindustan Times. The coronavirus crisis has pushed the Malaysian palm…
Pacific island nation of Palau offers to host US military bases: Report
NGERULMUD, Sep 9, 2020, Stars and Stripes. The Republic of Palau, east of the Philippines…
AstraZeneca and Oxford University suspends vaccine trial following adverse reactions from US volunteer
OXFORD, Sep 9, 2020, Merco Press. AstraZeneca has paused a late-stage trial of one of…
No Putin-Trump contacts planned before US elections: Kremlin spokesman
MOSCOW, Sep 9, 2020, TASS. No contacts between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US…
Nepal’s foreign investment pledges from India down 51 per cent due to red tape
KATHMANDU, Sep 9, 2020, The Kathmandu Post. Foreign investment commitment from India declined 51.42 percent…
Papua New Guinea’s Bougainville independence referendum talks to be set in November
PORT MORESBY, Sep 9, 2020, RNZ. The schedule for consultations on the outcome of Bougainville’s…
China-Australia dispute escalates after ‘tit for tat’ investigations
CANBERRA, Sep 9, 2020, The Age. Beijing’s decision to to force two Australian journalists to…
Australia’s wool boss declares ‘every single’ area of spending under review following massive revenue hit
CANBERRA, Sep 9, 2020, ABC News. Australia’s peak wool producers’ body vows to axe staff…