[Analytics] The risk of investor-state disputes in ASEAN in the aftermath of Covid-19
Over the past several months, countries in ASEAN (as in the rest of the world)…
Industrial production index of Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union was 98 per cent in January – May 2020
BISHKEK, Jun 29, 2020, AKI Press. The industrial production index of the Eurasian Economic Union…
[Analytics] Philippines challenging China in South China Sea
The Philippines is slowly but surely pushing back against China in the disputed South China…
Unemployed Australians are not working because JobSeeker is too generous: PM
CANBERRA, Jun 29, 2020, SBS News. The prime minister is set to receive a Treasury…
[Analytics] The rubble of inter-Korean cooperation
Tensions on the Korean Peninsula ratcheted up on 16 June when North Korea blew up…
29 killed as launch capsizes after collision in Dhaka
DHAKA, Jun 29, 2020, Dhaka Tribune. Twenty nine bodies –18 men, eight women and three…
Over 641,000 confirmed coronavirus cases in Russia on morning Jun 29
MOSCOW, Jun 29, 2020, Pan Pacific Agency. Coronavirus infections in Russia cross 641,000 cases, officials…
Vietnam’s economy records decade-low H1 growth
HANOI, Jun 29, 2020, VNA. Vietnam’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.81 percent during the…
Philippine govt stops rice importation
MANILA, Jun 29, 2020, Manila Bulletin. The government will no longer push through with its…
Temperature checks allow only at entry point of malls, hotels in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 29, 2020, Malay Mail. Visitors to shopping malls now only need to…
China-Mexico airlift begins new phase amid pandemic
MEXICO CITY, Jun 29, 2020, Xinhua. An airlift program carrying medical supplies from China to…
Maharashtra’s grape export hit hard by lockdown, unseasonal rains
MUMBAI, Jun 29, 2020, The Hindu BL. Unseasonal rains in October and the lockdown have…