Self-driving cars test carrying passengers in 6 Chinese cities
BEIJING, Dec 24, 2019, China Daily. Self-driving vehicles have started to test carrying passengers in…
[Analytics] Another tough year for Pakistan’s economy
Pakistan’s main economic storyline in 2019 was austerity. Islamabad implemented belt-tightening measures to ease a…
Thai travel agents urge govt to extend visa on arrival arrangements
BANGKOK, Dec 24, 2019, The Nation. Wichit Prakobkosol, president of the Association of Thai Travel…
Internet shutdown has been imposed on Rakhine for six months in Myanmar
NAY PYI TAW, Dec 24, 2019, Myanmar Times. The shutdown of all internet access in…
Cambodia and Vietnam sign five-year defence pact
PHNOM PENH, Dec 24, 2019, The Khmer Times. Cambodia and Vietnam have signed a pact…
Indonesia’s NU urges China to allow Uighur Muslims to perform services
MEULABOH, Dec 24, 2019, ANTARA. Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization, made a written…
What India’s enemies could not do, is being done by Modi: Rahul Gandhi
NEW DELHI, Dec 24, 2019, India Today. Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a blistering…
[Analytics] What could come as a promised ‘Christmas surprise’ from North Korea?
North Korea doesn’t really do Christmas cards, but if it did, its card would probably…
PM Scott Morrison says volunteer firefighters with public sector jobs will get four weeks’ paid leave
CANBERRA, Dec 24, 2019, ABC News. Volunteer firefighters who are also Federal Government employees will…
At least 24 killed in Indonesian bus ravine plunge
PALEMBANG, Dec 24, 2019, AFP. At least two dozen people died and 13 others were…
S. Korea, Japan, China confirm joint push for peaceful denuclearization
CHENGDU, Dec 24, 2019, Yonhap. The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan on Tuesday…
IMF calls for ‘urgent’ action by India amid economic slowdown
NEW DELHI, Dec 24, 2019, AFP. India’s government must take steps quickly to reverse the…