Japan central bank in US$279 billion loan boost for small firms
[caption id="attachment_1573" align="alignnone" width="762"] The Bank of Japan has warned the economy could shrink as much as five percent in the year to March 2021...
China says illegal hunting and trading of wild animals will be severely punished
[caption id="attachment_1566" align="alignnone" width="707"] The highly endangered pangolin may get a reprieve from coronavirus after a Chinese ban on trade in wild animals over the...
Kim Jong Un keeping low public profile in May: Analysts
[caption id="attachment_1563" align="alignnone" width="809"] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks as he takes part in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central...
China’s military budget growth slows to 6.6%
[caption id="attachment_1551" align="alignnone" width="758"] Military delegates leave the Great Hall of the People after a meeting ahead of National People's Congress (NPC), China's annual session...
Three women crushed to death in Sri Lanka stampede for US$8 handout
A policeman stands guard outside a warehouse where three women were crushed to death in a stampede while waiting to receive a cash donation in...
China drops GDP goal, pledges higher spending as parliament starts
[caption id="attachment_1548" align="alignleft" width="716"] Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and Premier Li Keqiang arrive for the opening session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference...
Members resigning, expelled ‘no big deal’ for Progress Singapore Party: Tan Cheng Bock
[caption id="attachment_1545" align="alignleft" width="692"] Dr Tan Cheng Bock, secretary-general of the Progress Singapore Party (PSP), at the official launch of the party on Aug 3,...
US warns China against ‘highly destabilising’ Hong Kong move
Pedestrians walk under a television screen in Hong Kong showing a news broadcast of Chinese President Xi Jinping. WASHINGTON, DC: The United States on...
Italy COVID-19 death toll could be 19,000 higher than reported
[caption id="attachment_1535" align="alignleft" width="627"] The coronavirus outbreak in Catania, Italy. [/caption] ROME: Italy's death toll from the novel coronavirus in March and April could be...
Trump plans to withdraw US from ‘Open Skies’ treaty
File photo of US Secretary of Defence Mark Esper (left), President Donald Trump (centre) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Army General Mark Milley (right)...