As the one-year countdown began for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, athletes are not the only contestants participating for the biggest fight of their careers. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike is trying her …
Read More »Former US Ambassador says US-China relations will remain tense
There will be little progress in a phase one trade deal before the US presidential election in November, former US Ambassador to China Max Baukus said on Tuesday. President Donald Trump signed …
Read More »S&P says government should spend to support coronovirus-hit economy
According to an economist at S&P Global Ratings, with the coronovirus epidemic causing a slowdown in the global economy, governments around the world may have no choice but to increase spending to …
Read More »DBS CEO says ‘a big, big challenge’ emerging in global economy
Piyush Gupta, group chief executive officer of Singaporean bank NBS, said the economic consequences of the coronovirus epidemic are likely to deteriorate when authorities begin measures of relief and banks may experience …
Read More »EU stimulus talks begin, US coronavirus cases spike
EU leaders retreated on Friday morning as EU leaders prepared to discuss an agreement on the block’s major coronavirus recovery package, while US cases are still ongoing. After a cautiously optimistic open, …
Read More »Singapore’s central bank MAS says no ‘significant’ funds flow from Hong Kong
Hong Kong police raised blue flag warning protesters, press and pedestrians to disperse during demonstrations against the national security law proposed by Beijing in Hong Kong’s Causeway Bay district. Tommy walker | …
Read More »Beijing reports Q2 2020 GDP
China reported that the country’s GDP grew by 3.2% in the second quarter of this year compared to a year earlier – beating analyst expectations and rebounding from the first-quarter contraction. This …
Read More »The proposal for oil cuts preceded Trump’s tweets
Russia's drive to increase oil production came independently, the country's oil minister said on Saturday during the OPEC summit in Vienna, discarding the suggestion that public pressure from the United States played …
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