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China, US working on selecting new site for signing of trade deal: Trump
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Nov 1 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that the United States and China are working on selecting a new site for signing of 'phase one' of the trade deal between the two countries after the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Chile, the ori
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Philippines: Earthquake of 6.6 magnitude hits Mindanao, no casualty
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Mindanao [Philippines], Oct 29 (ANI): An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 on the Richter Scale struck Mindanao, the Philippines on Tuesday morning, as per the US Geological Survey.
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ADB hosts forum to promote farmers' livelihoods, rural development and foo
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Manila [Philippines], Oct 28 (ANI): Ensuring access to nutritious, safe and affordable food enabled by modern technologies and creative policies is essential to achieve inclusive and sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, participants heard at the Rural Development and Food Securit
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California wildfires: State's largest utility to shut off power to 9,40,00
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
California [USA], Oct 27 (ANI): California's largest utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on Saturday said that it will shut off power to 9,40,000 customers in what it called a "public safety power shutoff" across 36 counties in northern part of the state, as massive wildfires fue
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Virtuous Retail wins big for Cause Marketing at the ICSC Asia Pacific Shop
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] Oct 24 (ANI/NewsVoir): VR Bengaluru, the award-winning, community-oriented, lifestyle center in Bengaluru, has won new honours in the category of Cause Marketing at the ICSC Asia Pacific Shopping Center Awards - considered the Oscars in the Retail industry. Read More
Moderate growth in air passenger markets and weak air cargo demand as glob
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], Oct 24 (ANI): Preliminary traffic figures for September released on Thursday by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed continued moderate growth in international air passenger numbers while air cargo demand declined to reflect stagnant international t
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China's increased influence in Nepal led to ban on Dalai Lama birthday cel
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], Oct 23 (ANI): A top US diplomat has claimed that China's increased influence in Nepal has led to the ban on Dalai Lama's birthday celebration in the Himalayan nation.
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Forum highlights low-carbon technologies and policies as key to Asia Pacif
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Changsha (Hunan) [China], Oct 16 (ANI): Countries in Asia and the Pacific must adopt more effective and innovative low-carbon policies and technologies to secure greener and more sustainable growth, delegates said on Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Hun
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Rising China posses challenge to India, Indo Pacific region: US envoy
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct14 (ANI): The rise of China as a global power poses a challenge to India and the Indo-Pacific region, said US Ambassador to India, Kenneth Juster on Monday.
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Asia Pacific growth may slow to 5.8 pc amid trade tensions: World Bank
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Bangkok [Thailand], Oct 10 (ANI): Growth in developing East Asian and Pacific economies is expected to slow from 6.3 per cent last year to 5.8 per cent in 2019 and to 5.7 and 5.6 per cent in 2020 and 2021 respectively, reflecting a broad-based decline in export growth and manufacturing ac
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US-China trade war weighs heavily on global air cargo traffic
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], Oct 9 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Wednesday released data for global air freight markets showing that demand measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) contracted by 3.9 per cent in August compared to the same period in 2018.
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Indian Companies most Bullish in Asia regarding new tech
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Oct 07 (ANI/NewsVoir): Indian companies are more confident in their ability to successfully adopt new technology than their counterparts in HK/China, Japan, Singapore and Australia, according to a pulse survey of 600 C-suite executives across the Asia Pacific region, includ
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