China to keep investing in eurozone debt Zeenews Beijing: China will continue to invest in eurozone government debt, the country's central bank governor said on Wednesday, while calling on Europeans to produce more attractive investment products for China. | Zhou Xiaochuan admitted that China and other emerging nations like Brazil, Russia or India...
Obama friendly but firm with China’s Xi Jinping Zeenews Washington: US President Barack Obama told Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Tuesday that Beijing must play by the same trade rules as other major world powers and vowed to keep pressing China to clean up its human rights record. | In White House talks, Obama sought to reassure Xi that Washing...
China — Nixon to now Khaleej Times When US President Richard Nixon embarked on his historic trip to China 40 years ago, he could not have imagined what his gamble would unleash. | The immediate diplomatic impact, of course, was to reshape Eurasia's geopolitical balance and put the Sov...
Assad calls for Syria vote, but steps up assault Khaleej Times BEIRUT ' As Syrian forces stepped up their assault Wednesday on rebellious cities, President Bashar Assad ordered a referendum on a new constitution that would create a multiparty system in a country that has been ruled by his autocratic family dynas...
Turning off the tap on water as a human right The Hindu The new draft National Water Policy (NWP) circulated by the Ministry of Water Resources to water experts suggests that the government is poised to withdraw from its responsibilities of water service delivery, and that multinational corporations and f...
China's Xi gets polite reception in US Congress Jakarta Globe China's Vice President Xi Jipeng received a polite welcome from US lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Wednesday despite smoldering resentment over Beijing's trade practices, human rights and geopolitical intentions. | Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid smil...
Xi sees new 'starting point' for US-China ties Jakarta Globe China's heir apparent Xi Jinping told US business leaders Wednesday that the time was ripe for a "new historical starting point" for relations between the two trade powers. | Speaking during a lavish ballroom lunch in Washington aimed at wooing the t...
Greece fights for place in eurozone Jakarta Globe Greece fought on Wednesday to stay in the eurozone, faced with an ultimatum over a debt bailout while its finance minister issued dire warnings that people were playing with fire. | Evidence that Athens was fighting for its place in the 17-nation eur...
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Gold firms on hopes of Greek deal Business Day | Gold gained half a% on Wednesday, on course for its biggest one-day rise in a week, on hopes Greece would deliver on a commitment to implement tough austerity measures and on Chi...
Cathay Pacific Airways signs multi-year contract with Navtech TravelDailyNews Navtech Inc. has expanded its relationship with its long-term customer, Cathay Pacific Airways, through a meaningful multi-year agreement for provisioning aeronautical charts and n...
Visit offers little insight into next China leader The Guardian | MATTHEW PENNINGTON | Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping's (shee jeen-ping) visit to Washington's power centers is boosting his international ...
European stocks mixed on Greek bailout delay Jakarta Globe European shares mostly rose despite a Greek bailout hanging in the balance on Wednesday, with supportive Chinese comments lifting sentiment. | London's benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down 0.13 percent at 5,892.16 points, but in Frankfurt the ...
Greece fights for its place in the eurozone Jakarta Globe Greece fought on Wednesday to stay in the eurozone, faced with a new ultimatum over a debt bailout while its finance minister issued dire warnings that people were playing with fire. | Evidence that Athens was now fighting for its place in the 17-nat...
Reaching a better financial place: Editor's pick of the week Gulf News | It is often a fool's errand to predict turning points in the more erratic Asian economies. Nowhere is that more true than the Philippines, whose greatest consistency seems to be disappointing the optimists. | With Europe sliding, America limping, J...
Party man's letter sheds light on Tibet turmoil Canberra Times | THE promotion of a Communist Party boss, despite his ''strike-hard'' policies apparently contributing to a spate of Tibetans setting themselves on fire, has triggered a rare protest letter from inside the party system. | Aba, or Ngaba in Tibetan, h...
