Singapore cuts GDP forecast to 4-7% contraction for 2020
SINGAPORE -- Singapore on Tuesday downgraded its growth projection for this year to a range of -7% to -4%, from...
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Singapore forecasts GDP contraction of 4% to 7% for 2020
SINGAPORE -- Singapore on Tuesday downgraded its growth projection for this year to a range of -7% to -4%, from...
As tensions with US boil, China hints at weaker yuan
SHANGHAI -- China's central bank has lowered a key measure used to manage the yuan's rate against the dollar to its weakest level since...
In cut to ‘bat woman’ lab, critics say US politics trump science
TOKYO -- The news was sudden, and stunning. The premier U.S. agency for biomedical research cut funding last month to a New York-based...
As ‘bat woman’ lab loses funds, critics say US politics trump science
TOKYO -- The news was sudden, and stunning. The premier U.S. agency for biomedical research cut funding last month to a New York-based...
Abe comes down on side of economy with decision to reopen Tokyo
TOKYO -- Anxious about the state of Japan's economy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe huddled with cabinet members ahead of Monday's...
Suu Kyi’s Facebook surge confirms her popularity in fragile democracy
YANGON -- Sometimes wearing a handmade mask, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi has been making herself more accessible to...
Hong Kong minister shrugs off risk of US penalties for security law
HONG KONG -- A possible U.S. move to scrap preferential trade treatment would not damage Hong Kong's status as an...
Hong Kong businesses navigate radically altered security landscape
HONG KONG -- After Beijing's proposals to implement national security legislation in Hong Kong triggered the worst day on the...
China plan for security law rattles Hong Kong businesses
HONG KONG -- After Beijing's proposals to implement national security legislation in Hong Kong triggered the worst day on the...
