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APD | New heritage parks named by ASEAN Environment Ministers

By APD witer Melo M. Acuña **MANILA, Oct. 9 (APD) – **Environment ministers from ASEAN countries meeting in Siem Reap, Cambod

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Death toll climbs, unrest spreads in Iraq in days of protests

Iraqi security forces opened fire on thousands of demonstrators who defied a curfew in Baghdad on Thursday and exchanged fire

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APD | France vows to retaliate if US trade sanctions on EU imports imposed

By APD writer Aditya Nugraha **PARIS, Oct. 3 (APD) - **Regarded it as an economic and political mistake if the United States

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APD | Estonia tops corruption control drive in emerging Europe: WB

By APD writer Aditya Nugraha **TALLINN, Oct. 3 (APD) - **Estonia apparently has the highest score of corruption control among

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APD | Afghanistan: Presidential elections conducted

By APD writer Rishika Chauhan Amid violence and threats to attack from Taliban, elections were conducted in Afghanistan on Sa

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APD | Finland to see declining population by 2031

By APD writer Alice HELSINKI, Oct. 1 (APD) - Finland will face population decline by 2031 if the nation’s birth rate remains

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APD | Philippines supports Japanese Finance Minister Asakawa as next ADB president

By APD writer Melo M. Acuña The Philippines expressed its support for the nomination of Special Advisor to the Japanese Prime

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Yuanwang-3 sails to Pacific Ocean for satellite monitoring missions

China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-3 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean to carry out maritime monitoring missions for Bei

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APD | Japan's August industrial output falls on slowing global demand

By APD writer Alice Japan's industrial output shrank more than expected in August in the latest warning that the economy and

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APD | Turkish Central Bank reserves reach 101.6 bn USD in August

The Turkish Central Bank's official reserves totaled 101.6 billion US dollars as of the end of August 2019, the bank announce

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Xinjiang's foreign trade up 12 pct from Jan. to Aug.

Foreign trade volume of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was close to 88 billion yuan (12.4 billion U.S. do

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APD | Chinese fund to pull out from Japan Display bailout plan

By APD writer Alice Japan Display Inc. said on September 26 that China's Harvest Tech Investment Management Co. will withdraw

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China's foreign minister warns tariffs could plunge world into recession

The Chinese foreign minister, in a swipe at the Trump administration's trade policies, warned on Friday that tariffs and trad

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World Bank's Georgieva approved as new IMF chief

Bulgarian economist Kristalina Georgieva was confirmed on Wednesday as managing director of the International Monetary Fund,

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APD | Nearly 50,000 affected by adverse weather in Sri Lanka

By APD writer Easwaran COLOMBO, Sept 24 (APD) -- Nearly 50,000 people have been affected by adverse weather affecting most pa

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African insurance firms urged to embrace technology to grow sector

Pan-African reinsurance company, ZEP-RE (PTA Reinsurance Company) on Thursday called on companies to embrace technology and h

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Sochi to host inaugural Russia-Africa Summit in October

The China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation (CFPA) on Thursday officially launched its office in Ethiopia. The Black Sea res