The Philippines will ensure that its interest is protected during ongoing talks on increased rotational presence of U.S. troops in the country, a senior government official said Thursday.
Chinese regulators have voiced support for breaking competition barriers during this year's parliamentary session as the government promised to open key industries wider to non-state enterprises.
Five months after the establishment of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the bustling coastal metropolis, it seems that the dust has settled for what comes next.
Although China's 7.5 percent growth target is the same as last years, its importance is fading as many believe the government will no longer view the figure as the necessary minimum.
Ding Na has lost confidence in the farm produce sold in neighborhood markets following a spate of food scares.
A senior official said Wednesday that the Chinese government will continue to support economic growth in Hong Kong and Macao.
Money, technology and talent are seldom in short supply for Liu Yonghao, head of China's largest animal feed producer. However, "the king of animal feed" is constantly hungry for imported original materials.
South Korea planned to cut its standing armed forces by more than 110,000 over the next eight years amid lower birth rate that will reduce the number of draftees, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Victoria, a southeast state of Australia, launched on Wednesday a four-year Food to Asia Action Plan, which aims to boost exports to Asia and make the state "the food bowl of Asia."
India will go to polls on April 7 this year, the country's independent Election Commission announced Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama unveiled a 3.9 trillion-dollar budget plan for the 2015 fiscal year, which will be used to fund infrastructure upgrading, education and other social programs.
The British Museum will hold an exhibition on Vikings on Thursday, displaying discoveries and objects of the pirates from northern European 1,000 years ago, museum authorities said Tuesday.
China's national legislators Tuesday elected a presidium and set the agenda for the legislature's annual session, which is to open Wednesday.
The latest round of yuan volatility in the market is normal and authorities will respond to questions on the issue at a press conference in coming days, Zhou Xiaochuan, China's central bank governor said Tuesday.
At a corner of the Aegean Sea along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf lies the ancient Port of Athens -- Piraeus. Merely a dozen kilometers away from central Athens, it has long been the largest passenger port in Europe, bustling with ferries and cruisers.
British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague have decided that it would be inappropriate for British ministers to attend the Sochi Paralympics in current circumstances in Ukraine, a Downing Street spokesperson said in a statement Sunday.
Egyptian interim president Adli Mansour ordered formation of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in accordance with the new constitution, official MENA news agency reported Thursday.
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