The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) will assist three Myanmar private banks in terms of financial techniques for the development of country's small and medium-sized enterprises, local media reported Tuesday.
The Australia-India Roundtable, a critical informal dialogue between the two countries, kicks off Monday in Sydney and comes at a strategic crossroads for the bilateral relationship, strained by recent controversies from accusations of racism to a stand-off over divergent nuclear policies.
Thailand's general election kicked off at 8 a.m. local time Sunday, amid concerns of possible violence and bloodshed due to disruption from anti-government protesters.
With the U.S. economy improving, the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it will further reduce its bond purchases by 10 billion U.S. dollars starting February.
The Egyptian Supreme Council for Armed Forces on Monday urged Defense Minister Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, also the army chief, to run for president in respect of the people 's demand.
China will wage a war against poverty with a stronger resolve and prevent it from afflicting future generations, Premier Li Keqiang has said.
Chinese officials in poverty-stricken counties can stop worrying too much about regional GDP figures from now on, as the central authorities have moved to make poverty relief the priority for their work.
Threats sent to a number of national Olympic Committees should not be taken too seriously, head of the Russian Olympic Committee Alexander Zhukov said Thursday.
Lenovo announced on Thursday that it plans to buy IBM's X86 server business, a low-end unit, for 2.3 billion U.S. dollars.
The New Zealand government will stay focused on paying down debt as the national economy continues its forecast growth
South Korea's financial regulator said Wednesday that it will slap punitive penalties to financial companies for future client data leakage after the incident that personal information of almost all adults in the country was stolen from three credit card issuers.
Two months after his management comeback in March 2010, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee unveiled an eye-popping investment plan through 2020
More detailed measures will be soon rolled out to implement the central bank's guideline to push financial reforms in Shanghai's free trade zone, an official with the zone said on Tuesday.
Recent developments in the labor front signify a turbulent period ahead, South African Labor Minister Mildred Oliphant said on Tuesday.
An odd-even ban on car use will be implemented on heavily polluted days in Guangzhou City of south China's Guangdong Province
Myanmar will hold its Second Development Cooperation Forum in Nay Pyi Taw next Monday through to Tuesday, state media reported Tuesday.
Russia on Monday started the construction of a high-tech command and control center to oversee the military.