Pakistan Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh resigned on Tuesday after speculations that he may be appointed as caretaker Prime Minister to oversee parliamentary elections, officials said.
China's export dependence on Japan has declined sharply, and Japan's QE will affect the United States more than China, senior economics researchers said in an interview on the weakening yen's impact on China.
Singapore and Malaysia agreed to build a high-speed rail link between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur by 2020, the prime ministers of the two countries announced on Tuesday
China's railways will be tested Friday, when passenger flows peak at the end of the Spring Festival holiday.
The government will require new urban buildings to reach mandatory energy-saving standards, as well as renovate existing buildings, to make them more environmentally friendly by 2015, the country's top economic planner has said.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III embarked on a historic trip Monday deep inside the stronghold of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Mindanao in the Southern Philippines to show his sincerity in bringing to an end the decades-old Muslim insurrection in the country.
Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne said on Sunday that he expects to complete the merger of the Italian carmaker with its U.S. partner Chrysler in 2014.
The Chinese mainland's securities regulatory body announced on Tuesday that it will further expand the opening of its capital market toward Taiwan.
Australia will open an Austrade office in Myanmar this year as part of the Gillard Government's drive to help businesses break into and expand in Asia's emerging and growth markets, Trade and Competitiveness Minister Craig Emerson said in a statement on Tuesday.
Beijing will maintain its license plate lottery scheme next year, as well as cap the number of registered cars at 240,000, a local official said Thursday.
The announcement on Thursday by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to conduct more rocket launches and a higher-level nuclear test shocked the world and attracted criticism from major countries.
With Egyptians set to hold nationwide demonstrations on Friday, marking the second anniversary of the unrest that toppled former president Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian opposition and revolutionary movements reaffirm their commitment to peacefulness and urge all participants to avoid violence on Jan. 25.
Fan, deputy secretary-general of the political consultative conference of the city of Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong province, said officials' assets should be declared and disclosed.
Sri Lanka will declare open a Chinese funded international airport in March this year, Sri Lankan Civil Aviation Minister said on Thursday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday vowed to conduct more rocket launches and a higher-level nuclear test targeting its "sworn enemy" -- the United States.
U.S. President Barack Obama is likely to hit the road again, not far away from his re-election bid, to begin hosting campaign-style events in seek of support for his second-term agenda, said the White House on Wednesday.
Singapore government released on Monday its new measures to promote marriage and parenthood here, including providing affordable and available public housing, assisting reproduction, as well as incentives of healthcare and paternity leave.
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