Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and opposition Leader Tony Abbott will face off in their second televised debate of the federal election campaign in Brisbane on Wednesday evening, local media reported.
Underpinned by strong local consumption and spending, Hong Kong’s economy posted a 3.3 per cent growth in the second quarter of 2013, official data showed Friday.
South Korean economy grew at the fastest pace in more than two years in the second quarter of this year as a turnaround in private consumption relieved the weak facility investment, central bank data showed Thursday.
U.S. stocks ended mixed on Wednesday with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq notching a five-day winning streak,as minutes of the Federal Reserve's June policy meeting showed that further improvement in the labor market would be needed before Fed's tapering of its bond buying.
Market focus has turned to the downside risks facing China's growth in the short term after hopes of a steady recovery in the world's second largest economy proved to be in vain.
Chinese scientists announced Monday that China has once again built the world's fastest supercomputer, capable of performing 33.86 quadrillion operations per second, surpassing the U.S. Titan supercomputer.
Cuba's National Assembly of People' s Power Sunday reelected Cuban leader Raul Castro Ruz to a second five-year term.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday took oath for his second term in a public inauguration ceremony at the Capitol grounds, reaffirming America's founding principles in a call for unity and a vow for more engagement in foreign affairs.
U.S. President Barack Obama was officially sworn in to the second term at a private ceremony in the White House Sunday, beginning his round two to face many old challenges.
The retailer said total sales revenue for the first quarter ( July 29-Oct. 27, 2012) of the 2013 financial year was 415.6 million AU dollars (431.83 million U.S. dollars), up from 414.3 million AU dollars in the same period of last fiscal year.
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