The Chinese economy slowed for a second straight quarter this year, but the weakness may prod new leaders to roll out more reforms to prop up an economy beset by overcapacity and financial uncertainties.
The Chinese economy slowed for a second straight quarter this year, but the weakness may prod new leaders to roll out more reforms to prop up an economy beset by overcapacity and financial uncertainties.
Philippine President Benigno S. Aquino III and his administration will continue with his effort to make the government corruption-free up to the last day of his administration, a senior government official said Wednesday.
The State Council, China's Cabinet, on Wednesday issued a timetable for disclosing government spending on receptions, vehicles and overseas trips, as well as information on investigations into major accidents.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday started her first day of work as defence minister with a warm welcome from top brass, but amid protests outside the ministry.
The White House on Tuesday rejected a Russian claim that the Syrian rebels had used chemical weapons in their fighting against the government troops.
The Philippine government assured Monday that the fresh hostilities between the government troops and the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) in southern provinces of Maguindanao and North Cotabato would not escalate.
Australian central bank governor Glenn Stevens last week issued a dramatic pre-election call for the government to achieve a budget surplus as soon as possible, and for the first time since 2008, a step he said would help restore economic confidence.
China's central government saw its fiscal revenue growth slow down in 2012 and may struggle to meet this year's target, according to a government report released on Thursday.
There would be no quick decision from the Ecuadorian government on whether to grant asylum status to former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino Aroca said here Wednesday.
The Thai government on Tuesday agreed to promptly review last week's decision to cut the rice price by 100 U.S. dollars a ton in response to protesting farmers.
The Myanmar government will invite United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, among eminent persons at home and abroad, to witness the signing of a nationwide ceasefire agreement with domestic armed ethnic groups, official media reported Thursday.
A total of 31 people died in Laos this year due to dengue, out of the 7,920 people infected, according to Lao government statistics.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas formally handed in his resignation to President Milos Zeman on Monday in the wake of a corruption scandal that has engulfed his government.
The provincial police chief of southern Afghan province of Helmand escaped unharmed a suicidal car bomb attack, which wounded three policemen, officials said on Monday.
Most Hong Kong people support to develop northeast New Territories in order to relieve the strain on housing, according to results of a survey released on Monday.
Turkish Prime Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday said a referendum may be held on the future of Gezi Park in Istanbul's Taksim Square where activists have been camping to protest the government's plan to demolish it, a senior official said.
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