Chinese economists are concerned about China's economic decline and what, if anything, policymakers can do to arrest it, after China's economy grew at a slower pace in April and key economic indicators moderated.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says it has repatriated 13,800 Somali refugees as of April 28 from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya since the voluntary program started in December 2014.
An Egyptian court sentenced Saturday 51 people to two years in prison over late April's illegal protest against Egypt's recent transfer of two islands to Saudi Arabia, official MENA news agency reported.
Disney and Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" beat domestic romance "Finding Mr.Right 2" in the week ending May 8, earning 624 million yuan (95.7 million U.S. dollars) after opening on May 6, China Film News reported Monday.
China’s consumer inflation remained modest in April, while producer prices’ four-year slump moderated as commodity prices rebounded, easing concerns about deflationary risks to the world’s second-largest economy.
The impact of the magnitude-7.3 temblor that hit Kumamoto Prefecture on April 16 was compounded by a small earthquake that struck shortly after in neighboring Oita Prefecture, seismologists say.
After fleeing from one school to the next in search of safety, a 49-year-old quake evacuee spent a restless and chilly night outside in a schoolyard.
Armed with water pistols and buckets, celebrants took part in the annual water festival Songkran in Thailand on Wednesday, amid a severe drought.
The four-day Auto Show is an exhibition of automobiles, motorbikes and sports cars available in Brunei.
Bank of Korea (BOK), South Korea's central bank, cut its policy rate Thursday to an all-time low of 1. 5 percent on concerns that the unabated spread of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) may erode the already lackluster economy.
Industrial activity in South Korea weakened for two months in a row last month due to sluggish exports, which account for about half of the economy, a government report showed Friday.
South Korea added new jobs by the lowest rate in 26 months in April, with its jobless rate unchanged at 3.9 percent from a year earlier, a government report showed on Wednesday.
Singapore's manufacturing economy continued to shrink in the fifth straight month. The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) read 49.4 points in April, which declined 0. 2 points over the previous month.
Japanese government said Monday that Japan's economy, the world's third largest, shrank an annualized 7.1 percent in inflation-adjusted terms in the second quarter of 2014, the biggest drop in over five years.
South Korea's household loans grew at a faster pace in April as housing transactions rose during the spring house-moving season, central bank data showed Tuesday.
Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department announced Tuesday that the value of the city's total retail sales decreased by 9.8 percent year on year to 38.8 billion U.S. dollars in April.
New Zealand had its highest monthly net gain -- more arrivals than departures -- of migrants in more than a decade in April, fueling concerns over the country' s already overheated housing market.
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