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New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers

New Zealand's government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that farm animals make from burping and peeing as part of a plan to tackle climate change.The

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Aug 13- Aug 19)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Chinese ambassador c

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Only 6% believe U.S. will continue to dominate the world: survey

Around 6 percent of people around the globe believe the world would be unipolar in the future – dominated either by the U.S. or China – while 34 percent, the largest gr

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (July 06- Aug 12)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | Wang Yi points out t

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Only 6% believe U.S. will continue to dominate the world: survey

Around 6 percent of people around the globe believe the world would be unipolar in the future – dominated either by the U.S. or China – while 34 percent, the largest gr

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China's economy becomes the world economy engine: survey

About 78.34 percent of respondents from 22 countries believe the Chinese economy has injected vitality into the global economy in a decade and has become the engine of

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Chinese FM wraps up 8-nation tour, vows to help Pacific Island countries prosper

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that China is willing to help Pacific Island nations to speed up development and revitalization afte

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Canada's protests settle down, but could echo in politics

The streets around the Canadian Parliament are quiet now. The Ottawa protesters who vowed never to give up are largely gone, chased away by police in riot gear. The rel

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China-New Zealand upgraded free trade pact to take effect from April 7

An upgraded free trade agreement (FTA) between China and New Zealand will be effective from April 7, according to a statement (link in Chinese) released by the Chinese

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Tonga receives first aid flights with more to arrive

The first aid flights reached Tonga on Thursday with more en route, five days after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami, as communities awaited a ship with equi

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Tonga volcano: New Zealand sends aircraft to assess damages

A Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion aircraft left Base Auckland on Monday morning for tsunami-hit Tonga to assist in an initial impact assessment of the area and low-ly

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RCEP and China: Decoding the power of free trade

Editor's note:Hannan Hussain is a foreign affairs commentator and author. He is a Fulbright recipient at the University of Maryland in the U.S., and a former assistant researcher at Islamabad Poli

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Rocket Lab’s order backlog tops $141M as the company inks five-launch deal with Kinéis

It was a busy first half of the year for U.S.-New Zealand company Rocket Lab, which posted earnings for the first six months of 2021 on Wednesday – the first such reporting since the company went publ

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China vows to treat market entities equally, build open market system

China has pledged to better safeguard investment and business operations in the country to further its all-round opening-up and advance global economic recovery. The pl

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Is the West now trying to bully Turkey?

Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford, is often credited with popularizing the phrase "a storm in a teacup," which is commonly understood as blowing a trivial matter ou

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UK’s Queen Elizabeth cancels COP26 attendance ‘on medical advice’

The United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth has pulled out of the COP26 conference in Glasgow next week after she was advised by doctors to rest, Buckingham Palace said, in a

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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Oct. 16 - Oct. 22)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | U.S. Capitol riot pa