Drought has cut Sri Lanka's tea production by 50 percent causing havoc to the livelihoods of about 400,000 small holders largely in the south and prompting possible relief from the Government, which has described the situation as " disturbing", officials said here on Wednesday.
No link has been found to the vaccines given to nine of the children in China who died after receiving hepatitis B shots, health authorities claim.
The New Zealand government Monday announced it had secured a deal with Hollywood movie house 20th Century Fox Film and production firm Lightstorm Entertainment to make three sequels to the global box office hit Avatar in the country.
New Zealand is on track to being the first country to sign a television co-production agreement with China, New Zealand Broadcasting Minister Craig Foss said Friday.
FAO downgraded its forecast for the 2013 rice production in Philippines to 18 million tonnes from the expectation of a bumper crop of 18.9 million tonnes at the beginning of the season.
Paris-based cosmetics giant L'Oreal has expanded a factory in central China's Hubei Province into its largest production base in the Asia-Pacific region.
South Korea's industrial output reduced last month, marking the first decline in three months, as labor strikes of major carmakers decreased auto production, a government report showed Wednesday.
Foxconn, the world's largest electronics contractor, on Monday started building a new plant in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
China is the world's biggest producer of steel, aluminum and cement. Overcapacity in a number of sectors has dragged down prices and profit margins for some enterprises amid China's economic slowdown.
The Bund is arguably the top tourist attraction in Shanghai. Now the popular sites that run along the western bank of the Huangpu river, as well as some fascinating stories about them, have been captured in a TV documentary.
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