China's property sector continued to cool in May, as new home prices in half of a sample of 70 major cities showed month-on-month drops, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in an online statement on Wednesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday voiced hope for continued strong ties with Israel under newly elected president Reuven Rivlin.
China's consumer prices increased at a four-month-high pace in May while producer prices declined at a five-month-low pace, official data showed Tuesday, adding to signs of stabilization in the world's second largest economy.
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.
Confidence among South Korean consumers fell to the lowest in eight months as one of the country 's worst maritime disasters dampened willingness to consume, central bank data showed Tuesday.
The average global temperature in April 2014 tied with the same month in 2010 as the warmest for the month since record keeping began in 1880, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Tuesday.
China's property sector showed new signs of cooling in April, with more Chinese cities reporting month-on-month drops in prices and fewer cities reporting gains, official data showed on Sunday.
Chinese consumer confidence rebounded month on month in April for a second straight month, according to a latest index.
French President Francois Hollande announced on Wednesday a dispatch of security agents to Nigeria to help find abducted schoolgirls and crack down the Islamist group Boko Haram after seizing more than 234 girls last month.
Sentiment among large corporations in South Korea faltered as U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen hinted at an earlier-than-expected hike in interest rates, a local business lobby survey showed Thursday.
Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Sunday that the government's direct talks with the Taliban would be held in a day or two.
Home price in major Chinese cities grew at a slower pace in February, with fewer cities seeing month-on-month price rises, official data showed on Tuesday.
South Korea's central bank froze its benchmark interest rate at 2.5 percent Thursday, keeping its wait-and-see stance for 10 straight months.
China took a record 30 percent of all New Zealand's exports last month and twice as much as the next biggest export market, Australia, New Zealand's government statistics agency announced Thursday.
Corporate bankruptcies in South Korea rebounded last month due to seasonal factors, central bank data showed Thursday.
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector slipped for a third straight month in January due to a slowdown in the real estate sector, new data showed.
South Korea's exports reduced last month due to less working days caused by the Lunar New Year holidays that fell on late January, a government report showed Saturday.
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