(JIN DING / CHINA DAILY) In its recent Regional Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a turn for the worse in Asia since the spring, along with the region's growth outlook. The growth projection for the Asia and Pacific region has been downgraded by more than 1 percent […]
Paddlers row past the central business district, at Marina Bay in Singapore, on Oct 3, 2021. (BLOOMBERG) Singapore is opening its borders to more countries for quarantine-free travel starting Oct 19, a move that several public health experts deem as timely as the city-state has one of the highest vaccination rates in the world. The […]
TOKYO and KENILWORTH, N.J., Oct 18, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai and Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, N.J., U.S.A. (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency has adopted positive opinions recommending approval of […]
Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces helicopter carrier Izumo sails out its Yokosuka Base in Kanagawa prefecture on May 1, 2017. (JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – The Liberal Democratic Party included a goal of spending 2 percent of GDP – about $100 billion – or more on the military for the first time in its […]
A health worker prepares a dose of Covaxin in the COVID-19 vaccination room at the Super Speciality Hospital Hospital in Srinagar, India, on Jan 29, 2021. (PHOTO / BLOOMBERG) ISTANBUL / SYDNEY / DHAKA / NEW DELHI / TEHRAN / KUALA LUMPUR / ULAN BATOR / YANGON / WELLINGTON / ISLAMABAD / SINGAPORE / SEOUL […]
Singapore Airlines Ltd aircraft stand on the tarmac at Changi Airport in Singapore on Dec 13, 2018. (NICKY LOH / BLOOMBERG) Singapore Airlines Ltd.’s website was temporarily down over the weekend and travel agencies are seeing a surge in demand for flights after the city-state announced a plan to start quarantine-free travel with more countries […]
TOKYO, Oct 8, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu has announced that from October 7 it will begin to provide free assessments to its customers considering the use of its FUJITSU Hybrid IT Service FJcloud, etc. in their digital transformation projects, demonstrating changes to CO2 emissions resulting from the migration of IT systems […]
TOKYO, Oct 7, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Fujitsu today unveiled Fujitsu Uvance a new global business brand delivering a transformation portfolio for a sustainable world. Fujitsu Uvance will leverage Fujitsu’s technological capabilities and problem-solving expertise across seven key focus areas to offer unprecedented value to customers, while contributing to the achievement of […]
People wearing face masks cross Bourke Street in Melbourne on Sept 30, 2021. (DANIEL POCKETT / AAP IMAGE VIA AP) VIENTIANE / BANGKOK / COLOMBO / SINGAPORE / TEHRAN / ANKARA / RAMALLAH / WELLINGTON / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR / IDLIB / ULAN BATOR / NEW DELHI / TOKYO / MANILA / JERUSALEM / JAKARTA / PHNOM PENH / SUVA / HANOI – […]
Retired Filipino boxing star and senator Manny Pacquiao shows his certificate of candidacy for next year's presidential elections shortly after filing before the Commission on Elections at the Sofitel Harbor Garden Tent in Manila, the Philippines on Oct 1, 2021. (JAM STA ROSA / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) MANILA – Newly retired boxing icon Manny […]
(SHI YU / CHINA DAILY) Imagine it is the year 2050. In the Asia-Pacific region, one in four people will be over the age of 60; three times the number of older persons in 2010. With close to 1.3 billion senior citizens in less than 30 years from now, are countries in the region prepared […]
Visitors buy jewelry at the 13th China-Northeast Asia Expo, which is being held in Changchun, Jilin province. (WANG ZHENDONG / FOR CHINA DAILY) China's economy continues to feel the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic with a sharper-than-expected slowdown in July as the Delta variant disrupted supply chains and undermined consumer confidence. Pandemic shocks and […]
In this undated file photo, a shopper buys vegetables at a supermarket in Handan, Hebei province. (HAO QUNYING / FOR CHINA DAILY) It will take more than US$1.5 trillion of investment to keep up with Asia’s burgeoning food demand by the start of next decade as consumers buy more and increase spending on premium products. […]
Ronald Koeman’s position as Barcelona coach became even more fragile on Monday as Ronald Araujo’s late header was only enough to rescue a 1-1 draw at home to struggling Granada. Granada were ahead inside two minutes and while Araujo’s equaliser gave Barca a dramatic finish at Camp Nou, the whistles from the home fans at […]
A housekeeping worker sanitizes a bedroom at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Langkawi on Sept 15, 2021, as the Malaysian holiday island is set to reopen to domestic tourists on Sept 16 following closures due to restrictions to halt the spread of the coronavirus. (MOHD RASFAN / AFP) JAKARTA / SEOUL / KUALA LUMPUR / BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / JERUSALEM […]
Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of a series on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region’s upcoming elections. Contrary to the critics’ “concerns” that democratic elements could be compromised by a sharp reduction in the electorate of the revamped Election Committee and competition for seats on the committee, the new Election Committee has become much […]
An advertisement placard informs the public of the location of a designated COVID-19 vaccination center at Dubai's financial center district, in the United Arab Emirates, on Jan 24, 2021. (GIUSEPPE CACACE / AFP) BAGHDAD/ ANKARA/ SEOUL/ WELLINGTON/ HANOI/ SINGAPORE/ BANGKOK / NEW DELHI -Visitors to Dubai’s World Expo won’t be required to provide COVID-19 vaccination certificates […]
Chinese Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang Yujing (2nd L, front), Malaysia's Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob (3rd R, front), Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong (2nd R, front), Foreign Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (3rd L, front), Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin (1st R, front) pose for photos next to the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines made […]
Editor's Note: Thanks to China's rapid economic development and rising individual incomes, Chinese people can now more easily visit tourist sites within and outside the country, writes a veteran journalist with China Daily in the second of a series of commentaries. Students board the flight to Manchester. (MO XIAOJIAN / FOR CHINA DAILY) My first […]
Can fascism take over the United States? This question was put to Huey P. Long, US senator, demagogue and governor of Louisiana, in the 1930s. "Sure it can!" he replied. "Only it'll be called anti-fascism." Former US president George W. Bush responded to the Sept 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by declaring a "global war on […]