MEGA ASIAN TRADE PACT TO BE SIGNED THIS WEEKEND
It includes the ten members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), plus China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand
RUSSIA SAYS SPUTNIK V COVID-19 VACCINE IS 92 PERCENT EFFECTIVE
Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine is 92 percent effective at protecting people from COVID-19 according to interim trial results, the country’s sovereign wealth
AUNG SAN SUU KYI’S PARTY WINS MYANMAR ELECTION
Aung San Suu Kyi wins big in Myanmar’s elections, but will it bring peace —…
WORLD’S LONGEST REIGNING PRIME MINISTER DIES
DUBAI (Reuters) - Bahrain’s Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa, the world’s longest serving prime minister who put down opposition unrest repeatedly
SRI LANKA BORN DOCTOR NAMED ‘AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR’
The senior resident doctor at Gold Coast University Hospital and co-founder of Doctors With Disabilities Australia was last night named the 2021 Queensland
CHINA TO CLAMP DOWN ON INTERNET MONOPOLIES
China has proposed new regulations aimed at curbing the power of its biggest internet companies
THE ‘BIDEN BOUNCE’
Shares in Japan hit a near 30-year high on Monday, the first day of trading following news that Joe Biden had won the US presidential election
BENTLEY REVEALS PLANS TO GO FULLY ELECTRIC BY 2030
Luxury carmaker Bentley has unveiled plans to go fully electric by 2030. Before then, the…
NASA ASTEROID PROBE READY TO RETURN TO EARTH
A Nasa probe sent to collect rock from an asteroid several hundred million kilometres from Earth is back on track after some technical concerns
ASIAN SHARES AT NEAR THREE YEAR PEAK
TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of Asian shares rallied to a near three-year peak while the dollar stayed sluggish and U.S. bond yields slipped
FRANCE REGISTERS OVER 40,000 NEW COVID-19 CASES
PARIS (Reuters) - France registered 40,558 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, compared with 36,330 on Tuesday and a record of 52,518 on Monday
USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: WHY WE DON’T KNOW THE RESULTS
We don't know, because not enough votes have been counted yet for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden to have secured victory
GLOBAL INVESTORS STAY ALERT AS USA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION GETS TIGHT
HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global investors in Asia are sticking with bets on China’s recovery and holding off on major portfolio changes
INDIA IN THE RUNNING TO BECOME NEXT BIG HUB FOR COVID-19 VACCINE PRODUCTION
New Delhi: Scientists and drugmakers all over the world are racing against time to develop a safe, effective vaccine against COVID-19, the disease caused
