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Vietnamese authorities are preparing for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to arrive by train next week ahead of his summit with US president Donald Trump, several sources told AFP Friday. The leaders are slated to meet in Hanoi on February 27-28 to follow up on their first meeting last June in Singapore that ended with vaguely worded commitments on dismantling Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Sources told AFP that Kim was expected to arrive by train […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly fell Friday, tracking losses on Wall Street as optimism over the China-US trade talks was trumped by a weak round of US data that revived concerns about economic growth. With high-level negotiations between the world’s top economies still taking place in Washington, there has been little concrete news about their progress, though some reports have said the two are heading towards an eventual deal. The lack of […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets were mixed Thursday after the Federal Reserve left open the possibility it could lift interest rates this year, while investors kept an optimistic eye on China-US trade talks. Equities and other risk assets have enjoyed a stellar start to the year on hopes for the negotiations as well as expectations the US central bank will slow its pace of monetary tightening — with some even tipping a cut […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Growing optimism that China and the United States will reach a trade deal lifted most Asian equities Wednesday while the positive sentiment also provided support to regional currencies against the safe-bet dollar. The yuan was among the big gainers following a report that the US has called on China to stabilize the unit as part of any agreement between the world’s top economic powers. Wall Street returned from a long […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets rallied with oil and high-yielding currencies Monday as investors grow increasingly confident that China and the United States will eventually hammer out a deal to end their long-running trade war. While talks ended Friday in Beijing with no deal, negotiators shift to Washington this week with Donald Trump saying discussions were going “extremely well” and suggesting he could extend a March 1 truce deadline for an agreement to […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian stocks retreated Friday as concern grew over reports of an impasse in China-US trade talks in Beijing, and Wall Street was hit by weak US retail sales. Bourses across the region posted losses as investors shrugged off news that US President Donald Trump would sign a massive spending bill to avert a government shutdown, while Chinese inflation eased more than expected. Top US economic officials were due to meet […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian stocks eased Thursday as traders anxiously awaited news from high-level US-China trade talks starting in Beijing. Negotiators from the two economic superpowers kicked off discussions in the Chinese capital aimed at defusing a row that has already triggered tariffs on billions of dollars worth of exports and threatened to stymie global growth. Failure to resolve the dispute would initiate a sharp hike in US tariffs on $200 billion of […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian stocks climbed Wednesday as US President Donald Trump said he could extend the deadline for a trade deal with China, appearing to boost the prospects of an agreement. Trump said “things are going well” at preliminary talks in Beijing, where top economic officials will gather Thursday seeking an accord to stop sharp US tariff hikes that could damage the global economy. “If we’re close to a deal, where we […]
by Robin MILLARD Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A mission to explore uncharted depths in the Indian Ocean was launched on Wednesday, hoping to discover hundreds of new species and find out what impact plastic is having way below the surface. The First Descent expedition, led by British-based ocean research institute Nekton, is set to send submersibles as deep as 3,000 meters off the Seychelles from March to test the health of the […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Shares in Tokyo and Sydney rose Wednesday in another holiday-thinned trading day as investors tracked a positive lead from Wall Street and await Donald Trump’s State of the Union address. With most of the region off for the Lunar New Year break there were few catalysts to drive business, though Japanese investors are also looking forward to the release of Toyota’s earnings after the market close. Trump’s annual address will […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly rose Friday, with investors treading carefully as China-US trade talks ended with no deal but with both sides sounding notes of optimism and setting up more high-level meetings later this month. After the much-anticipated gathering, Donald Trump hailed “tremendous progress” between the world’s top two economies but warned the “hard deadline” of March 1 remained in place, after which US tariffs on billions of dollars of Chinese […]
(Eagle News) — Libu-libong manggagawang Pilipino ang kinakailangan sa ilang bansa sa Asya at Europa. Ayon sa Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), sa bansang Saudi ay nasa isang libong women specialist nurses ang kanilang kailangan; 150 emergency medical technicians naman sa Abu Dhabi ; 400 nurses naman sa Germany at isang libong skilled at non-skilled workers sa bansang Poland. Paalala ng POEA sa mga interesadong aplikante na sa POEA-licensed at accredited recruitment agencies lamang ang […]
