Twitter became a key tool for politicians and media companies during the world’s largest democratic elections in India, and “Now, with polling due in countries such as Brazil, Indonesia and the United States later this year, the San Francisco-based company plans to take its India lessons abroad to...
(Reuters) - U.S. social networking company Twitter is planning to replicate parts of its India election strategy across countries that go to polls this year, after it emerged as a key tool for politicians and media companies during the world's...
Saudi Arabia, the leading oil-producing nation, wants the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to cut oil production by 1 million barrels per day in April. Fears of an oversupplied market, seasonal drop in demand, and US stock-building have motivated Saudi Arabia's position. Venezuela...
Leading oil producer Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, another heavyweight in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, lined up on Tuesday to support the implementation of 1m barrels per day of production cuts in...
Political turmoil in Cambodia – with the opposition challenging 2013 election results and demanding that Prime Minister Hun Sen step down – is having an effect on the country’s foreign relations. “The truth is, even if his party manages to win the next elections, Hun Sen will have to continue to...
Shifting alliance? Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, left), is welcomed to Hanoi by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung (top); Hun Sen warming to Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe
WASHINGTON: Cambodia’s foreign relations map has undergone...
Decisions by Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Croatia to close borders to refugees fleeing war in Syria and elsewhere in the Middle East are dividing the European Union, suggests an article from Deutsche Welle. Closing borders does not resolve the problem, contends German Chancellor Angela Merkel...
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The region known as Koguryo, spanning modern Mancuria and parts of North Korea and Siberia, was once a powerful nation in the Far East many centuries ago. The name “Korea” is based on the region’s name, and many Koreans take pride in historical feats of ancient warriors battling foes, ranging from...
Under a hailstorm of arrows and fireballs, ancient Korean warriors clash with Chinese invaders, fighting a battle that keeps millions of modern- day South Koreans glued to their plasma television sets.
The...
The fallout of the US financial crisis has already spread to Europe's banks, and developing countries like Kenya also speculate on how the crisis could affect their welfare. Reporting for Kenya's Business Daily, Ochieng Rapuro and Jenny Luesby note that the nation’s banking sector is...
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The world’s most populous nation has 1.3 billion consumers and plenty of purchasing power – enough to buy one seventh of the world’s total products by 2015, reports the Asia Sentinel. Foreign investors should be aware of trends in the Chinese market, as identified by a study from the Samsung...
For at least 50 years, the world's salesmen have been mesmerized - largely to no avail - with the idea of 1.3 billion Chinese consumers, a market so vast it is almost unimaginable. It has also mostly been a market too tough to crack.
Today, however...
Japan, in withdrawing from the International Whaling Commission, plans to resume commercial whaling in July within the country’s exclusive economic zone, suggesting the country “remains committed” to managing such resources. Whaling has been part of Japan’s culture for four centuries, and the...
The Asia-Pacific Journal: On December 26, 2018, following a cabinet meeting, the Japanese government confirmed what had been rumored for days: Japan would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and resume commercial whaling in...
