The Trump administration has considered removing Chinese firms from US stock listing, report unnamed officials. Then, a US Treasury statement suggested there are no plans for delisting at this time. China responded with assurances that it will continue to open its financial markets and encourage...
ASEAN is impotent in standing up to China on the South China Sea because the smallest and most vulnerable nations, avoid annoying China. “If the nations directly concerned – Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Brunei – are to get anywhere at all with China, then they have to form a...
The littoral nations must form their own group solely devoted to South China Sea issues
Last weekend’s Association of Southeast Asian States meeting in Naypyidaw in Myanmar has shown once again the impotence of the 47-year-old organization when it...
India is poised to revolutionize the service industry, in such a way that borrowing, saving and transferring money could happen as swiftly as sending an email. This technological leap enables India to rely more on services and domestic consumption even as world trade is slumping. A nationwide...
Digital revolution: Phenomenal spread of mobile phones, top, combined with unique identification cards for which irises are scanned as authentication, have set India up for a service-sector surge
BENGALURU: Conventional wisdom for the future of...
Representatives from developing countries walked out of WTO trade talks this weekend in Cancun, claiming that the United States and European Union (EU) countries were unwilling to negotiate the reduction of agricultural subsidies. Many states from Latin America and Africa consider the $3 billion...
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Currency worries are not unusual for emerging economies. As currencies decline in value, investors may withdraw, and exchange with other currencies can become difficult; the countries struggle to make payments especially on debt in more costly US dollars. “What began in Argentina and Turkey has...
There will soon be a new mandatory insurance scheme for Sri Lankan migrant laborers working in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and other Gulf states. As mandated by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, all prospective employers of Sri Lankans must now obtain an insurance policy for...
DUBAI - A new mandatory insurance scheme proposed by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) for all Sri Lankan migrant workers will be enforced in the UAE with effect from November 15. The scheme will also...
Many countries in the world are undergoing demographic transition, with fertility rates below replacement level for more than 80 nations, about half of the world’s population. Women are choosing to have fewer children for many reasons related to financial and personal costs as well as uncertainty...
Falling population, dropping support: A sharp drop in population is reported for Ukraine, and the United States is among the nations with low public spending for family benefits
NEW YORK: The fertility rate, or the average number of births per woman...
For many years, organizations like Women on Web assist women in challenging settings like war zones to obtain medications to induce abortions. Women on Web provides Skype consultations, prescriptions and pills that trigger miscarriages, but also was “inundated with requests from women in countries...
