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CNA – China’s economy showed surprising resilience in August, with faster-than-expected growth in factory output and retail sales shoring up the recovery from the crippling effects of COVID-19 curbs, heatwaves and a deepening property slump. The better-than-expected figures show the world’s second-largest economy is gaining some steam, after narrowly escaping a contraction in the June […]
CHONGQING, CHINA (AFP) – A crippling drought exacerbated by a record heatwave has spread across half of China and reached the normally frigid Tibetan Plateau, according to official data released ahead of more searing temperatures yesterday. The world’s second-largest economy has experienced over 70 days of heatwaves, flash floods and droughts – phenomena that scientists […]
CHANGSHA, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- Dongting, China second-largest freshwater lake in central China Hunan Province, has reported record low water levels due to sustai
BANGKOK (AFP) – Thailand’s economy grew 2.5 per cent in the second quarter as returning foreign tourists failed to offset high inflation and concerns over regional tensions, the country’s main economic agency said yesterday. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy was hit hard during the pandemic, though visitor numbers are slowly improving with the relaxation of travel […]
ANN/THE KOREA HERALD – SK Group, South Korea’s second-largest conglomerate, has invested USD250 million in Bill Gates’ small nuclear power reactor developer TerraPower in an effort to cut down global carbon emissions and build up the group’s green energy portfolio, officials said yesterday. According to the group’s announcement, SK Inc and SK Innovation became co-lead […]