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BEIJING, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — China will encourage social capital to upgrade consumer goods and increase supply in an effort to build the tertiary sector into a new growth driver, said an official with the nation’s top economic planner Tuesday. “With its huge consumption potential, China needs to improve institutional mechanisms and the market environment […]
Read MoreSYDNEY, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Potentially higher interest costs and volatile foreign exchange rates pose top credit risks for the Asia-Pacific in the coming year, according to credit ratings provider S&P Global Ratings in an annual year-end report. Uncertainty about the policies of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s administration is dominating financial markets, the group said […]
Read MoreSEOUL, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Samsung Electronics said Tuesday that it will decide on whether to switch into a holding company after reviewing it in cooperation with experts for six months. The South Korean tech behemoth said in a statement that the company is reviewing ways to streamline its business structure, which include transforming itself […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Women who caught flu during pregnancy will not put their children at an increased risk of autism, a U.S. study said Monday. Ousseny Zerbo of Kaiser Permanente Northern California and colleagues tracked 196,929 children born from 2000 through 2010 at a gestational age of at least 24 weeks, reports Xinhua. […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (NsNewsWire) — One suspect in the Ohio State University (OSU) attack was killed as at least nine people were injured, local media said Monday. WCMH, a local TV station, cited police sources as saying the suspect involved in an active shooter situation on the campus of OSU is now dead, while nine […]
Read MoreHAVANA, Nov. 29 (NsNewsWire) — Thousands of Cubans on Monday paid heartfelt tribute to the legendary revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in a solemn and tearful ceremony at Havana’s Revolution Square. The tribute is part of a national period of mourning for the leader who ruled Cuba for nearly half a century, and is considered to […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (NsNewsWire) — After the death of Cuba’s decades-long leader Fidel Castro, it remains unknown what U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s policy toward the island nation will be. The incoming U.S. president may toughen the U.S. stance on the Latin American nation, but he may be softer than others in the GOP, experts said. […]
Read MorePARIS, Nov. 28 (NsNewsWire) — Former Prime Minister Francois Fillon won the center-right Republicans party’s primary runoff on Sunday to represent the biggest opposition party in the 2017 French presidential race. After counting ballots in 8,081 out of a total of 10,228 polling stations, the 62-year-old liberal politician led the second round of the conservative […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) — India’s opposition parties Monday called for nationwide protests over the government’s demonetization move. The country’s main opposition Congress party held protests in various states against the sudden scrapping of currency notes of higher denominations and its impact on the common people, but stayed away from the shutdown call by […]
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