Tag: Asia
Recession spectre sends world stocks spinning lower
Global recession fears have sent world stocks spinning lower despite a G7 pledge to stabilise the battered financial system.[MORE]
Asian, European leaders close ranks on credit crisis
Asian and European leaders end Beijing summit with call for thorough reforms in global financial system.[MORE]
Developing countries need financial protection: UN
United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon says drastic measures are needed to protect developing countries against the global financial crisis.[MORE]
Global markets in tailspin, recession fears grow
Signs of a sharp slowdown in Europe and a barrage of profit warnings and job cut announcements from companies around the world have intensified fears of deep global recession.[MORE]
Financial crisis 'could lead to aid cutbacks'
Aid agencies are warning that the global financial crisis could force them to make cutbacks in the help they provide to the world's poorest countries. [MORE]
Rich nations' policies hurting poor: UN
Activists are marking the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with renewed calls for action to help the world's poor. [MORE]
Global Handwashing Day for S Asia kids
More than 120 million children across South Asia are to simultaneously wash their hands as part of the United Nations' first Global Handwashing Day. [MORE]
World Bank pledges funds for Asia: Arroyo
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo says South-East Asian nations and their dialogue partners have agreed to create a standby liquidity fund for the region.[MORE]
Aust vegetables tested for melamine
Australia's food authority says there is no evidence that vegetables imported from China are contaminated with melamine, the chemical at the centre of the country's milk scandal.[MORE]
Financial crisis grips Japan
The financial crisis has hit hard in Japan, where shares on the Tokyo exchange have recorded their biggest one-day fall since the 1987 stock market crash.[MORE]
Fonterra Australia's milk products attract new Asian buyers
Fonterra Australia has reported an increase in demand from Asia for its milk powder products after the recent contamination crisis in China.[MORE]
Asian stocks, ASX fall as US Senate approves bailout
In response to the US Senate passing the financial bailout bill, the ASX and Asian markets have fallen.[MORE]
Asian 'Eurovision' to take place
It has delighted and appalled viewers from Belfast to Belgrade for over 50 years but one continent is no longer enough for the Eurovision Song Contest. The show is moving to Asia.[MORE]
UN figures show slight drop in young child deaths
The United Nations Children's Fund says more than 9 million children died last year before reaching their fifth birthday. [MORE]
Asia, Middle East fuelling growing drug trade: UN
The United Nations' top drugs body says fast-growing economies in Asia and the Middle East are fuelling the global demand for synthetic drugs. [MORE]
Aussie Hend seals first Asian Tour win
Australian star Scott Hend secured his maiden title on the Asian Tour with a three-stroke triumph at the Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational in Jakarta overnight. [MORE]
ASEAN ends with Aust, NZ free trade deal
South East Asian nations have concluded talks with Australia and New Zealand on a comprehensive free trade deal.[MORE]
Incense linked to respiratory cancers
Researchers in the United States say regular incense smoke inhalation could put people at risk of cancers of the respiratory tract.[MORE]
Partial lunar eclipse due Saturday
People across the world will have the chance to see a partial eclipse of the Moon on Saturday.[MORE]
Asia Pacific must tackle child mortality: UNICEF
A new United Nations report on infant and child mortality has some blunt messages for governments in the Asia Pacific region.[MORE]
Monkeys and apes 'being eaten into extinction'
Almost half the world's monkeys and apes are facing a worsening threat of extinction because of deforestation and hunting for meat, an international report shows.[MORE]
Cricket rises from the Ashes into Asia
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Renewed Ashes rivalry between Australia and England, and India's never-ending epic battles with Pakistan, have generated greater international interest in the sport of cricket.[MORE]
Socceroos draw Japan in final qualifying
Australia drew 2006 World Cup rivals Japan but avoided fellow heavyweights South Korea, Iran and Saudi Arabia in the final round of World Cup qualifying.[MORE]
Rising food, oil costs may spoil Asia poverty advances
A meeting of the World Economic Forum has heard that rising food and oil prices threaten to spoil gains made in the long fight against poverty in Asia. [MORE]
