Posts Tagged ‘China’

ILO Report Chides India Over Social Security Scenario

AHN News Staff Geneva, Switzerland (AHN) – India’s social security network is poor, leaving its citizens “very highly vulnerable” to poverty and unfair labor practices, according to a report this week by the International Labor Office. The international organization claimed that the country could have done better in terms of providing social security cover to [...]

To Offer Preferential Yuan Loans Of CNY1.6 Billion To Portuguese-speaking Nations-Xinhua

China Portuguese-speaking countries will likely hit a record high in 2010, after the trade volume increased 57% in the first three quarters from a year earlier to View full post on All Stories

Jordan Hosts Nuclear Inspectors With a Post-Apocalypse Landscape

The Media Line Staff Dead Sea, Jordan (TML) – Nuclear experts from around the world were climbing into craters and clamouring up landslides as they gathered in a desolate corner of Jordan beside the Dead Sea to test their ability to uncover evidence of an unauthorized test explosion. Some 35 experts from 20 countries poured [...]

Obama says Asian trip fruitful despite lack of ‘home runs’

Seoul, South Korea- The Group of 20 major economies took initial steps to address imbalances in the global economy Friday. But it did not act as assertively as President Barack Obama had hoped, and he left little doubt that he considered one country, China, the primary source of the problem. Scrapping a longtime practice of [...]

EU, Iran Push To Restart Nuclear Talks

AHN News Staff Tehran, Iran (AHN) – Responding to European Union chief diplomat Catherine Ashton’s call to revive nuclear talks from November 15-18, Iran on Wednesday proposed fresh dates to resume talks with major world powers. Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili sent a letter to Ashton saying Tehran could restart negotiations on November 23 [...]

Obama Supports India In Getting Permanent UNSC Seat

AHN News Staff New Delhi, India (AHN) – United States President Barack Obama, on the second day of his three-day visit to India, has appreciated New Delhi for its developments and vowed his nation’s support in the world’s largest democracy’s quest for a permanent United Nations Security Council seat. In a landmark address at the [...]

Washington Journal for 11/8

7:45am – Eric Pianin, Fiscal Times, Washington Editor 8:30am – Gene Karpinski, League of Conservation Voters, President 9:15am – Drew Thompson, Nixon Center, China Studies Director Length: 3 hr. Published: Today at 7am (ET) View full post on All Stories

PM Keen On Expanding Australia’s Strategic Military Role

Lawrence Mijares – AHN News Contributor Melbourne, Australia (AHN) – As she prepared to meet Sunday with visiting U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for a review of U.S. military presence in the Asia-Pacific, Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard expressed willingness to expand Australia’s military partnership with the U.S. in the region. In an interview [...]

Major players? China, India get more say in IMF

China and India received long-sought recognition as global economic heavyweights as the International Monetary Fund gave them and other emerging powers a significantly larger role in stabilizing the world economy. View full post on All Stories

Germany, China Lead International Criticism Of Decision By U.S. Federal Reserve To Buy $600 Billion In Bonds

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The decision by the United States Federal Reserve to pump $600 billion into the nation’s economy by buying U.S. Treasury Bonds has sparked international criticism led by Germany and China. China and Germany represent the world’s second- and fourth-largest economies respectively. In addition, [...]

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