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Japan set to take casino gamble
Jun 09, 2013 (AFP)
A group of Japanese lawmakers are close to hitting the jackpot in their bid to legalise casinos, betting the revenue bonanza could challenge Macau for the title...
China May trade data highlights growth concerns
Jun 08, 2013 (AFP)
China on Saturday reported a sharp slowdown in exports in May compared to the previous month while imports unexpectedly dropped, as the world's second largest e...
Argentina, Brazil head for showdown over rail seizure
Jun 06, 2013 (UPI)
Argentina triggered a new political confrontation with neighbor Brazil as it appropriated two railway concessions from Brazilian freight company America Latina ...
France's Hollande pays state visit to Japan
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Francois Hollande arrived in Japan Thursday for three days of talks, hoping to seal deals on nuclear co-operation and in the aviation sector, on the first state...
Chinese firm get concession for Nicaragua canal
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said a concession to build an inter-oceanic canal across his Central American nation was awarded to an unnamed Chinese consor...
China's Xi visits Maya ruins, ending Mexico trip
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping ended his Mexico trip Thursday with a sun-filled tour of the ancient Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza, accompanied by his host Enrique P...
Winemakers sound alarm as EU-China trade war looms
Jun 06, 2013 (AFP)
Fears of an EU-China trade war mounted on Wednesday after Beijing launched an anti-dumping investigation into European wine imports, a move greeted with alarm i...
Hundreds fall sick in Bangladesh garment factory
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
Hundreds of employees of a Bangladeshi garment plant near the capital fell ill Wednesday after drinking suspected contaminated water at work, police and factory...
About 100 Chinese arrested in Ghana for illegal mining
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
Police in Ghana have arrested about 100 Chinese citizens this month on charges of illegal mining, a senior embassy official said on Wednesday. "The Ghanaians ha...
China's Xi in Mexico with trade gap on agenda
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday kicked off a three-day visit to Mexico, which is seeking to narrow a huge trade gap with Beijing and attract investment ...
Troubled Italian steel mill goes into administration
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Italy's government on Tuesday placed a troubled steel mill temporarily into administration amid a long-running legal dispute over toxic pollution in a move that...
China, Mexico presidents agree on 'strategic' partnership
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Mexican counterpart vowed to work jointly to access international markets, like the lucrative US market, as part of a new s...
Xi visits Costa Rica, agree on $2 billion in projects
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping led a major trade foray into Costa Rica Monday with agreements on projects worth nearly $2 billion, including upgrades of an oil re...
US manufacturing lobby presses Obama on China
Jun 03, 2013 (AFP)
The US manufacturing lobby on Monday said President Barack Obama should get tough with President Xi Jinping on alleged Chinese cyber spying and what it sees as ...
Mexico hopes China leader's visit can narrow trade gap
Jun 02, 2013 (AFP)
The leaders of Mexico and China will meet for the second time in two months this week, a sign of deepening cooperation, even as the Latin American nation seeks ...
China opens dumping probe into EU, US chemical sales
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
China launched an anti-dumping probe Friday into chemical imports from the European Union and United States, the government said, amid heightened trade tensions...
China's Xi in Trinidad to boost Caribbean trade
May 31, 2013 (AFP)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago late Friday for the first leg of a Latin America and Caribbean tour aiming to strengthen Be...
More paramilitaries for Chhattisgarh state
May 28, 2013 (UPI)
The Indian government stopped short of sending the army into Chhattisgarh state in the wake of a Maoist attack that killed 27 people. The attack on a convoy of ...
France backs plan for punitive EU levies on China
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
France on Tuesday said it backed European moves to impose punitive levies on solar panels imported from China, a measure opposed by several states including Ger...
Sick workers pay price for Chinese growth
May 28, 2013 (AFP)
As China boomed around 200 men set out from Shuangxi's rural idyll to build its infrastructure and skyscrapers. Now lung disease from dust has killed a quarter ...
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