China’s two main stock exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen and the Japan Exchange have added new exchange traded funds and vowed to expand the product types included in their joint ETF Connectivity ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupts, spews clouds of ash
Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano on Java island erupted on Wednesday, sending up a cloud of ash and prompting authorities to warn of the risk of lava flows reaching roads, officials said. ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano erupts – in pictures
The country’s most active volcano has unleashed a river of lava, searing gas and ash down its 3,000m slopes on Java island, threatening vulnerable villages ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi produces thunderous eruption
Mount Merapi, the most active volcano in Indonesia, erupted Wednesday, sending a river of lava down its slopes and causing searing gas clouds to billow 10,000 feet into the sky. ( read original story ...)
Why Are Farmers Protesting in India?
Thousands of protesters, many driving tractors, took to the streets of New Delhi on Tuesday. Who are they, and what do they want? ( read original story ...)
Don’t treat China as ‘strategic rival’, says China’s ambassador to U.S.
Treating China as a "strategic rival" of the United States is a misjudgement that could lead to mistakes, China's ambassador to the United States said in a speech to an online forum. ( read original story ...)
China reports a growing shortage of factory workers
The government's fourth-quarter list of 100 jobs with the greatest labor shortage showed manufacturing-related positions accounted for 36, or more than a third. ( read original story ...)
Displaced Armenians of Artsakh receive aid, but no status
Artsakh War precipitated overlapping refugee crises. Tens of thousands of Armenians were displaced from their homes in the Artsakh republic during the 44-day war, fleeing incessant shelling of ... ( read original story ...)
Audits for Georgia tax breaks revived in General Assembly session
Georgia senators advanced a bill Wednesday aimed at auditing up to five tax credit programs each year in a bid to curb wasteful loopholes in the state’s tax structure. ( read original story ...)
Date Set For Trial Of Kyrgyz Tycoon Placed Under U.S. Magnitsky Sanctions
The trial of the former deputy chief of Kyrgyzstan's Customs Service, Raimbek Matraimov, who was placed on the U.S. Magnitsky sanctions list for his alleged involvement in the illegal funneling of ... ( read original story ...)