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USA Indonesia
Indonesia lobbies US to maintain special tariff treatment
JAKARTA, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Indonesia lobbied visiting US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to keep the Southeast Asian nation on a list of countries that receive preferential trade terms, its foreign and trade ministers said on Sunday.
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Cina USA Singapore
Asian countries denounce 'real threat' of global trade war
SINGAPORE: Asian countries have voiced concern about the potentially devastating impact of a US-China trade war, with ministers calling for the acceleration of talks for a gigantic Beijing-backed free-trade deal that excludes the United States.
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Cina USA Singapore
China says tariff threat against US 'justified'
SINGAPORE - China's foreign minister said Saturday that his country's threat to impose retaliatory tariffs on US$60 billion of American goods in an escalating trade spat was "fully justified".
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Israele
Druze rally against Israel’s nation-state law: 'We’re here to tell Jews it’s patriotic to protest'
With enough retired generals to launch three military coups, the Druze protest in Tel Aviv was ostensibly non-political, a show of patriotic opposition in a democracy and not just a Jewish state
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USA Israele
'We need equality': Tens of thousands attend Druze rally against nation-state law
'Despite our unreserved loyalty, Israel doesn't see us as equals,' Druze leader tells mass Tel Aviv protest ■ Right-wing activists spread fake correspondence on deal between Druze leaders and Labor party
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Giappone
Job perks on rise in Japan as labor crunch reshapes how companies attract workers
Misaki Harada wants to quit her job as a receptionist at a restaurant management company in Tokyo and move into marketing for an apparel-maker.But the ...
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Belgio
Google, Facebook, YouTube: nuova stretta Ue contro il terrorismo
Nuova stretta di Bruxelles per i giganti del Web. L’Unione europea ha intenzione di presentare in autunno una legge per il contrasto della diffusione di materiale terroristico online....
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Regno Unito
Mystery of iconic bell linked to slave trade at the Coast
The copper bell imported from England was used to warn freed slaves of arrival of Arab slave merchants at the Coast.
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Kenya
Chinese investors eye Kenya trade with new association
Chinese investors are eyeing business deals in Kenya with the launch of the Africa Guangdong Business Association.
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USA
North Korea criticises 'alarming' US behaviour
North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho criticised US impatience on denuclearisation.