Trump will withdraw from TPP 'on day one'
WASHINGTON - US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would move to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal Jan 20, the day he takes office.
22 Nov 2016 at 06:35


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WASHINGTON - US President-elect Donald Trump said Monday he would move to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal Jan 20, the day he takes office.
22 Nov 2016 at 06:35
LIMA, PERU: US President Barack Obama returned to the White House Monday, ending the last foreign tour of his tenure as he prepares to hand power over to Donald Trump, amid unease about the Republican's volatility and isolationist rhetoric.
22 Nov 2016 at 03:26
An 80-acre site has been set aside for a residential area inside Thilawa special economic zone, an official has said, with a 9-acre portion to be dedicated to...
21 Nov 2016 at 20:18
PHNOM PENH - A court in Cambodia has charged an Australian woman and two Cambodians with violating the country's new ban on providing commercial surrogacy services.
21 Nov 2016 at 19:53
KUALA LUMPUR - Rights groups condemned Malaysia's government on Monday for a crackdown on organisers of a weekend anti-government rally, including the arrest of the...
21 Nov 2016 at 19:45
Philippine shares closed 1.3% lower on Monday as investors booked profits after three straight sessions of gains on strong quarterly GDP data and September remittances.
21 Nov 2016 at 18:51
More companies in Singapore are providing ad-hoc flexible work arrangements and leave benefits that are not required under the law, according to a 2016 survey by the...
21 Nov 2016 at 14:48
MANILA - Campaigners launched legal action Monday to exhume the body of former Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos, just three days after his burial in a national...
21 Nov 2016 at 13:45
YANGON, Myanmar - More than 1,000 houses in Rohingya villages have been razed in northwestern Myanmar, according to analysis of satellite images from Human Rights Watch...
21 Nov 2016 at 12:45
ASIA FOCUS
Indonesia sees 'sizeable but manageable' impacts from Trump populism, but believes a stronger US economy will be good for Asia.
21 Nov 2016 at 12:30
MYANMAR
SHANGHAI - China has said its army is on high alert after armed groups in Myanmar attacked military and police posts close to their shared border at the weekend and that...
21 Nov 2016 at 09:23
trade
The Revenue Department has voiced concerns that the government's planned establishment of border trade towns could be used as a loophole for tax evasion, an informed...
21 Nov 2016 at 08:53