According to a new opinion poll in Greece, 79 percent of Greeks want to remain in the eurozone. The poll also says 59 percent are satisfied with the way the government is negotiating with its lenders, but nearly half of them want a deal to be struck...
This week will see the release of a slew of economic data for May. The Bank of Communications expects May inflation to edge up 1.4 percent on rising pork price. PPI would continue falling but at a slower rate. PMI may climb to 50.2 percent. Trade is...
It's a long anticipated moment by stock investors in China. Railway mega-firm CRRC starts trading today. The company is born from a merger between China's two giant railway company CNR and CSR. Since news of the merger broke at the end of last year,...
Pressure is mounting for Australias banks to lower the interest rates on their credit cards. Critics point out that the nations cash rate has been cut twice this year to a historic low, but credit card fees remain high, pushing some people deeper int...
China's foreign trade continues to sustain pressure in May. China's total trade volume last month stood at 1.97 trillion yuan, down 9.7 percent year on year. The fall is smaller than April's figure, which had the worst performance in six years. Impor...
South Korea has confirmed 23 more cases of the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome virus, bringing the total number to 87. Among them, five have died from the illness. According to the country's health ministry, 17 of the new cases come from the same Se...
In the streets of Turkey's biggest city - Istanbul, there's a lot of talk about the election outcome, among them - some voices of concern. A local political analyst has told cctv reporter what he's worried about. From a pessimistic perspective, you c...
The Iraqi Province of Anbar is now mostly controlled by Islamic State, after the militant group seized the key city of Ramadi last month. The Iraqi government has vowed to liberate the province, and according to the defense ministry, thousands of its...
Outside the G7 Summit, thousands of protesters have been trying to disrupt the meeting. Convening on upscale resort of Garmisch-Partenkirchen from different directions, they have been trying to get as close as possible to the hotel at which world lea...
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Affected by the MERS outbreak, many places in South Korea have cancelled large-scale activities including face celebrations and marathons. Over 1,300 schools and kindergartens have suspended classes. Surgical masks have sold out in many places. Meanw...
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Intense debate on two controversial security bills continues in Japan's parliament. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pushed the bills that would allow Japanese forces to fight abroad for the first time since World War Two. But the country's legislative...
In Ghana, government teams are still working to clean up debris left after Wednesday night's severe flooding in the capital. As many as 200 people are estimated to have died, as they sought shelter at a petrol station, which caught fire before explod...
For more on the newly released white paper on human rights in 2014, we are joined on the phone by Professor Lu Zhi'an, the deputy director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Fudan University in Shanghai. Q1. How do you assess the current...
