by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 17, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Policy
The figures announced by the government in Beijing follow trends worldwide, but especially in East Asia, where Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and other nations have seen their birth rates plummet. China three years ago joined Japan and most of Eastern Europe among...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 14, 2025 | International News, Regulation, Risk Management, Technology
Under one scenario that’s been discussed by the Chinese government, Musk’s X — the former Twitter — would take control of TikTok US and run the businesses together, the people said. With more than 170 million users in the US, TikTok could bolster X’s efforts to...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 14, 2025 | Climate, Environment, Renewable Energy, Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Technology
Sales in China jumped 36.5 per cent to 1.3 million vehicles in December, and totalled 11 million for the whole of 2024. Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose by a quarter last year to over 17 million cars, helped by a fourth consecutive month...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 12, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Non-Life, Reinsurance, Risk Management
Sanctions on Russian oil insurers will prompt Russia to price its crude below $60 a barrel so Moscow can continue to use Western insurance and tankers Chinese and Indian refiners will source more oil from the Middle East, Africa and the Americas, boosting prices and...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jan 4, 2025 | Eco/Invest/Demography, Health, Indian News, Policy
As a precautionary measure, the government said the number of laboratories testing for HMPV will be enhanced by the Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR), and ICMR will be monitoring trends of HMPV for the entire year, said the goverment New...
