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Rajapaksa family set to consolidate power in Sri Lanka after virus-hit polls

Rajapaksa brothers seek to consolidate power in virus-delayed Sri Lanka vote

Powerful storm forces thousands from homes in virus-hit Philippines

Typhoon forces 140,000 from homes in virus-hit Philippines

Typhoon forces risky evacuations in virus-hit Philippines

ADB announces $20 bln virus rescue package

Americans urged to wear masks as virus toll mounts around world

The International Monetary Fund and World Health Organization say governments need to concentrate on controlling the virus, not short-term job prospects.

ADB warns global cost of virus could top $4 trillion

Asia-Pacific economies face $211 bn hit from virus, says S&P

Bangladesh, buoyed by its garment industry, is gradually becoming an economic power

Typhoon misery for Philippines on Christmas Day

Typhoon Phanfone ruining Christmas for thousands of Filipinos

More agencies have expressed concerns about India’s slowing growth picture.

Although Armenia is riddled with corruption, it has managed to cut poverty rates.

Chinese exports to the US have fallen amid a bruising trade war

The International Monetary Fund, led by Christine Lagarde, forecast a “gradual” global growth of 3.4 percent for 2016 — a projection that is likely to be trimmed.

The slowdown in China, coupled with cooling demand for exports globally, is likely to crimp growth across Asia's developing economies, ADB said in a report Wednesday.

As the death toll rose to 44, the country estimated damage from cyclone Winston at about $1 billion.

The Chinese-built train, with speeds of up to 217.5 mph, is expected to cut travel time between Jakarta, the capital, and Bandung, the nation’s third-largest city.

The climate phenomenon has wreaked havoc in countries from Australia to Vietnam, and could have implications for the global food chain.

Exports were down for the fifth straight month in a fresh sign of challenges facing China's economy, though a drop in imports slowed in November.

A slow recovery in the global economy as well as weak domestic and foreign demand for Chinese goods hurt trade.

The Chinese president spoke after Barack Obama at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation event in Manila Wednesday, before Obama was scheduled to meet the leaders of other TPP countries.

The three Asian neighbors are also considering holding their first summit in three years, sometime around November.

Analysts say the plans could help slowing growth recover in the final quarter of 2015.

China says 57 countries have signed up to become founding members of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank.

Reconstruction work in the impoverished Asian nation could account for nearly 20 percent of its GDP.

Like the U.K., Switzerland and other European countries, Russia has announced it intends to join the bank.