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Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted in October to an 18-month low, increasing concerns about the slowdown in the economic growth of the world's third largest economy.

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Japan’s industrial output dropped in September compared to the previous month in an indication of the faltering economy of the country and soft global demand.

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In another chapter of the spy war with Beijing, Taiwan has arrested at least three retired military officials for allegedly passing military defense secrets to mainland China.

Violence continued on the fourth day of the so-called cease-fire between the Syrian military and opposition forces.

As Japanese auto companies have been hit by a Chinese boycott, all eyes look to Ford and GM for guidance in this week's earnings.

Australia has unveiled a major pivot to Asia policy plan describing Asia’s return to global leadership as “unstoppable.”

The standoff in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo continued for the fourth day Monday, even after the local government cancelled plans to expand a petrochemical complex giving in to the protestors’ demand, news agencies reported.

Japan’s retail sales rose less than expected in September indicating that consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity, continues to falter.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Monday as better-than-expected reading on the U.S. economic activity data lifted sentiment.

More than 22,000 people — majority from Muslim communities — have been rendered homeless in western Myanmar, the U.N. said Sunday even as President Thein Sein admitted that an unprecedented wave of sectarian violence has targeted the nation’s Rohingya Muslims destroying several villages and townships.

The cease-fire between the Syrian Army and opposition forces has failed amid reports of car bombings, artillery fire and airstrikes in Damascus.

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Asian stock markets ended on a negative note last week as the disappointing corporate earnings from the major companies in the U.S. and Asia weighed on the sentiment and suggested that the global economic growth momentum continued to falter.

With China’s manufacturing activity continuing to remain in contraction, market participants have renewed their call for urgent policy easing measures in the coming months to attain a firmer growth recovery.

Asian markets fell in the week with investor sentiment turning negative following the disappointing corporate earnings in the U.S. indicating that the global economic growth momentum continues to falter.

British actor Christian Bale presented Chinese human-rights activist Chen Guangcheng with an award for exposing government injustices in China at a Human Rights First dinner in New York on Wednesday.

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