Known as the jasmine revolution. Well t today june is in the middle of a democratic selection of a new president people have not y yet seen perhaps the reward stay hopeful but there is a clear belief that unity is on the right track for a Better Future for all. We take a look back at the life and times of dictator ben ali in tunisia. For r more than twtwty years h he was an only presesent but untntouchable lea. Until the jasmine revolution of january two thousand eleven. Zine Al Abidine Ben ali was almost inescapable in tunisia. Hes rise began in the military. After training in france been on the rose to the rank of general in the tunisian army. He founded and ran to his his military Security Force for ten years before turning to politics. Finally reached the highest echelons of power w with breaknececk s speed in nineteen eighty six he became interior minister. Just onene youre wrog he moved on up the ladder to become Prime Minister benjamin tracing the frail pleased in florida. Littl
Rest of 2024, so it is risk off, no matter where you look in the region, stocks are down. The nikkei was 1 off, declines in the kospi, taiex, hang seng, and were keeping an especially close i on chinese equities and geopolitical tensions amid chinas drills around taiwan. Ill talk further back to pet but lets split ill talk further about japan, but lets flip the board. I want to show the extent of the risk aversion today. Not benefiting from invidious rally yesterday, samsung let tronics electronics added pressure after a failure of an nvidia test due to heat issues. Lets flip the board again and take a closer look at what were seeing in japan. Its really the focus on the fed today and how we see higher u. S. Yields prompting dollaryen above the 157 level. The level that is thought to have latched on the first of two interventions earlier this month, and also the japanese currency depreciation drawing in the bears because the boj rate hikes, the yield on the 10 year still sitting above
Welcome to daybreak australia. I am haidi stroudwatts in sydney we are counting down to asias major market opens. Annabelle im Annabelle Droulers in hong kong. Stock investors playing it safe with age and futures mixed and wall street flats. 10year treasury yields falling for the first time in six sessions. An auction draws tepid demand. Arm shares tumbling out a lukewarm revenue forecast raising concerns of the Tech Industry ai spending three spree slowing. Xi jinping lands in hungary counting ties to Eastern Europe as a boon for the chinese economy. Shery breaking news for the account balance for south korea. The trade surplus number for march widening to just under 8. 1 billion u. S. We are seeing the current account surplus also there widening to 6. 931 billion as well. We have seen quite a big move over the past few months when it comes to the you want. Yuan. We are seeing a bit of an increase when it comes to net exports of goods. We have seen a decline in manufacturing services,
summit in san francisco. it s their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s access to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier, i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption through the trump years and then through the pandemic and through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship. we talk a lot about the conflicts and economic differences. but how has this impacted customers and businesses? has there been much of an impa
economic cooperation summit in san francisco. in their first face to face talks in more than a year, they are expected to discuss the ongoing trade row between the two countries, as well as washington s measures to restrict beijing s acess to advanced computer chips. the meeting comes as china s once roaring economy struggles to recover from the the impact of the pandemic. earlier i spoke to the executive director of the asian trade centre in singapore, deborah elms. she told me this conversation is an important first step. well, i think the most important part is that they ve had a meeting. i mean, that sounds pretty modest, but after a lot of disruption that through the trump years and through the trump years and through the trump years and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the pandemic and through the post pandemic period, just having a conversation between the two leaders is critical to helping stabilise this rocky relationship.- stabilise this ro