New Research Suggests nearly eve ryo ne new Research Suggests nearly everyone can lower their risk of dementia by living a Healthy Lifestyle. Now on bbc news, live to singapore for Asia Business report. Trade war impact. What worldtour days chinese Growth Numbers tell us about the effect on the second biggest economy . Prime days strike. Why some amazon workers are walking out during the on round retail giants shopping bonanza online. Good morning and welcome to this monday addition of Asia Business report, live from singapore with me, mariko oi. Starting with china, because it releases growth figures for the three months tojune this morning. First quarter gdp came in at 6. 4 , much stronger than expected, but the big question now is to what extent is the trade war with the us having an impact on the second biggest economy in the world . Earlier i asked catherine from fidelity whether those tensions played any part in budweiser pulling its Hong Kong Ipo on friday. Actually the deal did
This hour. Amazon workers on strike. It is prime day but that is not stopping employees at one shipping facility in minnesota, from walking off the job about one hour ago, calling for better working conditions. More job security, higher wages. We are live on the scene with the breaking headlines. A new warning after a massive blackout crippleed heart of new york city. What officials are saying today. How the mayor of the city, who wants to be president by the way is defending himself for being thousands of miles away. The first hurricane of the season to hit the u. S. Is making its way north where we are he can track barrys past. Residents begin cleanup efforts. Ashley so much to go at. Fox Business Team coverage. Jackie deangelis at the new york stock exchange. Edward lawrence as always live at white house. Susan li at a Amazon Fulfillment Center warehouse in shakopee, minnesota. We begin with you, jackie. Reporter even though these were small positive gains on nasdaq and dow, hitting
Out how this could have happened in modernday europe. The gran ghetto near italys Southern City of foggia is home to some 1500 people during harvest time. Although home is hardly the right word. The migrant labourers from africa live here in appalling conditions. They earn up to a maximum of 20 euros a day. Not enough to afford a proper place to live. Three of us sleep here. This is the kitchen where we make food. We have rice. And oil, thats it. Recently the water supply was cut off here. But the migrants stayed anyway. Partly because they arent the only ones who depend on their meagre wages. If i dont work here, whos going to feed my children in africa . Sometimes i send 200 euros home, sometimes 150. If i earn two hundred, i keep hundred and send a hundred back home. In many of southern italys plantations, its day labourers om aica who douch the work. Theyome re ithei thousands. Modernday slaves, exploited by unscrupulous farmers. In the town of nardo in apulia, a Police Video Shows
They take note of the serious concern expressed by some nations on the Land Reclamation projects. Officials from the philippines call for the document to contain language denouncing china, but other countries valuing ties with china were strongly opposed. Leaders in beijing are speeding up their maritime activities in the Spratly Islands including the construction of a 3,000meter air strip and other facilities. The philippines, vietnam and other parties overlap their territorial claim there. Now, a u. S. Think tank released photos that show china could be preparing to build a second runway in the Spratly Islands. The center for strategic and International Studies uploaded photos of the reef on its website. Researchers at csis say the photos indicate that, as of june, about 4 million square meters of land have been reclaimed. They say chinese officials may be getting ready to construct another air strip. The director of the csis Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative told nhk that the re
They leased a joint statement. They take note of the serious concern expressed by some nations on the Land Reclamation projects. Officials from the philippines call for the document to contain language denouncing china, but other countries valuing ties with china were strongly opposed. Leaders in beijing are speeding up their maritime activities in the Spratly Islands including the construction of a 3,000meter air strip and other facilities. The philippines, vietnam and other parties overlap their territorial claim there. Now, a u. S. Think tank released photos that show china could be preparing to build a second runway in the Spratly Islands. The center for strategic and International Studies uploaded photos of the reef on its website. Researchers at csis say the photos indicate that, as of june, about 4 million square meters of land have been reclaimed. They say chinese officials may be getting ready to construct another air strip. The director of the csis Asia Maritime Transparency