By Joseph Santolan 8 October 2013 World leaders from the Asia-Pacific region are gathered in Bali for the three-day 2013 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which ends today. President Barack Obama, who cancelled his travels at the last moment to deal with negotiations over the US government shutdown, is pointedly absent. A sense of economic … Continue reading Fears of Asian economic slowdown, US debt default hit APEC summit