Summer clothing arrival drives up prices

The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of June 2019 increased by 2.62% year-on-year to reach 115.80, according to the latest information from the

Briefs | Six caught for smuggling cough syrup in shenzhen

Police in Shenzhen have arrested six suspects for selling and distributing cough medication with addictive ingredients, with a total of 11,927 bottles of cough syrup confiscated. The suspects

Macau netizens express divided opinions on neighbor’s strife

Online comments penned by Macau residents show that local society has become increasingly divided over the Hong Kong situation, just as the protesters and the pro-

Hong Kong tempts China’s ire as protests take more violent turn

From stick-wielding mobs who attacked activists to one pro-independence group accused of stockpiling explosives, the latest unrest in Hong Kong has prompted new fears that protesters

From Tesla to Twitter, a guide to this week’s quarterly reports

The upbeat picture painted by this past week’s blowout bank earnings heralded a promising earnings season. Too bad other industries didn’t get the memo.

Papua New Guinea open to Chinese and Australian investors

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister said yesterday his South Pacific island nation was open to investment from China, Australia and any other country that is willing to

Cambodian leader denies allowing China naval base

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday strongly denied that he was allowing China to set up a military outpost in the Southeast Asian nation, after a news

Trade War | Beijing hints at talks restart after making ‘goodwill’ moves

Face-to-face negotiations between the top Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators could happen soon, according to Chinese state media, after a number of goodwill gestures by Beijing over

Taiwan stocks offer hefty yield but investors still selling

The cash reward for owning Taiwan stocks is larger than almost anywhere else in Asia. Global investors are ditching them anyway. Even with the benchmark

Japan | Abe’s coalition still short of votes to change constitution

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling coalition secured a majority in Japan’s upper house of parliament in elections Sunday, but it lost ground and fell short of

1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87

Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit prankster group by naming

Iran airs video of crew of seized British ship

Iran’s state broadcaster has released new video showing for the first time the 23-member crew of the British-flagged ship seized by Iran — an apparent attempt to

Offbeat | Pittsburgh marks its fourth alligator sighting since May

A baby alligator was found far from the tropics in the parking lot of a grocery store outside Pittsburgh on Friday morning, the fourth alligator discovered near the

This Day in History | 1974 – Greek military rule gives in to democracy

The military government in Greece has collapsed and the former prime minister Constantine Karamanlis has been invited to return. Huge crowds gathered to greet him at Athens

Life & Style | Mariano Rivera closes Hall of Fame induction ceremony

For Mariano Rivera, it was the culmination of a storied career, dreams of being the next Pelé long since forgotten. Rivera, the career saves

Swimming | Peaty, Canadian teen win breaststroke titles at worlds

Adam Peaty became the first man to win a third 100-meter breaststroke title at the world swimming championships last night. A Canadian teenager grabbed a share of

Taste of the Tour | A signature dessert in Kirk Douglas’ wake

It’s a Tour de France dilemma: When you’ve found a gem of a hotel with a knockout restaurant along the race route, do you greedily keep

World briefs

The Buzz | Pirates rob South Korea ship crew members near Singapore Strait

Pirates boarded a South Korean-flagged cargo ship near the Singapore Strait yesterday and robbed its crew of their money, clothes and cellphones, South Korean officials said. Two

Political correctness | Berkeley drops words like ‘manpower’ in push to be inclusive

There will be no manholes in Berkeley, California. City workers will drop into “maintenance holes” instead. Nothing will be manmade in the liberal city but

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