China says it will sanction US firms over Taiwan warplanes

China says it will impose sanctions on U.S. companies involved in plans for an $8 billion sale of F-16 fighters to Taiwan. Chinese Foreign Ministry

Beijing says British consulate staffer detained 15 days

China said yesterday a staffer at the British consulate in Hong Kong has been given 15 days of administrative detention in the city of Shenzhen

Chinese woman accused of Mar-a-Lago trespass angers judge

A Chinese woman accused of trespassing at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club and lying to Secret Service agents is frustrating the federal judge hearing her case as

China hosts Japan, S. Korea ministers in bid to smooth row

The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea met in Beijing yesterday as they seek to encourage progress on North Korean denuclearization at a time of tense

Australian court upholds sex abuse verdict of Cardinal Pell

An Australian appeals court yesterday upheld convictions against Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic to be found guilty of sexually abusing children, in a

Trump | US president cancels Denmark visit because Greenland isn’t for sale

Two days after he said buying Greenland wasn’t a top priority, President Donald Trump canceled an upcoming trip to Denmark, which owns the mostly frozen island, after

Offbeat | German city offers $1.1M to whoever proves it doesn’t exist

A German city that’s been the subject of a long-running online light-hearted conspiracy theory claiming it doesn’t really exist is offering big bucks to whoever proves that’s true.

This Day in History | 1966 – ICI announces big nylon job losses

Britain’s largest manufacturing company Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is cutting 1,000 staff at its nylon-fibre producing factories. Six hundred jobs will go at Doncaster, 200 at Gloucester

Life & Style | Larry King seeks divorce from seventh wife after 22 years

Larry King is seeking a divorce from his seventh wife, Shawn King, after 22 years. The 85-year-old talk show host filed a petition to end

American Football | Antonio Brown is all in – at least for now

Antonio Brown is right about one thing: Helmets are important. The way Brown has been toying with his new team makes you wonder if he’s ever

Football | Ronaldo says 2018 ‘probably worst year’ of his life

Cristiano Ronaldo says the rape allegation against him was an attack on his honor and led to one of the worst years of his life.

World briefs

The Buzz | Thousands interested in Dutch idea for Brexit beach party

As the deadline for Britain to quit the European Union approaches, thousands of people are expressing interest in a Brexit beach party in the Netherlands to say a

Thailand to set up center to combat ‘fake news’

  Thailand’s government announced a plan to set up a center to combat unverified news on social media platforms, rejecting concerns that it might be used to

World Views | Trump trolls the Nordics. They troll him back

Donald Trump’s  Since his election as president, Trump has needled every Nordic nation except Iceland (though his son Eric reportedly had an abortive  Trump first trolled

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* Bridge said to bring 30% more same-day visitors * Mission for Shenzhen not quite to spite HK * MGM China says it is not using facial recognition in its casinos, amid

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