China summons HK’s 500 to Shenzhen to discuss unrest

China’s top agencies in charge of Hong Kong affairs held a special meeting across the border in Shenzhen to discuss unrest in the financial hub that’s become

HKZMB accounts for just 7% of cross-border vehicle traffic

Nearly nine months after its opening in October last year, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai- Macau Bridge (HKZMB) accounted for just 7% of Macau’s cross- border vehicular trips

Mi Jian shares views on Macau’s Greater Bay Area involvement

Director of the Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau Mi Jian was featured in a one- page news report on Chinese media by Macao Daily News.

Guangzhou releases map for nighttime tourism

The capital of southern China’s Guangdong Province has rolled out a map highlighting commercial clusters for evening activities, as the city aims to spur its “nighttime

What did you say? Tourists fuel pocket translator boom in Japan

Takehiko Fujita wouldn’t be able to do his job selling eye drops and pain relievers without his pocket translator. Instead of an app, language dictionary, or call-in translation service, the clerk

Amazon gives option to disable human review on Alexa

Amazon.com Inc. will let Alexa users opt out of human review of their voice recordings, a move that follows criticism that the program violated customers’ privacy. A new policy allows customers,

Tourism | Let down by China, Mauritius turns to Saudi Arabia for growth

Let down by falling numbers of Chinese visitors and fretting about Brexit, the tourism industry of Mauritius is turning to an unexpected savior: Saudi Arabia. While surging numbers of Chinese visitors

China warship collision led to standoff, freighter captain says

The Taiwanese coast guard intervened to end an hour-long standoff between a freighter and an unidentified Chinese warship after the two vessels collided in the contested Taiwan Strait last week. The

Gov’t bans movies, actors from prominent Taiwan film awards

China said yesterday that it was banning Chinese movies and actors from participating in Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards, one of the Asian film industry’s most prestigious honors, as Beijing ramps

Yuan weakens after signs of stability calm markets

China’s currency weakened again yesterday after hopes among financial traders that its decline was stabilizing helped to calm jittery global markets. The yuan edged down to 7.0488 to the U.S. dollar,

Japan says export step not aimed at hurting ties with Seoul

Japan’s government spokesman says his country’s downgrading of South Korea’s trade status is not intended as retaliation for disputes over court rulings ordering Japanese companies to pay compensation for their

Thailand | Health ministry receives cannabis oil for medical use

Thailand’s health ministry received its first batch of legal medical marijuana yesterday to be distributed in state-run hospitals. Public Health Minister Anutin Chanvirakul presided over the ceremonial handing over of 4,500

Sri Lanka PM: Country must prepare for new terrorism phase

Sri Lanka’s prime minister told a parliamentary committee investigating the Islamic State-inspired Easter Sunday bomb attacks that the country should prepare itself for new types of terrorism. Existing policing, investigative agencies

Kim says North Korean launches were warning to US, South

North Korea said yesterday leader Kim Jong Un supervised a live- fire demonstration of newly developed, short-range ballistic missiles intended to send a warning to the United States and South

Some skeptical as Trump prepares to visit sites of shootings

President Donald Trump is bringing a message aimed at national unity and healing to the sites of the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. But the words he offers

Russian couple face losing custody of child after protest

Moscow’s children’s rights ombudsman and other public figures have reacted with outrage to Russian prosecutors’ moves to remove a 1-year-old boy from his parents because they allegedly took him to

This Day in History | 1974 – President Nixon to resign from office

Richard Nixon has announced he is stepping down as president of the United States - the first man ever to do so. He has announced his departure in the face of

Offbeat | Florida woman says toilet explodes after lightning strike

A Florida woman says lightning destroyed her septic tank and caused a toilet in her house to explode. Marylou Ward tells television station WINK News that the sole toilet in her

Popular ‘Bachelorette’ finale boosts ABC in ratings

Summer’s most popular entertainment series, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” had a little competition last week. ABC’s “The Bachelorette” delivered its best ratings for the franchise in two years along with a

Rhiannon Giddens to get Americana award

Grammy-winning folk singer and musician Rhiannon Giddens and pioneering composer Francis “Frank” Johnson will be the first recipients of the inaugural Legacy of Americana Award. The Americana Music Association announced the

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