On a seaside field south of Shanghai, workers are constructing a nuclear reactor that is the flagship for Beijing’s ambition to compete with the United States, France and Russia as
Hong Kong shares fell the most in three weeks on speculation recent gains were excessive relative to earnings prospects. Chinese banks and Tencent Holdings Ltd. led declines. The Hang Seng Index
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Tuesday he expects talks with China on a long-simmering territorial dispute to start possibly this year, and urged Beijing to allow Filipinos to fish
Government forces in Indian-controlled Kashmir fired bullets and shotgun pellets on Tuesday to break up protests demanding an end to Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region, injuring at least
The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea criticized North Korea’s latest submarine missile test yesterday during their annual talks that were held amid lingering frictions over territorial disputes
North Korea on Tuesday warned that joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States are pushing the situation on the Korean Peninsula “to the brink of a war”
A North Korean ballistic missile fired from a submarine yesterday flew about 500 kilometers (310 miles) in the longest flight by that type of weapon, Seoul officials said, a range
The Pakistan political party that runs Karachi said it would operate independently of its London-based chief after he made a speech that sparked deadly clashes in the financial capital and
Storms earlier this year blew down more than a hundred acres of forests where migrating monarch butterflies spend the winter in central Mexico, killing more than 7 percent of the
CHINA Revived appetite for emerging market stocks and bonds is starting to include China - and even its embattled currency. HONG KONG shares fell the most in three weeks on speculation
The leader of the American Nazi party, George Lincoln Rockwell, has been shot and killed by a sniper at a shopping centre in Arlington, Virginia. Minutes after the shooting a “captain”
The four-legged mayor of a northwestern Minnesota village greets voters like a true politician. Duke, a 9-year-old Great Pyrenees, won a third one-year term as honorary mayor of Cormorant Township on
Serena Williams is the No. 1 seeded woman for the U.S. Open after barely holding on to the top spot in the rankings, and Novak Djokovic is No. 1 among
Roma failed to reach the Champions League group stage after having two men sent off in a 3-0 defeat at home to Porto in the second leg of their playoff
Israeli police are on high alert ahead of a match between Celtic and Hapoel Beer Sheva after fans of the Scottish champions waved Palestinian flags at their last meeting. Spokesman Micky
Romania’s government is getting tougher with prisoners who publish books in jail to reduce their sentences, limiting the maximum reduction to 20 days. Previous rules allowed prisoners to have their sentences
This is the time of year when the air is permeated with the smell of burning paper and incense – the seventh month of the lunar year in China, commonly
Education and research, culture, and sports and leisure activities topped the list of sectors that received funds from the Macao Foundation (FM) during the year of 2015. According to the Foundation’s
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) said today it will implement a new bus route, E02, for an experimental trial period. Two types of electric buses – one each from TCM and New
A devastating earthquake rocked central Italy yesterday morning, collapsing homes on top of residents as they slept. At least 73 people were reported dead in three hard-hit towns where rescue
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