China’s yuan advanced from a two-month low amid speculation the central bank is trying to ease depreciation concerns. The People’s Bank of China wants to keep the currency stable after declines
A shallow magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck the mountainous region of Tibet yesterday, injuring 60 people, collapsing houses and damaging bridges and roads, authorities said. The quake struck yesterday at 9:15 a.m. (0115
The decision by the government of Longkou in Shandong province highlights the challenges facing local governments as they seek sources of growth amid a sharp slowdown in the world’s second-largest
Taiwan has executed a man convicted of killing four people in a subway stabbing spree two years ago, an attack that strengthened support for the death penalty on the island,
Queen Elizabeth II has been overheard on video describing Chinese officials as “very rude to the ambassador” in a conversation with a senior police officer at a Buckingham Palace event. The
Upping the ante in the feud over who is responsible for rising tensions in the South China Sea, China yesterday said repeated U.S. Navy patrols in the area are forcing it
Japanese are welcoming President Barack Obama’s decision to visit the atomic-bombed city of Hiroshima, and those interviewed yesterday said they aren’t seeking an apology. Even those who want one realize that such a demand would have
The wife of a prominent Vietnamese human rights lawyer who was badly beaten by thugs and then detained by authorities appealed yesterday for President Barack Obama to seek her husband's
Philippine leader Benigno Aquino III had called this week’s election a referendum on his “straight path” style of reformist governance, but his candidate lost by millions of votes to a
Five men have been arrested on suspicion that they planned to leave Australia in a seven-meter boat to fight in Syria, police said yesterday. The men, aged 21 to 33, had towed the
A car bomb ripped through a commercial area in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 63 people and wounding dozens in an attack that was swiftly
Babies and children are among scores of people dying in military detention at a notorious Nigerian barracks where soldiers illegally hold suspected Islamic extremists, Amnesty International reported yesterday. Many detainees at
The civil ceremony was held up for almost an hour-and-a-half, after bitter arguments between Mr Jagger’s spokesman and the police over the number of reporters and photographers in the wedding
Ted Grant, publisher of the Daily Item in Lynn, said in an open letter published this week that “a lot has changed” since the band was last in town, on
Sarah Rudder was on the verge of a key promotion in the U.S. Marines on Sept. 11, 2001, when the terrorist attacks struck and eventually left her without a leg. But
Manchester United’s players took refuge in the aisle of the team bus, lying down almost on top of each other as thuds and banging were heard outside and objects hit
Prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates say three sports journalists have been convicted of slander over comments they made on a television program. The state-run WAM news agency cited the office
Success in the fight against climate change doesn’t demand dramatic innovations. Houses that heat themselves and jet planes fueled by sunshine and pond goo are good ideas, but there’s no
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The report on the mid-term review of the city’s gaming industry was released today (Wednesday), with a focus on the efforts made by gaming operators to add non-gaming
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