KEEPING SCORE: China’s Shanghai Composite was up 1.6 percent at 2,961.58 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 0.8 percent to 19,386.75. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 added 0.7 percent to 4,885. Japan’s
President Xi Jinping will wade into the feud between Iran and Saudi Arabia as he begins a Middle East tour that shows a new willingness by China to flex its
Hong Kong authorities say Chinese officials have confirmed the whereabouts of the chief editor of a publisher specializing in books banned in mainland China three weeks after he went missing
China's economy cooled further in the latest quarter, dragging 2015's full-year growth to a quarter-century low and deepening a slowdown that has fueled anxiety over its impact on the global
Chinese state media say a Swedish co-founder of a human rights group in China was detained because he is suspected of funding activities that endanger state security. The official Xinhua News
The Dalai Lama left his home in India yesterday to travel to the United States for a medical checkup, although the Tibetan spiritual leader said he has no specific health
Shouting slogans and holding placards, hundreds of students yesterday angrily protested the death of an Indian student who, along with four others, was barred from using some facilities at his
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle struck a crowded police checkpoint on the outskirts of the Pakistani city of Peshawar yesterday, killing 11 people in an attack claimed by the
A young woman in a remote northern region of Afghanistan had her nose cut off by her husband, officials in the region said yesterday. Fawzia Salimi, a hospital director in Maymana,
Police shot dead a man armed with a knife in a Sydney police station yesterday, an official said. The man was shot once by a police sergeant with 24 years of experience during a
The family of an Australian doctor and his wife abducted in Burkina Faso urged the kidnappers yesterday to release the couple so that they can continue their life-saving charity work in
Amid calls for a boycott of the Academy Awards over its all-white acting nominees and Spike Lee and Jada Pinkett Smith both announcing they would sit out this year’s ceremony,
President Barack Obama is welcoming his first foreign leader of the new year, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, for talks that will cover the Islamic State militant group and a
The Pentagon has released the pictures showing the detainees kneeling and subjected to sensory deprivation on their arrival at Camp X-Ray, which is housed in a military base at Guantanamo
The star of an Oscar-winning documentary about dolphin killings in Japan has been detained by immigration authorities at an airport near Tokyo. Ric O’Barry is the former dolphin trainer for the
Rafael Nadal lost to Fernando Verdasco in the first round of the Australian Open, an unprecedentedly early exit at Melbourne Park for the 14-time Grand Slam winner and a reversal
Macau’s first cinema-themed integrated entertainment facility, retail outlet and gaming resort has welcomed over 2,000 guests to the opening party of Pacha Macau. The Ibizan-styled club kick-started the weekend’s celebrations with
Real Madrid has trained hard under new coach Zinedine Zidane and recovered its enthusiasm following the departure of Rafa Benitez according to star forward Cristiano Ronaldo Speaking after Sunday’s 5-1 win
Aquaponics is the combination of aquaculture for growing fish and hydroponics for growing plants that is often used in old factory buildings in cities. It is something to consider for
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