For the first ten months of 2015, the number of visitors on package tours totaled 8,222,000, down by 9 percent when compared with the same period of 2014. Compared with October
Hugo Pinto has won the Fundação Oriente (Orient Foundation) Journalism Award for a report titled “As novas regras do jogo” (literally, “The new rules of the game”). It is the
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde and some two dozen officials on the fund’s executive board were gathering gathering yesterday at headquarters in Washington for one of the most- anticipated
China’s economic slowdown, government anti-corruption measures and fleeing speculators are causing a chill in the Hong Kong art auction market, Christie’s Nov. 28 International Hong Kong evening sale showed. The London-based
“It is such an amazing experience for us to perform at this ultra-modern event center. The exclusivity of this world-class venue gave us a great opportunity to get close and
Old foes China and Taiwan have swapped high-level convicted spies in a sign of goodwill linked to the first meeting ever between their presidents. Each side released the convicts and allowed them to
The Hong Kong government agreed to bear the costs for MTR Corp’s railway project linking the city to mainland China more than a year after a cost blowout led to
President Barack Obama yesterday touted close U.S. cooperation with China on climate change as vital to world efforts to slow global warming, even as he acknowledged persistent differences with China’s President Xi Jinping
Smog levels spiked in Beijing yesterday, highlighting the environmental challenges facing China as President Xi Jinping arrived in Paris for global climate talks. The concentration of PM2.5, fine particulates that pose
South Korea’s parliament yesterday approved a free trade pact with China after opposition lawmakers secured a USD1.4 billion relief package for farmers. The ratification, which comes five months after the trade pact was
Friends of two Australian tourists missing for more than a week in Mexico are looking to work with authorities in determining what happened to the men following a report that
A Malaysian military officer who was extradited to New Zealand after earlier leaving the country under the protection of diplomatic immunity pleaded guilty yesterday to indecent assault. Muhammad Rizalman Ismail faces
J apan’s whaling fleet will leave today for the Antarctic for a three-month, scaled-down hunt, the government said, despite protests from opponents who say Tokyo has not proven that whales need to
World Rugby Chairman Bernard Lapasset led the tributes to Jonah Lomu at a public memorial yesterday, saying the former All Blacks winger was a giant whose contribution to the sport
Defying calls from Moscow, Turkey’s prime minister said yesterday that his country won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, saying the Turkish military was doing
Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighborhood of Central African Republic’s capital yesterday and brought his message of reconciliation to the city’s main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims
A Jerusalem court yesterday convicted two Israeli youths in the grisly killing last year of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, while delaying the verdict for the third and chief suspect
Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris
Mrs Rosa Parks now faces a fine for breaking the segregation laws which say black Americans must vacate their seats if there are white passengers left standing. It is not the
The world champion Fiji sevens rugby team has been praised after stepping in to assist cabin crew during a medical emergency on a flight from Fiji to Brisbane last week. When
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