Markets | Asian stocks fall as oil’s decline signals slowing China economy

Asian stocks fell a fourth day as a deepening commodities selloff raised concern growth may be slowing in China, and as investors await clues from the Federal Reserve on the

Chinese group Anbang Insurance offers 3.5b euros to buy Novo Banco

The group was selected by the Bank of Portugal for final negotiations in the process of selling Novo Banco, the bank that inherited the healthy business activity of Banco Espírito

Ship loading times in Maputo, Mozambique, reduced to two and a half days

The Maputo Port Development Corporation (MPDC) plans to reduce the time it takes to load a 40,000 ton ship at the port to two and half days, said operations manager

Stock volatility rattles investors

China’s volatile stock market is taking shareholders on a white-­knuckle ride, threatening to drive out the small investors Beijing hopes will help pay for reforms of state industry. After falling 6.1

Hong Kong | Pro-democracy students charged a year after Occupy protests

The Reuters news agency has reported that two key figures in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement have been charged with illegal assembly almost a year after students staged huge democracy protests

Gov’t to give tax breaks to more small companies as growth slows

China will provide tax breaks to more small companies as policy makers seek ways to spur domestic consumption and boost an economy growing at the slowest pace in more than

State media: Tianjin firm used connections for hazmat permit 

The son of a former police chief is one of two silent owners of the warehouse for hazardous materials in Tianjin where explosions killed at least 114 people, and used

Shanghai-led group starts work to lift sunken S. Korea ferry

A Chinese-led consortium began preliminary work yesterday to salvage a South Korean ferry that sank last year, killing more than 300 people, officials said. South Korea awarded a USD73 million contract

Congestion | Asia’s ‘infrastructure gap’ threatens to hamper growth

Looking out at bumper-to-bumper Monday morning traffic crawling along the Philippine capital’s main avenue, taxi driver Ranilo Banez shook his head in frustration. Congestion has gotten so bad as the economy

Thailand | Police chief says Bangkok bombing carried out by ‘a network’

Thailand’s national police chief said yesterday that a deadly bombing at a central Bangkok shrine was carried out by “a network,” as police released a sketch of the man they

Syria | Islamic State beheads leading antiquities scholar in Palmyra

Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town’s Roman columns, Syrian state

Greek financial crisis | German parliament overwhelmingly approves third bailout

Germany’s parliament overwhelmingly approved a third bailout for Greece yesterday, removing a key hurdle to providing new loans to the country and keeping it from defaulting on its debts in as little

USA | Clinton seeks distance from Obama on climate change issues

Hillary Rodham Clinton is opposing President Barack Obama’s authorization for oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic and his delays on the Keystone XL pipeline, in some of the clearest signs

This Day in History | 1992 Duchess of York in photos row

The pictures, run by the Daily Mirror over 10 pages, show a topless Duchess of York and Mr Bryan embracing by a swimming pool in the south of France. Other photographs

Offbeat | Thieves uncap 1,200 beers in German store seeking prize

Police in western Germany are looking for thieves who broke into a store selling alcohol and stole the caps off 1,200 bottles of beer — presumably to collect points for

Pistorius to be moved to house arrest, still faces appeal

After being locked up for 10 months for killing his girlfriend, double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius is scheduled to be released from prison and go into house arrest tomorrow. What his steps

Cricket | South Africa team’s secret plans end up on Facebook

FIFA presidential contender Chung Mong-joon says any ethics committee investigation of his disaster relief donation to Pakistan would be "cynical." The South Korean lawmaker launched his FIFA election campaign Monday

Hk Observer | Taxis rule. HK’s uber-free market to be Uber-free?

On the one hand, we have a high-tech startup officially encouraged and supported by the government body that has been set up to boost investment in Hong Kong. On the

Thursday, August 20, 2015 – edition no. 2382

Not the bottom yet – analysts say * Over 40 kids complete MGM’s first lion dancing training program * DSEJ grants scholarships to encourage students majoring in Education * Raimundo apologizes live * Asian

The Buzz | Teens’ e-cigarette use linked with later smoking

A study at 10 Los Angeles high schools links e-cigarettes with later tobacco use. University of Southern California researchers found that 14-year-olds who’d ever tried e-cigarettes were more likely than others

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