Shanghai share index suffers biggest daily drop since 2007

The Shanghai share index fell the most since early 2007 yesterday as Chinese stocks suffered a renewed sell-off despite government efforts to calm the market. The Shanghai Composite Index closed down

Hong Kong feeling the mainland’s pain

For Hong Kong, it’s been one thing after another when it comes to China. A series of anti-China and pro-democracy protests last year prompted stores to close and mainland tour groups

Woman dies after being trapped in escalator, but saves son

Sunday’s horrific accident in the central city of Jingzhou was caught on surveillance camera footage that circulated heavily on the Internet in China. The woman — identified in media reports as

State media snipe at Obama’s Africa trip

China’s state media are pouring cold water on President Barack Obama’s visit to Africa, saying U.S. attention to the continent is largely due to concern over China’s booming influence there. The

Court accepts group’s case against ConocoPhillips, CNOOC

A Chinese court says it has accepted a case brought by a social organization against oil giants ConocoPhillips China and China National Offshore Oil Corp. over oil spills in northern

Gov’t lifting ban on sales of video game consoles

China is lifting its ban on sales of video game consoles to promote the industry and a new manufacturing zone in Shanghai. Consoles produced in the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone will automatically

Philippines | Protesters, police clash ahead of Aquino speech

Left-wing protesters clashed with riot police amid a downpour yesterday as they tried to breach a barricade of barbed wire and shipping containers ahead of the Philippine president’s final state

India | 7 killed as militants attack police station, bus

Indian forces fought a prolonged gunfight yesterday with militants who attacked a moving bus and stormed into a police station in a northern town bordering Pakistan, with at least nine

Afghanistan | 21 dead, 8 wounded in wedding gunfight

A shootout at a wedding party in northern Afghanistan has left 21 people dead and eight wounded, an official said yesterday. Abdul Jabar Perdili, police chief of Baghlan province, said a

North Korea | With warning to US, Pyongyang marks end of Korean War

North Korean officials warned the United States that another war on the Korean Peninsula would leave no Americans alive to sign a surrender document as the country marked yesterday’s anniversary

Turkey | Troops target Kurdish fighters in northern Syria

Turkish troops have shelled a Syrian village near the border, targeting Kurdish fighters who have been battling the Islamic State group with the aid of U.S.-led airstrikes, Syria’s main Kurdish

USA | Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston’s daughter, dies aged 22

Born and raised in the shadow of fame and litigation, shattered by the loss of her mother, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown was overwhelmed by the achievements and demons of

This Day in History | 1976 Chinese earthquake kills hundreds of thousands

The quake has virtually destroyed the city of Tangshan, north-east of Beijing, and Western sources believe the death toll may be much higher than the official figure of 240,000. Some

Offbeat | US: Florida man wins Hemingway look-alike contest in Key West

Retired air traffic controller Charlie Boice of Palm Beach Gardens prevailed Saturday night at Sloppy Joe’s Bar, a hangout of Ernest Hemingway during his Key West residency in the 1930s. A

Swim Worlds | From Vegas to Kazan: US wins mixed duet synchro at worlds

Christina Jones and Bill May, a couple of old pros in the pool making a comeback while juggling Las Vegas show careers, won a gold medal in new mixed duet

Boxing | Kovalev retains light heavyweight titles

Sergey Kovalev had little trouble taking care of business against an outmatched Nadjib Mohammedi. Now he can look forward to a homecoming bout in Moscow. Kovalev stopped Moha-­mmedi in the third round

Our Desk | Stating the obvious

The past two weeks I spent holidaying in Japan’s diverse Kansai region has left me with three obvious impressions: A) the supply for consumption is endless both in types and

Tuesday, July 28, 2015 – edition no. 2365

* 78 athletes represent Macau at the Los Angeles Special Olympics * Community nanny program scrapped * Interview with Akiko Takahashi * Protesters, police clash ahead of Aquino speech   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Woman gets life after hiring teen who killed wrong man

A U.S. woman was sentenced to life in prison after she hired a teen to kill a man, and he killed the wrong man by mistake. Authorities have said that

Macau | ‘Theatresports’ promotes anti-drug message to youth

Local youngsters competed against one another last night in an impromptu drama competition at Pui Ching Middle School as part of the government’s anti-drug efforts targeting local youth. The second edition

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