Shanghai car show bans skimpily clad showgirls 

The Shanghai Auto Show banned female models and automakers responded with dancers and fresh-faced young women holding tablet computers. Organizers of China’s biggest auto show announced in February that models in slinky dresses

Xi in Pakistan to unveil USD45B in investments 

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pakistan yesterday for a two-day visit in which he is expected to announce USD45 billion worth of investment projects in energy and infrastructure development. Prime

Taiwan | 1 dead from fire sparked by quake off south Japan

A strong undersea earthquake struck between Taiwan and southern Japan yesterday, sparking a house fire that killed a person outside of Taiwan’s capital and causing Japanese authorities to evacuate some

More than 100,000 officials caught in austerity push

The party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in its monthly report that 5,340 officials were reprimanded in December 2014, the most recent month studied. That pushed the two-year total

Australia | 5 asylum seekers on Nauru set to go to Cambodia

Five asylum seekers from Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Iran have agreed to be among the first to leave the Pacific island nation of Nauru for Cambodia under a deal that

Authorities seize 4 tons of elephant tusks in biggest ever bust

Thailand seized 4 tons of ivory hidden in bean sacks tracked from Congo in what authorities said was the biggest bust in the country’s history, customs officials said yesterday. The 739

India | Van and 3-wheeled vehicle collide; 5 students dead

Villagers who took the injured students, including three in critical condition, to a nearby government hospital in Bihar state became incensed when they discovered no doctors were present. About 100

Philippines | Manila starts South China Sea War games with US

More than 11,000 soldiers from the Philippines, U.S. and Australia will take part in joint drills in the South China Sea, as the Philippines’ military chief called China’s building work

South Korea | Gov’t ready to begin work to salvage sunken ferry

South Korea’s oceans ministry said yesterday that it was ready to start work to salvage a ferry that sank last year, killing more than 300 people, and that the operation

Somalia | Al-Shabab bombs UN van, 4 UNICEF workers killed

A bomb exploded yesterday on a van carrying U.N. employees in northern Somalia, killing at least seven people and wounding several others, police and U.N. officials said. Al-Shabab claimed responsibility

Environment | Almonds get roasted in debate over California water use 

California almonds are becoming one of the world’s favorite snacks and creating a multibillion-dollar bonanza for agricultural investors. But the crop extracts a staggering price from the land, consuming more

Migration | EU foreign ministers to meet after latest shipwreck tragedy

Rescue crews searched yesterday for survivors and bodies from what could be the Mediterranean’s deadliest migrant tragedy ever as hundreds more migrants took to the sea undeterred and EU foreign ministers gathered for an

This Day in History: 1955 Fleet Street papers back after strike

The stoppage was called off following an agreement on Tuesday night between electricians’ and engineers’ unions and the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association. The 700 maintenance men, who take care of the newspaper

Offbeat: Bosnians hope to break world record for biggest chicken stew

Some 100 cooks and volunteers used 1,000 kilograms of chicken meat and about 300 kilograms of vegetables to prepare the traditional dish, known as Bey’s soup, in the center of

Football | Champions League preview: Madrid rivals clash again

Defending champion Real Madrid faces familiar foe Atletico Madrid for a place in the Champions League semifinals while Barcelona appears to have its place already booked. The Madrid rivals produced a stalemate

ACL Preview | Laudrup, Cannavaro eye coaching success in Asia

Today, 6:30pm FC Seoul v Guangzhou FC H 3, D 3.4, A 2.52 Michael Laudrup and Fabio Cannavaro were giants of the global game as players and can take a big step toward

Our Desk: A tale of two border crossings

Living across two separated territories has trained me to be border-crossing savvy. I try to avoid the crowded checkpoints and congested traffic as much as I can, and learn my

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The Buzz | Kids of Cold War crocs going to Cuba

Cuba’s efforts to sustain the critically endangered Cuban crocodile are getting a boost from Sweden, home to a pair of reptiles that Fidel Castro gave to a Soviet cosmonaut four

World briefs

CHINA’s Central Bank said yesterday that it will cut its bank reserve requirement ratio by 1 percentage point to stimulate more lending into a slowing economy. AFGHANISTAN  An Afghan police chief

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