The decree-law for the privatisation of railway companies CP Carga and Empresa de Manutenção de Equipmaento Ferroviário (EMEF) is expected to be approved by the government of Portugal by the
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying yesterday afternoon held a press conference telling the city’s media there was no domestic violence in his family home following allegations made by his
Germany, France and Italy followed Britain yesterday in announcing that they plan to join a proposed Chinese-led Asian regional bank, swinging Europe’s biggest economic powers behind a project that is
The Harvard president told students at one of China’s most prestigious universities yesterday that academic institutions must be unfettered places where every topic can be raised and every question asked to help
The vice chairman of China’s biggest state-owned energy company has become the latest prominent executive targeted by Communist Party investigators in a spreading anti-corruption campaign. Liao Yongyuan, vice chairman of PetroChina Ltd., is
The Hong Kong government gave final approval yesterday for a third runway at the Asian financial center’s airport, aiming to meet surging growth in passengers and air cargo. Officials said the
A Myanmar court yesterday sentenced a New Zealand bar manager and his business associates to 2 1/2 years in prison for insulting Buddhism in an online advertisement that showed a psychedelic depiction
The Philippine government said yesterday that four Filipino nurses reported to have been kidnapped from a Libyan hospital by militants from an Islamic State group affiliate were actually taken to
Nepal is adding more medical staff at Mount Everest’s base camp and working to speed up rescue efforts, officials said yesterday, in steps to boost safety after 16 local guides were
Relief workers saw a flattened landscape and widespread destruction in Vanuatu’s outer islands yesterday after struggling for days to reach the areas of the South Pacific nation hardest hit by a
The foreign ministers of South Korea, China and Japan will meet this week for their first trilateral talks in three years, Seoul officials said yesterday. The annual talks, which began
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political survival was on the line yesterday in a hard-fought parliamentary election pitting his nationalist and security-first ideology against his challengers’ focus on the plight
Top U.S. and Iranian diplomats returned to talks yesterday, seeking to resolve differences blocking a deal that would curtail Iran’s nuclear program and ease sanctions on the country. Among the
In a landslide victory for change, the government swept the polls in all four provinces, and all but one of 15 referendum regions. It won 68.6% of the vote in a
A woman stepped into the shower this week to help ease the discomfort of stomach pains. She emerged holding a newborn. Brittany Young, 24, told the Des Moines Register that she
Wales has been forced by injuries to start new props in the Six Nations decider against Italy in Rome on Saturday. Loosehead Rob Evans and tighthead Aaron Jarvis will carryo on
Much-traveled coach Dick Advocaat took his first job in English soccer yesterday when he was hired by Sunderland in the latest late-season change by the perennial Premier League struggler. The 67-year-old
The lowest-ranked team in world soccer won again yesterday and advanced to the second round of World Cup qualifying. Bhutan, a Himalayan kingdom ranked 209th by FIFA, beat Sri Lanka
Hong Kong has been hitting the headlines for all the right reasons over the past few days with its current contemporary cultural happenings attracting the worldwide glitterati. The third edition
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