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HONG KONG Revelers dressed up as Donald Trump and several movie characters as they watched Fiji clinch its 16th title at Hong Kong’s biggest annual social event, the Rugby Sevens.
NEW ZEALAND A high school musical in New Zealand got a little too real when a prop razor used in a throat-slitting scene ended up cutting two boy’s necks and
CHINA-MYANMAR Aung San Suu Kyi, the newly installed foreign minister, and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, said that the two had “reached consensus” to approach existing problems through negotiations. Wang’s
CHINA banned most imports of North Korean coal and iron ore, the country’s main exports, in a significant increase in pressure on the North under U.N. sanctions against its nuclear
SINGAPORE’s central bank will give financial institutions room to experiment with new technologies as it seeks public feedback on how a “regulatory sandbox” could work, Managing Director Ravi Menon said.
MYANMAR The party of Aung San Suu Kyi submitted a proposal to parliament yesterday to create a new position for her as “state adviser,” which would allow her to have
MONGOLIA A rare public protest in Mongolia’s capital draws thousands of demonstrators who criticize foreign mining concessions and demand action to prop up the tottering economy. AFGHANISTAN At least 15 members
CHINA Yu Shaolei, a cultural editor at Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, has announced his resignation through social media, saying that he could no longer follow the Communist Party line.
CHINA A Chinese dissident writer says police in his hometown are holding three of his siblings in retaliation for an article he wrote condemning the detention of a fellow writer
HONG KONG police said missing book editor Lee Bo returned home yesterday following his disappearance in a case that rattled civil liberties advocates in the territory. In a statement the
MYANMAR It emerged yesterday that a man proposed as Myanmar’s new finance and planning minister has a fake degree in finance. Kyaw Win admitted to having bought the bogus PhD
TAIWAN’s government will take international media on a tour of its largest island holding in the South China Sea in a bid to reinforce its territorial claims. A government official
CHINA Citizens of China have reacted with anger and alarm at news of a massive illegal vaccine operation uncovered in Shandong province. The vaccine ring involved hundreds of people and
CHINA’s film authorities have suspended the license of a distributor that inflated box office figures for Hong Kong martial arts movie “Ip Man 3,” according to state media. AUSTRALIA Thousands of
INDIA Security personnel evacuate two aircraft at New Delhi’s international airport after receiving an anonymous phone call of explosives being placed on the planes, in the third such scare affecting
SINGAPORE’s government announced yesterday that it has arrested four citizens accused of links to armed conflict in Yemen and to a Kurdish militia group fighting against the Islamic State group.
CHINA plans to set up a commercial rocket-launch company in view of the market’s potential, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Sanjiang Space Group Co. is preparing to enter the
CHINAWhen legislators head back to their provinces once Beijing’s annual parliamentary gathering concludes today, they’ll be tasked with implementing the eight specific policies outlined and the less tangible philosophies of
CHINA A much-shared online post about a city woman’s horror at the squalor of her boyfriend’s hometown turned out to be fake, but revealed volumes about China’s urban-rural divide —
CHINA’s inflation accelerated to 2.3 percent in February, driven by a jump in food prices, but stayed below the government’s official target for the year. JAPAN The coast guard resumes underwater
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