BEIJING -; China will spend $275 billion to tackle air pollution over the next five years, highlighting how the issue has become a priority for the ...
All Nippon increases Asia capacity
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced it will add capacity on two of its Asian routes this year, in a bid to meet growing demand across the region. Commencing 30 September 2013, the airline will increase flights between Tokyo and Yangon, Myanmar from three to seven flights per week as well as add capacity by replacing the Boeing 737-700ER with the Boeing 767-300ER. Additionally, from 1 ...
UN chief calls for release of Egypts deposed president Morsi
Mohamed Morsi and other Islamic Brotherhood leaders, a spokesman said. Ban demanded that Morsi and his counterparts "be released or have their cases reviewed transparently without delay," said deputy UN spokesman Eduardo del ...
Egypt braces for mass rallies president calls for restraint
CAIRO: Hit by waves of protests and bloodshed for nearly a month now, Egypt was once again on the edge on Thursday. It is the eve of rival rallies by supporters of the ousted ...
Asia Markets Japan stocks slide on firm yen some weak results
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Japanese stocks set out on track for a third straight day of losses Friday as exporters skidded after the yen strengthened overnight in U.S. trade, with Nissan Motor Co. and Advantest Corp. both losing ground after posting earnings ...
1.5 million Brazilians throng to see pope of poor
Pope Francis watches as people perform during the welcoming ceremony offered to him by the youth for the World Youth Day ceremonies, at Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana beachfront. (AFP ...
Another dodgy university shut in US Indians stranded
University of Northern Virginia , which functioned out of four classrooms in the basement of an office building in a Washington DC suburb, has been asked to cease its operations after ...
China Bo Xilai indicted for graftThe 64-year-old high-flying Communist leader is currently under detention while his wife Gu Kailai is serving a suspended death sentence for the murder of a British national.
Bo Xilai was on Thursday charged with bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power by prosecutors in China's eastern Shandong Province. Bo, the former Communist Party Chief of Chongqing Municipality, was charged with bribery, embezzlement and power abuse, according to Jinan City People's Procuratorate. The 64-year-old high-flying Communist leader is currently under detention while his ...
Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for ISI office attack
Inter-Services Intelligence in Sukkar town of Sindh, the death toll in which has risen to nine. "We sent four suicide bombers and the target was the ISI office," a spokesman said from an undisclosed location. "It was in revenge of the killing of Taliban deputy chief Wali Ur Rehman. These intelligence officials are the friends of the US and as long as they provide them services, we ...
Toddler attacked in China parking rage
BEIJING: A two-year-old Chinese girl was in critical condition on Thursday after being thrown to the ground by a man in a row with her mother over parking, a hospital and state media said. The man, identified only by his surname Han, wanted to park by a bus stop in Beijing, the Beijing Times said, citing a witness. But the woman pedestrian would not move out of his way as she was checking on her ...
China indicts Bo for corruption
communist party leader Bo Xilai, who last year triggered the worst public scandal in China in decades, has finally been charged with "bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power." There are signs that Bo (64) might escape death penalty with the court choosing between a life sentence and a suspended death penalty. Bo will go to trial within weeks. By indicting Bo now, China's ...
Microblogs praise Bo prosecution
Weibo about Bo Xilai's indictment were uniformly positive, a likely sign that censors had removed any that criticized the government or voiced support for Bo. Comments that stood out for being over-the-top in their condemnations of Bo and praise for the ...
Asia-Pacific Air Cargo Demand Declined in June
air cargo demand continued to be weak.Asia-Pacific international air cargo demand, measured in freight metric ton kilometers, recorded a 2.2 percent decrease compared to June 2012, reflecting continued weakness in key export markets. Offered freight capacity increased slightly, inching up 0.3 percent, leading to a 1.7 percentage point decline in the average international air cargo load factor to ...
Prosecutors call US WikiLeaks soldier Manning traitor for security breach
Bradley Manning (left) is escorted out of a courthouse at Fort Mead, on July 25, 2013. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WIkiLeaks. (AP ...
Pakistani superwoman ?Burka Avenger? to fight for girls
ISLAMABAD: Wonder Woman and Supergirl now have a Pakistani counterpart in the pantheon of female superheroes, one who shows a lot less skin. Meet Burka Avenger: a mild-mannered teacher with secret martial arts skills who uses a flowing black burka to hide her identity as she fights local thugs seeking to shut down the girls' school where she works. Sadly, it's a battle Pakistanis are ...
Asia Stocks to Won Slip on US Data as Kiwi Copper Gain
Asian stocks fell, pushing the regional benchmark lower for a second day, and emerging-market currencies weakened as investors weighed US economic data to gauge the fate of Federal Reserve stimulus. Oil declined a second day as metals retreated. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index of 1,003 equities dropped 0.6 percent by 10:08 a.m. in Tokyo, extending its decline from an almost two-month high reached ...
Japan PM to talk Abenomics with M?sia S?pore Philippines
Fresh off his coalition?s upper house victory, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe is setting off on a three-nation tour on Thursday that will take him to Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. He is set to discuss Abenomics ? his economic revitalisation plan ? with the leaders of those countries, and meet US vice President Joe Biden, who will also be visiting Singapore on ...
Asian Stocks Fall as Preliminary China PMI Contracts
Most Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index retreating from a two-month high, after a private survey showed China?s manufacturing contracting at a faster-than-estimated pace. PetroChina Co., the country?s No. 1 energy producer, sank 2 percent in Hong Kong. Kao Corp., a maker of household and chemical products, fell 6.2 percent in Tokyo after giving an update on a ...
China VP Li Yuanchao urges visiting HK youth to support ?one country two systems?
Chinese vice-President Li Yuanchao on Tuesday called on a group of Hong Kong youth representatives visiting in Beijing to support the ';one country, two systems'; principle under which the city was reunified with China and to inherit the spirit of patriotism. ';Judging from Hong Kong?s development of the past 16 years, ?one country, two systems? formula has ...
HK feels the heat as listing euphoria fades
HONG Kong became the go-to listing destination for resources companies in recent years, but a slide in commodity prices and China?s economic slowdown mean the city faces challenges in attracting further listings by foreign companies. Commodity prices started rising more than a decade ago, and the sector became the darling of investors. In a bid to attract non-Chinese miners, which have ...
Aeon China Resources eye bids for Li?s HK supermarkets-sources
Japan?s Aeon Co Ltd and state-owned China Resources Enterprise Ltd are among the suitors considering bids for the Hong Kong supermarket business being sold by billionaire Li Ka-shing, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Li?s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd conglomerate has set an August 16 deadline for initial bids for the business, with an asking price of up to $4 billion, said ...
Taiwan?s Chinatrust bank to buy Japan lender Tokyo Star Nikkei
Taiwan?s Chinatrust Commercial Bank Co Ltd CTRUSC.UL has agreed to buy Japanese lender Tokyo Star Bank for 52 billion yen ($519 million) from US investment fund Lone Star and other shareholders, the Nikkei business daily reported on Thursday. Privately owned Tokyo Star Bank would be the first Japanese lender to be bought out by a foreign bank, the newspaper reported. The acquisition is ...
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