HONG KONG — Chinese exports and imports have contracted in August in the latest sign of weakness for the world’s second-biggest economy. Customs data posted online Tuesday showed that shipments of goods last month shrank 6.1 percent in yuan terms compared with a year earlier. Imports tumbled by 14.3 percent for the month. The trade […]
Seoul, SOUTH KOREA – K-pop still leads among components spreading and popularizing hallyu, or Korean Wave, across Asia and other parts of the world. This was the assessment of Mr. Lee Jihyouk, a research fellow with a Ph.D in International Studies at the Seoul National University’s Asia Center. He was part of the panel that […]
SYDNEY, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Fiji have the players, experience in key positions and most of all the spirit to throw a huge spanner in the works at the upcoming Rugby World Cup, according to former coach Greg Mumm.
As they rolled through Caracas' crime-ridden streets on a recent evening, popping wheelies and shouting anti-car slogans at puzzled motorists, some 50 cycling activists were in a celebratory mood.
Chinese exports and imports have contracted in August in the latest sign of weakness for the world's second-biggest economy.
Hillary Rodham Clinton is sketching out some proposals Tuesday to curb the amount of money in politics. A look at her plan:
Andy Murray watched a 130 mph ace zoom by to create a two-set deficit at the U.S. Open, and then sat in his changeover chair and cursed at himself, over and over and over.
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The Court of Tax Appeals has ordered the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to return to the government of Singapore almost P149 million in final withholding tax (FWT) imposed by the latter on its earnings from treasury bond investments. The court’s Second Division said in its 15-page resolution that a foreign government or any of […]
The Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) Awards has released this year’s list of nominees and awardees. Established in 1952, FAMAS is the oldest existing award-giving body in the Philippines. The word FAMAS was supposedly coined by actors Jaime de la Rosa and Rosa Rosal, who herself was said to have been the […]
Braxton Miller looks very comfortable at wide receiver, and Cardale Jones picked up right where he left off last season.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Opposition to a landmark free trade deal with China is driven by racism and xenophobia, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Tuesday, as his political opponents dug in their heels over what they say are weaknesses in its labour provisions.
BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters) - China, the world's largest coal buyer, imported 17.49 million tonnes of the fuel in August, down 17.7 percent from July, with already weak demand affected by a currency devaluation that made foreign coal more expensive.
British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the deaths of two British nationals fighting for Islamic State and thought to be planning attacks against the UK. Julie Noce reports.
British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the deaths of two British nationals fighting for Islamic State and thought to be planning attacks against the UK. Julie Noce reports.
British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the deaths of two British nationals fighting for Islamic State and thought to be planning attacks against the UK. Julie Noce reports.
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police on Tuesday shot and wounded a man in downtown Beijing who resisted arrest after killing one person and injuring several others with a kitchen knife, the state news agency Xinhua reported.
North and South Korea agreed Tuesday to hold reunions next month of families separated by the Korean War in the early 1950s, a small but important bit of progress for rivals that just last month were threatening each other...
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Читать дальше...BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] will enter 100 more Chinese cities over the next year, doubling a previous goal set just three months ago, Chief Executive Travis Kalanick said on Tuesday.
Italy's top criminal court has scathingly faulted prosecutors for presenting a flawed and hastily constructed case against Amanda Knox and her former Italian boyfriend, saying Monday it threw out their convictions for...
Asian stock markets were lackluster Tuesday after weak Chinese trade and Japanese growth figures showed headwinds for the global economy.
Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle said no politics was discussed during the evening prayer with the presidentiables yesterday (September 7, 2015). Tagle said this a day after meeting Vice President Jejomar Binay, Interior and Local Government Mar Roxas, and Senator Grace Poe at the Arsobispado de Manila in Intramuros. “The program was simple: evening […]
