AIIB loans $250m for Beijing coal-to-gas conversion The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank's first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality in the capital area.
AIIB loans $250m for Beijing coal-to-gas conversion The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank's first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality in the capital area.
AIIB loans $250m for Beijing coal-to-gas conversion The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank announced on Monday a $250 million loan for a natural gas project in Beijing, the bank's first such investment in China, to help cut coal use and improve air quality in the capital area.
Asia's tallest wooden pagoda destroyed The 16-story structure was said to be the tallest wooden pagoda in Asia. No casualties were reported in the incident. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
Asia's tallest wooden pagoda destroyed The 16-story structure was said to be the tallest wooden pagoda in Asia. No casualties were reported in the incident. The cause of the blaze is under investigation.
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Donald Trump says he’s optimistic about ending trade war after receiving China’s response to US demands US President Donald Trump said he is optimistic about resolving the US trade dispute with China after receiving a response from Beijing to his demands, ahead of a widely anticipated meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Argentina later this month.
Trump told reporters Friday that the Chinese response was largely complete but was missing four or five big things.
“China wants to make a deal, they sent a list of things they are willing to do which is a large list and it is just not...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:50:25 +0800 For the Dutch, it’s the season of Santa, his black-faced sidekick and anti-racism protests As Dutch children anticipate the arrival of their country’s version of Santa Claus this weekend, critics and fans of his helper, Black Pete, are gearing up for protests that have become another fixture of the festive season in the Netherlands.
White people often daub their faces with black paint when they dress up to play the character.
Opponents say the annual recreations of Black Pete promote racist stereotypes. Supporters defend the sidekick of Sinterklaas, the white-bearded, red-...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:32:27 +0800 Chinese-American who pioneered warm relations 100 years ago offers lesson for today, honour says Luminaries of the American Chinese community were treated to a rare symbol of unity between the US, Taiwan and mainland China this week in New York City, when the family of a former Kuomintang general from Guangdong was honoured for his pioneering contributions to building US-China relations.
More than a century ago, Ying Hsing Wen was one of the first two Chinese cadets to graduate from the US Military Academy, and at a time of souring bilateral tensions brought about by the United States...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:30:54 +0800 Lawsuit over wartime brothels spotlights Japan’s struggle to come to terms with its past A Japanese journalist has defended her view that Korean women who were sent to wartime military brothels were not sex slaves, and accused a liberal-leaning newspaper of fabrication.
One of the newspaper’s reporters said a day earlier that the journalist’s comments triggered threats against him and had interfered with the settlement of the issue between Japan and South Korea.
Their public row — a defamation suit by reporter Takashi Uemura against journalist Yoshiko Sakurai...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:16:32 +0800 Hollywood script legend William Goldman, Oscar winner for ‘Butch Cassidy’, dead at 87 William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and Hollywood wise man who won Academy Awards for B utch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and All the President’s Men and summed up the mystery of making a box office hit by declaring “Nobody knows anything,” has died. He was 87.
Goldman’s daughter Jenny said her father died early Friday in New York due to complications from colon cancer and pneumonia. “So much of what’s he’s written can express who he was and...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:06:08 +0800 Judge forces Donald Trump to return press pass to CNN’s Jim Acosta, in media freedom victory US President Donald Trump must restore White House access to CNN reporter Jim Acosta for now, a federal judge has said.
The White House said it would “temporarily reinstate” Acosta’s press pass, after District Judge Timothy Kelly issued a restraining order that served as a rebuke to the president as he tries to recover from losses in midterm congressional elections. It furthers a portrait of a president overstepping his authority to settle personal scores and carries extra...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:34:24 +0800 Chunk of metal known as ‘Grand K’ is now officially retired as the world’s only true kilogram In a historic vote, nations on Friday unanimously approved a groundbreaking overhaul to the international system of measurements that underpins global trade and other vital human endeavours, uniting together behind new scientific definitions for the kilogram and other units in a way that they have failed to do on so many other issues.
Scientists, for whom the update represents decades of work, clapped, cheered and even wept as the 50-plus nations gathered in Versailles, west of Paris, one by...
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 00:03:33 +0800 60 secondary pupils left in limbo after suspension of Hong Kong school set to return to class after teachers sign new contracts About 60 secondary pupils from a suspended international school who missed classes for a week will be able to resume lessons on Monday at the same site after eight teachers signed employment contracts with another group.
That came after days of uncertainty for pupils and parents following an Education Bureau order a week ago to shut down Tsung Tsin Think Academy in Cheung Sha Wan for operating illegally.
Think International Schools Group had rented the Kwong Lee Road site in Cheung Sha Wan from...
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:48:27 +0800 New Zealand police seize 190kg of cocaine hidden among bananas in country’s largest ever drug bust New Zealand police and customs officials have seized 190kg of cocaine with a street value of up to NZ$36 million (US$25 million) that was hidden in a shipment of bananas in the country’s largest ever drug bust.
A 41-year-old man was arrested in neighbouring Australia in connection with the seizure, New Zealand authorities said in a statement. .
The haul followed an Australian investigation into an organised crime group. Officials there said a potential shipment of illicit drugs was...
Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:20:25 +0800 Can America’s answer to China’s massive belt and road really make an impact at Apec? In November last year, the US Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) – America’s little-known state-run development finance institution – was on the budgetary chopping block along with 61 other agencies President Donald Trump was hoping to eliminate.
But in a dramatic about-face, OPIC – soon to be renamed and armed with twice the funding – is set to be front and centre of US Vice-President Mike Pence’s highly anticipated keynote speech on Saturday at...
Thu, 15 Nov 2018 09:43:04 +0000 Putin calls for INF dialogue Trump had said he wanted to withdraw from the INF treaty because of alleged Russian violations.
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 08:55:09 +0000 South Africa lags in BRICS ease of business South Africa is the fifth easiest country in Africa to run a business and fell to a rank of 82 out of 190 nations.
Tue, 30 Oct 2018 20:46:12 +0000 Putin, Trump meeting likely next month Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that both countries needed a "more active dialogue".
Sat, 20 Oct 2018 10:13:23 +0000 ‘Winter is coming,’ IMF told at Bali summit Indonesia's President said weak coordination among developed countries led to uncertainty in the global economy.
Wed, 10 Oct 2018 18:12:40 +0000 India ignores US, buys Russian missiles India has come under pressure from the US to cancel the arms weapons purchases from Russia.
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 22:57:45 GMT U.S. Military’s Global Edge Has Diminished, Strategy Review Finds Strained forces, budget shortfalls and political dysfunction have cast doubt on the Pentagon’s shift in focus from terrorism to global powers — and President Trump’s support for a strong military.
Wed, 14 Nov 2018 05:01:04 GMT U.N. Rights Officials Criticize China Over Muslim Internments Human rights officials and experts condemned regulations on Chinese re-education camps as a violation of international law and criminalized basic rights.
Tue, 13 Nov 2018 21:44:28 GMT China and Trump, Listen Up! Both sides need to be smart and honest about how the countries became economic successes.
