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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South Korea to ban 20,000 BMWs from roads after engine fires South Korea will ban driving recalled BMWs that haven’t received safety checks following dozens of fires the German carmaker has blamed on a faulty exhaust gas component.
South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Tuesday the ban taking effect Wednesday affects about 20,000 vehicles.
Drivers cannot use the cars except for taking them to safety checks. While violating the ban is punishable by up to a year in prison, the ministry said the focus will be on...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:41:53 +0800 How Russia is boosting its role in Africa with weapons, investment and ‘instructors’ Touting military cooperation and “instructors,” arms deals and investment, Russia is making a comeback in Africa after years of inactivity and now aims to rival European countries and even China, analysts say.
Moscow has worked hard over the last three years to strengthen its position in Africa, a pace that seems to have accelerated in recent months, they say.
Its effort is most prominent in the Central African Republic (CAR), a grindingly poor and unstable country that...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 14:20:16 +0800 Election loophole: Ethan Sonneborn, 14, isn’t running for class president. He’s running for Vermont governor A typical 14-year-old American schoolboy might be fixated on baseball, maybe chasing girls, and dodging their homework.
Not Ethan Sonneborn. He’s running for governor in Vermont.
The teenager is taking advantage of a quirk in the constitution of the bucolic northeastern state that imposes no age limit on running for governor. Candidates only have to have lived in Vermont for at least four years.
Ethan, happily for his campaign, has lived in the state for all 14 of his years. He faces a...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:59:15 +0800 Hong Kong stars and fans bid final farewell to late Canto-pop singer Ellen Joyce Loo, 32 Scores of celebrities and fans bid farewell to Canto-pop singer Ellen Joyce Loo on Tuesday as a funeral service was held for the star, who died earlier this month.
Fellow local Canto-pop stars Denise Ho Wan-sze, Joey Yung Cho-yee, Miriam Yeung Chin-wah and Kay Tse On-kei were among those paying their last respects at the Hong Kong Funeral Home, in North Point.
Ho and music industry veteran Anthony Wong Yiu-ming served as pallbearers for the service, which was also attended by lawmaker and...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:45:45 +0800 Domestic helper in Hong Kong accused of putting bleach in six-month-old girl’s baby bath solution Hong Kong police arrested a domestic helper on suspicion of ill-treating a six-month-old on Monday after she was accused of putting bleach into a bottle of baby bath solution.
The incident came to light when the infant’s mother prepared a bath for the child at home in Lok Ha Square, Fo Tan, at about 12.30pm on Monday.
Suspicions were raised when the 35-year-old mother felt a minor burn on her hand and the child’s skin turned a reddish colour, according to a police source.
It is...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:45:11 +0800 Carrie Lam appeals for Philippine president Duterte’s ‘personal attention’ in case of Hong Kong man serving 40-year jail sentence The city’s leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has called on Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte to urge immigration authorities to hasten their search for records that may support a Hong Kong man’s appeal against his 40-year jail sentence.
Tang Lung-wai, 47, has been languishing in New Bilibid prison outside Manila for 18 years. He entered the Philippines as a tourist in June 2000 to meet a friend, but was arrested the next month for a drug offence.
It took 11 years for his case to...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:43:35 +0800 China ‘strongly dissatisfied’ as Donald Trump signs defence act upping US support for Taiwan and scrutiny of foreign companies China has condemned US President Donald Trump for signing an act committing to stronger military backup to Taiwan and placing Chinese companies under closer scrutiny, saying that the move will damage the countries’ ties.
In a statement released on its website, the Chinese foreign ministry said Beijing was “strongly dissatisfied” with Trump signing the defence act.
It said the US should “abandon its cold-war mindset and zero-sum philosophy and view China and Sino-US...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:30:45 +0800 Hi-tech hackers can exploit your office dinosaur, the fax machine, and all they need is the number The fax machine is widely considered to be a dinosaur of inter-office communications, but it may also present a vulnerable point where hackers can infiltrate an organisation’s network, according to a new report from Israel-based software company Check Point.
The company said that the vulnerability was identified as a result of research intended to discover potential security risks, and not as the result of any attack.
Hackers can gain access to a network using the phone line connected to...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:16:01 +0800 Hong Kong pro-independence leader Andy Chan defies Beijing to speak at Foreign Correspondents’ Club The leader of a party advocating Hong Kong independence is set to deliver his long-awaited speech at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club on Tuesday afternoon despite Beijing’s objection and as pro-establishment protesters gathered outside.
Andy Chan Ho-tin, the convenor of the Hong Kong National Party, arrived at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) in Central more than two hours ahead of the event, which started at 12:30pm. He was to deliver a speech titled “Hong Kong...
Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:15:45 +0800 Stench of death as stunning Taliban assault kills 120 Afghan troops and civilians, in battle for strategic city of Ghazni More than 100 members of Afghan security forces and 20 civilians have been killed in four days of heavy fighting with the Taliban in a strategic city, officials said Monday, illustrating the potency of the insurgency even as the US pursues peace talks.
The stunning Taliban assault on Ghazni, about 140km southwest of Kabul, the capital, began early Friday and have forced throngs of residents to flee the city by road while others have taken shelter in their homes.
About 1,000 Afghan troops were...
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India’s SENSEX breaks records Growth is a sign of a healthy investor environment and a durable banking sector reform policy, experts say.
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 09:01:29 +0000 BRICS business leaders to gather in Sandton Business forum will showcase economic prowess of the African continent with focus on advanced manufacturing, etc.
Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:18:53 +0000 Putin: We had nothing to do with US elections Little substance emerged from the Russian-US summit, but both leaders agreed it was a start to mending fences.
Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:56:38 GMT China Seeks Influence in Europe, One Business Deal at a Time A mysterious Chinese company went on a buying binge in the Czech Republic following Xi Jinping’s call for greater sway in the region. What was the cost?
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 18:30:05 GMT The Week in Tech: Infowars and China’s Great Firewall As exasperating as the debate about tech giants’ role in policing content may be for Americans, people in China can only dream of having such discussions.
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:00:01 GMT Star Scholar Disappears as Crackdown Engulfs Western China Rahile Dawut celebrated the Uighur ethnic traditions of Xinjiang. Friends and family believe she has joined hundreds of thousands of Uighurs secretly detained by the Chinese government.
