Maldives Opposition Protests Saudi King’s Visit
Maldivian opposition parties protested Friday a planned visit by King Salman following reports that Saudi business interests were buying an ...
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Celebrating Women?
‘Women’s empowerment and their full participation on the basis of equality in all spheres of society, including participation in the ...
Ageing Legends Defy Odds At All-England Badminton Open
Ageing badminton legends Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan have been tenaciously defying the odds on their way to the ...
What Next After S. Korea’s Presidential Impeachment?
Friday's final verdict by South Korea's Constitutional Court to sack impeached president Park Geun-Hye has finally put an end to ...
Wikileaks Is Offering Tech Firms CIA Files First
Technology firms will get “exclusive access” to details of the CIA’s cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said. The anti-secrecy website has ...
China’s First Stealth Fighter Enters Service
China has put its first stealth fighter into military service, state-run media reported on Friday, in the latest milestone highlighting ...
Wikileaks Is Offering Tech Firms CIA Files First
Technology firms will get “exclusive access” to details of the CIA’s cyber-warfare programme, Wikileaks has said. The anti-secrecy website has ...
Exxon Stumps Up $2.8 Billion For Mozambique Gas Gateway To Asia
Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM. N), the world's biggest publicly traded oil producer, has agreed to pay Italy's Eni (ENI.MI) $2.8 ...
South Korean Court Throws President Park Out of Office Over Scandal
South Korea's Constitutional Court removed President Park Geun-hye from office on Friday over a graft scandal involving South Korea's conglomerates ...
Japan, US Conduct Navy Drill In East China Sea
The Japanese and US navies are conducting joint exercises in the East China Sea as tension intensifies in the region ...
Smoking Paradise Japan Tries To Kick the Habit
Japan is moving to pass its strictest-ever smoking laws, but the country's powerful tobacco lobby wants to stub out measures ...
China’s Elderly Live Longer, But Are Less Fit
The number and proportion of people in China over 80 is growing, but their mental and physical fitness appear to ...
Badminton Olympic Champ Chen Long Out of All England
China's Olympic champion Chen Long was dumped out of the All-England Open on Thursday, losing in the second round to ...
US Move On North Korea Tests Risks China Clash
Washington is scrambling to develop a new strategy to counter North Korea's aggressive nuclear weapon and missile programs, but tougher ...
China Warns of ‘trade War’ If WTO Ignored
China warned Thursday that United States ignoring World Trade Organization rulings could trigger a "trade war" after President Donald Trump's ...
Sri Lanka To Scale Back Port Deal With China
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is to scale back a profitable but controversial deal to sell a deep-sea port to a Chinese ...
Toshiba’s Westinghouse Brings In Bankruptcy Lawyers; Disclosure Deadlines Loom
U. S. nuclear firm Westinghouse Electric Co LLC has hired bankruptcy attorneys, in a sign that owner Toshiba Corp (6502.T) ...
Chinese Mayor Pledges Support For ‘one-District-One-Factory’
The Zhaoqing Municipal Government of Guangdong Province has indicated its commitment to support the "one district, one factory policy of ...
400 Staff of Rider Steel To Lose Jobs
About 400 workers of the Rider Steel Company Limited in Tema risk losing their jobs by March 15 if the ...
Chinese Survey Ships Entering Philippine Territory
Chinese survey ships have been entering waters recognised by the United Nations as Philippine territory, Manila's defence secretary said Thursday, ...