Art Basel highlights Hong Kong’s new arts hub status
The first Art Basel fair to be hosted by Hong Kong boasts a prestigious array of international art, highlighting the city’s new role as a global arts hub amid an explosion of personal wealth in mainland China.
The four-day annual show [...]
Clarke, Haddin say Australia ready to win Ashes
Captain Michael Clarke and his deputy Brad Haddin Wednesday insisted Australia’s disastrous series in India was history with the team fired up to win back the Ashes from England.
Australia play five Tests against their arch-rivals starting [...]
Japan parliament approves joining child abduction treaty
Japan’s parliament on Wednesday approved the joining of an international treaty on child abductions after decades of pressure from Washington and other Western nations.
Japan is the only member of the Group of Eight major industrialised [...]
Hong Kong hails the return of the duck
Hong Kong on Tuesday joyfully welcomed the return of a giant inflatable rubber duck, which drew tens of thousands of visitors before it was abruptly deflated for maintenance for almost a week.
The southern Chinese city has taken the 16.5-metre-tall [...]
US scientist’s family walks out of Singapore inquest
The family of a US scientist found hanged last year in Singapore walked out of a coroner’s inquiry into his death Tuesday, saying they had “lost faith” in the proceedings.
The move came after their star witness, a US pathologist [...]
Family of US scientist walks out of coroner’s inquiry
The family of a US scientist found hanged in Singapore last year walked out of a coroner’s inquiry into their son’s death Tuesday, saying they had “lost faith” in the proceedings.
“The prosecution brings forth [...]
No new bird flu cases in China for a week
No new human cases of the H7N9 virus have been recorded in China for a week, national health authorities said, for the first time since the outbreak began in March.
One previously infected patient died in the week beginning May 13, the National [...]
North Korea releases Chinese sailors: Xinhua
North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat Tuesday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains between the neighbours.
“All the fishermen with the boat are [...]
Hong Kong launches plan to tackle waste crisis
Hong Kong on Monday launched a ten-year plan to reduce waste by 40 percent per person as part of efforts to catch up with other leading Asian cities and avert a looming environmental crisis.
With a population of more than 7 million, the city [...]
China’s Li to pay tribute to heroic Indian doctor
China’s premier will pay his respects Tuesday to the family of an Indian doctor who died treating Chinese troops more than 70 years ago, becoming a rare symbol of friendship between the two nations.
Li Keqiang, like Chinese leaders before [...]
Obama to meet Xi in California in June
President Barack Obama will meet President Xi Jinping in California in June, for the first time since the new Chinese leader fully assumed his official functions, the White House said Monday.
The summit would take place June 7-8 at the historic [...]
Pakistan’s Sharif supports Taliban peace talks
Pakistan’s incoming prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday threw his support behind peace talks with the country’s Taliban insurgents, saying it would be a top priority for his new government.
“If Taliban have offered us an [...]
Imran Khan’s party wins Karachi seat election rerun
The party of former Pakistani cricket hero Imran Khan secured victory in a repeat election held in one constituency of violence-plagued Karachi, election officials said Monday.
Voting was held under tight security in 43 polling stations on [...]
India, China vow to end long-running border dispute
The Indian and Chinese premiers pledged on Monday to finally resolve a border dispute that has soured ties for decades, saying good relations between the two Asian giants were key to world peace.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, making his first [...]
Zhang retains men’s world crown
Defending champion Zhang Jike of China retained his men’s singles title at the World Table Tennis Championships in Paris on Monday after defeating compatriot Wang Hao in the final.
Fourth seed Zhang prevailed 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 14-12, [...]
Asia-Pacific leaders warn of water conflict threat
Fierce competition for water could trigger conflict unless nations cooperate to share the diminishing resource, leaders from Asia-Pacific nations warned on Monday.
From Central to Southeast Asia, regional efforts to secure water have sparked [...]
Afghan suicide attack kills at least 11
A suicide bomber struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan on Monday, killing at least 11 people including a senior local politician, police said.
Emergency services rushed to the scene and took the wounded to hospital after [...]
Majority reject Japan mayor on comfort women: poll
A large majority of Japanese people disagree with a high-profile politician who said women forced to provide sex during World War II were a military necessity, polls issued on Monday said.
Up to 200,000 “comfort women” from Korea, [...]
Myanmar leader heads to White House
Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms.
In a scene that would have been unimaginable [...]
Li wins world title, completes grand slam
China’s Li Xiaoxia claimed her maiden world championship title in Paris on Sunday to complete a career grand slam after defeating compatriot Liu Shiwen in an enthralling final.
Runner-up to Ding Ning in 2011 and four years earlier to [...]
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