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Former Chinese minister purged digitally
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» BEIJING: China refused to disclose on Wednesday why Qin Gang had been sacked as foreign minister, insisting it was releasing information “normally” despite him having not been seen publicly for more than a month.
Tuna-obsessed Tunisia in a fish funk
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/07/2023
» Perhaps you are one of the more than 5,000 subscribers to "Popping Tins," an email newsletter devoted exclusively to tinned seafood. Perhaps you belong to a tinned-fish-of-the-month club, or have leafed through a tinned-fish-focused cookbook that tells you how best to cook a food already cooked.
More young people in Myanmar taking up arms
Asia focus, Published on 28/02/2022
» Young people in Mon State who not long ago were actively engaged in campaigning for elections in Myanmar have shifted from protesting in the streets against the military to taking up arms to defend their rights and freedoms.
Japanese ex-minister lobbies for Myanmar junta
Published on 18/12/2021
» TOKYO: A former Japanese cabinet minister who has campaigned to bring billions of dollars of investment from top Japanese companies to Myanmar has urged Tokyo to endorse its military regime, saying the country’s coup leader has “grown fantastically as a human being", while praising his “democratisation efforts”.
Myanmar's UK envoy says military attache 'occupied' embassy
AFP, Published on 08/04/2021
» LONDON: Myanmar's ambassador to Britain accused a Yangon military-linked figure of occupying the embassy Wednesday and barring him access, in an extraordinary diplomatic stand-off a month after the envoy called for the junta to release ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
PM urges pro-EU lawmakers to back Italy's fragile govt
AFP, Published on 18/01/2021
» ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte appealed to liberal, pro-European lawmakers Monday to support his teetering government or risk handing power to the nationalist right.
S.African leader tries to calm racial tension over farm attacks
AFP, Published on 13/10/2020
» JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa called for calm on Monday, hoping to tamp down rising racial tension in his country following months of protests by white farmers over a spike in deadly attacks.
China bans flying national flag upside down
Published on 10/08/2020
» China will amend its law on the national flag to ban people from flying it upside down.
China's Hainan free-trade port plan off to fast start
Published on 15/07/2020
» Duty-free sales on China's island province of Hainan surged in the first week of July after Beijing raised the annual tax-free shopping limit for tourists as part of its new free-trade port plan.
Tsim Sha Tsui now Hong Kong's most expensive retail area
Published on 09/07/2020
» Tsim Sha Tsui, located on the tip of Kowloon peninsula, has emerged as Hong Kong's most expensive retail neighbourhood for the first time in its history.