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Amateur football leagues win over cynical Chinese fans
AFP, Published on 31/07/2025
» SUZHOU, China - On a summer’s day in the city of Suzhou, about 40,000 people crowded into a stadium while thousands more gathered by public screens to watch China’s hottest sport — amateur football.
Japanese PM unveils $113bn stimulus
AFP, Published on 02/11/2023
» TOKYO - Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced a stimulus package worth more than US$100 billion on Thursday as he tries to ease the pressure from inflation and rescue his premiership with his poll ratings at a record low.
US govt rules out SVB bailout, wants to avoid 'contagion': Yellen
AFP, Published on 12/03/2023
» WASHINGTON - US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the government wanted to avoid financial "contagion" from the implosion of the Silicon Valley Bank but ruled out a bailout of the institution.
Japan rolls out 'humble and lovable' delivery robots
AFP, Published on 08/02/2023
» FUJISAWA (JAPAN) - "Excuse me, coming through," a four-wheeled robot chirps as it dodges pedestrians on a street outside Tokyo, part of an experiment businesses hope will tackle labour shortages and rural isolation.
Nibbling cats and Covid masks: First look at CES tech show
AFP, Published on 04/01/2022
» LAS VEGAS - A finger-nibbling plush cat and a cooling fan for the ever-present anti-Covid mask: the CES tech show in Las Vegas on Monday offered a glimpse of the offerings at this year's meet-up.
Germany's DAX index grows from 30 to 40 firms in revamp
AFP, Published on 20/09/2021
» FRANKFURT - Ten companies will join the DAX on Monday as the blue-chip stock market index undergoes its biggest facelift in its 33-year history in response to turmoil in the German corporate world.
Bank of Japan announces first green investment fund
AFP, Published on 18/06/2021
» TOKYO - Japan's central bank on Friday announced its first investment fund for efforts to address climate change, as the government works towards its new target of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.
Japan business confidence worst since 2009 crisis
AFP, Published on 01/07/2020
» TOKYO: Confidence among major Japanese manufacturers has plunged to its worst level since the global financial crisis, a key survey showed Wednesday, as the coronavirus dries up global demand.
Chinese veterans of Korean War urge peace as tensions with US mount
AFP, Published on 25/06/2020
» SHANGHAI: Chinese army veteran Yu Jihua faced the United States on the battlefield in the Korean War and the 87-year-old has no wish to see a repeat as tensions rise again between the nuclear-armed superpowers.
WeChat fuels infidelity explosion in China
AFP, Published on 17/06/2020
» SHANGHAI: Echo couldn't figure out why her Shanghai businessman husband routinely came home well past midnight, straining their 10-year marriage -- until she looked at his phone.