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Canada blocks theme park from sending whales to China
AFP, Published on 02/10/2025
» TORONTO - Canada on Wednesday denied a request from a controversial theme park to export 30 beluga whales to China, saying the refusal was necessary to protect the mammals from exploitation.
14 killed by lake burst in Taiwan as Typhoon Ragasa wreaks havoc
AFP, Published on 24/09/2025
» HONG KONG — Fierce winds, pounding rain and high seas battered Hong Kong on Wednesday as Super Typhoon Ragasa headed into southern China after causing a lake burst that killed at least 14 people in Taiwan.
Typhoon Saola weakens but still a threat in southern China
AFP, Published on 02/09/2023
» HONG KONG (CHINA) - Typhoon Saola swept across southern China on Saturday after tearing down trees and smashing windows in Hong Kong, although the megacity avoided a feared direct hit from one of the region's strongest storms in decades.
Chinese police rescue 150 cats headed for dinner tables
AFP, Published on 31/08/2022
» Nearly 150 cats bound for slaughterhouses have been rescued by police in eastern China, an international animal welfare organisation said.
Murray falls to Sandgren as singles comeback continues
AFP, Published on 20/08/2019
» WASHINGTON - Andy Murray on Monday fell in the first round of the ATP Winston-Salem Open, where the three-time Grand Slam champion was giving his surgically repaired hip just its second test in singles.
Asia's pollution exodus: Firms struggle to woo top talent
AFP, Published on 31/03/2019
» HONG KONG - From smog breaks to pollution bonuses, Asia's businesses are promising increasingly inventive perks in a desperate bid to lure executives to a region where toxic air engulfs major cities for much of the year.
Barty muscles past Sharapova to set up Kvitova quarter-final
AFP, Published on 20/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Hometown hero Ashleigh Barty muscled past Maria Sharapova Sunday to make the Australian Open quarter-finals where she will meet Petra Kvitova who matched her best Slam performance since a terrifying knife attack derailed her career.
Sharapova stuns Wozniacki as ice men Nadal and Federer plough on
AFP, Published on 18/01/2019
» MELBOURNE - Maria Sharapova stunned defending champion Caroline Wozniacki to sweep into the Australian Open last 16 Friday and join ice men Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, who clinically disposed of their opponents.
China steps up drone race with armed stealth aircraft
AFP, Published on 09/11/2018
» ZHUHAI, China: China is unleashing stealth drones and pilotless aircraft fitted with AK-47 rifles onto world markets, racing to catch up to US technology and adding to a fleet that has already seen combat action in the Middle East.
Sabalenka 'sorry' to ball boy for on-court tantrum
AFP, Published on 30/10/2018
» ZHUHAI (CHINA) - World number 12 Aryna Sabalenka has apologised for an on-court tantrum in which she shook an empty bottle in the direction of a ball boy before tossing it on the floor.