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China urges travel agencies to reduce Japan-bound visitors by 40%
Kyodo News, Published on 25/12/2025
» KYODO — China has urged domestic travel agencies to reduce the number of Japan-bound tourists by 40%, industry sources said Thursday, amid a Beijing-Tokyo row over Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on a Taiwan contingency.
Former Chinese ‘population tsar’ dies at 95
Published on 25/12/2025
» BEIJING - The death of a former top overseer of China’s one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week.
Festive lights, security tight for Christmas in Damascus
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» DAMASCUS - Christmas lights illuminate Damascus's Old City while government forces patrol its shadows as security fears haunt Syria's Christian community.
Ukraine reveals US-led peace plan but questions remain
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» KYIV - Ukraine won some concessions in the latest version of a US-led draft plan to end the Russian invasion, revealed by President Volodymyr Zelensky, though key questions remain over territory and whether Moscow could accept the new terms.
Lid lifted on Hong Kong bid-rigging rackets
Published on 24/12/2025
» Raphael Chan entered Hong Kong’s construction industry in the mid-1990s convinced that quality building work could improve people’s lives. But he quit more than two decades later, disillusioned by what he called rampant corruption in the industry.
Ukraine retreats in east as Russian strikes kill three, hit energy
AFP, Published on 24/12/2025
» KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine pulled out troops from a town in the east after fierce battles, it said on Tuesday, as relentless Russian strikes killed three civilians and cut power to thousands in freezing winter temperatures.
Thousands more Epstein-linked documents released
AFP, Published on 23/12/2025
» WASHINGTON - Thousands of new documents linked to the case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were made available Tuesday by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), amid mounting criticism over the pace of the publication and heavy redactions.
Cambodia asks Thailand to move border talks to Malaysia
AFP, Published on 23/12/2025
» PHNOM PENH - Cambodia has asked Thailand to hold bilateral talks at the neutral venue of Kuala Lumpur, according to a letter seen by AFP on Tuesday, with the two nations set to negotiate truce terms after two weeks of deadly border clashes.
US, Ukraine hail 'productive' Miami talks but no breakthrough
AFP, Published on 22/12/2025
» MIAMI - US and Ukrainian envoys issued a joint statement on Sunday that hailed "productive and constructive" talks in Miami, but did not announce any apparent breakthrough in efforts to end the war with Russia.
Epstein files opened: famous faces, many blacked-out pages
AFP, Published on 20/12/2025
» WASHINGTON — The US Justice Department on Friday began releasing a long-awaited cache of records from its investigations into the politically explosive case of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein -- though much of the material remained heavily redacted.