BEIJING: China will impose sanctions on the CEOs of Boeing Defense and Raytheon over their involvement in Washington’s recent arms sale to Taiwan, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Friday …
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Gambling giant Macau opens bids from seven casinos, one loses
HONG KONG: The Macau government on Friday launched bids from seven companies, including a wildcard from Malaysian operator Genting, for a license to operate a casino in the world’s largest …
British defense minister joins guard of honor next to Queen’s coffin
LONDON – British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace stood guard by Queen Elizabeth’s coffin on Thursday. The late monarch lay inside the Westminster Hall of the Houses of Parliament. Wallace was …
Police report filed against online retailer selling parcels containing ‘mystery’ items at tech show, latest Singapore news
Earlier this month, at COMEX, one of Singapore’s biggest annual tech shows, a retailer created a frenzy selling parcels containing “mystery” items for $6. In a video posted on The …
Japan’s opposition calls for fiscal stimulus, not rate hikes, to deal with weaker yen
TOKYO: Japan should not raise interest rates to stem the recent sharp depreciation of the yen to a 24-year low, but instead offer more fiscal stimulus to ease the pain …
Pakistan’s record floods turn villages into desperate islands
DADU, Pakistan – The view from Muhammad Jafar’s small mud-brick home in southern Pakistan brought him a sense of relief. A rolling field of green cotton shrubs was right at …
Belarusian mogul chops wood for ‘frozen to death’ Europeans
MOSCOW (AFP) – Belarus’s powerful leader and staunch Kremlin ally Alexander Lukashenko appeared on state television on Wednesday, chopping wood and telling viewers not to let Europe “freeze to death” …
Jackson Wang abruptly ended his livestream, stopping fans from spending money on his stickers, latest music news
Hong Kong-born K-pop star Jackson Wang doesn’t need or want fans to spend money on virtual gifts for him. Which one do you think makes more sense? Wang abruptly ended …
EU court ruling on record $4.4 billion Google fine could set precedent
LUXEMBOURG: Alphabet’s Google has been fined a record €4.34 billion ($4.4 billion) for using its Android mobile operating system to crush its competitors, according to a European General Court ruling …