The United States military said Monday it had jettisoned four unarmed bombs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef during a training exercise only because civilian boats had strayed into the drop ...
World Bank Ducking Human Rights Issues
Enlarge A detainee in a government-run drug detention center in Vietnam. People in drug detention centers in Vietnam are held without due process for years, forced to work for little or no pay, and suffer torture and physical violence. The World Bank provided funding for various HIV-related services in Vietnamese drug detention centers through a project that concluded in ...
Myanmar police Explosion in Mandalay wounds 5
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) Police say they are investigating an explosion that went off near a firebrand monk as he was giving a sermon in Myanmar's second largest city, wounding five. The blast occurred Sunday night during a Buddhist ceremony in Mandalay. The monk, Ashin Wirathu, is accused of inciting violence with speeches warning that country's minority Muslim community poses a threat to Buddhist ...
Food bowl to feed 3 billion in Asia
Queensland senator Ian MacDonald says the Northern Territory could become a "food bowl" for Asia's middle class under a coalition ...
SMEs in Asia face growing funding challenges
Access to capital remains a challenge for small and medium sized enterprises. CNBC's Chloe Cho reports on how two very different SMEs, used connections and creativity to clear their financing ...
At least 19 dead in twin China quakes
At least 19 people were killed when two shallow earthquakes struck northwest China early Monday, a local government official told AFP as rescuers battled to reach ...
Biden on visit to fire up US-India ties
US Vice President Joe Biden was due in India Monday at the start of a four-day visit designed to revive momentum in flagging diplomatic ties and fire up bilateral ...
US considers salvaging bombs from Barrier Reef
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- The U.S. Navy said on Monday it is considering salvaging four unarmed bombs dropped by U.S. fighter jets into Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week when a training exercise went ...
China down other Asian markets edge up after Japan election win by ruling party
BEIJING -- Chinese stocks fell but other Asian markets edged up Monday after Japan's ruling party won a majority in parliament's upper house and a mandate to push ahead economic reforms. Oil stayed above $108 a barrel amid signs of an improving U.S. economy. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 was little changed at 14,587.26 following Sunday's election. The outcome -- a victory for Prime ...
Asian Markets Trade Higher
markets are mostly trading higher on Monday with investors indulging in some buying following the Chinese central bank's decision to lift controls on lending interest rates. Though most of the markets rallied sharply early on, some of them gave up a portion of their gains subsequently due to profit taking and caution ahead of earnings reports.The Australian stock market is trading notably ...
Indian Stocks To Follow Asian Markets Higher
Indian shares may open higher on Monday, helped by firm Asian cues and strong corporate results announced by top companies like TCS, HDFC Bank and Reliance Industries. Trading may remain volatile this week due to the impending expiry of near-month derivative contracts on Thursday. Energy giant Reliance Industries reported better-than-expected quarterly results after market hours on Friday, with ...
Koreas hold fifth round of Kaesong industrial zone talks
North and South Korea began a fifth round of talks Monday on reopening a joint industrial complex, after previous meetings failed to agree on a framework for resuming ...
Ford opens largest dealership in ASEAN
PT Ford Motor Indonesia (FMI) officially launched a new sales and distribution facility in Bekasi, West Java, last week as part of the company's plan to expand further into the car market in the country.Built on a 4,700-square-meter plot, the new outlet, which consists of showroom facilities and service pits for 14 to 16 vehicles, is the company's largest dealership within ASEAN.Ford ...
Shallow quakes hit northwest China
Shallow twin earthquakes shook northwest China Monday, seismologists said, with unconfirmed reports of three people killed in the hard-to-reach ...
Filipinos hope for more inclusive growth jobs as Aquino addresses nation
Philippine President Benigno Aquino will be delivering his fourth state of the nation address on Monday. Both business leaders and ordinary Filipinos are hoping to hear significant developments on his promise of inclusive growth and ...
Strong earthquake in western China kills 3 people
BEIJING (AP) -- A strong, shallow earthquake struck a moderately populated part of western China on Monday morning, and state media reported at least three ...
Damage unclear as strong shallow earthquake hits western China
A strong, shallow earthquake struck a moderately populated part of western China on Monday hit near the city of Dingxi in Gansu province, a largely desert and pastureland region with a population of 26 million. (U.S. GEOLOGICAL ...
Six killed in militant attacks in Egypts Sinai
CAIRO - Six Egyptians were killed and 11 others wounded in several attacks by militants in the Sinai peninsula near Egypt's borders with Israel and the Palestinian Gaza strip, medical sources said on Monday.Two civilians, two army officers and two policemen were killed in at least 10 attacks in the province's main northern cities of Rafah and El-Arish overnight against police stations ...
2 Soviet-era fighter planes found on North Korea ship
fighter jets aboard a North Korea-flagged ship seized this month as it tried to pass through the Panama Canal after departing from Cuba. The supersonic jets were found alongside missile and other weapons parts concealed in a shipment of sugar, in what could constitute a violation of tough UN sanctions on Pyongyang. Cuba has claimed the shipment, intercepted earlier this month, consists of ...
Asia Markets Japan stocks rise after election with Asia higher
HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian stocks rose Monday after the Japanese government regained control of the parliament's upper house in weekend elections and China removed a floor on banks' lending rates, raising hopes for further reforms in both ...
?Justice for Trayvon? rallies hit US
George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the February 2012 death of Martin. Critics contend Zimmerman, who is white and Hispanic, wrongly suspected Martin, 17, of being a criminal because he was black. The neighborhood watch volunteer called police to report Martin, then left his car with a loaded handgun concealed in his waistband. A fight ensued in which ...
Iran opposes Israel-Palestinian peace talksIran on Sunday voiced opposition to a US-mediated resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians predicting the Jewish state would never agree to withdraw from occupied Arab lands.
Israel and the Palestinians , predicting the Jewish state would never agree to withdraw from occupied Arab lands. Tehran "along with Palestinian groups expresses its opposition to the proposed plan and it's certain that the occupying Zionist regime will utterly not agree to withdraw from the occupied lands," foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi said, quoted by Iranian media. ...
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