Hong Kong: Cantonese language group shuts down after targeting by national security police
A Cantonese language group has shut down after Hong Kong national security police raided the founder’s home over a fictional essay submitted to the group’s literary competition three years ago. Andrew Lok Han Chan, who created and convenes the Societas Linguistica Hongkongensis (SLHK) group, said in a Facebook post that the officers from a police […]
Why the sense of Chinese economic malaise is deepening
Opinion Karen MaleyColumnist Aug 28, 2023 – 6.34pm It’s a worrying sign when even the Chinese sharemarket investors – who are prone to rapid-fire and exuberant responses to Beijing’s latest policy initiatives – becomes sceptical of efforts to bolster investor confidence. Chinese President Xi Jinping told the country’s young people to learn to “eat bitterness” Getty […]
Universal contraception, plus other letters, Aug. 28: ‘Free birth control on a national scale should be a top government priority.’ Universal contraception, plus other letters to the editor for Aug. 2
The enemy next door Re “U.S. white-supremacist league makes inroads in Canada” (Aug. 24): This article underlines why we need broad terms of reference for any inquiry on political interference in Canada. It is not just China or India, Russia and Iran. U.S. groups are probably more active than any others in trying to influence […]
If Daniel Kinahan is charged I will be the first person in court, says heartbroken sister of cartel murder victim
THE heartbroken sister of a Kinahan cartel murder victim told how she will be “the first person in court” if mob boss Daniel Kinahan is ever charged by gardai. And Noeleen Barr – whose brother Michael, 35, was shot dead by the narco terrorist gang in April 2016 – has also vowed to travel to […]
NetEase Games Held the “2023 Games Unbounded” Conference in Cologne, Germany
COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The “2023 Games Unbounded” NetEase Games Conference was held in Koelnmesse, Cologne on August 23rd. At the conference, NetEase Games announced updates to its International Business Plan for NARAKA: BLADEPOINT and Where Winds Meet, and invited industry veterans to discuss the current landscape and to consider potential opportunities […]
Businesses in Japan receive abusive calls from China after Fukushima water release
Japan has urged its citizens in China to avoid using their native tongue in loud voices, while its companies have received a wave of abusive calls amid a rise in anti-Japanese sentiment sparked by the controversial discharge of wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. While Japan insists the treated water is safe – […]
China says its ban on Japanese seafood is about safety. Is it really?
CNN — In the busy streets of Hong Kong’s Central district the lunchtime queues snake around the swanky Japanese restaurants where high-end sushi can sell at $150 a pop just for a tasting menu. At Fumi, one of the more popular joints, the floors are packed with over a hundred people chattering away and chowing […]
English rugby needs urgent rescuing before being cast away indefinitely
There have been shipwrecked castaways on uninhabited Pacific islands who have awoken with more optimism than English rugby supporters are experiencing. Short of a bare-chested Tom Hanks joining them in the dressing room after the 30-22 home defeat by Fiji on Saturday, England’s World Cup hopes could hardly feel more washed up and the chances […]
As China’s economy continues to struggle, young people are choosing to become ‘full-time children’
Earlier this year Zhang Jiayi decided to close her business and become a “full-time daughter”. The 31-year-old from Hangzhou, China, started a clothing company in early 2020, but with her turnover falling, business was “getting harder every year”. “The amount of time and effort I was putting in was disproportionate to [the profitability], and it felt […]
The battery business is booming and Zeekr kicks off it IPO roadshow
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We beat two crane games at a Japanese arcade and take home two lucky bags
Check out our UFO Catcher haul! Our reporter Ikuna Kanezawa has never had a lot of luck with crane games or “UFO Catchers” as they’re known in Japan. But this summer, when she visited her parents’ house in the countryside, her luck changed, as she returned home from a nearby arcade centre with not one […]
USJ unveils its Halloween lineup, including some first-ever Pokémon food and fun collaborations
The time is right to get your spooky Poké-fix inside of Osaka’s popular theme park. Feeling a bit blue after the conclusion of the Pokémon World Championships in Yokohama this month? Never fear, because another Poké-party is almost ready to begin just a bit to the southwest in Osaka. Universal Studios Japan always tries to outdo […]
How economic brinkmanship is not a solution post-Covid world wants
Discussing the US’ response to the Tiananmen Square massacre of 1989, former foreign Secretary Shyam Saran in his book How China Sees India and the World notes: “Deng [Xiaoping] was also convinced that sheer profit motive would persuade Western companies invested in China to persuade their government to eventually relax the sanctions. He reckoned that China was […]
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 Launches to International Space Station
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — An international crew of four representing four countries is in orbit following a successful launch to the International Space Station at 3:27 a.m. EDT Saturday, Aug. 26, from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The agency’s SpaceX Crew-7 mission is the seventh commercial crew rotation […]
Inside Spanish women’s football crisis as 81 players boycott despite World Cup triumph
Spain are newly crowned World champions – but they are also in deep crisis. Captain Olga Carmona struck in the final last Sunday as La Roja defeated England 1-0 to claim a memorable first major trophy. But the teams’ celebrations were marred by the latest incident in an ongoing civil war between the players and […]
De-dollarisation, a distant dream: How a common BRICS currency has bumpy road ahead
The much-hyped idea—forget a launch—about a gold-backed BRICS currency has died without a whimper for now. As the economic bloc, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, concluded its 15th summit in Johannesburg on Thursday, introducing a currency to counter the dollar wasn’t even on the agenda. From an informal club created as BRIC—an […]
“Will boost morale of scientists”: Uttarakhand CM Dhami hails PM Modi’s ’National Space Day’ anouncement
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that August 23, the day the ISRO successfully placed its lander on the moon’s unexplored south face, will be celebrated every year as ‘National Space Day’. Taking to his official handle on social media platform X, the Uttarakhand CM posted, “Respected Prime […]
Collisons said to be among elite tech investors in plan to build a city from scratch
In 2017, Michael Moritz, a billionaire venture capitalist, sent a note to a potential investor about what he described as an unusual opportunity: a chance to invest in the creation of a new California city. The site was in a corner of the San Francisco Bay Area where land was cheap. Moritz and others had […]
Collisons said to be among elite tech investors in plan to build a city from scratch
In 2017, Michael Moritz, a billionaire venture capitalist, sent a note to a potential investor about what he described as an unusual opportunity: a chance to invest in the creation of a new California city. The site was in a corner of the San Francisco Bay Area where land was cheap. Moritz and others had […]
Women”s tennis players have mixed feelings about possibly staging the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia
As an Arab woman, Ons Jabeur would be happy to see the WTA Finals played in Saudi Arabia. Other players aren’t sure yet. The season-ending championship for the top women’s players has been on the move in recent years. A site has yet to be announced for this year, though there is speculation the event […]
Women”s tennis players have mixed feelings about possibly staging the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia
As an Arab woman, Ons Jabeur would be happy to see the WTA Finals played in Saudi Arabia. Other players aren’t sure yet. The season-ending championship for the top women’s players has been on the move in recent years. A site has yet to be announced for this year, though there is speculation the event […]
Women”s tennis players have mixed feelings about possibly staging the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia
As an Arab woman, Ons Jabeur would be happy to see the WTA Finals played in Saudi Arabia. Other players aren’t sure yet. The season-ending championship for the top women’s players has been on the move in recent years. A site has yet to be announced for this year, though there is speculation the event […]
Anti-graft crusader wins Guatemala presidency by landslide
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Guatemalan anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arevalo was voted in as president on Sunday, preliminary results showed, a victory that until recently seemed impossible and which many voters hope will end years of rule dogged by allegations of graft and authoritarianism. Arevalo, a 64-year-old ex-diplomat and son of a former president, […]
Anti-graft crusader wins Guatemala presidency by landslide
GUATEMALA CITY, Aug 20 (Reuters) – Guatemalan anti-corruption crusader Bernardo Arevalo was voted in as president on Sunday, preliminary results showed, a victory that until recently seemed impossible and which many voters hope will end years of rule dogged by allegations of graft and authoritarianism. Arevalo, a 64-year-old ex-diplomat and son of a former president, […]
Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon caught in ‘shameful’ furore after sharing gold medal
Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon shared the pole vault gold at the athletics world championships. Image: Getty Katie Moon has fired back at critics complaining about the fact she shared the pole vault gold with Australia’s Nina Kennedy at the world athletics championships. Moon and Kennedy sparked extraordinary scenes in Budapest on Thursday when they […]
Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon caught in ‘shameful’ furore after sharing gold medal
Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon shared the pole vault gold at the athletics world championships. Image: Getty Katie Moon has fired back at critics complaining about the fact she shared the pole vault gold with Australia’s Nina Kennedy at the world athletics championships. Moon and Kennedy sparked extraordinary scenes in Budapest on Thursday when they […]
Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon caught in ‘shameful’ furore after sharing gold medal
Nina Kennedy and Katie Moon shared the pole vault gold at the athletics world championships. Image: Getty Katie Moon has fired back at critics complaining about the fact she shared the pole vault gold with Australia’s Nina Kennedy at the world athletics championships. Moon and Kennedy sparked extraordinary scenes in Budapest on Thursday when they […]
Women’s tennis players have mixed feelings about possibly staging the WTA Finals in Saudi Arabia
Open this photo in gallery: Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur returns to Kazakhstan’s Elena Rybakina in a women’s singles match on Day 10 of Wimbledon on July 12, 2023. Jabeur is one of the women to watch at the U.S. Open, which begins at Flushing Meadows on Aug. 28.The Associated Press As an Arab woman, Ons Jabeur […]