Asia nudges ahead In this July 7, 2008 photo, an investor looks at a stock price board at a private securities' company in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares fell sharply Friday, Aug. 8, 2008, on heavy selling of airlines and other market heavyweights, as investors and analysts puzzled over why expectations of a rally linked to the Beijing Olympic games never materialized. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 4.5 percent, or 122.81 points, to 2,605.16. The Shenzhen Composite Index of China's smaller, second market dropped 5.6 percent to 74... AsiaEconomyFinanceMarketsPhotos
Landslide adds to China flood woes In this photo taken Tuesday, July 27, 2010, a landslide sweeps aside buildings at the village of Wangong village in Hanyuan county in Ya'an of southwest China's Sichuan province... ChinaFloodLandslidePhotos
Asia nudges ahead | Jul 31, 2010 MARKET RAP | Asia nudges ahead | By R M Cutler | MONTREAL - Overall, Asia looks like having some rough going, at least for a while, although it seems to have es...
China struggles to recover from 'worst ever' oil spill China is struggling to clean up what has being described as the country's worst oil spill, a fortnight after a fire at an oil depot caused crude to leak into the sea for several days. | An army of vol...
Moderate quake rocks eastern Indonesia | JAKARTA --An earthquake with magnitude of 5.4 jolted eastern parts of Indonesia on Friday, the Meteorology and Geophysics Agency reported here. | The quake struck at 18:39 pm Jakarta time (1139 GMT)...
Rare tortoise sold openly at Indonesian expo The most endangered tortoise in the world is being sold at an exposition in the Indonesian capital, highlighting concerns over Jakarta's illegal pet trade. | Ploughshare tortoises, of which there are ...
Singapore Airlines to introduce electronic magazines | Singapore Airlines said Friday it is to introduce an electronic version of its inflight magazines as part of its plans for paperless planes. | The carrier said it had engaged SmarttPapers Aviation L...
Singapore's reputation on the line as British author fights on Alan Shadrake gives the victory sign as he arrives at court in Singapore. Photograph: Vivek Prakash/Reuters | Singapore's long-serving administration has won some time to ponder how it will deal with ...
Singapore Vies With Hong Kong for Funds | Singapore hedge fund startups are on the rise after the central bank approved new rules that didn’t impose a licensing requirement on most funds, Bloomberg News reported. | Seven new hedge funds s...
China searches river for missing chemical barrels Emergency teams in north-east China are continuing to search a major river for barrels of toxic chemicals. | Some 7,000 barrels were swept into the river in Jilin province on Wednesday; 3,000 containe...
Singapore Airlines to introduce electronic magazines SINGAPORE ' Singapore Airlines said Friday it is to introduce an electronic version of its inflight magazines as part of its plans for paperless planes. | The carrier said it had engaged SmarttPapers ...
British troops launch new Taliban offensive British troops launch an operation to secure the last village under Taliban control in central Helmand, Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum is with the 1st Battalion of the Duke of Lanc...
UK author vows to fight Singapore contempt charge | SINGAPORE - A British author vowed Friday to fight charges in Singapore related to his book on the city-state's death penalty policy, even if it lands him in jail. | Alan Shadrake, 75, said he rejec...
Singapore Airlines to introduce electronic magazines SINGAPORE: Singapore Airlines said Friday it is to introduce an electronic version of its inflight magazines as part of its plans for paperless planes. | The carrier said it had engaged SmarttPapers A...
North Korea hit by severe floods, state media reports | North Korea appears to be in the grip of massive floods after at least a week of torrential rain, according to reports on the country's state-run television station. | What little infrastructur...
China 'jails three Uighurs' for website work China has jailed three ethnic Uighur website owners as it clamps down on dissent a year after deadly ethnic riots in Xinjiang, say reports. | An exiled activist group, the Uyghur American Association ...
US installs precision system in Philippine airforce | MANILA - The United States has started implementing a program aiming to prove the precision capability of Philippine military aircraft and help the country in its fight against terrorist groups and ...
