BEIJING: China on Sunday (Jul 24) launched the second associated with three modules to its permanent space station, in one of the final missions needed to complete the orbiting outpost by year’s finish. The live feed on condition broadcaster CCTV showed the 23-tonne Wentian (“Quest for the Heavens”) laboratory moduleContinue Reading
Cina plans to type US-listed Chinese businesses based on the sensitivity from the data they hold in an attempt to stop US regulators from delisting hundreds of firms, groupings, the Financial Times said on Saturday (Jul 23). The three-tier system aims to create Chinese companies straight into compliance with USContinue Reading
SEOUL: North Korea accused the United States on Sunday (Jul 24) of manufacturing natural weapons in Ukraine, echoing a Russian state dismissed by the United Nations in March. Moscow number one ally Pyongyang in February said US plan was the “root reason for the Ukraine crisis”, and this monthContinue Reading
MANILA: As the war in Ukraine pushes up wheat prices and a less strong peso raises the cost of imported edible oil, many Philippine bakers are shrinking the dimensions of a popular breakfast roll to cope with higher pumpiing. The slightly sweet plus pillowy soft “pandesal”, which Filipinos often dunkContinue Reading
BEIJING: China’s troubled property sector suffered another blow this month when disappointed homebuyers stopped making mortgage payments on products in unfinished tasks. The boycott came with many developers struggling to handle mountains of debt, and fears whirling that the crisis can spread to the remaining Chinese – plus global –Continue Reading
BEIJING: Mainland China reported 982 new COVID-19 cases for Jul 23, of which 129 were symptomatic plus 853 were asymptomatic, the National Health Commission said on Sunday (Jul 24). That compares with 817 new cases per day earlier – 164 symptomatic and 653 asymptomatic infections, which China counts separately. TheContinue Reading
There are more than 380 teams of volunteer firefighters in Malaysia, which complement the work of the Fire plus Rescue Department whenever emergencies happen.Continue Reading
With visitors from Tiongkok, once its major market, slowing to barely a drip, how is Cambodia planning to revive its battered tourism industry?Continue Reading
China has released stark private warnings to the Biden management about a possible visit to Taiwan in August by US Home of Representatives Loudspeaker Nancy Pelosi, the particular Financial Times reported on Saturday (Jul 23). The report reported six people familiar with the Chinese alerts as saying these were significantlyContinue Reading
BEIJING: Ten people were killed and 7 injured on Saturday (Jul 23) after the collapse of a portion of a mountain at a coal mine in China, state tv channel CCTV documented. The accident took place close to 11: 15am local time (0315 GMT) in the northwestern province ofContinue Reading