MADRID (Reuters) – China will widen market access for foreign investors and will step up protection of intellectual property rights, China’s President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday during a state visit to Madrid. Speaking before the Spanish upper house of parliament, Xi also said China planned to import $10 trillion worth of goods over the […]
HONG KONG — A human rights lawyer who represented the former N.S.A. contractor Edward J. Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong says pressure from the local authorities, the bar association and legal aid groups have made it impossible for him to keep working in the semiautonomous Chinese city. The lawyer, Robert Tibbo, is a […]
At least 22 people have died and 22 more were injured in a blast outside a chemical factory in northern China. A vehicle carrying chemicals exploded while waiting to enter Hebei Shenghua Chemical Co plant in Zhangjiakou, north of Beijing, initial reports suggest. Photos from the scene showed dozens of burned out cars and trucks […]
SINGAPORE – Global trade cannot be the cause of the rising disaffection that has fuelled tensions between the United States and China – given that sentiment against foreigners and inequality is also seen in countries where patterns of trade have not shifted dramatically. This is why panellists at The Straits Times Global Outlook forum believe […]
SINGAPORE – A 35-year-old Malaysian man suffered spinal injuries after he was struck by a falling plaster strip outside a boutique hotel in Little India on Tuesday night (Nov 27). The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) told The Straits Times that it received a call for medical assistance at Wanderlust Hotel at 2 Dickson Road at 11.40pm. […]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pepsi and Coca Cola are set to invest $1.4 billion in Pakistan in coming years, a statement from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s office said, after executives from the two companies met with Khan. Pepsi planned to make “ a further investment of $1.2 bln” in next five years, Khan’s office said on […]
Fourteen-year-old Insha Mushtaq, a resident of Indian-administered south Kashmir, is convulsing in pain on a bed in the intensive care unit of a Srinagar hospital, as her mother Raziya Begum sits by helplessly. The girl’s face is swollen and totally disfigured and doctors say her condition is critical. Miss Mushtaq was hit by a volley […]
LONDON (Reuters) – European shares attempted a rebound on Wednesday as trade war fears which had pushed indexes into the red during the previous session eased on the prospect of a meeting between the U.S. and Chinese presidents at a G20 meeting. The pan-European STOXX 600 benchmark was up 0.2 percent by 0956 GMT with […]
WELLINGTON (AFP) – New Zealand’s largest telecoms carrier Spark said on Wednesday (Nov 28) that the country’s intelligence agency had barred it from using equipment provided by China’s Huawei in its 5G network as it posed “significant national security risks”. The move follows reports the United States is urging its allies to exclude the Chinese […]
SINGAPORE – Residents will soon have a mobile device application that allows them to make appointments with banks or clinics in Housing Board (HDB) estates or sign up for classes held at community clubs. It will even prompt them when shops nearby are having promotions. While the beta version that will be released by the […]