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Hong Kong stocks dive as US threatens additional tariffs

Hong Kong stocks plunged more than two percent on opening Wednesday after the U.S. threatened tariffs on another $200 billion of Chinese imports, ramping up a potentially damaging trade war.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-11 10:45

US-China trade war heating up

All 12 boys and coach rescued from Thai cave

All 12 boys and their coach who became trapped in a flooded Thai cave more than a fortnight ago have been rescued, the Navy SEALs announced on Tuesday, completing an astonishing against-the-odds rescue mission that has captivated the world. The Thai SEALs and elite foreign divers extracted the final batch of four boys, plus the 25-year-old coach, on Tuesday afternoon via a pe...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-10 22:55

A new twist in the South China Sea Arbitration: The Chinese Society of International Law's Critical Study

On Monday 14 May 2018, the Chinese Journal of International Law, an Oxford University Press journal, published an extraordinary 500 page “Critical Study” of the Awards on jurisdiction and the merits in the South China Sea..

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-10 16:18

Cambodia's 2018 economy shows signs of firmer growth

Cambodians have been vigorously developing the nation further with the highest determination. Remarkable economic achievements are of factors that strengthen hand of the Cambodian People’s Party on the threshold of the National Assembly Elections.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-10 16:17

At least 112 killed, dozens missing in Japan's worst flood [PHOTOS]

"We cannot take baths, the toilet doesn't work and our food stockpile is running low," said Yumeko Matsui, whose home in the city of Mihara, in Hiroshima prefecture, has been without water since Saturday. "Bottled water and bottled tea are all gone from convenience stores and other shops," the 23-year-old nursery school worker said at an emergency water supply station. Some 1...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-09 19:51

4 rescued from Thai cave; 9 remain inside [PHOTOS]

Expert divers Sunday rescued four of 12 boys from a flooded cave in northern Thailand where they were trapped with their soccer coach for more than two weeks, as a dangerous and complicated plan unfolded amid heavy rain and the threat of rising water underground. Eight of boys and the coach remained inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave complex as authorities paused the interna...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-09 10:27

At least 27 killed, 47 missing as torrential rain pounds Japan [PHOTOS]

At least 47 people were missing and five were in a critical condition as torrential rain that has killed 27 people pounds western and central Japan, public broadcaster NHK said on Saturday, with more than 1.6 million people evacuated from their homes. Japan's Meteorological Agency issued special weather warnings across four prefectures in the west of Japan's main island of Ho...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-07 17:17

Thai rescuer in cave dies from lack of oxygen

A Thai navy diver working as part of the effort to rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave died Friday from lack of oxygen, underscoring risks of extracting the team. The rescuer, a former Thai SEAL, was working in a volunteer capacity and died during an overnight mission in which he was placing oxygen canisters, Thai SEAL commander Arpakorn Yookongkae...

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 13:56

Beijing says US has started 'the biggest trade war' in history

China's says it is ``forced to make a necessary counterattack'' to a U.S. tariff hike on billions of dollars of Chinese goods but gave no immediate details of possible retaliation.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 13:37

Trump unleashes trade war with latest tariffs on China

Japanese cult leader executed for Tokyo sarin attack

The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people and sickened 6,000. Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga confirmed that Asahara was executed Friday. The authorities said six other cult members were hanged.

Asia Pacific | 2018-07-06 09:49

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