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China to penalise $60bn of US imports

September 18th, 2018 China will levy tariffs on about $60bn worth of US goods in retaliation for the latest round of US tariffs on Chinese products, as previously planned, but has...

Americas

Trump accuses China of using trade to target election

September 18th, 2018 President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened further retaliation against China if Beijing targets US agricultural or industrial workers amid a trade dispute,...

World

US - China trade war escalates as Trump hits China with fresh tariffs

September 18th, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump escalated his trade war with Beijing, imposing 10 percent tariffs on about $200 billion worth of imports in a move one senior...

Asia

Pay more for your clothes, Bangladesh workers tell fashion brands

September 17th, 2018 Garment workers in Bangladesh have rejected an increase in the minimum wage, saying it is still not enough to live on and urging global brands to pay more for...

World

Super typhoon slams into China after pummelling Philippines

September 16th, 2018 By James Pomfret and Enrico Dela Cruz A super typhoon made landfall in China's Guangdong on Sunday, the country's most populous province,...

Health

Regulators flag second impurity in China-made heart drug

September 14th, 2018 European and North American regulators have said they are examining a second potentially cancer-causing substance in a commonly-used blood pressure drug made...

World

Eleven killed in China as car ploughs into square [V]

September 13th, 2018 Eleven people were killed and 44 injured after a car ploughed into a crowded square in southern China and the driver attacked people with a knife and spade...

Russia

Russia starts biggest war games since Soviet fall near China

September 11th, 2018 Russia began its biggest war games since the fall of the Soviet Union on Tuesday close to its border with China, mobilising 300,000 troops in a show of force...

World

States are flouting right to encrypted messaging, UN expert

September 10th, 2018 Many governments are neglecting or ignoring their duty to protect online encryption that helps ensure freedom of expression and privacy, the UN expert on...

Offbeat

China's expected surge in pet spending draws disbelief, criticism

September 10th, 2018 A forecast double-digit jump in spending by Chinese pet owners on their furry companions this year has been met with disbelief and even hostility on Chinese...

Asia

Ban cheese imports? Pakistan discusses outside-the-box ideas to avoid IMF bailout

September 9th, 2018 By Asif Shahzad Pakistani economic advisors discussed banning imports of luxury cars, smartphones and cheese in a wide-ranging strategy session on how to...

Asia

No long-range missiles, N.Korea military parade features floats and flowers

September 9th, 2018 By Josh Smith With no long-range missiles on display, North Korea staged a military parade on Sunday focused on peace and economic development, filled with...

Asia

Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to retire

September 8th, 2018 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma will retire from the e-commerce company on Monday, as the former English teacher seeks to...

Asia

Rescuers with dogs search for survivors after deadly Japan quake

September 7th, 2018 Rescue workers with dogs searched for survivors on Friday in debris-strewn landslides caused by an earthquake in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, as...

World

India's top court legalises gay sex in landmark ruling

September 6th, 2018 India's top court scrapped a colonial-era ban on gay sex on Thursday in a landmark judgement that activists hope will uphold the right to equality. Gay sex...

Health

Indian state battles 'rat fever' outbreak after worst floods in a century

September 4th, 2018 The southern Indian state of Kerala is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after...

Asia

Founder of militant Afghan Haqqani network dies

September 4th, 2018 Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, one of the most powerful and feared groups in the Afghan insurgency, has died after a long...

Asia

Two Malaysians caned in public for ‘attempting lesbian sex’

September 3rd, 2018 Two Malaysian women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a car were caned in court watched by dozens of people on Monday, media and a state government...

Asia

Reuters Myanmar reporters given seven years in landmark case

September 3rd, 2018 A Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state secrets and jailed them for seven years, in a landmark case seen...

World

Pentagon cancels aid to Pakistan over record on militants

September 2nd, 2018 The U.S. military said it has made a final decision to cancel $300 million in aid to Pakistan that had been suspended over Islamabad's perceived failure to...

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