Taiwan has reported that a dozen Chinese warplanes flew sorties close to the island on Saturday, in a sudden surge of military activity just hours after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, left Beijing following talks with President Xi Jinping a…

If Carlson Tong is lucky, he may just have picked the right time to take over as chair of the Hong Kong stock exchange and try to revive animal spirits in the city that likes to bill itself as Asia’s financial centre.…
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Pro-democracy activist Ernie Shue-fung Chow studies history at the University of B.C. but it wasn't long ago that he was making it
Ernie Shue-fung Chow sits on a park bench at the University of B.C.,…
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Good morning, and welcome to the weekend.
Grab your cup of coffee or tea, and sit down with a selection of this week’s great reads from The Globe. In this issue, Rachel Brady profiles the prolific hockey star Sarah Nurse.…
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Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) shakes hands with Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China Dong Jun on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Defense Ministers' meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan,…

The major U.S. stock indexes closed higher for the week, with the S & P 500 and Nasdaq Composite breaking multiweek losing streaks. Earnings drove the action, despite some less-than-ideal macroeconomic reports on economic growth and inflation.&#823…

After the U.S. ban on Chinese-owned social media company TikTok, the White House and Congress should ban four additional Chinese companies, and others like them.
The U.S. government and Department of Defense already bans official use of some of these e…

FILE – A TikTok sign is displayed on their building in Culver City, Calif., March 11, 2024. If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time.…
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Director, cast and critics all agree: Civil War, the movie depicting America tearing itself to bloody bits while a cowardly, authoritarian president skulks in the White House, is not about Donald Trump.…
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Alaska Airlines has one of the most unique and recognizable logos in the aviation world. The smiling face that adorns the vertical stabilizers of the airline’s planes is an image most travelers are familiar with.…
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BEIJING (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up his just-concluded latest visit to China with a stop at a Beijing record store where he bought albums by Taylor Swift and Chinese rocker Dou Wei in a symbolic nod to cross-cultural exchan…

Follow us on Image Source : X Chinese research vessel Xiang Yang Hong 3 arrived in the Maldives in February.
Male: A 4,500-tonne high-tech Chinese research ship, which was docked for a week at the Maldives around two months ago despite India's co…

Summary The US Air Force is slowly divesting its A-10s to focus on more modern jets like the B-21 Raiders.
Ukraine is not interested in acquiring A-10s; mystery buyer remains undisclosed.…
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China has issued a warning as the U.S. and the Philippines carry out their premier annual joint-exercise amid flaring regional tensions.
"We will never allow anyone to sow chaos in the South China Sea, China's embassy in Manila declared Fri…

Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits Honda's auto manufacturing plant in Alliston, Ont., on April 5, 2023.CARLOS OSORIO
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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US ambassador to China Nicholas Burns look at a record during a visit to Li-Pi record store in Beijing, China, Friday, April 26, 2024.…
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By Nectar Gan, CNN
Hong Kong (CNN) — China has rolled out the largest restructuring of its military in almost a decade, focusing on technology-driven strategic forces equipped for modern warfare, as Beijing vies with Washington for military primacy in …

April 27, 2024
Turkey, Iraq, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates recently launched a new trade route connecting the Gulf with Europe as they pursue closer economic ties. Named the Development Road, it is the latest economic corridor in the region after …

TAIPEI – Taiwan reported renewed Chinese military activity near the island on April 27 with 12 aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait, a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken ended a visit to China.…
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April 27, 2024 — Lausanne (AFP)
Between six and eight Palestinian athletes are expected to compete at the Paris Olympics, with some set to be invited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) even if they fail to qualify, its head Thomas Bach said.&…

Mr. Sato heads south from Tokyo for some bayside bus exploration.
Welcome back to another installment of Japan Loop Buses, the series in which our ace reporter Mr. Sato checks out the sights to see and things to eat along the bus lines that both start …