BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – A Chinese-Canadian tycoon who was seized at a Hong Kong hotel five years ago and has lost much of his business empire to the Chinese government is going on trial on Monday (July 4). The Canadian embassy in Beijing said in a statement that it was aware Xiao Jianhua’s trial would take […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – As bad as the world’s energy crisis has been this year, it would have been much worse without a wetter-than-usual start to China’s rainy season. While heavy downpours in southern China have been a public safety crisis, closing schools and causing fatalities, they have also led to reduced air-conditioning demand and surging […]
KYOTO (REUTERS) – Poring over the ledger at her more than 230-year-old liquor shop in Kyoto, Ms Yasuko Fujii has mixed feelings about the return of foreign tourists who would crowd the streets of Japan’s ancient capital before the pandemic – and buy lots of whisky and wine. Her ambivalence reflects a broader uncertainty in […]
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Press Service on June 20, 2022 shows Sadok Belaid, head of Tunisia's constitution committee, submitting a draft of the new constitution to President Kais Saied (left) at the Carthage Palace in Tunis. (TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP) TUNIS – The head of Tunisia's constitution committee blasted a proposed […]
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) – Oil majors from three continents are partnering with the world’s largest factory hub on a massive carbon capture site that would store the heat-trapping gas at sea in China. Exxon Mobil, Shell and Cnooc signed a non-binding agreement with the Guangdong government on a facility that would capture as much as 10 […]
JAKARTA (REUTERS) – Fellow villagers have praised an Indonesian man for capturing a crocodile longer than 4 metres on the island of Sulawesi using just a rope. The giant reptile can be seen in a video being secured around the jaws by Mr Usman, who, like many Indonesians, goes by one name. Mr Usman said […]
People participate in the second March for Our Lives rally in support of gun control in front of the Washington Monument on June 11, 2022, in Washington. (GEMUNU AMARASINGHE / AP PHOTO) WASHINGTON – The US Senate took an initial step towards passing the country's first major gun-control legislation in decades on Tuesday, galvanized by […]