August 31, 2023
Washington (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 President Joe Biden's administration has for the first time approved direct US military aid to Taiwan under an assistance program aimed at foreign governments, officials said Wednesday, as worries grow over China. ... more
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TRADE WARS
Chinese developer Country Garden faces crunch vote on debt repayment | Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 China's biggest developer Country Garden on Thursday faces a crunch vote on extending debt repayment terms that could determine whether it defaults, plunging the country's property market deeper into turmoil. Tokyo (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day. Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 Markets mostly fell Thursday as investors struggled to keep up with Wall Street's rally, despite fresh data reinforcing optimism the Federal Reserve could hold off any more interest rate hikes this year, while another weak China reading dragged the mood.
Namie, Japan (AFP) Aug 24, 2023 Japan began releasing wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant on Thursday in an operation it insists is safe but has generated a fierce backlash from China. Toronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 25, 2023 A new fossil ape from an 8.7-million-year-old site in Turkiye is challenging long-accepted ideas of human origins and adding weight to the theory that the ancestors of African apes and humans evolve Washington (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 President Joe Biden's administration has for the first time approved direct US military aid to Taiwan under an assistance program aimed at foreign governments, officials said Wednesday, as worries grow over China.
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DEMOCRACY
Former Hong Kong Cantopop star jailed for sedition Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 A Hong Kong singer turned democracy activist was jailed for more than two years on Thursday after pleading guilty to sedition and money laundering. Beijing (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 China's biggest developer Country Garden on Thursday faces a crunch vote on extending debt repayment terms that could determine whether it defaults, plunging the country's property market deeper into turmoil. Tokyo (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 This week Japan marks 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake that killed 105,000 people. Less well known is the subsequent massacre of thousands of ethnic Koreans that haunts the community to this day. Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 Markets mostly fell Thursday as investors struggled to keep up with Wall Street's rally, despite fresh data reinforcing optimism the Federal Reserve could hold off any more interest rate hikes this year, while another weak China reading dragged the mood. |
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 31, 2023 Markets mostly fell Thursday as investors struggled to keep up with Wall Street's rally, despite fresh data reinforcing optimism the Federal Reserve could hold off any more interest rate hikes this year, while another weak China reading dragged the mood. ... more
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