A Philippine Coast Guard ship anchored in Sabina Shoal in the South China Sea since April was rammed by a China Coast Guard vessel on Saturday, officials said, as tensions between the two countries over their maritime disputes have recently shifted to the area. Teresa Magbanua, one of the two largest vessels of the Philippine…
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A general view is showing a shopping mall in Hong Kong, on Aug. 1, 2024. Vernon Yuen | NurPhoto | Getty Images Hong Kong’s July retail sales fell 11.8% from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday, reflecting the continued impact of the change in consumption patterns. Sales decreased to 29.1 billion Hong Kong dollars…
washington — A new sign of discord has emerged in the ties between North Korea and China over Beijing’s plan to install telecommunication facilities near its border, which analysts say could be a way for China to exert its influence over its southern neighbor. Pyongyang has apparently objected to China’s plan to install the facilities,…
ELKHART — Personal use of cellphones, laptops and other devices will remained banned in the classroom but allowed elsewhere following revisions to a new policy adopted by Elkhart Community Schools. The policy originally said students could not use personal communication devices during instructional time, during their lunch break or on a school bus or vehicle…
HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court convicted two former editors of a shuttered news outlet on Thursday, in a sedition case widely seen as a barometer for the future of media freedoms in a city once hailed as a bastion of free press in Asia. Stand News former editor-in-chief Chung Pui-kuen and former…
Over time, the house has become a small oasis for people-to-people ties amid high-level US-China tensions. During the pandemic, the house served as a connecting valve for Americans who couldn’t go to China. Today, it serves as a bridge for those still reluctant to go, deterred by the US State Department’s travel advisory for the…
“It’s a huge challenge,” said Pierre-Olivier Ngadjole, a doctor with the Swiss humanitarian organization Medair, which runs the Munigi treatment center. At the hospital in South Kivu, Nathalie’s mother, Ms. Binja, said she was aware that she could be infected with mpox because of the close contact with her daughter. But she said, “I don’t…
Lee said the visit fully reflected the importance and care the central government attached to Hong Kong and he hoped the delegation – fresh from winning 91 medals including 40 golds at the Paris Olympics – would feel at home during the trip. “The outstanding result at the Games was the embodiment of the progress…
FIRST ON FOX: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been a longtime vocal supporter of a medical research institute in his home state with a long track record of collaborating with a firm labeled by the Pentagon as a “Chinese military company” and with Chinese officials with controversial ties to the CCP. Walz, Democratic presidential nominee…