April 01, 2014 5:54 PM BEIJING (REUTERS) - Protests against a proposed chemical plant in southern China spread to the provincial capital of Guangzhou on Tuesday, even as authorities signalled they may back down on their construction plans in attempt to head off more unrest. ...
April 01, 2014 6:11 AM TOKYO (AFP) - The price of everything from beer and sushi to cars and dishwashers will rise across Japan on Tuesday as shoppers are greeted by the first sales tax rise in 17 years, which has prompted fears of a drop in consumer spending. ...
April 01, 2014 6:16 PM KABUL (REUTERS) – Afghan security forces have seized more than 22 tonnes of explosives, enough to make hundreds of bombs, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, four days before a presidential election. ...
April 01, 2014 9:08 AM TOKYO (REUTERS) - Hokkaido Electric Power Co, facing a third year of financial losses, will get a capital infusion from a state-owned lender, the Nikkei reported on Tuesday, the second nuclear operator to be bailed out since the Fukushima crisis. ...
April 01, 2014 11:30 AM SHANGHAI (REUTERS) - The monthly minimum wage in Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin will go up by between 11.4 per cent and 12.3 per cent from Tuesday, the semi-official China News Service reported, as the government continues efforts to boost domestic demand. ...
April 01, 2014 9:47 AM TOKYO (REUTERS) - Japan eased its weapons export restrictions on Tuesday in the first major overhaul of arms transfer policy in nearly half a century, as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to fortify ties with allies and bolster the domestic defence industry. ...
April 01, 2014 11:45 AM SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea's Asiana Airlines admitted for the first time on Tuesday that pilot error was the "probable cause" of last year's San Francisco crash in which three people died. ...
April 01, 2014 11:47 AM SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea defended on Tuesday its "sufficient" response to a North Korean live-fire drill that triggered the exchange of hundreds of artillery shells across the two rivals' disputed maritime border. ...
April 01, 2014 11:48 AM BEIJING (REUTERS) - A city in southern China which has been the site of violent protests against a proposed chemical plant said it will not go ahead with the project if a majority of residents object to it, as authorities seek to head off more unrest. ...
April 01, 2014 11:51 AM SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia and New Zealand on Tuesday hailed a landmark court decision that Japan must halt an annual Antarctic whale hunt, despite fears it may try to sidestep the order. ...
April 01, 2014 1:17 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US ambassador to India resigned Monday in the wake of a bitter rift between the usually friendly countries following a diplomat's arrest in New York. ...
April 01, 2014 4:40 AM BEIJING (REUTERS) - China summoned the Philippines ambassador on Monday to lodge a strong complaint over Manila's seeking of international arbitration in a festering territorial dispute over the South China Sea. ...
April 01, 2014 5:10 AM (REUTERS) - For evidence that Japan's economy could avoid a steep decline after a sales tax increase takes effect on Tuesday, consider diaper sales. ...
March 31, 2014 1:29 PM SHENZHEN (REUTERS) - China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd "maintained calm" and operated "business as usual" after media reports saying the U.S. accessed servers at the telecom giant's Shenzhen headquarters, acting Chief Executive Eric Xu said on Monday. ...
March 31, 2014 2:11 PM BANGKOK (REUTERS) - A Thai criminal court on Monday dismissed a case against five men, including a senior police officer, charged with murdering a Saudi businessman over precious stones worth millions of dollars stolen a quarter of a century ago. ...
March 31, 2014 2:59 PM NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Supreme Court Monday spared a Sikh militant convicted of a deadly car bombing two decades ago from execution, citing his mental illness and lengthy delays in deciding on his plea for mercy. ...
March 31, 2014 3:04 PM WUKAN, China (AFP) - Drenched voters in the Chinese village of Wukan, which held landmark democratic elections after rebelling against Communist officials, went back to the polls Monday in a ballot clouded by signs authorities are reasserting their power. ...
March 31, 2014 3:06 PM ISLAMABAD (REUTERS) - Pakistan's former president, Pervez Musharraf, on Monday pleaded not guilty to five counts of treason, in the latest chapter of a long-running drama between the country's increasingly assertive judiciary and its former military ruler. ...
March 31, 2014 4:27 PM SEOUL (AFP) - The two Koreas traded hundreds of rounds of live artillery fire across their disputed maritime border Monday, forcing South Korean islanders to take shelter a day after the North drove up tensions by threatening a new nuclear test. ...
March 31, 2014 5:11 PM BEIJING (AFP) - At least 16 people were killed in rain and hailstorms that triggered flooding and landslides in southern China, officials said on Monday. ...