Insolvent German airline Air Berlin aims to strike deals to sell assets to two or more buyers by the end of September, before a government loan keeping its planes in the air runs out, itschief executive said. The group is in talks with a total of three aviation firms, including Lufthansa, German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine […]
Read moreBike-sharing companies are one of the hottest technologies in mainland China, but Hong Kong just got its first version in April. Called Gobee.bike, the company was founded in Hong Kong and was the first to get its service up and running on its home market. But the first few months have not been easy for […]
Read moreA number of HBO social media accounts were hacked late on Wednesday adding to the pile of security issues the company has had following leaks of scripts around key shows like “Game of Thrones.” At around 11 p.m. ET, the @hbonow Twitter account was taken over by a group called OurMine. The same hackers also […]
Read moreAustralian far-right senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to parliament on Thursday as part of her campaign to ban the all-enveloping garment worn by some Muslim women, drawing a quick rebuke from the government and Muslims. Hanson sat in her seat in the assembly for about 20 minutes covered by the black burqa before removing […]
Read moreApple CEO Tim Cook called for an “unequivocal” denouncement of the neo-Nazi demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, stressing he disagreed with comments by President Donald Trump that attributed the violence there to “many sides” — and not white supremacists. In a note to Apple’s employees, obtained late Wednesday by Recode, Cook also announced the […]
Read moreAuthorities in China have issued rules that prevent businesses from registering overly long or bizarre company names, online outlet Sixth Tone reported. China’s State Administration for Industry and Commerce stated in a list of 33 guidelines that the use of entire phrases or paragraphs as company names was no longer permissible, Sixth Tone said. The […]
Read moreOne government-run Chinese firm is raking in billions of dollars in private capital as part of Beijing’s wider plans to overhaul its massive portfolio of state-owned enterprises. Beijing-based telecom China Unicom will raise $11.7 billion from 14 sources that include a mix of state and private firms, including China Life, CRRC, Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent, Suning […]
Read moreA major state-run Chinese media outlet uploaded a video containing derogatory depictions of Indians in what could be the latest flashpoint amid escalating tensions between Beijing and New Delhi. Late on Wednesday, Xinhua — widely seen as a mouthpiece for the ruling Communist Party — released an English-language video about ongoing border clashes between Indian […]
Read moreA territoriality aggressive China, North Korea’s nuclear hostility and a chaotic White House under President Donald Trump are key factors that could derail Asia’s steady economic growth. The continent largely owes its massive economic ascent to the lack of major military conflict across borders, Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, wrote in […]
Read moreSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to seek Seoul’s approval before pursuing any option against nuclear-armed North Korea. Trump’s recent aggressive comments about deploying possible military options underscored his resolve to counter the threat from the North’s nuclear weapons and missile programs. However, they do not appear […]
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