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Hong Kong police to interview 'tortured' maid

Jan 17, 2014 (AFP)

Investigators from Hong Kong will travel to Indonesia to speak with a woman who left the Chinese city after she was allegedly tortured by her employer, authorit...

Hong Kong domestic helpers demand justice for 'tortured' maid

Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)

Domestic workers took to the streets of Hong Kong Thursday to demand justice for an Indonesian maid allegedly tortured by her employers and better protection fo...

Indian PM says delayed Korean steel plant to open soon

Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)

Indian premier Manmohan Singh Thursday said a mega steel plant being built by South Korean multinational Posco would become operational in the coming weeks, all...

Derision over China official's visa 'discrimination' claim

Jan 16, 2014 (AFP)

A top Chinese official's claim that the country's citizens are discriminated against in visa arrangements worldwide prompted widespread online derision Thursday...

Japan logs record current account deficit

Jan 14, 2014 (AFP)

Japan's current account deficit in November tripled year-on-year to a record $5.7 billion as a weak yen pushed up the country's post-Fukushima energy bills, off...

Chinese official seeks Hong Kong cooperation over Shanghai FTZ

Jan 13, 2014 (AFP)

Shanghai's vice mayor on Monday urged cooperation from Hong Kong over China's ambitious new free-trade zone, saying its potential to boost growth will offset an...

US challenges China compliance claim in WTO steel row

Jan 13, 2014 (AFP)

The United States on Monday challenged China's claim that it has complied with World Trade Organization rules regarding duties on certain US steel products. US ...

France, China fete 50 years of ties with fast-track visas

Jan 13, 2014 (AFP)

Chinese visitors to France -- the world's top tourist destination -- are to get fast-track visas as part of celebrations marking the 50-year anniversary of Pari...

Nicaragua, Chinese tycoon say canal work to start in 2014w/lll

Jan 12, 2014 (AFP)

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and Chinese tycoon Wang Jing on Saturday said plans to start building a $40-billion canal across the Central American country...

China 2013 trade passes $4 trillion: govt

Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)

China's annual trade in goods passed the $4 trillion mark for the first time in 2013, official data showed Friday, confirming its position as the globe's bigges...

India clears Posco steel plant ahead of S. Korean visit

Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)

India's environment ministry has approved South Korean multinational Posco's plans to build a long-delayed $12 billion steel plant, the company said Friday, day...

Vietnam police investigate riot at Samsung factory

Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)

Vietnamese police said Friday they had launched an investigation into a riot at a multi-billion dollar Samsung factory that left 13 people injured, four critica...

Target says data breach hit up to 110 mn customers

Jan 10, 2014 (AFP)

Giant US retailer Target said Friday that up to 110 million customers have had their personal data stolen in a data breach, sharply raising its initial estimate...

Irate Russia accuses Senegal of 'piracy'

Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)

An outraged Russia on Thursday accused Senegal of engaging in "piracy" after armed naval officers from the west African nation seized 62 of its nationals on a t...

China's Fosun buys Portuguese insurer in privatisation

Jan 09, 2014 (AFP)

Portugal said Thursday it had picked Chinese conglomerate Fosun to buy up to 80 percent of the insurance arm of public bank Caixa Geral de Depositos, as part of...

Most China execs say cannot work with Japan firms: poll

Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)

About 60 percent of Chinese corporate leaders say they cannot do business with Japanese firms because of thorny relations between the two countries, a poll publ...

China online marketplace Taobao to ban Bitcoins

Jan 08, 2014 (AFP)

China's largest online marketplace, Alibaba Group's Taobao, said Wednesday that it would ban the trading of Bitcoin and other virtual currencies from January 14...

Spanish minister in Panama to end $1.6-bn canal impasse

Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)

A Spanish cabinet minister is to meet Panama's president Monday to help break a $1.6-billion impasse that threatens to halt work on a major expansion of the Pan...

Chinese tycoon says he is in talks to buy New York Times

Dec 31, 2013 (AFP)

First he handed out cash to victims of China's 2008 earthquake. Then he sold "canned fresh air" to residents of smog-ridden Beijing. Now Chen Guangbiao, listed ...

Finland looks to old foe Russia for new investment

Dec 24, 2013 (AFP)

For generations, Finland has lived fearfully in the shadow of its giant Russian neighbour, but today Russia could be the answer to the Finnish economy's woes. A...