Daughter of late U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy, will become ambassador to Japan. Kennedy, an attorney and strong backer of President Barack Obama, will take up the post as Washington is grappling with trade issues with its top Asian ally. Sources said that the 55-year-old will become the first woman to assume the high-profile post, if the U.S. Senate approves her ...
4 officials to share duties over ten Ashes games following workload concerns
Four match officials will reportedly share duties over ten Ashes matches after concerns were raised over umpires' workloads by both England and Australia following the controversies surrounding the decisions regarding England's Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad. The two Ashes rivals have raised their concerns with the International Cricket Council (ICC) about the six-month workload faced by ...
Toll in China landslide rises to 43
The death toll in a landslide that occurred earlier this week in southwest China's Sichuan province has risen to 43, authorities said. The landslide occurred Wednesday in Sanxi village, Xinhua reported. Officials said 10 bodies have been identified, while 118 people were still missing. Most of them were tourists. "So far, no sign of life has been detected at the scene," said Ma Kun, head of ...
Typhoon Soulik kills two in Taiwan
Typhoon Soulik has left two people dead, one missing and 104 others injured since it hit the northern part of Taiwan Saturday, authorities said. The island's disaster emergency centre said one victim was a police officer who was hit on the head by a falling brick and died after hospital treatment failed, Xinhua reported. The other was a 54-year-old woman who fell from the top floor of a ...
Ashes England close to a famous win
England are set to draw first blood in the Ashes with Australia struggling at 174 for six going into the fifth day of the Trentbridge Test, needing another 137 for victory. Ian Bell scored a gritty 109 and along with Stuart Broad (65) stretched England's second innings to 375, gaining a healthy 311 lead on a tricky wicket. Australia began their chase well before losing the advantage by the end ...
Sacked Arthur plans to sue Cricket Australia
Sacked Australia coach Mickey Arthur has hired legal counsel and is planning to sue Cricket Australia (CA) for his dismissal three weeks ago. Arthur, who was sacked just 16 days before the start of the Ashes, was replaced by former Australian player Darren Lehman. The Weekend Australian newspaper reported Saturday that Arthur had been offered a cash settlement by CA and that he received no ...
UAE enter Asian Beach Soccer Cup final
The United Arab Emirates entered the Asian Beach Soccer Cup final with a 3-0 win over Australia here on Saturday. The UAE dominated the game with sharp passing and individual skills. The first two periods witnessed 0-0. In the third, Abbas scored on defenders' mistakes. Three minutes later, goals from Haitham and Kamal sealed the win, Xinhua reports. The UAE will take on the winner between ...
China beat Thailand in Asian Beach Soccer
Hosts China beat Thailand 4-3 with a goal in the last minute in the ongoing Asian Beach Soccer Cup. Sun Guanrong scored the opener for the host team in the sixth minute on Friday night, and Liu Yisi scored with a penalty four minutes later. In the last minute, Chinese goalkeeper Wen Tingyuan sent a long shot home, sealing the win for China. China coach Ross Ongaro said: "I'm very proud of the ...
Now rubber lips to make facial wrinkles history
A lips-shaped mouthpiece from Japan may be the secret to looking younger without plastic surgery. The makers of the Face Slimmer, which is available at the online Japan Trend Shop, guarantee that the product will give sagging facial skin and muscles that much-needed daily lift, the New York Daily News reported. All the user has to do is put the silicone rubber mold in their mouth and spend ...
Over 300000 evacuated as typhoon hits China
Over 300,000 people have been evacuated from east China's Fujian province, as Typhoon Soulik impacted the province Saturday, authorities said. The National Meteorological Center (NMC) said Soulik, the seventh typhoon in this year, made landfall on the Huangqi Peninsula in Fujian at 4 p.m. Saturday, reported Xinhua. Wind speeds at the typhoon's center reached a top speed of 118 km per hour when ...
China scraps n-fuel project plan
A plan to build a nuclear fuel processing plant in south China's Guangdong province has been cancelled following opposition from locals, authorities said Saturday. The planned Longwan Industrial Park project, located in Zhishan township in the city of Heshan, has been cancelled, reported Xinhua citing the municipal government of Jiangmen, which administers Heshan, and sources from the China ...
Protests prompt China to scrap USD6b uranium plant
(MENAFN) China has scrapped plans to build a uranium processing plant in a southern Chinese city, after hundreds of protesters took to the streets demanding the project to be stopped, Reuters reported citing the South China Morning Post.A one-line statement published on the Heshan city government's website said that "to respect people's desire, the Heshan government will not ...
Typhoon Soulik moves inland after lashing SW China
Typhoon Soulik moved further inland to east China's Jiangxi Province on Sunday after lashing southeast China's Fujian Province on Saturday, bringing downpours and strong gales to the region. The seventh typhoon to hit Chinese mainland this year, Soulik entered Jiangxi around 4 am, bringing precipitation as high as 200 mm within five hours and winds of 64.8 km per hour, local ...
China dispatches relief teams to rainstorm-battered regions
Central authorities have dispatched disaster survey and relief teams to rainstorm-hit regions in north China's Shanxi Province and northwest China's Shaanxi Province, ...
Scenery of Xilingol Chinas best preserved grassland
Photo taken on July 12, 2013 shows the view of local pasture in West Ujimqin Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The pasture is part of the Xilingol, China's best preserved grassland which covers an area of 202,580 square kilometers. (Xinhua/Ren ...
Asiana crash survivors return to China
Beijing Capital International Airport from San Francisco, on July 13, 2013. The?31 crash survivors, all from Jiangshan Middle School?in East ...
Nuclear plant scrapped after public outcry in South China
A planned facility to process nuclear fuel in Jiangmen of South China's Guangdong province has been canceled, following opposition by a majority of residents, the local government said on Saturday. The 229-hectare Longwan Industrial Park project, which had been scheduled in Heshan, a county-level city in Jiangmen of the Pearl River Delta region, would have featured facilities for uranium ...
Japan faces increasing threats from China N Korea Defence white paper
(Photo:Agencies) Japan "faces increasingly serious threats" to its security from China and North Korea, a defence ministry report said on Tuesday, as ruling politicians call for the military to beef up its ability to respond to such threats. The report, the first since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office vowing to boost Japan's defences, was likely to prompt a sharp response ...
Boeing 777 turns back to Tokyo with hydraulic system leak
A San Francisco-bound Boeing Co 777 operated by Japan Airlines Co turned back to Tokyo on Monday after its crew detected a leak in the hydraulic system that controls its flaps, the carrier said. The incident came three days after an Asiana Airlines 777 crashed in San Francisco after approaching at dangerously low speed, killing two people. The JAL jetliner, carrying 236 passengers, returned to ...
Medical student abducted raped in India
There was shock and outrage through out the education hub of Manipal on Friday after the abduction and alleged rape of an MBBS student by three men while she was on her way to her hostel room, just a kilometre away from the library complex on Thursday night, Indian media reported. The 22-year-old student from Thiruvananthapuram was dragged into an autorickshaw by three men on a road near the ...
S Korean President Park delivers friendship address at Tsinghua University
South Korean President Park Geun-hye delivered a friendship address at the alma mater of Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday. Park began the 20-minute speech before students and faculty members at Tsinghua University in Beijing with about five minutes of greetings and opening remarks in the Chinese language, including an ancient Chinese maxim about the importance of education. Officials ...
Japan Self-Defense Forces spot crossing of 20 Russian Chinese warships through La Perouse Strait
TOKYO, July 14 (Itar-Tass) - A convoy of over 20 Russian and Chinese warships sailed to the Sea of Okhotsk through the La Perouse Strait, between Sakhalin and the Japanese island Hokkaido, on Sunday morning. The warships did not enter the Japanese territorial waters, the Japanese Defence Ministry ...
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