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The People's Bank of China has cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months, adding to a raft of recent attempts taken to counter an increasing deflation risk and a slowdown in growth.
Sunday, 1 March, 2015, 1:56am 1 commentIndia’s finance minister pledged major investment in infrastructure on Saturday, saying it was time for the economy to “fly”, as he unveiled the new centre-right government’s first full budget.
28 Feb 2015 - 5:01pmIt caused barely a ripple when it was first printed two years ago but the republication of an article this week about a corrupt Qing dynasty prince set off a wave of speculation about just which former leader it was alluding to.
28 Feb 2015 - 9:31amRussian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, a fierce critic of President Vladimir Putin, was gunned down while walking in sight of the Kremlin late on Friday, prompting an international chorus of condemnation.
28 Feb 2015 - 12:09pm 1 commentChina has booted a senior military official who is embroiled in a corruption scandal from its parliament, state media reported on Saturday.
28 Feb 2015 - 3:18pmNorth Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric ahead of US-South Korea military drills.
28 Feb 2015 - 2:49pmA compound in traditional Chinese medicine for lowering blood pressure has been found to be effective in blocking the Ebola virus, according to new research.
28 Feb 2015 - 1:18amAmerica's immigrant investor visa, hugely popular with wealthy Chinese, could be used to defraud applicants, a group that advises US Congress has warned.
28 Feb 2015 - 10:27am 4 commentsTwo rival biopics of Hong Kong kung-fu legend Bruce Lee are in development in Hollywood, after Lee's daughter announced the family was developing a definitive big-screen version of his life.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:42am 3 comments More on Bruce LeeA couple in South Africa have found their daughter 17 years after she was stolen from her sleeping mother's arms thanks to an astonishing coincidence.
28 Feb 2015 - 3:37amChina's top leaders met on Friday to discuss and approve a plan to revive the country's ailing soccer fortunes.
28 Feb 2015 - 2:53pm 5 commentsChina will sign a series of agreements with countries including Kazakhstan and Pakistan next month as part of Beijing's plan to stimulate economic development along the ancient Silk Road.
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Last week, China and Russia announced their intention to plan joint commemorations for the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war. Such cuddling up on the world stage may appear merely a modern political convenience against Western antipathy.
27 Feb 2015 - 4:22pm 11 commentsIn a windowless classroom at a tutoring centre in Arcadia in the US state of California, parents cram into child-sized desks and search through pockets and purses for pens as Ann Lee launches a PowerPoint presentation.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:26amIf you can't afford it, don't buy it. That was the stark message to potential homebuyers dished out by Financial Secretary John Tsang Chun-wah.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:15am More on John Tsang Chun-WahCathay Pacific bosses say pilots engaged in a work-to-rule campaign are forcing flight cancellations and delays by taking sick days in unusually high numbers, which the airline has dubbed "tactical sickness".
1 Mar 2015 - 3:15am More on Cathay PacificElectronic toilet seats have recently become one of the most sought-after commodities on Chinese consumers' shopping lists when they visit Japan.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:15amThe People's Bank of China has cut benchmark interest rates for the second time in three months, adding to a raft of recent attempts taken to counter an increasing deflation risk and a slowdown in growth.
1 Mar 2015 - 1:56am 1 commentIndia’s finance minister pledged major investment in infrastructure on Saturday, saying it was time for the economy to “fly”, as he unveiled the new centre-right government’s first full budget.
28 Feb 2015 - 5:01pmNorth Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un has urged his army to prepare for war with the United States and its allies, state media said on Saturday, as Pyongyang ramps up the rhetoric ahead of US-South Korea military drills.
28 Feb 2015 - 2:49pmIn a windowless classroom at a tutoring centre in Arcadia in the US state of California, parents cram into child-sized desks and search through pockets and purses for pens as Ann Lee launches a PowerPoint presentation.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:26am More on FocusIn the last quarter-century, the finances of America's race and ethnic groups haven't changed very much save for one big exception: Asians.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:26amA surge in foreign investment from China into the US is insufficient to rebalance the economic relationship between the two countries, with Beijing still unwilling to offer reciprocal market access to American investors, a Congressional commission says in a new report.
27 Feb 2015 - 10:28pmSun Hung Kai Properties, the city's second-largest developer in terms of market capitalisation, says it has locked in HK$28 billion, or nearly 90 per cent of its sales target for the year to June, after it reported a decline in first-half earnings.
28 Feb 2015 - 12:45pmSome Chinese developers are planning to raise prices for new luxury projects in prime areas this year, in a rare sign of improving sentiment in a market that saw new home prices fall for the last eight months of 2014.
24 Feb 2015 - 6:22pm More on China PropertyGreenland Hong Kong, the Hong Kong-listed unit of the mainland’s largest developer by sales, announced it would diversify into internet finance this year, hoping to capitalise on the cyber world to offer financial services to cash-strapped mainland developers.
11 Feb 2015 - 6:11am More on China PropertyThe jeering and finger-pointing familiar to followers of the city's political scene infiltrated its musical shrine on Friday - aimed at culprits in the audience who spoiled a brilliant musical performance by clapping prematurely.
1 Mar 2015 - 4:38amFull of flavour and succulent, braised veal shanks are good to the bone.
28 Feb 2015 - 10:50pmTwo pioneering aviators will take off from Abu Dhabi this week, hoping to complete the first round-the-world flight using zero fuel - in a mission that will test the limits of human endurance.
1 Mar 2015 - 3:15amDirty politics, poaching and attempted murder: Richard Leakey’s story is getting the Hollywood treatment
Robert and Sally Lo, the hearts and minds behind the Hong Kong Cancer Fund
Alfresco dining is gaining popularity among busy Hongkongers who want to unwind
Space invaders: ‘The final frontier’ is ready for tourists later this year
Wayne Rooney ended his eight-game English Premier League scoring drought with a brace as Manchester United climbed back above Arsenal into third with a 2-0 victory against a dogged Sunderland on Saturday.
1 Mar 2015 - 1:39am More on English Premier League 2014/15Kitchee proved they are still the team to beat in the BOCG Life Premier League with a stunning 4-0 win over high-flying Eastern at Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground on Saturday night.
1 Mar 2015 - 12:35am More on BOCG Life Hong Kong Premier League 2014/15A scion of Kenya's Leakey family - whose fossil discoveries helped reveal how humans evolved - Richard Leakey has been hailed as a saviour of the African elephant. Will Brad Pitt do justice to this charismatic Kenyan in a forthcoming biopic?
28 Feb 2015 - 10:50pmPeople in Russia's Karelia republic, divided from their kin in Finnish Karelia, are struggling to preserve and promote their culture and heritage.
28 Feb 2015 - 11:40pm
This week Hong Kong plays host to the world’s biggest gathering of fur traders at the International Fur and Fashion Fair in Wan Chai.
Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her pool at Kushiro City Zoo in Hokkaido, northern Japan, a tiger cub jumped to its death from a building in Shandong p
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Filipino soldiers and policemen link arms as they march in the Philippines, and more ...
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland brought not only fun and games for vacationers and traditional hopes for a fruitful year ahead, but also travel disr
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive start, while doctors work to separate 10-month-old conjoined twin girls in Houston, and more ...
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Polar bear Milk hams it up with a gas pipe over her head as she climbs out of her
A four-storey building at a privately owned school collapsed in Shenzhen, while Fi
Snowfall during the Lunar New Year period in many northern parts of the mainland b
Stunt planes get the annual Australian International Airshow off to an explosive s
