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President Obama endorses Hillary Clinton for president, says ‘I’m with her’
U.S. President Barack Obama formally endorsed Hillary Clinton's White House bid on Thursday and called for the Democratic Party to unite behind her after a protracted battle with Bernie Sanders for the party nomination.
Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said it "means the world" to her that Obama has her back.
The endorsement increases pressure on Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, ...
ASIA UNHEDGED
US labor report looks good, but could be hiding cracks
The latest US labor report came out and we can all breathe easier now.
Or can we?
Last week, the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell, pointing to sustained strength in the labor market.
The US Labor Department on Thursday ...
Banks vie to lend ChemChina money in Syngenta deal
Call it the battle of the banking loan syndicates.
According to Chinese news agency Caixin, two separate banking syndicates are falling over themselves to lend money to China National Chemical (ChemChina) in its $43 billion takeover bid for Swiss agribusiness giant ...
XpressWest, seeking to build US high-speed rail, dumps deal with China group
By Robin Respaut
(Reuters) - XpressWest, the private U.S. firm proposing to build a high-speed rail link between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, terminated a joint venture with Chinese companies less than nine months after the deal was announced, citing delays ...
BOJ’s Nakaso warns of risks, says ready to ease if needed
By Leika Kihara
AKITA, Japan (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso warned of lingering global economic uncertainty and signs of weakness in private consumption, signalling the central bank's readiness to expand monetary stimulus if needed to hit its ...
ASIA TIMES NEWS & FEATURES
Coming soon: US Army bases protected by lethal lasers?
(From Scout Warrior/The National Interest)
By Kris Osborn
The Army is planning to deploy laser weapons able to protect Forward Operating Bases (FOB) by rapidly incinerating and ...
Xinjiang residents must give DNA, voice-print for passports
(From Radio Free Asia)
Authorities in northwestern China's troubled Xinjiang region are now requiring residents of one northern prefecture to provide DNA samples and other biometric ...
US Navy sends 2 carriers to Mediterranean in throwback to Iraq invasion
(From Foreign Policy Magazine)
The Obama administration has deployed two aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean Sea for the first time since the U.S. invasion of Iraq ...
Ex-US Marine rearrested on suspicion of Okinawa murder, rape
(From AFP)
Japan on Thursday (June 9) moved closer to charging a US military base employee with the rape and murder of a local woman on ...
Vietnamese officials visit Montagnard refugees, promise safe return
(From The Phnom Penh Post)
A Vietnamese government delegation visited Montagnard asylum seekers in Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on Tuesday to tell them they would face ...
Philippines: Drug lords raise bounty for Duterte and ‘Bato’
(From Inquirer.net)
Incoming Philippine National Police (PNP) director Chief Supt. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa remains unfazed by the reported assassination threats against him and President-elect Rodrigo ...
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India delimits its military jaunts in South China Sea
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Fortuitously, India’s Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar chose to travel via Singapore on his first official visit to Vietnam on June 5-7. He attended the 15th Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD) convened in Singapore, which provided much food for thought as he headed… Read More ›
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Last week’s jobs report was the new normal, not a blip: Spengler
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American employers have been hiring more and selling less during the past three years of putative recovery. That’s why they stopped hiring in April and May, when the US economy added fewer jobs than at any time since the Great… Read More ›
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Review: ‘Nirvana in Fire,’ a historical drama from China
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In my college days, one of the activities that bound the community of Chinese students whether from Hong Kong, Taiwan or the US was the circulation of wuxia novels to be enjoyed by those able to read Chinese. Mostly published… Read More ›
Fashion, Lifestyle, Sports, Travel, Food, Tech
Girls' Generation member Im Yoona will be the new face of Chinese charity campaign, Power to Go.
Launched by Chinese actor Chen Kun in 2010, the fundraiser involves top stars to raise donations for various charity projects. According to IBTimes, celebs ... Read More
After the grand success of “Descendants of the Sun,” the creators of the megahit Korean drama have announced that they will remake a popular American television series "Criminal Minds" for the South Korean audience.
For this South Korean remake, the production ... Read More
(From BBC)
The Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova was handed the ban on Wednesday after testing positive for the prohibited drug meldonium earlier this year. The sports firm, Nike, the racket manufacturer, Head, and bottled water company, Evian have all said they will ... Read More
(From ANI)
Macau a tiny 30 square kilometer peninsula and is just an hour's ferry ride from Hong Kong. Once a Portuguese colony until 1999 before being handed over to China. It is a territory similar to Hong Kong in terms ... Read More
(From RocketNews24)
On May 27, Barack Obama became the first acting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, the city best-known internationally as the site of the first nuclear bombing, an attack carried out by the American military shortly before the end of ... Read More
(From Gadgets 360)
At the Lenovo Tech World 2016 event in San Francisco, Yang Yuanqing - Chairman and CEO of Lenovo - announced the first consumer facing Project Tango smartphone during the keynote address on Thursday. With the consumer launch, Google has graduated the project to call ... Read More