Jeddah Food Cluster bags Guinness World Record for the world's largest food cluster    Riyadh region tops with 28.1% in Saudi residential electrical energy consumption during 2023    Saudi FM attends Quadripartite meeting on Sudan in Italy    Georgia's new parliament opens first session amid mass protests and boycott    Gangsters block aid distribution in south Gaza    Russian deserter reveals war secrets of guarding nuclear base    Judge dismisses special counsel's election case against Trump    Best-selling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford dies    Cristiano Ronaldo's double powers Al Nassr to 3-1 win over Al Gharafa in AFC Champions League    Franchise registrations in Saudi Arabia surge 866% over 3 years    Al Ahli edges Al Ain 2-1, bolsters perfect start in AFC Champions League Elite    Saud Abdulhamid makes history as first Saudi player in Serie A    Culture minister tours Saudi pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka    Saudi Cabinet to hold special budget session on Tuesday    King Salman orders extension of Citizen's Account Program and additional support for a full year    Al-Falih: 1,238 foreign investors obtain premium residency in Saudi Arabia    Most decorated Australian Olympian McKeon retires    Adele doesn't know when she'll perform again after tearful Vegas goodbye    'Pregnant' for 15 months: Inside the 'miracle' pregnancy scam    Do cigarettes belong in a museum?    Order vs. Morality: Lessons from New York's 1977 Blackout    India puts blockbuster Pakistani film on hold    The Vikings and the Islamic world    Filipino pilgrim's incredible evolution from an enemy of Islam to its staunch advocate    Exotic Taif Roses Simulation Performed at Taif Rose Festival    Asian shares mixed Tuesday    Weather Forecast for Tuesday    Saudi Tourism Authority Participates in Arabian Travel Market Exhibition in Dubai    Minister of Industry Announces 50 Investment Opportunities Worth over SAR 96 Billion in Machinery, Equipment Sector    HRH Crown Prince Offers Condolences to Crown Prince of Kuwait on Death of Sheikh Fawaz Salman Abdullah Al-Ali Al-Malek Al-Sabah    HRH Crown Prince Congratulates Santiago Peña on Winning Presidential Election in Paraguay    SDAIA Launches 1st Phase of 'Elevate Program' to Train 1,000 Women on Data, AI    41 Saudi Citizens and 171 Others from Brotherly and Friendly Countries Arrive in Saudi Arabia from Sudan    Saudi Arabia Hosts 1st Meeting of Arab Authorities Controlling Medicines    General Directorate of Narcotics Control Foils Attempt to Smuggle over 5 Million Amphetamine Pills    NAVI Javelins Crowned as Champions of Women's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Competitions    Saudi Karate Team Wins Four Medals in World Youth League Championship    Third Edition of FIFA Forward Program Kicks off in Riyadh    Evacuated from Sudan, 187 Nationals from Several Countries Arrive in Jeddah    SPA Documents Thajjud Prayer at Prophet's Mosque in Madinah    SFDA Recommends to Test Blood Sugar at Home Two or Three Hours after Meals    SFDA Offers Various Recommendations for Safe Food Frying    SFDA Provides Five Tips for Using Home Blood Pressure Monitor    SFDA: Instant Soup Contains Large Amounts of Salt    Mawani: New shipping service to connect Jubail Commercial Port to 11 global ports    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Delivers Speech to Pilgrims, Citizens, Residents and Muslims around the World    Sheikh Al-Issa in Arafah's Sermon: Allaah Blessed You by Making It Easy for You to Carry out This Obligation. Thus, Ensure Following the Guidance of Your Prophet    Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques addresses citizens and all Muslims on the occasion of the Holy month of Ramadan    

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Experts try to figure out who's behind global cyber attack
Experts are trying to figure out who's behind a global "ransomware" software cyber attack that shut down hundreds of thousands of computers around the world by exploiting a software vulnerability. Some details about the "WannaCry" attack, which (...)

15 - 05 - 2017
Hong Kong Disneyland posts 2016 loss on tourism softness
Hong Kong Disneyland posted a wider annual loss on Monday as attendance by mainland Chinese tourists dropped amid a softer tourism market. The park said it lost 171 million Hong Kong dollars ($22 million) on revenue of HK$4.8 billion for its most (...)

20 - 02 - 2017
Hong Kong shares at 3-week high;China flat
Hong Kong shares edged up to a three-week high Thursday as a rally in China Life and other insurers on the back of low valuations and speculation over an expansion of investment rules, helped the benchmark stock index outperform Asian peers. But (...)

20 - 04 - 2012
New Hong Kong govt office contaminated
Bacteria that cause Legionnaire's disease have been found throughout Hong Kong's brand new, $670-million government headquarters. The checks were prompted after the education secretary came down with the potentially fatal illness last month. Health (...)

04 - 01 - 2012
Al-Sadd overcomes ‘injustice' to reach ACL final
Coach Jorge Fossati said his Al-Sadd side had overcome “injustice” stemming from a foul-tempered semifinal after it became the first Qatari club to reach the Asian Champions League final. Al-Sadd will have its work cut out in the Nov. 5 final (...)

28 - 10 - 2011
Newly aff luent Asia revives tired Western brands
Faded and forgotten Western brands are being dusted off and brought back to life by companies in Asia targeting the burgeoning number of people looking for labels to match new middle class lifestyles. Asians have been buying or licensing fashion (...)

12 - 09 - 2011
HK think tank to take Asian angle on global issues
A prominent Hong Kong business family is setting up a think tank to look at global economic issues from an Asian perspective. The Fung Global institute was established on Thursday. It's the latest attempt at developing a world famous research (...)

27 - 08 - 2011
Designers find big business with Asia theme park boom
A rush of theme park construction across Asia that will result in new homes for Mickey Mouse, the Monkey King and Hello Kitty is also providing a financial lifeline for the world's elite group of entertainment designers. New theme parks, resorts (...)

22 - 07 - 2011
Chinese epic faces box office inflation charges
studded propaganda epic that marks the 90th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party is facing claims that its box office numbers are being inflated by movie theaters. Reports have surfaced of a multiplex chain printing tickets for “Beginning of (...)

07 - 07 - 2011
Radiohead ventures into Chinese social media
Radiohead has taken a tentative step into censored Chinese cyberspace, even though the British rock band has been critical of China's human rights record. Radiohead recently launched a page on the “weibo” site of leading Chinese Internet portal (...)

04 - 07 - 2011
Jackie Chan's Tweets on Manila bus deaths draw ire
Jackie Chan's Tweets about the Manila bus hijacking have drawn a barrage of Internet attacks in his native Hong Kong, which lost eight residents in the tragedy. Outraged Hong Kongers have criticized the Philippine government for acting too (...)

27 - 08 - 2010
‘Crouching Tiger' producer Hsu honored
“Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” producer Hsu Li-kong, a key figure in nurturing Taiwanese film talent, has been awarded one of the Chinese film industry's top honors. Organizers of Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards - Chinese-language cinema's (...)

29 - 07 - 2010
Chan's son prefers music to movies
Jackie Chan's son says he has overcome initial doubts about joining his father in show business, but he prefers making music over movies. Six years after his movie and album debut, 27-year-old Jaycee Chan said he was starting to shed the baggage of (...)

16 - 06 - 2010
Taiwan singing star has Sony deal
The young man whose rendition of “I Will Always Love You” on a Taiwanese talent show recalled Whitney Houston's high notes has a record deal. Sony Music Entertainment said in a statement Thursday that Lin Yu-chun's debut, featuring Chinese and (...)

14 - 05 - 2010
Samoa wins HK Sevens
Samoa came from behind to beat New Zealand 24-21 and win the Hong Kong Sevens Sunday, taking the lead in the IRB Sevens World Series with two tournaments left in the season. Samoa's third straight title, which came at the biggest event of the year, (...)

29 - 03 - 2010
Hong Kong fest award for Bachchan
The Hong Kong International Film Festival plans to honor Indian screen legend Amitabh Bachchan with a lifetime achievement award at the event's Asian Film Awards. Organizers said in a statement late Friday the 67-year-old actor will accept the (...)

14 - 03 - 2010
World markets mixed after US finish
Most Asian markets rose slightly Tuesday, but trading was subdued as investors awaited more clues about the health of the world economy following big gains the day before. European shares slipped in early trade. A number of Asian markets fluctuated (...)

10 - 03 - 2010
Architect reinvents apartment to solve space crunch
As a youngster living in a tiny flat with six others in one of the world's most densely populated cities, Hong Kong architect Gary Chang has been obsessed by living space, or rather a chronic lack of it. After three decades in the same boxy, (...)

09 - 02 - 2010
Soros: US & China key to world financial regulation
Billionaire financier George Soros said Wednesday that the United States and China need to cooperate better in order to create a new global regulatory system that would head off future financial meltdowns. Last year's crisis, he said, demonstrated (...)

04 - 02 - 2010
Guo wins gold at East Asian Games
time Olympic champion diver Guo Jingjing easily won gold with her partner at the East Asian Games Sunday. The Chinese pair took gold ahead of Macau divers Choi Sut Ian and Lei Soi I who led after the first round of dives after a conservative start (...)

14 - 12 - 2009
China takes sprinting golds at East Asian Games
China's Su Bingtian and Tao Yujia held off Japanese rivals to take the 100-meter sprint titles at the East Asian Games Saturday. Su claimed the men's title by crossing in 10.33 seconds - 0.06 seconds before Shintaro Kimura. Tao posted a winning (...)

13 - 12 - 2009
Macau plans MJ ‘shrine' to house glove
A resort in Macau will open Asia's first Michael Jackson shrine after its owners bought the late King of Pop's iconic white rhinestone glove for $350,000 at a US auction. The shrine will be located in the lobby of Ponte 16, adding to Macau's (...)

24 - 11 - 2009
Agassi vs. Samprasin Macau
Even though the stakes may not be as high as in their epic clashes of the past, Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras' match this Sunday will be anything but a friendly exhibition. The two American greats, who had one of tennis' great rivalries, will play (...)

23 - 10 - 2009
China tycoon resurfaces in US with green car plan
Yang Rong was once celebrated as a pioneering automobile entrepreneur who founded the first Chinese company to be listed on Wall Street. Then, seven years ago, he fled to the US fearing arrest for alleged economic crimes. Now, Yang is plotting a (...)

05 - 10 - 2009
Chopra named Pusan's Asian filmmaker of year
India's Yash Chopra, one of Bollywood's leading directors and producers, Thursday was named Asian filmmaker of the year by one of the region's top movie festivals. Chopra's “tireless five-decade-long devotion has made considerable contributions to (...)

04 - 09 - 2009
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