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Aug 23, 2022

Its largest lake is so dry, China digs deep to water crops

With China’s biggest freshwater lake dried to historic lows by drought, work crews are digging trenches to keep water flowing to irrigate crops

Aug 23, 2022

Asian shares fall on Fed worries after Wall Street sell-off

Asian shares are trading lower, echoing a broad sell-off on Wall Street amid speculation about another interest rate raise from the U.S. Federal Reserve

Aug 20, 2022

Chemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan

A Japanese chemical tanker ship has crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan

Aug 19, 2022

Global markets lower after Wall Street gains on jobs data

Global stock markets and Wall Street futures are lower after unexpectedly good U.S. jobs data left room for more interest rate hikes to cool inflation

Aug 19, 2022

Yangtze shrinks as China's drought disrupts industry

Ships are creeping down the middle of the Yangtze after China’s driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers barely half its normal width

Aug 19, 2022

Asian markets mixed after Wall St gains on jobs data

Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose as investors analyzed conflicting economic signals ahead of a Federal Reserve conference next week

Aug 19, 2022

North Korea dismisses Seoul's aid offer as 'foolish' repeat

The sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says her country will never accept South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s “foolish” offer of economic benefits in exchange for denuclearization steps, accusing Seoul of recycling rejected proposals from the past

Aug 18, 2022

16 dead, 18 missing in flash flood in western China

Chinese state media say 16 people have died and 18 others remain missing after a flash flood in western China

Aug 18, 2022

US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military

The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade treaty in a new sign of support for the self-ruled island democracy China claims as its own territory

Aug 18, 2022

Hanae Mori, Japanese designer for films, empress, dies at 96

Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori has died at 96