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Aug 11, 2021

China sentences Canadian to 11 years in case tied to Huawei

A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian entrepreneur to 11 years in prison in a spying case that has been linked to Beijing’s pressure campaign against Canada's government

China recalls Lithuania ambassador in row over Taiwan office

Aug 10, 2021

China has recalled its ambassador to Lithuania and expelled the Baltic Sea nation's representative to Beijing

Longtime AP journalist Ahn Mu-hun dies at age 97

Aug 10, 2021

Ahn Mu-hun, a longtime Associated Press journalist who covered South Korea’s stunning economic rise from the devastation of the 1950-53 Korean War and its transition from dictatorship to democracy in the 1980s, has died at age 97

Aug 10, 2021

Hong Kong leader supports retaliatory sanctions law

Hong Kong's leader has voiced support for legislation allowing retaliatory sanctions, after the U.S. and other Western governments punished city officials over the ongoing crackdown on democracy activists

Aug 10, 2021

Asian shares mixed as virus fears temper market optimism

Asian shares are mixed as optimism about a gradual economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic got tempered by worries over the variants spreading rapidly in some nations

Aug 10, 2021

Chinese court rejects Canadian's appeal of death sentence

A Chinese court has rejected an appeal by a Canadian whose sentence in a drug case was increased to death after an executive of tech giant Huawei was detained in Vancouver

Aug 9, 2021

Global stocks mixed as governments tighten virus curbs

Global stocks are mixed after U.S. hiring improved and China and Australia tightened anti-virus controls that threaten to weigh on an economic recovery

Aug 9, 2021

Nagasaki marks 76th anniversary of atomic bombing

Nagasaki is marking the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing

Aug 9, 2021

Asian stocks follow Wall Street up as virus curbs tightened

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after China and Australia tightened anti-virus controls that threaten to weigh on an economic recovery

Asian stocks follow Wall St up as virus curbs tightened

Aug 9, 2021

Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after China and Australia tightened anti-virus controls that threaten to weigh on an economic recovery