MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Chinese government could ease birth control restrictions to allow citizens to have two children beginning 2015, China Business Network (CBN) reported. “Two-child policy can be possibly implemented this year, if everything goes well,” CBN reported, citing an anonymous government source on Wednesday. Read more: sputniknews.com
Publishing group Pearson announced the sale of the Financial Times Group to Japanese media firm Nikkei for $1.32 billion on Thursday night (July 23), a move that caused concern among many Chinese. The expensive deal shocked many in the media industry, as previous reports indicated that German group Alex Springer was close to reaching an […]
The Telegram messaging app has been blocked in China amid accusations of allegedly aiding Chinese human-rights lawyers in their everyday work and organizing. The block follows a massive cyber attack against the company’s Asia-Pacific servers earlier this month. Hong Kong Free Press first reported the block on July 13. According to blockedinchina.net, access to Telegram’s […]
Anti-Islam protests and anti-racism counter-protests continued across Australia on Sunday, leading police to arrest a total of seven people across the country. Five people were arrested in Sydney and police deployed pepper spray in Melbourne as anti-Islam and anti-racism rallies took place across Australia. Read more: sputniknews.com Sputnik International
Trail running, one of the difficult and enduring sports, is not everyone’s cup of tea. However, it comes natural to Nepal’s Mira Rai. Recently, she won the 80-kilometre Mont-Blanc race, recognised as one of the most technical and difficult races in France, completing the distance in 12 hours and 32 minutes. Having joined the Maoist […]
Australian artist Jodi Magi found herself in a UAE prison after she posted on Facebook a photo of a parked car blocking two disabled parking spaces outside her apartment block in Abu Dhabi. Despite blacking out the car’s license plate number, the 39-year-old artist was convicted of “writing bad words on social media about a […]
A 65-year-old man called Saidmahdikhon Sattorov but known throughout Tajikistan as Sheikh Temur was sentenced to 16 years in jail earlier this week for ‘illegal land grabbing’, ‘polygamy’, ‘extortion’, ‘desecration of the dead and their burial places’, and ‘obstruction the obtainmnent of compulsory basic education’. Sattorov, who attracted hundreds of feet-kissing followers to his cause, […]
Chan-hom typhoon approaches the eastern coast of China, the country is on high alert. The typhoon has started landing in the Zhejiang province with heavy rainfalls and gales, according to Xinhua news agency. Neighboring Fujian province and Shanghai City will be affected, too. Not less than a hundred flights have been cancelled and other traffic […]
