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El Gaslamp Quarter de San Diego funciona como el centro de la ciudad para que turistas y residentes asistan a conciertos, coman en restaurantes populares y beban en decenas de bares. Sin embargo, cada vez más, las vistas y los olores que flotan en las calles del Gaslamp Quarter no están llenos de aromas de […]

We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Chinese archaeologist who discovered 5,000-year-old city pleads guilty to corruption 2. Hong Kong body took action after teacher carried female student like bride 3. ‘Clear-eyed’ on China: the takeaways from Pete Hegseth’s Shangri-La speech 4. Rising costs in Singapore spur business migration as...

A body pulled from a Washington state river has been identified as that of “Alaskan Bush People” cast member Matt Brown

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth praised stabilised ties with China at the recently concluded Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, as Chinese delegate Major General Meng Xiangqing warned against hegemonism and Japanese military expansion, while Japan’s Defence Minister dismissed claims of a “new militarism”. Read the full text of all three speeches below. Major General Meng Xiangqing: Remarks by Professor Meng Xiangqing, Head of the PLA Delegation of Experts and Scholars, National Defence U... by...

Florida has a budget. Finally. It is not, however, a thing of beauty. There’s $725,000 for an “education” company connected to former Florida Man and current ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee for materials preaching anti-communism. Propaganda, in other words. This outfit also produces lessons called “The Kids’ Guide to How the Bible Built America.” There’s […]

Reforms to the NHS records system could result in 20,000 fewer visits to A&E annually, according to government projections.

Beijing has revealed the sweeping scale of a year-long campaign targeting irregular law enforcement against businesses as the country intensified its efforts to discipline local bureaucracies and improve governance. The Information Office of the State Council, China’s cabinet, said in a press briefing on May 21 that the campaign uncovered more than 66,000 problematic administrative law enforcement cases and helped companies to recover 30.7 billion yuan (US$4.5 billion). Authorities said more...

A Malaysian state chief minister is under police investigation after a viral video showed him shooting a sacrificial cow with a shotgun at an Eid ul-Adha event, triggering public anger and questions over gun use, animal welfare and Islamic slaughter rules. Police in Perlis, a small northern state bordering Thailand, said they had seized the shotgun believed to have been used by Chief Minister Abu Bakar Hamzah at the korban (ritual sacrifice of livestock) ceremony in Kuala Perlis on...

Neco Williams admits missing out on this summer's World Cup still hurts because he was convinced Wales would have made an impact in America.

Senior Iranian official accuses Donald Trump of 'betraying diplomacy for third time'

Former US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell used one of his first major public appearances since leaving office to defend independent institutions while accepting an award Sunday honouring his efforts to preserve the central bank’s independence. Speaking at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Powell called universities, courts, Congress and the central bank “the foundation and the embodiment of our democracy” and argued that the Fed’s independence was a “priceless asset” that must be...

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