Murdoch’s Fox sells Star China TV stake
Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox said Thursday it was selling its 47 percent stake in Star China TV, which operates three Mandarin-language television stations.
South Sudan government, rebels set for ceasefire talks
Fighting erupted in South Sudan 15 December, when President Salva Kiir accused his former deputy Riek Machar of attempting a coup. Sudanese citizens walk to board a Sudanese plane back to Khartoum after it brought food aid, medicine, and clothes in Juba on Tuesday (AFP PHOTO/CHARLES ATIKI) AFP- South Sudan’s warring parties were Wednesday set […]
Read More →Nine activists sentenced for two years in prison Rana Muhammad Taha
Supporters of Khaled Said and his family had gathered outside court to show solidarity in June 2013 (Photo Al-Dostour Party Handout) Sentenced activists include prominent Alexandrian activists accused of taking part in protest in solidarity with Khaled Said The Raml Misdemeanour Court sentenced on Thursday nine Alexandrians for two years in prison and an […]
Read More →Kerry renews Middle East diplomacy drive
John Kerry, US secretary of state, has met Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, to push for a framework for Middle East peace talks. The two leaders met in Jerusalem on Thursday, marking the start of what is expected to be an intense fo…
Read More →Bombing in northern Iraq city kills 19
BAGHDAD (AP) — A truck packed with explosives blew up in a city north of Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 19 people, as security forces and allied tribesman battled to put down an uprising by al-Qaida-linked militants who overran police stations in several Sunni cities. The Shiite-led government was trying to contain the eruption of militant violence in mainly Sunni Anbar province amid mounting sectarian tensions, fueled by authorities’ moves the past week, arresting a senior Sunni politician accused of terrorism and dismantling a months-old Sunni sit-in protest. In an apparent move to raise Sunni support, security forces arrested a controversial Shiite cleric who leads an…
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Read More →Study pinpoints likely site of next big China quake
It is impossible to predict when the next big earthquake will hit, but researchers said Thursday they have a good idea of where in China such a temblor is likely. The hot zone is a 60-kilometer (37-mile) segment of the Longmenshan fault which divides the Tibetan Plateau from the Sichuan Basin in southwestern China, said the study in the journal Seismological Research Letters. Such a quake could be as large as a magnitude 7, based on the amount of accumulated stress in the fault, it said. However, a risk assessment map produced by the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program “shows the entire Longmenshan fault zone as being relatively safe,” the study noted.
China loans Pakistan $6.5 bn for nuclear plants
China has agreed to lend Pakistan $6.5 billion to help build nuclear power stations including a 2,200-megawatt plant in Karachi, as Beijing increases its involvement in the cash-strapped country. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced the package at a b…
Read More →Passengers rescued from icebound Antarctic ship
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A helicopter rescued all 52 passengers from a research ship that has been trapped in Antarctic ice since Christmas Eve after weather conditions finally cleared enough for the operation Thursday. A helicopter carried the…
Read More →‘Saturday Night Live’ comes to China’s Internet
BEIJING (AP) — A popular online video site is bringing the irreverent, topical humor of “Saturday Night Live” to China.
