By YANAN WANG and CHRISTOPHER BODEEN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court sentenced a Canadian man to death on Jan. 14 in a drug smuggling case as tensions heightened between the two countries over Canada’s arrest last month of a top Chinese technology executive. In a sudden retrial, a Chinese […]
China says it exchanged data with NASA on far side landing
By YANAN WANG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China exchanged data with NASA on its recent mission to land a Chinese spacecraft on the far side of the moon, the Chinese space agency said on Jan. 14, in what was reportedly the first such collaboration since an American law banned joint space projects with China […]
Malaysia’s king abdicates in unexpected and rare move
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian King Sultan Muhammad V abdicated on Jan. 6 in an unexpected move, after just two years on the throne. The palace said in a statement that the 49-year-old ruler had resigned as Malaysia’s 15th king with immediate effect, cutting short his five-year term. No reason was given in the […]
Waning iPhone demand highlights Chinese consumer anxiety
By JOE McDONALDAP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Apple Inc.’s $1,000 iPhone is a tough sell to consumers in China unnerved by an economic slump and the trade war with the U.S. CEO Tim Cook said in a Jan. 2 letter to shareholders that demand for iPhones is waning and revenue for the last quarter […]
Japan shows video of alleged radar lock-on by S Korea warship
By MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan released video footage on Dec. 28 that it said proved a South Korean warship locked its fire-control radar onto a Japanese warplane off the northeastern coast in the latest move of an escalating row between the Asian neighbors. The Defense Ministry’s just over 13-minute footage, filmed from […]
Trump and China loom over a tumultuous year in Asia
By FOSTER KLUGAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — To judge by the stream of extraordinary images on the Korean Peninsula, you might think 2018 marked the beginning of an elusive peace in one of the world’s last vestiges of the Cold War. Just months after a barrage of threats of missile strikes and personal […]
Tsunami alert lifted after undersea quake off Philippines
By JIM GOMEZAssociated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A strong undersea earthquake struck off the southern Philippines on Dec. 28 and the head of the country’s quake-monitoring agency advised people in a southeastern province to avoid beaches in case of a tsunami. No casualties or damage have been reported, and the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center […]
Anak Krakatau volcano now a quarter of its pre-eruption size
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Scientists say Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano island, which erupted and collapsed before Christmas triggering a deadly tsunami, is now only about a quarter of its pre-eruption size. Anak Krakatau now has a volume of 1.4 billion-2.4 billion cubic feet and lost 5.2 billion-6.3 billion cubic feet of volume since the Dec. […]
Chinese ‘gait recognition’ tech IDs people by how they walk
By DAKE KANGAssociated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have begun deploying a new surveillance tool: “gait recognition’’ software that uses people’s body shapes and how they walk to identify them, even when their faces are hidden from cameras. Already used by police on the streets of Beijing and Shanghai, “gait recognition’’ is part of […]
Van strikes pedestrians in downtown Tokyo — Eight injured in possible vehicle attack
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A minivan slammed into pedestrians early on Jan. 1 on a street where people had gathered for New Year’s festivities in downtown Tokyo, injuring eight people, police said. The suspect, 21, Kazuhiro Kusakabe, was arrested and being questioned, Tokyo Metropolitan Police said on customary condition of anonymity. […]
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