BEIJING (AP) — Starbucks and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced a coffee delivery venture on Aug. 2, joining the growing competition in China’s booming delivery industry. Starbucks Coffee Co. and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said the venture starts next month in Beijing and Shanghai. It will expand to 30 cities by the end of […]
Malala calls for rebuilding of schools torched in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai has called for the rebuilding of 11 schools torched by suspected Islamic extremists in northern Pakistan. No one was wounded in the attacks on Aug. 3 as the buildings were closed at the time. Police have yet to arrest any suspects, but local police chief […]
Fox passes decisions on Apu character to ‘Simpsons’ team
BY LYNN ELBER and BETH HARRIS Associated Press Creators of “The Simpsons’’ have the freedom to handle the show’s depiction of Indian shop owner Apu in the right way for their show, a top Fox executive said. Apu, the Kwik-E-Mart clerk who has sold expired food and ripped off customers in the long-running animated Fox […]
Reported med school discrimination sparks protests in Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government urged a medical university to promptly disclose the results of an investigation into its admissions process after reports alleged it had altered the test scores of female applicants for years to deny them entry and ensure fewer women became doctors. The manipulation started at Tokyo […]
Malaysia’s civil aviation chief quits over Flight 370 lapses
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s civil aviation chief has resigned to take responsibility after an independent investigative report highlighted shortcomings in the air traffic control center during Malaysia Airlines Flight 370’s disappearance four years ago. The report released on July 31 raised the possibility that the jet may have been hijacked even though there […]
China says 4 American airlines missed Taiwan deadline
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators appear to have rejected a possible attempt by U.S. airlines at a compromise over Beijing’s demand to call self-ruled Taiwan a part of China, an order Washington opposed. The communist mainland’s latest effort to use China’s growing economic clout to isolate Taiwan’s democratically elected […]
Opposition says Cambodian election was death of democracy
By SOPHENG CHEANG and JERRY HARMER Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ruling party of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen congratulated itself on its election victory, while the opposition party unable to contest the polls said they marked the death of democracy in the Southeast Asian country, making its government and any dealings […]
World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 117
TOKYO (AP) — The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Chiyo Miyako died on July 22. Her death was confirmed by Kanagawa prefecture, her home state south of Tokyo. Miyako, born on May 2, 1901, became the world’s oldest person in April after Nabi Tajima from Kikai island in southern Japan died […]
Chinese leaders order probe over vaccine scandal
By GERRY SHIH Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leaders are scrambling to shore up public confidence and oversight of the pharmaceutical industry after a rabies vaccine maker was found faking records, the latest in a slew of public health and safety scandals that have outraged Chinese parents. Premier Li Keqiang said in a statement […]
Record high in Japan as heat wave grips the region
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan recorded its highest temperature ever on July 23 as a deadly heat wave gripped a wide swath of the country and nearby South and North Korea. The mercury hit 106 degrees Fahrenheit in Kumagaya, a city in Saitama prefecture about 40 miles northwest […]
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