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28-06-2017 17:56

Civilians held hostage by Islamist militants occupying a southern Philippine city have been forced to loot homes, take up arms against government troops and serve as sex slaves for rebel fighters, the army said. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 17:28

Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte reappeared in public on Tuesday after an absence of a week, his longest disappearance from the spotlight as president, amid concerns about his health that the government insists are baseless. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 17:19

The decapitated bodies of five civilians have been found in a Philippine city occupied by Islamist rebels, the military said on Wednesday, warning the number of residents killed by rebel "atrocities" could rise sharply as troops retake more ground. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 17:18

In a sunshine soaked room overlooking Victoria Harbour, Professor Geoffrey Garrett, dean of The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania, shares his insights on US and China relations with Asia Times in Hong Kong. (Steve Wang and Lin Wanxia)

28-06-2017 16:34

Ant Financial, an Alibaba fintech affiliate, is launching an artificial intelligence product that can assess damage on vehicles for insurance companies, the Shanghai Securities Journal (SSJ) reported on Wednesday. (Asia Times staff)

28-06-2017 15:44

Asian stocks may have already surged by double-digits this year, but investors are counting on even more gains as an earnings bump keeps valuations attractive. (Nick Westra)

28-06-2017 14:39

Opinion // Reviving Russia’s image as the “Evil Empire” is dangerous (Yuriy Humber)

28-06-2017 12:43

Opinion // India offers pregnant women the mother of all advice (Sudha Ramachandran, Independent Researcher)

28-06-2017 12:39

A diverse range of breakthrough technologies, including “artificial leaves” that turn CO2 into fuel, and a technique that harvests water from air, could soon be playing a role in tackling the world’s most pressing challenges, according to a list published today by the World Economic Forum. (Oliver Cann)

28-06-2017 12:05

Newly appointed US Ambassador to China Terry Branstad said on Wednesday the United States would like to see Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Liu Xiaobo treated elsewhere for cancer, and that the two countries must work together on human rights. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 10:43

When the humor died (David P. Goldman)

28-06-2017 09:12

Relatives of Japanese tycoon Kazuo Okada helped remove him as director of a Hong Kong investment company at the centre of a sprawling gambling empire, according to corporate filings and people with knowledge of the matter. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 08:56

Two announcements by South Korea in May on developing the deficient infrastructure of North Korea didn't get much international press. They should have because they make sense. (Robert E. McCoy)

28-06-2017 08:55

Switzerland's Syngenta, the crop protection company acquired by ChemChina, has vowed to bulk up its seeds business and join the chase for assets rival Bayer must sell to gain regulatory approval for its takeover of Monsanto. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 08:32

The Xinjiang region in China's far west is officially growing at a robust pace and is critical to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s New Silk Road initiative, but businesses and residents are seeing little benefit. (Sue-Lin Wong)

28-06-2017 07:57

The US State Department on Tuesday placed China on its global list of the worst offenders in human trafficking and forced labor, a step that could aggravate tensions with Beijing that had eased under President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 07:30

Best Inc, a Chinese logistics company backed by Alibaba Group, said it aims to raise up to US$750 million from an initial public offering in the United States, betting that an e-commerce boom in China will spur demand for its package delivery services and supply chain technology. (Reuters)

28-06-2017 07:00

Cambodian leader Hun Sen is pumping up his cult of personality to counter a slide in his ruling party's popularity in the run-up to general elections in 2018. (David Hutt)

28-06-2017 04:20

Opinion // How to keep Chinese in your life after college (Carly O'Connell)

28-06-2017 03:47

Opinion // E-commerce giants aim to seduce luxury retailers (Jessica Rapp)

28-06-2017 02:36

A global wave of cyberattacks that began in Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday wrought havoc on government and corporate computer systems as it spread to Western Europe and across the Atlantic. (Oleksandr Savochenko with Maria Antonova)

27-06-2017 17:05

Premier Li Keqiang said China is committed to inclusive growth and employment is central to the success of this project in his keynote speech today at the opening of the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions. (Zheng Xin)

27-06-2017 16:30

Western Digital Corp said it and US private equity firm KKR & Co LP have resubmitted a bid for Toshiba Corp's prized flash memory chip unit – an eleventh hour effort to prevent Toshiba signing a deal with its preferred bidder. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 15:44

To his supporters, Hiro Yamashiro is a tireless peace advocate. To the authorities he broke the law in protesting about US military bases on Okinawa. Whatever the view, he's become a touchstone in a debate about democracy in Japan. (Daniel Hurst)

27-06-2017 14:07

Can Obor bolster China’s stagnant tea exports? (Zi Yang)

27-06-2017 11:27

As Washington, Seoul, Tokyo and the world's media fret about North Korea's repeated firing of ballistic missiles into the skies of Northeast Asia, another part of Pyongyang's arsenal has gone largely unnoticed: Submarines. (Peter J. Brown)

27-06-2017 09:24

As the world trade in farm commodities faces a shake-up, one of the groups widely expected to play a leading role – China's Cofco – will probably have sit out the industry consolidation after all (Reuters)

27-06-2017 09:02

A China-sponsored, US$20 billion fund is ready to receive investment pitches, the Brazil Planning Ministry's foreign affairs secretary, Jorge Arbache, said. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 08:52

Japan's Takata, at the center of the auto industry's biggest product recall, filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Japan, and said it had agreed to be largely acquired for US$1.6 billion by the Chinese-owned US-based Key Safety Systems. (Reuters)

27-06-2017 08:33

Dozens of companies, including Alphabet's Google, Microsoft, CBS and Viacom urged a federal appeals court on Monday to rule that a law banning sex discrimination in the workplace offers protections to gay employees. (Reuters)

the brief

An IQOS product is pictured in a store on London's Wardour Street. Photo: AFP / Chris J Ratcliffe

Jun 19,2017, 8:54

Tobacco giant: ‘tide turning’ on smoke-free products in Asia

By Nick Westra and Kenny Hodgart

Beautiful woman vaping with smoke. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

Nov 16,2016, 10:24

WHO accused of rushing to ban e-cigarettes: advocates

By Jackie Horne

Reviving Russia’s image as the “Evil Empire” is dangerous

28-06-2017 14:39

Sudha Ramachandran

India offers pregnant women the mother of all advice

28-06-2017 12:43

Carly O'Connell

How to keep Chinese in your life after college

28-06-2017 04:20

E-commerce giants aim to seduce luxury retailers

28-06-2017 03:47

Kadayam Subramanian

Finding the road to peace in Kashmir

27-06-2017 05:00

The emerging Turkish-Iranian alliance

27-06-2017 03:21

Try ‘one country, two systems’ where it might work

26-06-2017 22:26

The growing role of RMB in global reserve currency system

26-06-2017 11:47

Japan’s Secret Weapon – The Honma golf driver

26-06-2017 11:09

Singapore is firmly in the jihadist cross-hairs

26-06-2017 04:33

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