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East Asia
Dali’s Masterworks in Taiwan
A girl watches Salvador Dali’s work “Adam and Eve” in Taipei, southeast China’s Taiwan, June 15, 2012. One hundred works of Spain surrealism artist Salvador Dali would be shown on an exhibition here since June 16. <Xinhua/Wu Ching-teng> news@theasian.asia
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Dairy giant exposed over mercury in baby formula
BEIJING, June 14 (Xinhua) — China’s consumer quality regulator on Thursday said it has found an “unusual amount” of mercury in baby formula produced by Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., one of China’s biggest dairy companies. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said in a…
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Obama-Saudi King discuss mutual interest
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday called Saudi King Abdullah to discuss “a range of issues of mutual interest.” “The two leaders reaffirmed the strong and enduring bilateral relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia, and discussed a range of issues of mutual interest as part of their ongoing…
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China Focus: Forced abortion case investigated amid nationwide outrage
XI’AN, June 14 (Xinhua) — Authorities in northwest China’s Shaanxi Province have launched an investigation into an instance of forced abortion, pledging that anyone found responsible will be punished according to relevant laws and regulations. Feng Jianmei, 27, was forced to terminate her pregnancy at seven months in a hospital…
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Egypt court clears way for Shafiq to contest run-off
The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt has formally ruled that former Mubarak-era Prime Minister, Ahmed Shafiq, can go ahead and compete in the upcoming presidential run-off election against Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohammed Mursi. The court’s decision was made after judges considered the controversial Political Disenfranchisement Law, which could have seen…
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South East Asia
Major news in Singapore: Self-imposed S’pore casino ban: No jail term for offenders
Top news in <The Straits Times> : Self-imposed S’pore casino ban: No jail term for offenders K. C. Vijayan, Asia News Network (The Straits Times), Singapore | Fri, 06/15/2012 10:46 AM A renovation contractor who breached a self-imposed ban on going to the casinos has had his two-month prison sentence quashed.…
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East Asia
Chinese First Spacewoman Ready to Space Journey
This undated photo shows Liu Yang attending a training. Liu Yang, 34, is one of the three taikonauts who will be carried by the Shenzhou-9 spaceship for China’s first manned space docking mission with the orbiting Tiangong-1 space lab module. <Xinhua/Qin Xian’an> news@theasian.asia
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Society
Russia Rejects U.S. Allegations on Arms Deliveries to Syria
Russia dismissed on Wednesday claims by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that it was selling attack helicopters to Syria and accused the United States of arming rebels fighting against the rule of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “We are completing right now the implementation of contracts that were signed and…
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Han’s attitude decides fate of tenants in KOEX Mall
It is wondering how Han Duck-soo, chairman of the Korean Traders Associataion (KTA), would feel about the protests being waged by some 200 tenants of the shops in the KOEX Shopping Mall under the wing of the KTA. The tenants claimed that they had been unilaterally informed by KOEX Mall of the termination of their lease…
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South Asia
Indians Attend Ceremony For Rio Conference
Indians participate in a ceremony at the Kari-Oca village during the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 14, 2012. The event runs through June 22, with three final days of high-profile talks among some 130 top leaders from nations around the…
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