Jan 17 (AsiaTimes.ga) - China's third-largest carrier China Telecom is studying a possible investment in Mexico, a company spokesman said on Saturday, a day after Reuters reported that it is preparing a possible bid fo
UPDATE 3-Channel Tunnel set to reopen after "smouldering load" closure
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Jan 17 (AsiaTimes.ga) - The Channel Tunnel operator said services could restart later on Saturday after it evacuated a shuttle train and closed the undersea crossing earlier in the day due to
Italy's Padoan urges ECB bond buying "without constraints"
Jan 17 (AsiaTimes.ga) - Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan has called for the European Central Bank (ECB) to launch its expected bond-buying programme "without constraints", saying he hoped its impact was not w
Japan's Abe pledges support for Mideast countries battling IS
(AsiaTimes.ga) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned on Saturday that the world would suffer an "immeasurable loss" if terrorism spreads in the Middle East and pledged about $200 million in non-military assista
CBS says suspends CBS Sports analyst Greg Anthony after his arrest
(AsiaTimes.ga) - CBS Sports basketball analyst Greg Anthony has been suspended indefinitely by the network, a CBS spokesperson said on Saturday, a day after he was arrested in Washington, D.C., on a charge of solicit
Shooting at Florida mall leaves one dead, two hurt: police
(AsiaTimes.ga) - One person is dead and two are injured after gunfire erupted early on Saturday at a mall in Melbourne, Florida, police said.
"At this time, we believe the situation is contained," said Melbourne polic
Obama invites presidential letter writers to big address
(Asia Times) - President Barack Obama has invited a handful of average Americans who wrote him letters about their lives to his annual State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday.
"Every day, we get th
Exclusive; China Telecom plans bid to build Mexico broadband network - sources
(Asia Times) - China's third-largest carrier China Telecom is preparing a possible bid for a contract to build and run a new mobile broadband network in Mexico and is seeking local partners to join it in a consortium,
NATO, EU set diverging tones on approach to Russia
(Asia Times) - A top NATO official said on Friday it was the wrong time to talk about mending relations with Russia, but EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker sounded more conciliatory, saying the bloc must begin to engage with
China's Xi congratulates new chairman of Taiwan's ruling party
(ATimes) - China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday welcomed the election of Eric Chu as chairman of Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang party, the Xinhua news agency reported, which quoted Xi saying he hoped Taiwan-China rel
China central bank scholar sees GDP growth up to 7.3 percent in 2015: Xinhua
(ATimes) - China's economic growth may be as high as 7.3 percent this year, partly due to falling commodity prices, the official Xinhua news agency quoted an academic advisor to the central bank's monetary policy com
Blast outside Algeria embassy in Libya wounds two guards
(ATimes) - An explosion outside the Algerian embassy in Libya's capital Tripoli on Saturday slightly wounded two guards and damaged nearby vehicles, officials and residents said.
Algeria and most other countries eva
Lost Beagle2 probe found on Mars
(AsiaTimes) The missing Mars robot Beagle2 has been found on the surface of the Red Planet, apparently intact. High-resolution images taken from orbit have identified its landing location, and it looks to be in one p
Hackers announce 'World War III' on Twitter
(AsiaTimes) Hackers took over the Twitter accounts of the New York Post and United Press International on Friday, writing bogus messages, including about hostilities breaking out between the United States and China.
President, Prime Minister meet business people #pmln
(ATimes) President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Wednesday that every possible facility will be provided to the business community to bolster trade activities in the country. The President a
PM expresses sorrow over loss of lives in Orakzai mines blast #PMLN
(ATimes) ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday expressed grief over the death of labourers working in a coal mine in Lower Orakzai.
The Prime Minister extended condolences to the bereaved famil
PM Nawaz condemns blasphemous sketches by French journal
(ATimes) ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif on Thursday strongly condemned the publication of blasphemous sketches in a French journal and said international community should discourage it.
Freedom of s
Shahbaz Bhatti’s murder trial transferred to military court
(ATimes) Police on Thursday said they have asked that the high-profile trial for the murder of a former minority minister be moved to a newly formed military court. Catholic Shahbaz Bhatti was gunned down in Islamaba
Dudr Gamifies Group Photo Sharing
(AsiaTimes.ga) While smartphone users continue to be obsessed with snapping photos of everything around them/every angle of their person, developers will continue to come up with new ways to share those photos. And s
Google Glass Exits X Labs As Explorer Program Shuts Down, Team Now Reports To Tony Fadell
(AsiaTimes.ga) The Google Glass project is entering a new phase today as the company is moving it out of its Google X skunkworks and turning it into a standalone project within the company, a Google spokesperson conf
Fiksu Finds More Evidence Of iOS 9 Testing Underway
(AsiaTimes.ga) This afternoon, mobile app marketing platform Fiksu unveiled new data indicating that iOS 9, the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, is now being publicly tested. According to the company’
Apple’s R&D Department Conjures A Pop-Up iPhone Home Button Joystick
(AsiaTimes.ga) Apple has a new patent application that describes a pop-up home button which can work as an analog joystick. The patent, uncovered by Patently Apple, describes how the button goes from recessed standar
Timeline Launches News App To Give You The Context Behind The Day’s Headlines
(AsiaTimes.ga)One big complaint about current news coverage is that there’s not enough context — an article or TV report might tell you what happened today, but it gives you no understanding about the history that le
UPDATE 1-Oil price plunge could leave helicopters sputtering
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By: Lewis Krauskopf
Jan 15 (ATimes) - Tumbling oil prices are starting to ripple through the helicopter industry, which depends on oil companies that shuttle their crews
TREASURIES-U.S. 30-year yield hits record low for second day
Jan 15 (ATimes) - Yields on U.S. 30-year Treasuries bonds struck a record low on Thursday for a second straight session after a surprise interest rate cut by the Swiss National Bank spurred buying of higher-yielding U.
Canadian minister hopes for Jazeera reporter's release after Cairo talks
(ATimes) - Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said after "constructive" talks in Cairo on Thursday he hoped that a Canadian journalist working for Al Jazeera television could be released before long from an Egyptia
UN rights chief urges Saudi king to halt flogging of blogger
(ATimes) - The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Saudi Arabia on Thursday to stop the serial flogging of an atheist and civil rights blogger sentenced to receive 1,000 lashes over an extended
UN alarmed by Israeli, Palestinian 'downward spiral'
(ATimes) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is alarmed that Israelis and Palestinians are engaged in a downward spiral of actions and counter actions and calls on both sides not to exacerbate existing divisions, a
Turkish premier equates Israel's Netanyahu to Paris attackers
(ATimes) - Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Thursday compared Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu to the Islamist militants who killed 17 people in Paris last week, saying both had committed crimes agains
Libya warplane attacked trawler carrying gasoline to Benghazi
(ATimes) - A Libyan warplane attacked a fishing trawler carrying gasoline to the port of Benghazi this week after the internationally recognized government suspected it of supplying Islamist militants, a military offi
Kerry says may meet Iran's Zarif again this week
(ATimes) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday he may meet Iran's foreign minister again this week to discuss Tehran's nuclear program following their roughly six hours of talks on Wednesday.
Iran an
Islamic State beheads militiaman as opposition attacks mount
(ATimes) - Islamic State has executed a Syrian it accused of belonging to a militant cell that ambushed its fighters and blew up its vehicles in the town of al-Mayadin near the border with Iraq, a monitoring group that
