BANGKOK (AP) — China has rolled out new rules meant to expand access to commercial bank loans for property developers as Beijing doubles down on its effort to end a prolonged crisis in the real estate industry. The policies will allow real estate companies to use bank loans pledged against commercial properties such as offices
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s top court on Thursday restored a prominent detained activist’s conviction over a banned vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, marking the latest setback for the city’s democracy supporters.Chow Hang-tung, a former leader of the now-disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — From the sky, the sprawling Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam appears to erupt from the green expanse of the riverine delta that surrounds it.Millions of lives – an estimated 9.3 million in 2023, according to the U.N. World Urbanization Prospects – intersect in Vietnam’s financial capital.
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Residents have begun battening down homes and businesses with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily forecast to cross the Australian northeast coast on Thursday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rain.Authorities said the storm system was still tracking west across the Coral Sea and that gusts of 140 kph (87 mph) are forecast as the
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica’s Supreme Court of Justice reported Wednesday that it was no longer obligatory to place the paternal surname before the maternal surname on a person’s identification.In Spanish-speaking nations, people often go by two first and last names given by their parents. The court’s decision would effectively allow citizens
Politika | 25.01.2024 | access_time 12:25 Ministarka za evropske integracije Tanja Miščević izrazila je nadu da će sa novom srpskom vladom tema evrointegracija Srbije imati “novi zamajac”.”Nadam se da će sa novom vladom i novim sastavom parlamenta tema evropskih integracija Srbije imati i novi zamajac, postati osnova za dogovor o pravcima našeg razvoja”, rekla je
Politika | 25.01.2024 | access_time 10:55 Doskorašnji policajac, novosadski kriminalistički inspektor Uglješa Bokić izjavio je da je odlučio da napusti taj posao nakon što je počeo da se oseća kao da “radi za mafiju a ne za policiju”, iako nije učestvovao direktno u bilo kakvim nezakonitim radnjama, niti je to traženo od njega.Bokić je za
AL-MAZRA’A ASH-SHARQIYA, West Bank (AP) — The fatal shooting of an American-Palestinian teen driving a pickup truck in the occupied West Bank was unprovoked, the sole passenger told The Associated Press, describing apparent Israeli fire hitting the back of the vehicle before it overturned several times on a dirt road.At least 10 bullets struck the
Investigators have found the flight recorders of a Russian military transport plane that crashed in a border region near Ukraine, Russian media reported Thursday, a day after Moscow accused Kyiv of shooting down the aircraft, which it said was carrying 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war.The Il-76 crashed in a huge ball of flame in a
The death toll from a strike on a crowded shelter in Gaza has risen to 12, with over 75 wounded, according to Thomas White, a senior official with the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA. The update Thursday said the attack the previous day involved two tank shells. The agency did not
