BEIJING (AP) — China’s blueprint for its economy in 2024 is replete with goals and promises, but it’s also notable for not spelling out specific moves to attain long-promised reforms that foreign businesses and investors have been hoping for.The work report presented Tuesday by Premier Li Qiang to the National People’s Congress outlined plans for
LONDON (AP) — What’s arguably the most famous wet shirt in television history is up for sale. Water not included.The white linen garment worn by Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy in the BBC’s 1995 TV adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice” is going under the hammer on Tuesday at an auction of film and television costumes.Firth’s
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos, the mother of the incumbent president and widow of an ousted dictator, has been hospitalized with pneumonia. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr said on Tuesday that his mother, who is 94, was suffering from a slight pneumonia and was put on antibiotics by her doctors. Marcos
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish media reported on Tuesday that three unidentified objects looking like weather balloons have been found in the country’s northeast, and some of them had Cyrillic inscriptions. The objects were found in Poland’s Mazury lake district, between 20 kilometers and 100 kilometers (12 miles and 60 miles) from the border with
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine claimed Tuesday it has sunk another Russian warship in the Black Sea using high-tech sea drones as Kyiv’s forces continue to take aim at targets deep behind the war’s front line. Russian authorities did not confirm the claim.The Ukrainian military intelligence agency said a special operations unit destroyed the large
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Southeast Asian countries’ quest to reach agreement with China on a code of conduct in the contested South China Sea will take time, with difficult issues yet to be resolved despite recent efforts to accelerate the process, Singapore’s prime minister said Tuesday at a regional summit.China’s increasing military assertiveness in the
Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport as they exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers trying to repel them. Read more here: http://apne.ws/snWZkyH Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport as they exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers trying to repel them. Read
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has defended an exclusive deal his city-state struck with Taylor Swift that prevents the pop star taking her current Eras Tour to anywhere else in Southeast Asia. Swift is performing six concerts from March 2 to 9 in Singapore under an exclusive deal that has been criticized by some
China’s economic growth target for this year is around 5%, in line with last year’s performance despite forecasts for a slowdown. Chinese Premier Li Qiang announced the plans on Tuesday, Mar. 5, before the National People’s Congress. The ruling Communist Party has said it is prioritizing efforts to encourage consumer spending to help drive the
ROME (AP) — Women who run farms and rural households in poor countries suffer more from climate change and are discriminated against as they try to adapt to other sources of income in times of crises, the United Nations warned Tuesday. A new report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, “The Unjust Climate,” found that
