Former Australia coach John Buchanan has quit as New Zealand director of cricket and will return to Australia. "Buchanan is disappointed to be leaving at this time as he has enjoyed his work. Due to family circumstances, he has decided to return to Australia," a statement from New Zealand Cricket said Friday. Appointed in May 2011 by former New Zealand Cricket boss Justin Vaughan, Buchanan is ...
Overwhelming 80 pc Japanese think another Fukushima-type nuke disaster probable Poll
Majority of people in Japan believe the risk of another nuclear crisis is high unless all the reactors are shut down, a new survey has found. The results of the poll, conducted in March by Hirotada Hirose, a risk-psychology specialist and professor emeritus at Tokyo Woman's Christian University, were released to the Japan Atomic Energy Commission under the Cabinet Office. According to the ...
China eclipsing U.S. as super power but not in popularity finds global poll
More number of people across globe believes China will surpass the United States as the world's pre-eminent superpower, a new poll has found. The survey conducted by the Pew Center revealed that about 47 percent of those surveyed in 39 countries said China will surpass or already has surpassed the U.S. In only six countries majority of respondents said that China would never surpass the U.S., ...
Miranda Kerrs plunging neckline sure to send tea sales soaring in Japan
Miranda Kerr, who is in Japan to promote Lipton tea, grabbed eye balls by donning a revealing outfit with plunging neckline at one of the events. The 30-year-old supermodel went braless under an orange kimono-like dress, which she teamed up with a dark blue leather handbag and red lipstick, the Sun reported. Kerr is in Tokyo to fulfil her ambassadorial role for the brand Lipton. ...
Large gold deposit discovered in China
A mineral deposit with gold reserves totalling 50 tonnes has been discovered in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said Friday. The deposit was discovered at the Dunde Iron Mine in Hejing county after six years of exploration, said Zeng Xiaogang, head of the region's geology and mineral resources bureau. The deposit is believed to have a potential economic value of ...
South Koreas corporate bankruptcies fall
Corporate bankruptcies in South Korea fell to a record low last month as local financial institutions eased lending attitude toward small businesses, central bank data showed Friday. The number of companies that went belly-up decreased 13 from a month earlier to 58 in June, according to the Bank of Korea (BOK). The reading was the lowest since the bank began compiling the data in January 1990, ...
Japan Myanmar discuss economic cooperation
Japan and Myanmar have discussed bilateral economic cooperation in agricultural sector in Nay Pyi Taw, official media reported Friday. The meeting on cooperation in agricultural sector was held Thursday, attended by a Japan-Myanmar goodwill delegation and led by Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing and Japanese Ambassador Mikio Numata, reported Xinhua citing the New Light of ...
Venezuela vice president in China to talk trade
Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Arreaza Thursday kicked off an official visit to China with several meetings with top political and financial leaders. "We have the region's most significant natural resources despite not being that big of a country: the world's largest oil reserves and among the (world's) most significant gas reserves," Arreaza said in his meeting with the head of the National ...
Strike weapon Harris almost chose England career over Oz
Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has admitted that he had almost sacrificed his dream of playing for Australia to forge a career in arch-rivals England. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, had Harris been tempted to join the England team, he could not have collected the wickets of three top order England batsman on the opening day of a Lord's Ashes Test with his compelling but rarely seen ...
Ex-CIA head claims telecom giant Huawei spied for China
Former head of CIA has reportedly alleged that Chinese telecommunications manufacturer Huawei Technologies has spied for the Chinese government and supplied sensitive intelligence to the officials. According to Stuff.co.nz, Michael Hayden has said that the company is a security threat to Australia and the US' domestic phone networks and intelligence agencies have hard evidence of its ...
Sutherland says Oz team morale improved following Arthurs sacking
Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has said that the Australian team morale has improved following Mickey Arthur's sacking and the appointment of Darren Lehmann as the new coach. Arthur is suing CA for up to four million dollars after he was sacked following batsman David Warner's bar room altercation with England's Joe Root, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Stating the ...
129 on trial for telecom fraud in China
A total of 129 people, suspected of telecom swindling, stood trial in China's Jiangsu province Thursday, showcasing authorities' latest initiative to crack down on transnational fraud cases. Claiming to be staff of Chinese courts, procuratorates, police or postal authorities, these people used to make telephone calls from overseas to domestic victims and cheat them of cash, Xinhua ...
Harris says unacceptable Siddle no-ball could have cost Oz Ashes
Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has called fellow seamer Peter Siddle's no-ball as unacceptable, saying that the team is disappointed as the no-ball that saw England's Jonny Bairstow reprieved at Lord's could have cost Australia the Ashes. Australia's performance was boosted with three late wickets by unlikely hero Steve Smith, who used his nimble fingers to spin a web for England's batsmen ...
China slaps duties on polysilicon from US South Korea
China, the world's biggest solar- module maker, has said it will impose provisional anti-dumping duties on imported solar-grade polysilicon from the US and South Korea. Polysilicon is a material consisting of small silicon crystals. Starting July 24, Chinese importers of solar-grade polysilicon from the US will be required to pay deposit rates with Chinese customs ranging between 53.3 and 57 ...
Biden US Ready to Engage with N. Korea if Talks Genuine
WASHINGTON The United States is ready to engage in dialog with North Korea, but only if Pyongyang is prepared for "genuinerdquo; negotiations and commits to giving up its nuclear ambitions, Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday. Biden, who gave a speech on U.S. policy on Asia before a visit next week to India and Singapore, also encouraged China and the 10-member Association of ...
Smiths three quick strikes put Australia on top
Ian Bell continued his impressive form as he struck his third consecutive Ashes century but leggie Steve Smith pulled back things in favour of Australia with his three quick strikes in the last hour on the first day of the second Test at the Lord's here Thursday. Australia, who were struck hard by reports of rift between Michael Clarke and Shane Watson, put up an unified show and made England ...
12000 evacuated as rain lashes China
Around 12,300 people have been forced to relocate after rainstorms pounded southwest China's Sichuan province, officials said Thursday. Heavy rain lashed most parts of Sichuan Wednesday and Thursday where floods and landslides last week killed 58 people while 175 others are still missing, Xinhua reported. Water in local rivers have exceeded warning levels. In Guangyuan city, floods triggered ...
Steam seen at reactor building in Japan n-plant
Steam has been seen rising from a reactor building at Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the plant operator said Thursday. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said there was no emergency situation, and there were no signs of increased radiation in the area, BBC reported. It said it was investigating what was causing the steam at the damaged No.3 reactor building. The plant was ...
Over 1000 hopefuls hit Chinas short-term monk hunt
Feeling too much pressure at work and hoping to gain spiritual enrichment, a large number of applicants - more than 1,100 - applied for a "short-term" monks programme, forcing a Buddhist temple in China to suspend the recruitment. The secluded Ci'en Temple is situated in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province, Xinhua reported. Earlier this month, the mountain monastery started inviting ...
Daughters lavish wedding leads to sacking of Chinese official
The head of a local unit of the Communist Party of China in a "poverty-stricken township" was fired Thursday after he organised an extravagant wedding for his daughter, officials said. Yue Shuwang was party secretary of Pingdingbao township in north China's Hebei province, Xinhua reported. He was sacked after an investigation showed he spent 200,000 yuan (over $32,000) on the wedding banquet ...
Seychelles foreign minister to visit China
Seychelles Foreign Minister Jean-Paul Adam will pay an official visit to China July 21-28, the Chinese foreign ministry announced Thursday. Adam was invited by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, reports ...
Myanmars Mandalay airport to become logistics hub
Myanmar has invited bids for transforming the Mandalay international airport into a logistics hub that will help in transporting goods from China and India to other countries in Asia and Europe, state media reported Thursday. The winner from the private sector will be announced by the end of this month, Xinhua cited the New Light of Myanmar as saying. The tender-winning company will start ...
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