Tag: Asia
Turkey summons China’s ambassador over Twitter posts
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey summoned China’s ambassador after the embassy suggested on Twitter that it could take action against two Turkish politicians who criticized...
Scioscia to manage US in Olympic baseball qualifying
<p>CARY, N.C. — Mike Scioscia is taking over as the third manager of the U.S. baseball team in this Olympic qualifying cycle and will...
Alvarez, Mighty Mouse back on US TV with One Championship
<p>LOS ANGELES — Demetrious Johnson and Eddie Alvarez have never gone this long without a proper fight in their lengthy mixed martial arts careers.</p>
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Turkey summons China’s ambassador over Twitter posts
<p>ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey summoned China’s ambassador after the embassy suggested on Twitter that it could take action against two Turkish politicians who criticized...
Asia Today: Philippines extends lockdown as infections spike
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and...
SKorea’s LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean electronics maker LG said Monday it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business to focus on...
Hashida, who wrote ‘Oshin,’ many other hit dramas dies at 95
TOKYO — Renowned Japanese scriptwriter Sugako Hashida, best known for the internationally popular TV drama series “Oshin," has died of lymphoma. She was 95.
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Asia Today: Philippines extends lockdown as infections spike
<p>MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine government extended a lockdown by another week Monday after an alarming spike in coronavirus infections continued to surge and...
Column: Ping Pong Diplomacy resonates a half century later
They were an unlikely group of trailblazing diplomats, including the 15-year-old who knew only that China was a big country filled with communists —...
SKorea’s LG to exit loss-making mobile phone business
<p>SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean electronics maker LG said Monday it is getting out of its loss-making mobile phone business to focus on...