China to probe European dairy imports as trade dispute escalates
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Japan looks to boost seafood exports to new markets after Chinese ban, trade body says
TOKYO — Japan is ramping up promotional efforts to boost seafood exports to more destinations in Asia, the US, and Europe as it seeks to fill a sales gap left by a year-long Chinese import ban, the head of the Japan External Trade Organisation said.
PwC China faces six-month business ban, large fine over Evergrande audit, sources say
Chinese regulators will likely order business suspension for a big part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' auditing unit in mainland China for six months, as part of punishment for its work on troubled property developer Evergrande, five sources said.
Gunmen attack school van in Pakistan’s Punjab, killing two children
Police believe attacker motivated by personal ‘enmity’, but investigators also probing possibility of ‘terrorism’.
Cambodia’s prime minister welcomes artifacts returned by New York’s Met and other collections
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s prime minister on Thursday led a celebration for the return of dozens of precious artifacts from museums and private collectors abroad, and said his government will continue working to bring more home.
Floods maroon many people in Bangladesh and India and cause at least 15 deaths
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Floodwaters have stranded hundreds of thousands of people in India’s northeast and neighboring Bangladesh’s eastern region, causing at least 15 deaths as rescuers struggled to reach those who needed help, officials and media reports said Thursday.
Russian climbers reach hospital after rescue in Pakistani Himalayas
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Two Russian climbers who were injured on the slopes of one of northern Pakistan’s highest mountains reached a hospital in Peshawar on Thursday, a week after they were stranded after being hit by falling ice.