October2017

News Hour: Taliban suicide car bombers and gunmen attacked a provincial Afghan police headquarters on Tuesday, killing at least 33 people,  including the police chief, and wounding 160, in the deadliest of a series of attacks...

News Hour: Volvo Cars and its Chinese parent unveiled their first Polestar model and plan to invest 5 billion yuan ($760 million) in the electric vehicle brand, gearing up for intense competition to sell green cars...

News Hour: China on Tuesday confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at broiler chicken farms in a central province, the Ministry of Agriculture said in a statement. Flocks are particularly vulnerable to avian flu during the...

News Hour: Hong Kong stocks opened slightly higher on Tuesday morning, extending gains into a fourth straight session following yet more records across Wall Street’s main indexes. The Hang Seng Index inched up 0.05 percent, or 15.78...

News Hour: South Korea’s exports of information and communications technology (ICT) products hit a new record high in September thanks to strong demand for semiconductors, a government report showed on Monday. The ICT exports reached 19.26...

News Hour: China’s official Xinhua news agency attacked Western democracy as divisive and confrontational on Tuesday, praising on the eve of a key Communist Party Congress the harmony and cooperative nature of the Chinese system. China’s...

News Hour: Like the deal-maker he says he is, U.S. President Donald Trump appears to be keeping his options open as his Republican Party threatens to erupt into full-scale war. On Monday, almost immediately after saying...

News Hour Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Dato Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi yesterday said Malaysia will remain beside Bangladesh to ensure smooth repatriation of forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals. “Bangladesh is not alone in terms of...

News Hour World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. signed its first female performer from the Arab world on Sunday, smashing cultural taboos as the U.S.-based pageant seeks to piledrive its way into lucrative foreign markets. Shadia Bseiso, a...

News Hour “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s star-studded charity song to fund relief efforts in Puerto Rico topped the Billboard digital singles chart on Monday, while Christian music rapper NF topped the Billboard 200 album chart. Miranda’s...