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Architect: 2020 Tokyo Olympic stadium is too big

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

TOKYO (AP) — A prominent Japanese architect is campaigning to reduce the size of the spaceship-like main stadium approved for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, saying

Japan Typhoon Wipha kills 14 people

YoopyaOct 16, 2013March 10, 20240

At least 14 people have been killed after a powerful typhoon passed close to the Japanese capital, reports say. Typhoon Wipha caused landslides and flooding

Alibaba to transform China’s ‘e-conomy’ with $500 billion marketplace

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – Alibaba Group’s plans to revolutionize China’s retail industry, investing $16 billion in logistics and support by 2020, will open up China’s vast interior and bring

Visa rules for Chinese coming to the UK to be relaxed

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

Visa applications for Chinese visitors entering the UK will be simplified, Chancellor George Osborne has announced during his trade trip to China. Under the plan,

Malaysia court rules non-Muslims cannot use ‘Allah’

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

A Malaysian court has ruled that non-Muslims cannot use the word Allah to refer to God, overturning a 2009 lower court ruling. The appeals court

India temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh ‘kills 91’

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

Some 91 pilgrims, mostly women and children, have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in central India, local officials have said. Many

Muslim hajj crowds thinned by virus concerns

YoopyaOct 14, 2013March 10, 20240

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslims from across the world poured Sunday into a sprawling tent city in the Saudi desert before the start of

NATO: Man in Afghan uniform kills NATO soldier

YoopyaOct 13, 2013March 10, 20240

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO says a man wearing an Afghan national security forces uniform killed one of its service members in eastern Afghanistan. The

Thailand says China gov’t to buy more rice, rubber

YoopyaOct 13, 2013March 10, 20240

BANGKOK (AP) — The Thai prime minister’s office said Sunday that productive talks with the visiting Chinese premier had sweetened terms of trade deals for

Vietnam pays last respects to ‘Red Napoleon’, Vo Nguyen Giap

YoopyaOct 13, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – Vietnamese poured into the capital on Sunday to bid farewell to Vo Nguyen Giap, the general who masterminded historic defeats of France and the United