Asia

The potential buyer has not been identified, but Clive Black, retail analyst at Shore Capital, said: "One can see how a number of major trade, family office and private equity investors in Asia could be interested in this trophy asset within the Tesco Group, albeit quite what local regulators think needs to be considered." … [Read more...] about Tesco’s Asia checkout could ring up £7.2bn, says City

Thailand is one of the centres of the illegal trade in tigers. Tiger body parts are prized in many parts of Asia for their reputed medicinal properties. … [Read more...] about Thailand arrests lorry driver transporting tiger cubs

North Korea: Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un's nuclear saga January 3, 2018: Who's got the bigger button? Kim said in his 2018 New Year's address that the North had completed its nuclear weapons program and that a "nuclear button" was on his desk at all times. Trump wrote two days later on Twitter: "Will someone from his depleted and food starved regime please inform him that I too have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger & more powerful one than his, and my Button works!" … [Read more...] about Lavrov-Ri talks show depth of Russia-North Korea ties

It was the site of the Wuchang uprising in 1911 that eventually brought on the Qing dynasty’s downfall and the founding of the modern republic of China. That government was vanquished by communist forces in 1949, leading to the People’s Republic of China. … [Read more...] about Wuhan: the city of 11 million at the heart of the coronavirus outbreak

People who sought treatment in Wuhan this week told the Guardian they had been turned away from hospitals, which have been inundated with patients. Facilities are reportedly running out of beds and diagnostic kits for patients who present with fever-like symptoms. … [Read more...] about Coronavirus: Chinese hospitals in chaos as lockdown spreads to affect 20m people