Tokyo Stock Trading Halted Due To Worst-Ever Malfunction
TOKYO (Kyodo) — The Tokyo Stock Exchange halted trading of all listed shares for the entire Thursday session due to a system glitch, making it the first full-day suspension since the bourse introduced a fully computerized system in May 1999.
Virus Has Chinese Tourists Heading for Domestic Destinations
HONG KONG (AP) — Millions of Chinese tourists usually would use their week-long National Day holidays to travel abroad.
Push To Bring Coronavirus Vaccines To the Poor Faces Trouble
LONDON (AP) — An ambitious humanitarian project to deliver coronavirus vaccines to the world's poorest people is facing potential shortages of money, cargo planes, refrigeration and vaccines themselves - and running into skepticism even from some of those it's intended to help most.
Trump to Far-Right Extremists: ‘Stand Back and Stand by’
CLEVELAND (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday didn’t clearly condemn white supremacist groups and their role in violence in some American cities this summer, branding it solely a “left-wing” problem and telling one far-right extremist group to “stand back and stand by.”
Japan, U.S. Astronauts ‘Ready To Fly’ in Oct. 31 SpaceX Mission
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — Japanese astronaut Soichi Noguchi and his American peers on Tuesday expressed their readiness and excitement to fly aboard a spacecraft developed by U.S. aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, currently scheduled for liftoff on Oct. 31.
Debate Anger: Biden Tells Interrupting Trump, ‘Shut up, Man’
CLEVELAND (AP) — The first debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden deteriorated into a bitter showdown Tuesday as the president repeatedly interrupted his opponent with angry — and personal — taunts that sometimes overshadowed the sharply different visions each man has of a nation facing historic crises.
Chinese Firm Building 39-Turbine Wind Farm in Croatia
ZAGREB (Xinhua) — In Senj, a small city on the Adriatic coast of western Croatia, locals are used to the sight of heavy-duty vehicles transporting supersized machines. In the Velebit Mountains a few kilometers away, Chinese and Croatian workers are constructing the country's largest wind farm.
Worldwide Death Toll From Coronavirus Eclipses 1 Million
NEW DELHI (AP) — The worldwide death toll from the coronavirus has eclipsed 1 million, nine months into a crisis that has devastated the global economy, tested world leaders’ resolve, pitted science against politics and forced multitudes to change the way they live, learn and work.
Tokyo Olympics to Go Ahead “No Matter What Happens:” Organizer
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Yoshiro Mori, the president of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics organizing committee, said Monday that the games would go on next year "no matter what happens."
Trump, Biden Prepare to Debate at a Time of Mounting Crises
CLEVELAND (AP) — In an election year like no other, the first debate between President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, could be a pivotal moment in a race that has remained stubbornly unchanged in the face of historic tumult.























































