Jordanians are Learning Agricultural Technology From China
AMMAN (Xinhua) — The first batch of Jordanians who were trained on the Chinese technology to turn agricultural waste into energy graduated on Tuesday.
Chinese National Arrested for Illegally Entering Trump Estate
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Chinese national trespassed at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club Wednesday and was arrested when she refused to leave, police said, the second time this year a woman from that country has been charged with illicitly entering the Florida resort.
Defiant Trump Rallies Supporters as House Impeaches Him
BATTLE CREEK, Mich. (AP) — Defiant in the face of a historic rebuke, President Donald Trump labeled his impeachment by the House of Representatives on Wednesday “a suicide march” for the Democratic Party.
Hallmark’s Flip-Flop on Same-Sex Ads Backfires
NEW YORK (AP) — The Hallmark Channel’s decision to pull, then reinstate a commercial that featured a same-sex couple kissing shows how controversy can generate more publicity than simply ignoring it.
Chinese Program Helps 6,000 Cataract Patients in Cambodia
KAMPONG CHAM, Cambodia (Xinhua) — Sam Him, a 78-year-old farmer in Cambodia's Kampon Cham province, used to be in blindness because of cataracts in his eyes and could not even walk normally without the company of a family member.
Christmas in Japan Is a Time for Love – Preferably Romantic
TOKYO (Kyodo) — 'Tis the season to be jolly? Well...maybe not so much if you're single during Christmas in Japan.
Japan #MeToo: Journalist Awarded USD30,000 in Rape Case
TOKYO (Kyodo) — A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered a former television political reporter to pay 3.3 million yen ($30,000) in damages to journalist Shiori Ito in a high-profile rape case in a country where few victims report sexual assaults.
Kenya Launches Chinese-Built Freight Railway
NAIROBI (Xinhua) — Kenya on Tuesday launched the Nairobi-Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) cargo service and an inland container depot (ICD) that are expected to revolutionize transport of bulk cargo to the east Africa nation's hinterland and neighboring countries.
House Nears Impeachment as Trump Decries ‘Vicious Crusade’
WASHINGTON (AP) — On the eve of almost-certain impeachment, President Donald Trump fired off a furious letter Tuesday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi denouncing the “vicious crusade” against him, while Democrats amassed the votes they needed and Republicans looked ahead, vowing to defend Trump at next month’s Senate trial.
Palestine’s First Confucius Institute Opens at University
AMALLAH (Xinhua) — Palestine on Monday celebrated the inauguration of the first Confucius Institute in the country at a leading university near East Jerusalem.
