China's biggest private companies are in chaos. It's all part of Beijing's plan
Updated 0517 GMT (1317 HKT) August 4, 2021
China's crackdown on private enterprise has wiped out more than $1.2 trillion in market value for many powerful Chinese companies and stoked fears about the future of innovation in the world's second largest economy.
Taliban suicide-bomb attack targets defence minister’s Kabul home
A suicide-bomb and gun attack in Kabul’s Green Zone that targeted Afghanistan’s acting defence minister and killed eight people on Tuesday was claimed by the Taliban, as the hardline Islamist group continued to escalate violence across the country.
The suicide bombing, which targeted the house used by Bismillah Mohammadi, was one of the most significant in the Afghan capital in recent months. It came amid heavy fighting in the south and west of the country as the Taliban have sought to take three key cities.
The attack took place in the wealthy Sherpur neighbourhood, located in a section of the capital known as the Green Zone, where security is tight.
A year after Beirut explosion, parents seek justice for their daughter
After their small daughter was killed in Beirut's devastating port explosion, one Lebanese couple are fighting for an explanation — and to get their country back.
Paul Naggear and Tracy Awad-Naggear thought they and their 3-year-old daughter would at least be safe at home. It wasn't like they expected much from the state in Lebanon anyway. The economy was in free fall and the COVID-19 pandemic was also impacting the country. Nobody really believed things could get much worse than they were.
Ukrainian president orders extra protection for Belarus exiles after dissident's death
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday ordered his security services to provide extra protection for Belarus exiles in the country after a dissident was found hanged in a Kiev park.
"Every Belarusian who can become the target of criminals because of their public political position must obtain special and reliable protection", Zelensky said in a statement.
Zelensky told the Interior Ministry and SBU security service to "work out a clear algorithm for assessing possible risks" in order to "eliminate any threat to people".
Tokyo reports record high 4,166 coronavirus cases; nationwide tally 14,207
The Tokyo metropolitan government on Wednesday reported 4,166 new coronavirus cases, up 457 from Tuesday.
The average for Tokyo over the past seven days stands at 3,478.7.
People in their 20s (1,380 cases), their 30s (885) and their 40s (658) accounted for the highest numbers, while 511 cases were aged under 19.
The number of infected people hospitalized with severe symptoms in Tokyo is 115, up three from Tuesday, health officials said. The nationwide figure is 777, up 23 from Tuesday.
Dalit girl allegedly raped, killed and forcibly cremated in India
Nine-year-old girl’s family alleges she was gang-raped and murdered by a Hindu priest and his associates in the capital New Delhi.
A nine-year-old girl belonging to India’s marginalised Dalit community has been gang-raped, murdered and forcibly cremated in capital New Delhi, her family alleges.
The gruesome incident sparked a fourth day of protests in the city on Wednesday, in the latest case of sexual violence targeting the former “untouchable” community, which falls at the bottom of India’s complex caste hierarchy.
The girl’s family alleges a Hindu priest working at a local crematorium and his associates raped her and then cremated her body without their approval on Sunday.
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