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North Korea's unannounced missile tests raises flight safety concerns after Cathay Pacific crew's experience

A North Korean ballistic missile was seen by the crew of several airliners last week, aviation authorities said on Wednesday, raising concerns about the threat to civilian flights posed by Pyongyang's unannounced tests.

China's state-run banks cut 22,260 jobs as slowdown starts biting

The top four national banks reported negative to flat net profit growth for the first half of this year

Depressed Chinese man kills ailing father for failing to get him bride

Depressed over seeing his neighbours getting married, a 46-year-old man allegedly clubbed his ailing father to death for failing to get him a bride in north-central China, media reports said on Thursday.

Alibaba agrees on $266 million acquisition deal with South China Morning Post

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed on a HK$2.06 billion ($265.8 million) deal to acquire the South China Morning Post and other media assets of SCMP Group Ltd, the newspaper group said in a statement on Monday.

Alibaba to buy South China Morning Post in Hong Kong

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) has agreed to buy Hong Kong's flagship English-language newspaper, the South China Morning Post (SCMP), in the most politically sensitive acquisition by the e-commerce giant to date.

Modi's LS polls victory dominates front pages across the world

The BJP's victory was given extensive coverage by Pakistani media, with all leading English and Urdu newspapers publishing front-page headlines about the "controversial leader"

Chinese paper says Snowden could be 'useful'

A popular Communist Party-backed newspaper urged China's leadership to milk a former U.S. contractor for more information rather than send him home, saying his revelations about secret American surveillance programs concern China's national interest