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China’s Banking Regulator Warns of Tough Years Ahead for Banking Industry
China's banking sector regulator has sharply told the country's banking industry the central government in Beijing won't tolerate any further credit expansion that will severely harm the country's efforts to get growth back on track. 
China's banking sector regulator has sharply told the country's banking industry the central government in Beijing won't tolerate any further credit expansion that will severely harm the country's efforts to get growth back on track. -
U.S. Serious About Building EmDrive ‘Propellant-less’ Engine for Spacecraft
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1.3 million grant to divisive (to say the least) British physicist Mike McCulloch to prove his contentious "quantized inertia (QI) theory." 
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a $1.3 million grant to divisive (to say the least) British physicist Mike McCulloch to prove his contentious "quantized inertia (QI) theory." -
Indiscriminate Russian Air Strikes in Syria Slaughter 18,000 Persons
Russia's overwhelming reliance on dropping massive numbers of cheap, unguided bombs (or gravity bombs) -- especially internationally banned "cluster bombs" -- on civilian and military targets in Syria has killed more than 18,000 persons in Syria since Russia intervened militarily in 2015. 
Russia's overwhelming reliance on dropping massive numbers of cheap, unguided bombs (or gravity bombs) -- especially internationally banned "cluster bombs" -- on civilian and military targets in Syria has killed more than 18,000 persons in Syria since Russia intervened militarily in 2015. -
‘Immunotherapy’ Pioneers Conferred 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet inSweden yesterday awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Dr. James P. Allison (an American from Texas) and Dr. Tasuku Honjo (a Japanese from Kyoto) for their discovery of "cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation." 
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet inSweden yesterday awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Dr. James P. Allison (an American from Texas) and Dr. Tasuku Honjo (a Japanese from Kyoto) for their discovery of "cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation." -
Japan Warns Citizens Against Plastic Surgery Dangers In South Korea
More and more Japanese are traveling to South Korea for high-quality but comparatively inexpensive cosmetic surgeries, but several unfortunate incidents have prompted Tokyo to warn Japanese against the hidden dangers in these procedures. 
More and more Japanese are traveling to South Korea for high-quality but comparatively inexpensive cosmetic surgeries, but several unfortunate incidents have prompted Tokyo to warn Japanese against the hidden dangers in these procedures. -
Pakistan Endangers IMF Bailout By Withholding CPEC Data
Pakistan is at odds with a visiting staff-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the true extent of Pakistan's financial exposure under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). 
Pakistan is at odds with a visiting staff-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over the true extent of Pakistan's financial exposure under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). -
Weaker Yen Boosting Japanese Economy and Corporate Profits
The benchmark Nikkei (or Nikkei 225) index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose to its highest level in nearly 27 years on the morning of Sept. 28 -- albeit temporarily -- as the weakening yen boosted Japanese exporters and investors anticipated positive corporate earnings. 
The benchmark Nikkei (or Nikkei 225) index of the Tokyo Stock Exchange rose to its highest level in nearly 27 years on the morning of Sept. 28 -- albeit temporarily -- as the weakening yen boosted Japanese exporters and investors anticipated positive corporate earnings. -
China’s ‘FAST’ Is Now The Most Sensitive Radio Telescope In The World
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in Guizhou, China, the world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, is being put to good use by Chinese scientists before it officially begins operations in 2019. 
The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) located in Guizhou, China, the world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, is being put to good use by Chinese scientists before it officially begins operations in 2019. -
Japanese Start-up ispace Will Send Rovers to the Moon Ahead of China
A Japanese lunar mining start-up named ispace, Inc., which was established to build a system for transporting the Moon's mineral resources back to the Earth, will launch its first mission to the Moon in mid-2019. 
A Japanese lunar mining start-up named ispace, Inc., which was established to build a system for transporting the Moon's mineral resources back to the Earth, will launch its first mission to the Moon in mid-2019. -
Pakistan Looking To IMF For Bailout As Economy Sinks
Pakistan's hobbled economy is in more of an economic mess than it appears. The government of newly installed Prime Minister Imran Khan stunned Pakistanis by announcing a decline in all the government's major macroeconomic targets. 
Pakistan's hobbled economy is in more of an economic mess than it appears. The government of newly installed Prime Minister Imran Khan stunned Pakistanis by announcing a decline in all the government's major macroeconomic targets.
