Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with "necessary assistance", President Tsai Ing-wen said, after a resurgence in protests in the Chinese ruled territory against newly proposed national security legislation from Beijing.Taiwan has become a refuge for a small but growing number of pro-democracy protesters fleeing Hong Kong, which has been convulsed since last year by protests.Hong Kong police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people who rallied on Sunday to protes

Asian shares started cautiously on Monday as central bank largesse globally boosted sentiment but rising trade tensions between the world's two biggest economies dulled risk appetite.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.1% with South Korea, Australia and New Zealand all starting higher.Japan's Nikkei jumped 1.5% after the Nikkei newspaper reported the country was considering a fresh stimulus package worth over $929 billion that will consist mostly of financial aid pr

Former World No. 1 Andre Agassi, who celebrated his 50th birthday a few weeks ago, posted a video of his son Jaden's pitching talents on social media.Agassi has not been very active on social media in recent times but shared a video of his son pitching a baseball to him with the caption, 'He gets it from his mom #MarryUp".Jaden, the son of Agassi and fellow tennis legend Steffi Graf, is pursuing baseball. He finishes high school in 2020, is a 6'3" right-handed pitcher, four inches tall

(Bloomberg) -- Stocks in Asia climbed along with U.S. equity futures as traders monitored more signs of economies reopening around the world and a slowdown in infection rates in some countries, offsetting for now the rise in U.S.-China tensions.Japan’s Topix index and Sydney shares opened up over 1%, with Seoul rising more modestly. Eyes will turn to equities in Hong Kong in the wake of police clashes with protesters marching against China’s move to crack down on dissent. Stocks ther

Five-time ATP champion Lucas Pouillefinds it a bit funny that the weather has been great at the French Open over the last week. The French Open qualifying was scheduled to start early-last week, while the main draw of the event was scheduled to kick off on May 24. On March 12, the ATP suspended the Tour for six weeks but only five days later the French Tennis Federation reacted on its own and rescheduled the French Open for a late-September start. On Monday, former world No.

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Sony Electronics today announced its new flagship smartphone, Xperia 1 II, will be available for pre-sales starting June 1st and shipping July 24th unlocked from Sony authorized retailers. Xperia 1 II has a suggested retail price of $1199.99 USD. Pre-order by June 28th to get the WF-1000XM3 wireless noise cancelling earbuds with Xperia 1 II (a $230 value)2. The new device leverages even more of Sony's most innovative technologies, breaking new ground in smartphone camera capabilities and elevati

Australia's most populous state on Monday deployed hundreds of crowd control staff to enforce social distancing on public transport amid an expected commuter surge as schools and offices reopened and coronavirus cases fell.Australia has reported just over 7,100 COVID-19 infections, including 102 deaths, well below figures reported by other developed countries.With fewer than 20 new COVID-19 cases most days, Australian states are pressing ahead with a three-stage plan to remove most social restri

(Bloomberg) -- Japan’s coronavirus emergency looks set to end on Monday, but Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s political troubles may be just beginning.Abe’s efforts to curb the outbreak and ease its economic damage have been widely ridiculed as slow and ineffective. He’s been outshone by regional governors, who pressed him to finally call the state of emergency credited with halting the spread of infections for now. Now, a favoritism scandal has helped push his approval rating

A man was arrested last week after allegedly kidnapping a teenager and forcing her to drive him through a coronavirus checkpoint in the Florida Keys.According to Monroe County Sheriff's Office officials, Alexander Michael Sardinas, 37, of Tavernier, and a 43-year-old woman from Islamorada tried to enter the Florida Keys in a taxi on Thursday morning, but were turned away at the highway checkpoint for not having proper identification.The Florida Keys are closed to non-residents, due to COVID-19 c

(Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should give up its “wishful thinking” of changing China, Foreign Minister Wang Yi said, warning that some in America were pushing relations to a “new Cold War.”“China has no intention to change the U.S., nor to replace the U.S. It is also wishful thinking for the U.S. to change China,” Wang said Sunday during his annual news briefing on the sidelines of National People’s Congress meetings in Beijing. He also criticized the U.S. fo

A U.S. judge ruled on Sunday that the state of Florida cannot force felons to pay legal fines and other fees before allowing them to register to vote.The ruling by U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle found that a new state law amounts to an "unconstitutional pay-to-vote system" imposed on citizens who may not be able to pay fines, or even know if anything is owed.A group of Floridians and voting rights organizations sued Republican Governor Ron DeSantis last June, arguing that the law amounts to a

World No. 11 Fabio Fogninireveals Novak Djokovic invited him to feature at the Adria Tour but he refused because he simply wasn't feeling ready to play. After two months of quarantining with his family in Marbella, world No. 1 Djokovic returned to Serbia and announced his plans to host the Adria Tour. The Adria Tour will take place across four Balkan countries -- Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro and Bosnia -- and the event will also feature world No. 3 Dominic Thiem and 2017 Nitto ATP Final

(Bloomberg) -- Europe’s leaders may be united on the need to throw money at economies during the coronavirus crisis, but they have yet to confront how to pay for it all.That reckoning could force governments across the region into tough choices about where to lay the burden among voters already disillusioned with political establishments -- a decade after the global financial crisis presented them with previous bills to settle.Europe’s austerity experiments since then, from Greece to