Suntory eyes US canned cocktail push as young Japanese shun booze

TOKYO — Japanese drinks giant Suntory Inc. last year debuted a strong, lemony brew in Australia that quickly became the top seller in the canned cocktail market there. 

China’s Shenzhen to adopt tiered COVID measures; Chengdu extends lockdown

BEIJING/SHANGHAI — China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen said it will adopt tiered anti-virus restriction measures starting on Monday, while the southwestern metropolis of...

Moscow makes Europe sweat over gas

KYIV — A nuclear power plant on the front line of the Ukraine war again lost external power, U.N. inspectors said on Saturday, fueling fears of disaster while Moscow kept its main gas pipeline to Germany shut to hurt economies of Kyiv’s friends in the West.

Poles pedal to power outdoor cinema as energy prices soar

WARSAW — For Marek Kaszewek, 63, there’s no better way to spend a Friday evening than watching a film, riding a bike and doing something good for the planet all at once.

Fuel leak to delay first launch of NASA’s Artemis moon rocket for several weeks

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — For the second time in a week, NASA on Saturday aborted an attempt to launch its giant, next-generation rocketship, citing a stubborn fuel leak that the space agency said could delay the debut mission of its moon-to-Mars Artemis program by at least several weeks.

Australian gov’t favors boosting temporary skilled migrants’ pay

SYDNEY — The Australian government favors lifting the income threshold for some temporary migrants, Skills and Training Minister Brendan O’Connor said on Sunday, as it works to tackle widespread shortages of workers.

Taiwan shooting down drone near China was ‘appropriate,’ premier says

Taiwan’s shooting down of a drone off the Chinese coast that buzzed a Taiwanese-controlled island was the most “appropriate” thing to do after repeated...

Putin denies Gorbachev a state funeral and will stay away

Russian President Vladimir Putin is to miss the funeral of the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, denying the man who failed to prevent the...

China may have committed crimes against humanity in Xinjiang, says UN

CHINA’s “arbitrary and discriminatory detention” of Uyghurs and other Muslims in its Xinjiang region may constitute crimes against humanity, the outgoing U.N. human rights chief said in a long-awaited report on Wednesday.

IMF provisionally agrees on $2.9-B loan for Sri Lanka

COLOMBO — Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a loan of about $2.9 billion, the international lender said in a statement on Thursday.

Crypto app mistakenly transfers $7M to woman owed $70 refund

CRYPTO.COM, the digital currency app that was fronted by Matt Damon in a Super Bowl TV ad, is seeking the return of about A$10.5 million ($7.2 million) it accidentally transferred to a woman in Melbourne.

Vegetable prices spike in flood-hit Pakistan amid looming food crisis

LAHORE, Pakistan — Vegetable and fruit prices have soared in markets across Pakistan as devastating rains ruin crops and disrupt supplies, an early sign of how the worst floods in decades are creating food shortages at a time of financial crisis.