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APD | Weekly top 10 hot news (Sep 2- Sep 8)

Every weekend, Asia Pacific Daily will provide you with a run-down of the latest hot news.This week, the following hot news you should know:Top 1 | 2023 China services

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Biden surveys hurricane damage in Florida

U.S. President Biden arrived in Florida on Saturday with First Lady Jill Biden to survey the damage wrought by Hurricane Idalia. The Bidens toured the town of Live Oak

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Microsoft Flight Simulator creator hopes franchise will attract more pilots post-COVID

A new update for Microsoft Flight Simulator brings cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland alive, allowing players to fly over the famous Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg and the castle that inspired Disney's logo, among others.

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Analysis: Andrew Cuomo's fall serves as a warning for other governors whose flaws are magnified in the Covid spotlight

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's fall from grace -- unthinkable a year ago -- serves as a warning for other governors caught in a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic: The crisis ha

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Violent protests mar funeral of slain Haiti president

Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to assassinated president Jovenel Moise on Friday as his funeral was roiled by nearby gunfire and protests, prompting a high-level U.S. deleg

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The rich world's debt to island states

Fishing is the main industry in Greenland. /VCG Editor's note: Jeffrey D. Sachs, University Professor at Columbia University, is Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia

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Familial laws and awareness mark progress for women in China

Over the years, Chinese laws and amendments have put women on equal footing with men in most aspects during the course of a person's life, such as inheriting property,

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British retail faces "tsunami of closures" without rent help

Britain's retail sector will endure a "tsunami of closures" if the government does not extend a moratorium on aggressive debt enforcement, industry lobby group the Brit

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Once a buzzword, digital transformation is reshaping markets

The notion of digital transformation evolved from a buzzword joke to a critical and accelerating fact during the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes wrought by a global shift to remote work and schooling a

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Geopolitical risks cloud Biden's stimulus

100 U.S. dollar banknotes. /Getty Editor's note:Huang Yongfu is an economic affairs commentator. After completing his Ph.D., he began his career at the University of Cambridge and then moved o

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What it will take to overcome the pandemic

Editor's note: Decision Makers is a global platform for decision makers to share their insights on events shaping today's world. Palitha Abeykoon, senior advisor at the Sri Lankan Ministry of Heal

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COVID-19 in India: Deaths pass 250,000, variant spreading worldwide

Relatives help Jagdish Singh, 57, out of an ambulance outside a government-run hospital to receive treatment in Bijnor district, Uttar Pradesh, India, May 11, 2021. /Reuters India's coronaviru

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What it will take to overcome the pandemic

Editor's note: Decision Makers is a global platform for decision makers to share their insights on events shaping today's world. Palitha Abeykoon, senior advisor at the Sri Lankan Ministry of Heal

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Meteoric crash vs. light show

Editor's note:CGTN's First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on t

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When the Earth is gone, at least the internet will still be working

The internet is now our nervous system. We are constantly streaming and buying and watching and liking, our brains locked into the global information matrix as one universal and coruscating emanation

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Biden’s declaration: America’s democracy ‘is rising anew’

President Joe Biden declared that “America is rising anew” as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend t

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Dive into Detroit’s growing startup scene with TechCrunch’s Detroit City Spotlight and meetup

Don’t sleep on Detroit. The city that put America in motion is quickly growing into a startup hub with a wide variety of successes. From sneakers to mortgages to houseplants, companies are findi