Taiwan

The patrol by a U.S. warship close to islands China controls in the South China Sea harmed mutual trust between China and the United States and caused regional tensions, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his U.S. counterpart in a call. 

China's navy chief warned his US counterpart encounters between their forces could spiral into conflict, state media reported, two days after a US destroyer sailed close to Beijing's artificial South China Sea islands.
 

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Global Finance magazine has lowered the rank of Turkish Central Bank Governor Erdem Ba?ç? from B+ to C, ranking him as one of the worst performers this year. 

Ba?ç? was not graded in his first year in the job in 2011, but took a B+ in 2012, B in 2013, and B- in 2014. 

Some countries appear to view freedom of the seas as "up for grabs" in the South China Sea, imposing superfluous warnings and restrictions that threaten stability, a U.S. Navy commander said on Oct. 6 in comments apparently aimed at China. 

Some 92 percent of the world's population lives in areas where a connection service of 2G or better is accessible, but four billion people still remain offline, according to a recent report.

Beijing may be building its third airstrip on artificial islands in the South China Sea, a US think-tank said, in a move likely to raise tensions with Washington ahead of a state visit by China's president.
 

Turkey is considering lodging an appeal with the World Trade Organization (WTO) against a U.S. move to slap anti-dumping duties on imports of Turkish steel pipes, an industry group told Reuters.

?We firmly believe that the Turkish Ministry of Economy will take the ... case to the WTO,? Nam?k Ekinci, the president of the Turkish Steel Exporters? Association (CIB), told Reuters.

This new trend involves people going shopping and then wearing the plastic bag they received before taking a selfie and posting it on social media.

Sometimes (unfortunately more often nowadays) words seem redundant… Don’t throw away your supermarket plastic bags. No, we don’t mean you should use them to discard your rubbish at home. Put them on! Yes, that’s right, wear them, then take a picture of yourself and post it online! The new craze among teenagers in Taiwan is wearing a semi-transparent plastic bag and posting a selfie online!