China has agreed to pay Russia US$2 billion for 24 Su-35 fighter jets, the most advanced combat plane the country exports, after nearly half a decade of talks, Russian state media reported. The deal - yet to be confirmed - would make China the first foreign buyers of the jet.
Aung San Suu Kyi has met Myanmar's influential parliamentary speaker for key talks as the country moves from decades of military rule toward democracy after landmark polls. Suu Kyi's opposition National League for Democracy swept to victory in the November 8 polls.
Renovation work which will close the Avenue of Stars to tourists for three years should be stopped because town planners approved it "illegally", according to a legal bid to block the work by developers Murdoch Investments and Shangri-La Hotel (Kowloon) Limited.
