GHAZNI, Afghanistan -- One Afghan has been killed and five others injured as a blast hit a mini-bus carrying students in the eastern Ghazni province on Monday, the provincial governor's spokesman said.

"The gruesome incident took place at 12:30 p.m. local time, killing the driver of the mini-bus and injuring five students," Aref Nuri told Xinhua without providing more details. (Afghanistan-Blast)

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HONG KONG -- The change of Hong Kong's rating outlook by Moody's Investors Service lacks factual basis, Paul Chan Mo-po, the financial secretary of the government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), said Monday.

The HKSAR government disagrees with Moody's in the change of the outlook. Moody's argument that recent social incidents may weaken Hong Kong's institutional competitive advantage "lacks factual basis", Chan said. (Hong Kong-Rating Outlook)

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MANILA -- Philippine Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez lauded China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) on Monday, calling it "the single largest enterprise in human history" that will bring the Asian economies closer together.

"The vision for a new Silk Road will enhance trade linkages, open seamless links for investment and reshape the global economy for the new century," Dominguez said in a speech during the Philippines-China (Chongqing) Trade and Investment Forum held in Manila. (Philippines-Belt and Road)

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BANGKOK -- More than 1,000 visitors flocked to see the exhibition of China's Terracotta Warriors at the national museum in Bangkok in only three hours after it was opened to the public in Thailand on Monday.

Thai Cultural Minister Ittipol Khunpluem said that before the exhibition opened its door at 9:00 a.m. local time, visitors have already lined up at the ticket booth. (Thailand-China Exhibition) Enditem

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