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Paris – Paris will host the Dalai Lama on June 7 for a ceremony in which Mayor Bertrand Delanoe will confer on Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader honorary citizenship of the French capital, RTL radio reported Tuesday.

Tokyo – Nissan Motor Co and Europcar Groupe SA have agreed to form a partnership to sell and lease electric vehicles from 2010, the Japanese carmaker said Tuesday.

Islamabad – A New-York based rights watchdog on Tuesday warned that severe shortages of food and medicine are creating “a humanitarian catastrophe” for thousands still trapped in fighting between Taliban and Pakistani troops in north-western Swat district.

Phnom Penh – Cambodian health authorities said Friday they were searching for three US citizens who arrived in Phnom Penh Sunday after sharing a flight from the US to South Korea with a person later diagnosed with swine flu.

Kuala Lumpur – The aviation industry needs to continue preparing for difficult times as international passenger volume and demand for air cargo slumped in April, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said Thursday.

Stockholm – A Swedish government aid agency Thursday pledged 35 million kronor (4.8 million dollars) to assist people displaced by fighting in northern Pakistan.

Bangkok – Thai shares tumbled 2.25 per cent in value late Thursday in response to a Standard & Poor’s downgrade of Britain’s credit outlook, analysts said.

Hong Kong – Hong Kong’s travel industry has been badly hit by swine flu, with people reluctant to fly overseas because of the risk of infection, the territory’s health secretary said Thursday.

Beijing – China on Wednesday released 23 foreign tourists quarantined at a hotel on the border with Nepal after tests on an Italian woman proved negative for the new strain of H1N1 influenza.

Beijing – The first Airbus A320 plane assembled outside Europe made a successful four-hour test flight from the north-eastern Chinese city of Tianjin on Monday, Airbus said.