Road to N. Korea’s denuclearization is littered with failure

Bill Clinton offered oil and reactors. George W. Bush mixed threats and aid. Barack Obama stopped trying after a rocket launch. While Seoul and Washington welcomed

Malaysia | Security beefed up after Palestinian gunned down

Malaysian police said yesterday that an investigation was underway into the gunning down of a Palestinian man a day earlier and gave assurances that security was being

Japan | World’s oldest person dies at age of 117

The world’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, has died. Nabi Tajima died of old age in a hospital Saturday evening in the town of Kikai

India | Police say 14 Maoist rebels killed in raid

Government forces killed at least 14 Maoist rebels during a raid on their hideout yesterday in a forested area in western India, police said. The fighting

Nicaragua | Ortega agrees to talk as deadly protests rage on

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said Saturday that his government is willing to enter into talks over social security reforms that have sparked four days of protests

France | Tourists at iconic abbey evacuated after threat

French authorities evacuated tourists from the Mont-Saint-Michel abbey and were searching houses yesterday on the famed outcropping in the English Channel for a visitor who apparently threatened

Greece | Centeno says sides closer as creditors mull debt relief

Greece’s creditors are getting closer on a deal to ease the country’s debt burden, according to Eurogroup President Mario Centeno. Greece’s 86-billion euro (USD106-billion) bailout program

Heritage | Archaeologists find bust of Roman emperor in Egypt

Egypt says archaeologists have discovered a bust of the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry says Sunday the head

Offbeat | Mugabe summoned over alleged diamond looting

A Zimbabwean parliamentary committee is summoning former leader Robert Mugabe to explain past comments on alleged diamond looting — the first time a public institution has called

This Day in History | 1998 – Martin Luther King killer dies

James Earl Ray, the convicted killer of the black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, has died, aged 70, still protesting his innocence. Officials in

Football | Barcelona easily wins historic fourth straight Copa del Rey

If it was a farewell, Andres Iniesta went out in style. The veteran midfielder is expected to soon confirm he’s leaving Barcelona at the end of the

Athletics | Kipchoge, Cheruiyot of Kenya win at hottest London Marathon

The hottest-ever London Marathon featured a Kenyan double as Eliud Kipchoge swept to a third victory in front of Buckingham Palace joining Vivian Cheruiyot who won the

Over 600 players take part in Macau Bats Rugby  Festival

April  14 saw the largest turn-out of rugby players yet seen in Macau. Over 600 players congregated at The International School (TIS) sports field in Taipa for

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA Australia’s prime minister said his country has a “perfect right” to traverse the South China Sea after a media report said that the Chinese navy

Islamic State suicide bomber kills 57 in Afghan capital

An Islamic State suicide bomber carried out an attack at a voter registration center in the capital Kabul on Sunday, killing 57 people and wounding more than 100

Cuba | Diaz-Canel receives Maduro in first act as president

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel met with his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro Saturday in his first official act as the country’s leader. Maduro is the first president

Rear Window | Executive privilege

Once again, Chief Executive Chui Sai On left the government building for Nam Van Lake’s Legislative Assembly to take part in a plenary session called to debate matters

Monday, April 23, 2018 – edition no. 3032

* Myanmar community celebrates traditional New Year festival * ‘Mayors’ visiting program’ concludes * UM kicks off smart campus project * 17 killed as 2 dragon boats capsize   DOWNLOAD

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