First home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials

China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier began sea trials yesterday in a sign of the growing sophistication of the country’s domestic arms industry. The still-unnamed ship

Singapore ties with US, N. Korea make city-state summit site

Singapore’s diplomatic ties with North Korea and its relative proximity made the Southeast Asian city-state a natural choice for the historic summit between President Donald Trump

Australia | Family of 7 dead with gunshot wounds in rural property

A family of seven including four children was found dead with gunshot wounds Friday at a rural property in southwest Australia in what could be the country’s

Indonesia – Terrorism | Family of 6 suicide bombers attack Indonesia churches

Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city yesterday were a family of six that included two young children, police said,

Briefs | Cambodia: First arrest on charges of insulting monarchy

A Cambodian school director has become the first person to be arrested on charges of insulting the monarchy after posting comments on Facebook critical of the authoritarian government.

Malaysia | New leader tightens net around ousted Najib over 1MDB

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad moved swiftly against predecessor Najib Razak just days after his shock election win, banning him from leaving the country and planning to

France- Terrorism | Paris attacker born in Chechnya, was on radicalism database

The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have been

Merkel decries US pullout from Iran deal, gets peace prize

German Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the Iran nuclear accord was making the situation in the

Bloomberg warns of ‘epidemic of dishonesty’

Americans are facing an “epidemic of dishonesty” in Washington that’s more dangerous than terrorism or communism. That’s according to former New York City Mayor

In Iraq’s election, it’s hard to avoid Iran’s presence

Iraq’s first election since the defeat of Islamic State is a critical step for a country that could have disappeared from the map amid the jihadists’ onslaught.

Offbeat | Netta Barzilai wins 2018 Eurovision Song Contest for Israel

Netta Barzilai is sassy, she’s fun and she can sing — and now the Israeli has won the Eurovision Song Contest with a catchy techno dance tune

This Day in History | 1955 – Communist states sign Warsaw Pact

The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies have signed a security pact in the Polish capital, Warsaw, after a three-day conference. Announcements in Warsaw and

F1 | Hamilton cruises to victory in Spanish GP; Vettel fourth

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton easily won the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday for his second straight Formula One victory, increasing his championship lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.

Football World cup | Moscow a vast and varied destination

Moscow is one of the world’s largest cities with a population of at least 12 million people — more than many of the countries playing at the World

Football | Hamburger SV relegated amid chaotic scenes in Bundesliga

This time, there was no miraculous escape. Hamburger SV was finally relegated from the Bundesliga amid chaotic scenes on Saturday. The only ever-present since the league

World briefs

NORTH KOREA said that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim Jong Un’s

The Buzz | Three Gorges offers EUR9b to buy rest of EDP

China Three Gorges Corp. is offering 9.1 billion euros (USD10.9 billion) to buy the stock it doesn’t already own in Portuguese utility EDP-Energias de Portugal SA. The

Film | 82 women walk the red carpet in Cannes protest

Eighty-two women climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes Film Festival in an unprecedented red carpet protest to press for improved gender

World Views | Open skies can clear China’s ‘Orwellian nonsense’

The Trump administration has condemned as “Orwellian nonsense” China’s insistence that U.S. airlines refrain from listing Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as separate countries. The words are strong, but

Monday, May 14, 2018 – edition no. 3046

* Ng Lap Seng sentenced to four years in prison in UN bribery case * Sexual abuse suspect to report to police * Sino-Portuguese festival in July * Islamic state claims Indonesia church

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