Laos | State media says dam disaster kills 20

Rescuers were searching yesterday for villagers left missing when part of a newly built dam broke in southeastern Laos, flooding the surrounding countryside and killing at least

Greece | Rescue crews search for missing in wildfires; 79 dead

Rescue crews were searching yesterday through charred homes and cars for those still missing after the deadliest wildfires to hit Greece in decades decimated seaside areas

US | Farmers prefer Trump do trade deals than hand them cash

Many farmers remain critical of President Donald Trump’s tariffs and the damage done to commodity prices and markets but were appreciative early yesterday that he offered

Syria | IS claims suicide blasts, attacks that kill dozens

A series of suicide bombings and attacks that sparked fighting between local armed groups in southern Syria killed around 90 people yesterday, a local health official and activists

Offbeat | Dancers on Egyptian streets accused of violating traffic law

People who took to the streets in Egypt for an online dance challenge face penalties over allegations they endangered lives and violated public decency, the state media reported

This Day in History | 1952 – Eva Peron dies

Eva Duarte de Peron, wife of the president of the Argentine Republic, has died from cancer, aged 33. She passed away at 2025 local time at

Baseball | Chinese team takes over Texas minor league club

The starting lineups are announced in English and Spanish at home games for the independent Texas AirHogs, and then the Chinese national anthem is played. For

Tennis | Serena Williams hits out again at testing ‘discrimination’

Serena Williams has complained on social media that it’s “test Serena” time again as she once more hit out at the frequency with which she is selected

World briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said yesterday that Malaysia’s new government will adopt a firmer stand in tackling a decades-old territorial row in the South

The Buzz | Facebook sets up subsidiary in China, where it’s blocked

Facebook is blocked in China but it’s still setting up a subsidiary in the world’s most populous country. The company says it wants to set up an “innovation hub”

Bad dogs die young, many from euthanasia, British study says

Bad dogs tend to die young, according to a British study that says aggression, excessive barking and disobedience are among behaviors that can doom canine pets to an

Made in Macao | Long-boiled soup – the Chinese secret to health and beauty

A friend who works closely with expatriates in Macao told me that one of the questions she has often been asked is why we Chinese take so long

Thursday, July 26, 2018 – edition no. 3097

* China-backed frenzied race to harness the Mekong became deadly * Vaccines ‘enough for demand’ * Leong wants to pursue Viva Macau case * Airlines comply with demand over Taiwan   DOWNLOAD

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