Koreas | Rival generals discuss easing military confrontation

Generals from the rival Koreas met yesterday at their shared border for talks on easing their countries’ decades-long military standoff, the second such meeting since their

Japan | Tokyo pledges to reduce plutonium, but doesn’t say how

Japan’s nuclear policy-setting panel yesterday approved revised guidelines on plutonium use, putting a cap on its stockpile and pledging to eventually reduce it to address international concerns,

Animal Rights | Undercover video shows pig abuse but also common practices

Recently released undercover video showing pigs being kicked, hit and punched at a Kentucky supplier for the world’s largest meat producer drew prompt condemnation from animal rights

US | Threats aside, Trump says he’s willing to meet with Iranians

President Donald Trump said that he’d “certainly meet” with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and without preconditions, if the Iranian leader were willing. Speaking yesterday

Offbeat | Huge sea-life sculptures made from ocean’s plastic trash

Huge sculptures of sea life are dotted about New Orleans’ aquarium and zoo, all of them made from plastic trash that washed ashore. There’s a great white shark

This Day in History | 1944 Uprising to free Warsaw begins

The Polish Home Army has begun a battle to liberate Warsaw, the first European capital to fall to the Germans nearly five years ago. At 1700

Tennis | Murray tests hip, comes back to edge McDonald in Washington

Andy Murray let out one yell, then another, and violently pumped his right fist. Quite a reaction, considering this was merely a first-round victory over an

Rugby | James Slipper to make comeback for Super Rugby XV

Former Australia prop James Slipper will return from a two-months drug suspension to play for an Australian Super Rugby selection against the Wallabies Friday in a warm-up

Football | NZ women’s coach quits after player uprising

Andreas Heraf, the Austrian-born coach of the New Zealand women’s football team, has resigned weeks after players decried his tactics and coaching methods in an unprecedented and public mutiny.

World briefs

PHILIPPINES A bomb-laden van driven by a suspected militant went off in a powerful blast yesterday that killed 11 people, including a soldier, five militiamen

The Buzz | Bob Woodward writing inside account of Trump White House

The next writer to take a close look at the Trump presidency: Bob Woodward. The celebrated journalist of Watergate fame has written “Fear: Trump in the White

Animals, crops suffering as Europe’s heatwave hits new highs

The heatwave gripping large stretches of Europe has already been blamed for deadly forest fires and crop failures and now freshwater fish could be its next victims.

Macau Matters | Food waste composting

In early July I wrote an article about the value of recycling used coffee grounds and how it would be a good social enterprise for Macau. It has

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 – edition no. 3101

* Biggest health center in Macau opens, expected to serve 100,000 people * Domestic foster plan * Tax information exchange * Civil Aviation chief quits over flight MH370 lapses   DOWNLOAD

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