Tariff war | Trump team and China resume uphill effort to end trade rift

The Trump administration will resume negotiations with China toward ending a trade war that has deepened uncertainty for businesses and investors and dimmed the outlook for

Sharia | Brunei invokes laws allowing stoning for gay sex, adultery

New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei on yesterday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries,

Bomb injures at least 18 people in southern Philippine town

A bomb injured at least 18 people yesterday in a southern Philippine town in an attack believed to be either an extortion attempt or retaliation by Muslim militants targeted

Corruption | Prosecutor says ex-Malaysian PM abused his ‘absolute power’

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak sat in the dock yesterday at the start of his corruption trial, with the chief prosecutor alleging he wielded “near absolute

US | Democrats vote to demand Mueller’s full report, setting up clash

House Democrats voted yesterday to authorize a subpoena demanding that Attorney General William Barr turn over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full Russia report and all the

US | Loughlin, Huffman due in court in college admissions scam

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are expected in court to face charges that they participated in a wide-ranging college admissions cheating scam yesterday. The

Algeria | With the president gone, officials plot next steps

Algeria’s Constitutional Council met yesterday to confirm President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s resignation, as rattled international partners watch closely to see what’s next for this gas-rich country and key

This Day in History | 1968 – Martin Luther King shot dead

The American black civil rights leader, Dr Martin Luther King, has been assassinated. Dr King was shot dead in the southern

Offbeat | Creepy cargo: Philippines seizes 757 tarantulas from Poland

Philippine customs officials were astonished when they opened nicely gift-wrapped boxes of cookies and oatmeal flown in all the way from Poland and found a hair-raising

Football legend Pele meets rising star Mbappe in Paris

When Kylian Mbappe netted France’s final goal in a 4-2 win over Croatia last July, the rising star became only the second teenager to score in a

The Buzz | Chui re-appoints brother to Council of Public Prosecutors

Chief Executive Chui Sai On has re- appointed his brother, Chui Sai Cheong, as well as architect Eddie Wong to the Council of Public Prosecutors for another three-year

Jho Low’s 1MDB-linked yacht sold to Genting

A superyacht seized by Malaysia’s government from fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, a central figure in the 1MDB scandal, has found a buyer in casino company Genting

Made in Macao | A change in long weekend culture

With the Cheng Ming Festival falling on a Friday this year, we are blessed with another long weekend in Macao. As I was thinking about how to use

World Briefs

BRUNEI New Islamic criminal laws that took effect in Brunei yesterday, punishing gay sex and adultery by stoning offenders to death, have triggered an outcry from countries,

Thursday, April 4, 2019 – edition no. 3263

* To the legislature | Carrie Lam will not cave on extradition * Health bureau to test for measles immunity * A lesson in landing * Chinese woman on special mission arrested

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