Singapore teams heads to Hong Kong to secure army carriers

Singapore’s army is sending a team to Hong Kong to secure nine of its armored personnel carriers that were seized by customs authorities while in transit through the southern Chinese territory,

Philippines | Duterte’s anti-US rhetoric not enough for communist rebels

Communist guerrillas warned that a peace deal with President Rodrigo Duterte’s government is unlikely to be reached if he won’t end the Philippines’ treaty alliance with the United

ADB head says continued engagement in Asia good also for US

Continued engagement by the United States with Asia under President-elect Donald Trump would be good for both the region and America, the head of the Asian Development Bank said

The Buzz | Snow falls in November in Tokyo for first time in 54 years

Tokyo residents woke up yesterday to the first November snowfall in more than 50 years. And the Japan Meteorological Agency said it was the first time fallen

Australia | Rare thunderstorm asthma kills four people in Melbourne

A rare condition known as thunderstorm asthma sent hundreds of people to hospitals in Australia’s second-largest city, and four deaths had been confirmed by yesterday. Family confirmed

Cambodia | Court upholds life terms for two Khmer Rouge leaders

A top Cambodian court yesterday upheld the life sentences for the two most senior surviving members of the Khmer Rouge regime, which is responsible for the deaths of

Philippines | Drug dealer says he gave money to senator, police

A self-confessed drug dealer, whose father was killed in an alleged gun fight in prison, has testified before a Philippine Senate investigation that he provided police officials and an

Malaysia | Lax laws, flawed recall blamed for air bag deaths

Nida Fatin Mat Asis was slumped lifeless in her car seat, bleeding profusely from her nose and mouth, after her Honda hit a lamppost and skidded into a

Offbeat | Blue pills in Blue House: S. Korea leader explains Viagra

Little blue pills in South Korea’s presidential Blue House? President Park Geun-hye’s office yesterday confirmed revelations by an opposition lawmaker that it purchased about 360 erectile

Defectors: North Korea would fall without capitalistic markets

Hundreds of capitalistic markets, each with thousands of stalls, form the glue that holds North Korea’s socialist planned economy together, say defectors who sold medicinal herbs,

Japan | Offshore quake causes tsunamis, nuclear worries in Japan

A  powerful earthquake off the northeast Japanese shore yesterday sent residents fleeing to higher ground and prompted worries about the Fukushima nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami five year ago.

Offbeat | Robbery goes awry in Austria after suspect finds bank closed

This robbery failed before it began. The bank was closed. Austrian police have arrested a man who they say tried to rob a bank in Vienna — but arrived

The Buzz | Police seize party drug MDMA in Sydney and arrest two Chinese

An Australian police operation has seized more than 500 kilograms of the party drug MDMA in Sydney worth 60 million Australian dollars (USD44 million) and arrested two Chinese

Afghanistan | Official: Suicide bomber kills 28 in Shiite mosque

Afghan security forces and civilians walk around the Shiite Baqir-ul Ulom mosque in Kabul after a suicide attack inside it A suicide bomber killed at least 28 people inside

AP Explains | Things to know about South Korean scandal

A scandal that has captivated a nation took a new twist this weekend when prosecutors directly linked South Korea’s president to alleged misdeeds by a shadowy confidante seen

Philippines | Court urged to order Marcos’ remains exhumed

Human rights victims who suffered during the rule of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos filed petitions yesterday asking the Supreme Court to order the exhumation of his remains that were buried last

The Buzz | Japanese peacekeepers arrive in South Sudan with new mandate

Japanese peacekeepers, with a broader mandate to use force, landed in South Sudan yesterday, the first overseas deployment of the country’s troops with those expanded powers in nearly

Lawyers take Chinese organ-harvesting claims to Australia

Two Canadian lawyers came to Australia’s Parliament House yesterday to urge lawmakers to pass a motion calling on China to immediately end the practice of what they say is organ harvesting from prisoners

China’s African population declines amid slowdown, crackdown

Dreams are fading in China for African traders like Mouhamadou Moustapha Dieng, who in 2003 was among the first wave of Africans to set up homes and companies in this

Train derails in north India, killing 115; many trapped 

At least 115 people were killed when 14 coaches of an overnight passenger train rolled off the track in northern India early yesterday, with rescue workers using cutting

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
MACAU DAILY TIMES