Apple drops iPhone bombshell on already reeling stock market

Apple acknowledged that demand for iPhones is waning, confirming investor fears that the company’s most profitable product has lost some of its luster. The

Corporate bits | Sands China halts use of plastic straws

Sands China Ltd. has discontinued its use of plastic straws at all its properties, in an effort to reduce the consumption of single-use plastics.  The company’s

Analysis | Why slowing economies could prod US and China to reach deal

The Trump administration and China are facing growing pressure to blink in their six-month stare-down over trade because of jittery markets and portents of economic

Chinese spacecraft lands on ‘dark’ side of moon in world first

China’s burgeoning space program achieved a first yesterday: a landing on the so-called dark side of the moon. Three nations — the United States, the

Dire Strait | Even Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition cool to Xi’s plan

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s proposal for a Hong Kong-style union with Taiwan has instead spurred a rare show of unity between the island’s fiercely combative political parties.

Koreas | South lawmaker: Spy agency says North diplomat in hiding

North Korea’s acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul yesterday. A

India | Hindu hard-liners paralyze state over women at shrine

Hindu hard-liners shut shops and businesses and clashed with police in a southern state yesterday to protest the entry of two women in one of India’s largest

Red alert | Thailand braces for powerful storm at southern beach towns

Thai authorities suspended ferry services and began evacuations yesterday ahead of a powerful tropical storm that is expected to pound the Southeast Asian nation’s famed southern

USA | Trump gives new Pentagon chief a taste of his world view

On his first working day in charge of the Pentagon, Pat Shanahan got a taste of President Donald Trump’s scattershot way of looking at the world.

Saudi Arabia | Prosecutors say five face death penalty in Khashoggi killing

Saudi Arabia announced yesterday it will seek the death penalty against five suspects in the slaying of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, a killing that has seen

Offbeat | Uffizi urges Germany to return painting stolen by Nazis

The director of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence is urging Germany to return a Dutch masterpiece stolen by Nazi troops during World War II, dramatizing its absence by

This Day in History | 1958 – Explorer Hillary arrives at South Pole

Sir Edmund Hillary has reached the South Pole - the first overland explorer to do so since Captain Robert F Scott’s expedition in 1912. The New

Tennis | Some words from the coach inspire Osaka’s quarterfinal win

Naomi Osaka responded to some courtside advice from her coach in the most emphatic way after dropping the first set in the Brisbane International quarterfinals, conceding

Football | Son ‘sad’ and ‘sorry’ to be leaving Tottenham for Asian Cup

Son Heung-min is looking forward to making history with South Korea at the upcoming Asian Cup. He’s just sorry it has to come at the expense

World briefs

JAPAN An earthquake shook southwestern Japan yesterday, but there were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami watch was lifted within an hour. THAILAND

The Buzz | UN Security Council gets new members, and one gets presidency

The United Nations Security Council has five new members, and one of them — the Dominican Republic — is starting out as the group’s president. Belgium, Germany,

Hasan Minhaj | Netflix criticized for yanking comedian’s episode in Saudi

Muslim-American comedian Hasan Minhaj Netflix faced criticism from human rights groups for pulling an episode in Saudi Arabia of comedian Hasan Minhaj’s “Patriot Act” series that

Bizcuits | Political activism in baking bread

It was many months ago, but it has been sitting uneasily on my mind. A close associate had been developing skills and knowledge of baking bread and

Friday, January 4, 2019 – edition no. 3202

* China | Spacecraft lands on ‘dark’ side of moon in world first * Jockey Club to invest up to MOP4.5b * Airport reaches 8.2m passengers breaking record   DOWNLOAD

Seen from high above

* Movies: Destroyer * Books: “Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes’s Hollywood” by Karina Longworth * Music: Other People’s Stuff by John Mellencamp * Wine:

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