July exports accelerate despite Trump’s tariff hike

China’s exports to the United States rose by double digits in July, shrugging off President Donald Trump’s tariff hikes in a fight over technology policy.

Court sentences six in graduate exam cheating scheme

Six people have been imprisoned for up to four years for their part in a scheme to cheat on China’s national graduate school exam, state media reported

Beijing orders recall from overseas as vaccine scandal churns

Investigators in China have begun recalling defective vaccines produced by a Chinese drugmaker from domestic and overseas markets, health authorities said. Investigators found Changchun Changsheng Life Sciences Ltd.

Indonesia | Rescuers struggle to recover quake’s dead, help the living

The rescue team had done everything it could to locate the body of the man, who had been killed instantly when a massive earthquake collapsed his

Philippines | Troops kill two suspected bomb couriers in south

Philippine troops killed two bomb couriers at an army checkpoint yesterday before the suspected Muslim militants could detonate the explosives in a crowded area in the restive

Pink cancels fourth Sydney show, vows to be on stage Saturday

Pop superstar Pink yesterday postponed a fourth Sydney show but vowed to be back on stage Saturday following a stomach virus. Her “Beautiful Trauma” world

Australia | Most populous state entirely in drought

Australia’s most populous state was declared entirely in drought yesterday and struggling farmers were given new authority to shoot kangaroos that compete with livestock for sparse pasture

Malaysia | Ex-PM pleads not guilty to money laundering charges

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to three new money-laundering charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund that led

Intelligence | US braces for possible cyberattacks after Iran sanctions

The U.S. is bracing for cyberattacks Iran could launch in retaliation for the re-imposition of sanctions this week by President Donald Trump, cybersecurity and intelligence experts say.

Offbeat | Hawaii judge evicts Oahu nudists from rental house

A Hawaii judge has ordered the eviction of the tenants of an Oahu rental home that advertised naked parties and gained the ire of neighbors. The judge

This Day in History | 1945 – Atom bomb hits Nagasaki

American forces have dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki - the second such attack on Japan in three days. The bomb was dropped by parachute from

Athletics Former world hurdles champion Bett killed in car crash at 28

Nicholas Bett, a Kenyan runner who won the 2015 world championship title in the 400-meter hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash yesterday in the

Football | No special treatment for Usain Bolt coach says

Central Coast Mariners coach Mick Mulvey says Usain Bolt will be treated as any other player when he joins the Australian A-League club this month on an “indefinite” trial.

World briefs

MALAYSIA Former Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty yesterday to three new money-laundering charges related to the alleged multibillion-dollar looting of a state investment fund that led

The Buzz | Boys rescued from cave, once stateless, get Thai citizenship

Three young football players who were trapped with other team members for almost three weeks in a cave in northern Thailand have been granted Thai citizenship, along with

Trump campaign | Manafort lawyer attacks star witness’ affair, ‘many lies’

The questioning of Paul Manafort’s protege was confrontational and personal: Manafort’s lawyer hammered Rick Gates about his own crimes, an extramarital affair and a guilty plea with

Made in Macao | Our dragon culture

For thousands of years, the dragon has been the symbol of the Chinese. We consider ourselves the descendants of the dragons. Although we all know that the dragon

Thursday, August 9, 2018 – edition no. 3107

* Suzanne Watkinson, Alex Cheng | Housing policies encourage Macau investors to look abroad, realtors say * End of permits to work in China * Limits to freedom of speech * Rescuers struggle

AL Plenary | Nine lawmakers gang up against Sulu Sou

In a Legislative Assembly (AL) session yesterday, nine lawmakers rounded on lawmaker Sulu Sou to criticize him for his position on last week’s debate on the creation

‘We must pay so dearly’ | Xi’s dream becomes nightmare for Christians: churches raided, silenced

The 62-year-old Chinese shopkeeper had waited nearly his entire adult life to see his dream of building a church come true — a brick house with a

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