Property | Singapore home sales rebound as buyers move past curbs

Private home sales in Singapore jumped 51 percent in September as developers marketed more projects post the hungry-ghost festival month, a period Chinese buyers consider

Retail | Chinese demand for Italian luxury suits slows as trade war bites

The ongoing trade war with the U.S. is hitting Chinese consumers psychologically, causing a slowdown for luxury goods in the second half of the year, said

Korean Air’s chairman Cho faces trial after embezzlement probe

Korean Air Lines Co. Chairman Cho Yang-ho is set to stand trial in an embezzlement case, adding to troubles faced by a family that’s been at the

Trade War | Trump hints at more tariffs, doesn’t seek ‘depression’

President Donald Trump threatened to impose another round of tariffs on China and warned that Chinese meddling in U.S. politics is a “bigger problem” than Russian involvement

Mattis trip to Vietnam aimed at countering China’s influence

By making a rare second trip this year to Vietnam, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is signaling how intensively the Trump administration is trying to counter China’s

Premier Li pledges access for Dutch companies

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reaffirmed pledges yesterday to open up his country to foreign investment as a way of promoting commerce between his country and the Netherlands.

Japan raises concerns over Pacific’s debt to China

Japan’s foreign minister raised concerns yesterday about the high levels of debt accrued by some Pacific Island nations and said his country wants to help resolve

Australia says US alliance vital with Indo-Pacific tensions

AUSTRALIA’S foreign minister said yesterday her country’s alliance with the United States had never been more vital in an era of escalating challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Nepal | Recovery of climbers delayed by mountain’s remoteness

Rescuers hampered by difficult, remote terrain took two days to recover the bodies of nine climbers, including one of the world’s best, who hoped to map a

Koreas | North-born reporter banned from covering talks

South Korean Unification Minister Cho Myoung-gyon has expressed regret over a decision to block a North Korean defector-turned reporter from covering high-level talks between the Koreas at

Children of Islamic State group live under a stigma in Iraq

A family of six lost children lives quietly in a small apartment among strangers in this northern Iraqi city. The “man of the house,” an 18-year-old, heads out each

France | Flash floods kill at least 13 people

Flash floods tore through towns in southwest France, turning waterways into raging torrents that killed at least 13 people, nine of them in just one town,

Macedonia | Country heads for make-or-break name vote or snap election

The Republic of Macedonia’s parliament is facing a vote that will either help approve a deal opening the way to NATO and European Union entry or trigger

This Day in History | 1996 Handguns to be banned in the UK

The British Government has announced plans to outlaw almost all handguns following the shocking massacre at Dunblane in Scotland. On 13 March Thomas Hamilton walked

Offbeat | Deputies use Doritos to lure wayward pig back home

The pig was running around a neighborhood when the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Office received the call Saturday. One of the deputies had Doritos in

Rugby | New Zealand All Blacks select 51 for season-ending tour

The All Blacks have taken the unprecedented step of selecting a player based in Japan among an enlarged squad of 51 for autumn test matches against

Patrick Baumann, rising star in Olympic circles, dies at 51

Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball’s world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has died at the Youth Olympics. He was 51.

Trump says climate change not a hoax, not sure of its source

President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax but says he doesn’t know if it’s manmade and suggests that the climate

World Briefs

SOUTH CHINA SEA China’s ambassador to the United States has defended the Chinese navy’s action in a close encounter with a U.S. destroyer in the South China Sea,

The Buzz | Prince Harry and Meghan expecting their first child in spring

Prince Harry and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their first child in the spring, Kensington Palace said. The announcement came hours after Harry and

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