Beijing interested in entering Brazilian aviation market

China announced at the LABACE 2018 aviation exhibition in Congonhas, São Paulo, that it is interested in selling in Brazil its Harbin twin-engine turboprop airplane with a

Lawmakers want explanations over sacking of senior legal advisers

Lawmakers Pereira Coutinho, Ng Kuok Cheong and Sulu Sou have sent a letter to the board of the Legislative Assembly (AL) asking for explanations regarding the

Malaysian PM says China-financed projects canceled

Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir

FBI reveals Chinese man kidnapped after business meeting in Los Angeles

The FBI is looking for three suspects who kidnapped a Chinese man after a business meeting in the Los Angeles area last month, but authorities haven’t heard

Hard Power | El Salvador, Taiwan break ties as Beijing isolates island foe

Taiwan broke off diplomatic ties with El Salvador yesterday as the Central American country defected to rival Beijing in the latest blow to the self-ruled island China

Xu Lin | Image-conscious China appoints new global propaganda czar

China’s increasingly image-conscious government has appointed a trusted member of the ruling Communist Party to head up its international propaganda operation. Former top internet

Koreas | Separated families have second day of emotional reunions

A mother wails as she embraces a son she hasn’t seen since the 1950-53 Korean War. A woman weeps as she greets a grandfather she never got to know.

Australia | Ministers resign after leader survives challenge

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull called on his government to unite behind him after he survived an internal leadership challenge yesterday. But several ministers who backed the

Indonesia | Woman irked by mosque noise convicted of blasphemy

An Indonesian court has sentenced a woman who complained about a noisy mosque to 18 months in prison for blasphemy. The ethnic Chinese woman, Meiliana, burst

Cybersecurity | Microsoft uncovers more Russian attacks ahead of midterms

Microsoft said yesterday it has uncovered new Russian hacking attempts targeting U.S. political groups ahead of the midterm elections. The company said that a hacking

Chechnya | IS claims responsibility for deadly attack on Chechen police

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on Chechen police in Russia’s Northern Caucasus. The attacks  yesterday in three

Offbeat | Madonna’s rambling Aretha Franklin tribute earns backlash

The backlash was swift for Madonna’s rambling, egocentric tribute to Aretha Franklin at the MTV Video Music Awards, with media and Queen-of-Soul fans wondering why she got

This Day in History | 1966 – ICI announces big nylon job losses

Britain’s largest manufacturing company Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) is cutting 1,000 staff at its nylon-fibre producing factories. Six hundred jobs will go at Doncaster, 200 at

Football | Pogba’s future at Man United mired in uncertainty

By placing the captain’s armband on Paul Pogba, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho might have thought he would quell growing speculation about the World Cup-winning midfielder’s

Asian Games | Swimming: Liu breaks 50-meter backstroke world record

Liu Xiang swam a world-record time of 26.98 seconds to win the women’s 50-meter backstroke gold medal yesterday night at the Asian Games. The 21-year-old Liu,

World briefs

CHINA-MALAYSIA Multibillion-dollar China-financed projects in Malaysia have been canceled because they aren’t needed and will saddle the country with an unsustainable amount of debt, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad

The Buzz | Trump plan scales back Obama’s coal emissions standards

The Trump administration yesterday came out with new rules scaling back Obama-era constraints on coal-fired power plants, striking at one of the former administration’s legacy programs to rein

Cinema | ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ hoopla elicits mixed feelings in Asia

The craze for “Crazy Rich Asians” is hitting Asia, with a premiere in Singapore followed by openings in several neighboring countries later this week. Much of

Animal Farm | Does anyone understand?

1. The non-renewal of contracts for two lawyers of the Legislative Assembly is, if nothing else, at least strange. First, because they are two well-known legal professionals, both

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