US reaffirms its ‘ironclad commitment’ to defend S. Korea

President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis spoke on Saturday with their South Korean counterparts after the historic meeting between leaders of the two Koreas, and

Pyongyang to close nuke test site in May

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to shut down the country’s nuclear test site in May and open the process to experts and journalists from

Briefs | Spain: Gang rape verdicts spur third day of protests

Tens of thousands of people have marched in northern Spain for a third consecutive day to protest the acquittal of five men on gang rape charges. Local police

What’s at stake if Trump kills the nuclear deal with Iran?

U.S. President Donald Trump has until May 12 to decide whether to perhaps fatally undermine a years-in-the-making nuclear deal with Iran, with the consequences likely to

Deadly violence erupts again in Gaza at Israeli border fence

Hundreds of Palestinians converged on the Gaza Strip’s border fence with Israel on Friday, trying to burn and rip through it before drawing heavy Israeli fire in one of

Offbeat | Fruit’s pungent smell mistaken for gas leak, prompts panic

The pungent smell of the rotten durian fruit at an Australian university library has been mistaken for a gas leak, prompting an evacuation of the building.

This Day in History | 1952 – Anne Frank published in English

The book was first published in Dutch in 1947 under the title Het Achterhuis (The Secret House) by her father Otto Frank, who survived the

Sumo | Japan Association to consider opinions on female ban

The Japan Sumo Association says it will consider outside opinions from experts and the public over its much criticized policy of banning women from entering the sumo

MMA fighter with links to Trump, Cohen is questioned by FBI

A Russian mixed martial arts fighter who has connections with President Donald Trump, the president’s personal attorney Michael Cohen and Russian President Vladimir Putin was questioned this week

Boxing | Jacobs beats Sulecki, eyes another middleweight title shot

Daniel Jacobs smiled in his corner after an action-packed third round, looking pleased to be in a tough fight. It wasn’t clear he would win

The Buzz | Iranian judiciary confirms arrest of British-Iranian academic

Iran’s judiciary has confirmed the arrest of British-Iranian academic Abbas Edalat, the state-run Iranian Students’ News Agency reported. “Accusations are security-related and he is under detention,” judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein

World briefs

CHINA-INDIA The leaders of China and India stressed the importance of close ties in talks Saturday, against the background of their rivalry for leadership in Asia.

UK vows to have ‘humane’ immigration policy as scandal grows

Britain’s interior minister was fighting for her job yesterday as uproar spread over authorities’ mistreatment of long-term U.K. residents wrongly caught up in a government drive

World Views | The West should beware of the Korean peace trap

On the surface it looks like the doubters were wrong. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, traveled into South Korea on Friday to meet his counterpart. They

Monday, April 30, 2018 – edition no. 3037

* Beckham joins Special Olympics athletes in high places * Drill tests response ahead of typhoon season * Carlos Dias back to ‘tell a story in each photo’ * Kim promises too good

Kim Jong Un walks south to meet his rival: Can they deal?

There will be plenty to gawk today when North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks south across the world’s most heavily armed border and stands face-to-face

Gaming | Fitch: Japan revenues may be capped at USD6 billion

Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings considers that Japan’s annual gaming revenues may be capped at USD6 billion (MOP48.5 billion) once new regulations under review by lawmakers are

Dragon Boat Races organizers claim all participants ‘must know how to swim’

In light of the accident which occurred during the preparations for the traditional Dragon Boat Festival races last Saturday in Guilin, in which two

Heritage | Community aims to preserve history by publishing historical images

Iconographic Research, a Facebook community, published an image depicting the view from the stairway of the Ruins of St. Paul, taken by Oswald Lübek in 1911.

FAOM registered 3,141 people seeking help for labor disputes

During 2017, the Macao Federation of Trade Unions (FAOM) handled 1,365 cases concerning labor rights, the federation reported this week during a press conference. The

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