Police arrest suspect in arson attack that killed 18

Police in a southern Chinese city have caught a man suspected of setting a fire at a three-story building yesterday that killed 18 people and injured five

Koreas Ahead of summits, US tones down war games with South

Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails of

Myanmar | Asian elephants said at risk from Chinese demand for skin

A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even greater threat to Asia’s

Toronto meeting | Johnson: G7 officials focus on Russia’s ‘malign’ behavior

Cabinet ministers from the G7 countries have committed to taking Russia to task for what Britain’s foreign secretary described yesterday as a broad range of “malign” behavior

Offbeat | At Tribeca, the night belongs to Patti Smith and Bruce

The night belonged to Patti Smith at the Tribeca Film Festival — and to her friend Bruce Springsteen, who thrilled the crowd with a surprise visit to

This Day in History | 1974 – Rebels seize control of Portugal

Army rebels are in control of Portugal tonight after an almost bloodless dawn coup ended nearly 50 years of dictatorship. Shortly after midnight, tanks rolled into

Rugby | Habana, World Cup winner & Springbok record-holder, retiring

Bryan Habana, the lightning-fast South Africa wing and World Cup winner with an insatiable hunger for scoring tries —  a record 67 for the Springboks

Football | FIFA subjects 2026 Morocco World Cup bid to fresh scrutiny

Morocco’s World Cup bid is facing fresh scrutiny this week with the arrival of another delegation from FIFA after an initial task force found deficiencies in the

Baseball | A tale of two bats, and Babe Ruth’s 60th home run in 1927

As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record

World briefs

KOREA As North and South Korea prepare for their first summit in more than a decade this Friday, the world’s largest annual military maneuvers between Seoul and the

Business and pleasure on menu for Macron’s second day in US

A sit-down between President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron followed by a joint news conference highlight the business portion of the French leader’s second day

Mummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah

A  mummified body discovered near the site of a former royal mausoleum in Iran may be the remains of the late Reza Shah Pahlavi, the founder of

Macau Matters | Consulate Woes

I do not know if it is nature or nurture, but many men seem to need regular “alone time” or the company of other men. My paternal grandfather

Wednesday, April 25, 2018 – edition no. 3034

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Trade War | US brands suffer collateral damage in Chinese corporate struggle

The rivalry is so notorious it’s been called the “great cat-and-dog war.” On one side towers Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., China’s e-commerce market leader, embodied

Analysis | Complications in CNY visitor arrivals make data unreliable

There are two sets of figures thrown about for the number of visitors during the Chinese New Year week, one of the two most

Resident charged with corporal punishment

A local man has been charged by authorities for beating and injuring his eight-year-old son with a bamboo stick and a plastic bar, the Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson

Heritage | ‘Taipa Anchorage’ exhibition opens

The exhibition “Taipa Anchorage: Names of the Past and the Present” was inaugurated last week at the Taipa Houses-Museum. According to a statement issued by

Briefs | East Timor Attorney General visits Macau

A delegation of the Attorney General of the Republic of East Timor – led by the Attorney General himself, José da Costa Ximenes – is paying an official

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