Angola’s economy contracted 2.5 percent in 2017

Angola’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2017 recorded a year-on-year contraction of 2.5 percent, as a result of updates to the activities of the Public Administration

Trump defends decision to revisit action on telecom giant ZTE

President Donald Trump defended his efforts to help a Chinese telecommunications company that violated U.S. sanctions “get back into business, fast,” despite criticism from Democrats

Australia’s leader backs foreign minister’s work on China

Australia’s prime minister yesterday rejected a former diplomat’s opinion that the country needs a new foreign minister to thaw relations with China. Geoff Raby, who was

Indonesia | Family that bombed churches well off, friendly

The Muslim family that carried out suicide attacks on three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city, killing a dozen people as well as its two young daughters, lived

Koreas | North to invite eight reporters from the South for nuke site closure

North Korea will invite eight South Korean journalists as part of an international media group to witness the closure of its nuclear test site next week, the

Philippines | Congress urged to reject chief justice’s ouster

Legal groups called on Philippine legislators yesterday to defend their exclusive constitutional power to prosecute and try impeachable officials that they say was usurped by Supreme

UK | Markle seeks respect for dad after report he’ll skip wedding

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are requesting “understanding and respect” for Markle’s father after a celebrity news site reported he would not attend the royal

Gaza bloodshed spurs global worry about US Mideast policies

President Donald Trump’s prospects for brokering the Mideast peace “deal of the century” plunged ever deeper as the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem opened amid bloodshed in Gaza.

Cannes | Spike Lee lambasts Trump over white supremacists

In a passionate, expletive-ridden monologue at the Cannes Film Festival, director Spike Lee lambasted Donald Trump for the U.S. president’s response to last year’s violent white supremacist

Offbeat | Man charged with stalking Rihanna, burglarizing her home

Authorities say a man who broke into Rihanna’s Hollywood Hills home and spent 12 hours there has been charged with stalking the singer, who was not at

This Day in History | 1974 Dozens die as Israel retaliates for Ma’alot

Israeli planes have bombed seven Palestinian refugee camps and villages in southern Lebanon killing at least 27 people and leaving 138 injured. The attack was in

Football | After 25 years, Marseille looking to win in Europe again

Thursday, 2:45am Marseille v Atletico Madrid H 6, D 3.84, A 1.73 After a 25-year wait, Marseille has a chance to win another European trophy. The

Golf | Danielle Kang enjoying ‘freedom’ after winning Women’s PGA

It has been almost a year since Danielle Kang won the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, and her life looks pretty much the same. Kang still has

World briefs

THAILAND An editor at an English-language newspaper in Thailand said yesterday he has been sidelined for refusing to tone down coverage critical of the country’s military government.

AP to offer election voter survey to replace exit polls

The Associated Press says it will begin conducting an elaborate election voter survey designed to replace the traditional in-person exit poll. Exit polls have been criticized in

Modigliani painting fetches obscene amount at auction

A 1917 painting by Amedeo Modigliani of a reclining nude woman that was once considered obscene in Paris sold for over USD157 million at an auction in

Macau Matters | Cars of the future

I firmly believe that Macau should be a showcase for “living in the future”. The region needs a place that is innovative and creative and shows what life

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 – edition no. 3048

* Taiwan’s Ma sentenced for leaking information * Doubts about Japan’s casinos remain * Morpheus to open on June 15 * Gaza bloodshed spurs global worry   DOWNLOAD

Middle East | Dozens killed in Gaza as US Embassy opens in Jerusalem

Israeli fire killed at least 52 Palestinians during mass protests along the Gaza border yesterday, marking the deadliest day of violence there since a devastating 2014 cross-border

Courts | Sulu Sou pleads not guilty, first witnesses heard

Lawmaker Sulu Sou pleaded not guilty to all charges laid against him for his qualified disobedience to the police authority’s command linked to a demonstration on May

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