Taiwan leader says ‘destabilizing’ moves threaten region

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen warned for the second time in a week that China’s escalating efforts to assert its authority over the island risked destabilizing the broader

Film | Disney to find out whether the force has awakened

Fans lined the red carpet to see star Daisy Ridley in a bright floral dress. Actor Mark Hamill bowed. A phalanx of Stormtroopers marched, while

India | Blast kills four policemen in disputed Kashmir

Police said four officers were killed Saturday when rebels fighting against Indian rule in disputed Kashmir detonated a bomb on a street the officers were patrolling.

Myanmar | Insurgents attack soldiers in Rakhine, wounding 6

Six Myanmar soldiers were wounded in an insurgent attack in northern Rakhine state, where government troops have been accused of “ethnic cleansing” that forced hundreds of thousands

Malaysia | New search by private company for missing plane approved

Malaysia’s government said Saturday that it has approved a new attempt by a private company to find the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, nearly four years

Japan | Ex-Toyota head Tatsuro Toyoda, who led overseas drive, dies

Tatsuro Toyoda, the former Toyota Motor Corp. president who led the company’s climb to become one of the world’s top automakers, has died. He was 88.

Handouts please Saudis but show struggle to revamp economy

Saudi authorities said they’ll spend billions of riyals to help citizens offset the impact of a value-added tax and a surge in gasoline and utility prices, a

Mexico | In quake camps, a bit of holiday cheer for youngsters

Toys and other gifts from parents and aid workers brightened the Epiphany holiday Saturday for children living in dozens of makeshift tent camps more than three months

Spain | Messi sets Barcelona escape clause in case of secession

Lionel Messi has written a clause into his contract with FC Barcelona allowing him to leave the team if Catalan independence means he can’t play top-league

Angola joins long list of oil nations in ditching Dollar peg

Angola is poised to become the latest emerging nation to abandon its currency peg as it seeks to rescue an economy still reeling from the oil-price

This Day in History | 1989 – Dozens die as plane crashes on motorway

A Boeing 737 airplane has crashed onto the M1 motorway near East Midlands airport, killing 46 people. Eighty have survived, of whom ten are seriously injured.

Coutinho leaving Liverpool for Barcelona in USD192m deal

Philippe Coutinho is joining Barcelona after Liverpool agreed Saturday to sell the Brazilian in a deal that makes him one of the most expensive players in soccer

Reports: North Korea says likely to join Olympics in South

North Korea’s IOC representative on Saturday said his country is likely to compete in figure skating in next month’s Winter Olympics in South Korea, according to Japanese

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MYANMAR An aid agency projects 48,000 babies will be born this year in the refugee camps for Rohingya Muslims who have fled to Bangladesh after military operations against them

Malaysian opposition picks 92-Year-old Mahathir to fight Najib

Malaysia’s opposition named Mahathir Mohamad, 92, as candidate for prime minister in an election that must be held by August. Once Malaysia’s longest serving premier,

USA 1 winning Powerball ticket to claim USD570m jackpot

It’s been a billion-dollar lottery weekend after a lone Powerball ticket sold in New Hampshire matched all six numbers and will claim a USD570 million jackpot,

Rear Window | Sitting on the dock of the bay

The New Year is traditionally the time to set (or not) our own petty resolutions for improvements deemed to be important (to ourselves), and here we tick the

Monday, January 8, 2018 – edition no. 2960

* Iranian tanker collides with freighter off China; 32 missing * Pearl Horizon plan * IFT to build gastronomy center * Temperatures expected to drop   DOWNLOAD

Security | Steve Vickers praises ‘more serious’ approach to threat of terrorism

Hong Kong-based risk consultancy Steve Vickers & Associates has released its annual Asia Risk Assessment report, finding that Macau’s “political outlook for 2018 promises stability” and that

FMCC to raise funds for ‛Visit the Elderly’ project

The France Macau Chamber of Commerce (FMCC) will celebrate its 10th Anniversary Charity Gala Dinner with the theme “Extravagance au Moulin Rouge” on January 26, and will

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