Angola | Year-on-year inflation over 35 percent in Luanda

Year-on-year inflation in Luanda reached 35.30 percent in July, up 24.89 percent over the figure recorded a year ago, Angola’s National Statistics Institute announced. In July prices posted a monthly increase

Beijing working on growth initiative for economy summit

China will propose a joint initiative to revive weak global growth at next month’s meeting of leaders of Group of 20 major economies amid rising protectionist sentiment in the United

China-Japan | Abe avoids Yasukuni Shrine as Japan marks Pacific War’s end

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stayed away yesterday from a Tokyo shrine that honors convicted war criminals among the nation’s war dead, a bid to avoid controversy with neighboring countries

Hong Kong | ‘Occupy’ leaders avoid jail time for illegal rally

Three Hong Kong student protest leaders have avoided prison time for leading or encouraging an illegal rally that sparked huge pro-democracy street protests two years ago. A magistrate sentenced Joshua Wong and

Why China’s plan to build a new silk road runs through Singapore

As the son of a man who journeyed from China to Singapore and founded a shipping business a half century ago, Teo Siong Seng sees his life as one immersed in

Indonesia | New Jakarta airport terminal flooded just days after opening

The operator of the Indonesian capital’s main airport has apologized to passengers for flooding at its brand new terminal after rains overcame drainage pipes and inundated the arrivals area this

Pakistan | Father, ex-husband arrested in UK-Pakistani woman’s killing

Pakistani police have arrested the father and ex-husband of a British woman of Pakistani origin who was killed last month in what authorities suspect was an “honor killing,” a top

Kashmir | 1 Indian soldier, 4 rebels killed in gunbattles

At least one paramilitary soldier and four suspected rebels were killed in a series of gunbattles in Indian-controlled Kashmir despite a security lockdown in the disputed region yesterday as India

Philippines | Supreme court asked to block hero’s burial for Marcos

Human rights victims of the late Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos’ regime petitioned the Supreme Court yesterday to block and nullify a government directive to have the ex-leader buried in a

Thailand | Police probing bombing link to southern violence

Thai authorities said yesterday they are investigating whether bombings last week at several popular tourist destinations were related to long-term separatist violence in the country’s far south, backing away from

USA | Houston mother charged in deaths of son, 7, and daughter, 5

A Houston mother who calmly told an acquaintance that she had drowned her two children in a bathtub has been charged in their deaths and was being held without bond

USA Elections | Pence walks fine line as Trump translator, damage controller

It’s been one potentially disastrous comment after another from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump — but you wouldn’t know it watching his running mate. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is the Trump

Turkey | Ankara protests Austria over ‘child sex’ report at airport

Turkey has protested to Austria over a news ticker at Vienna’s airport that claimed Turkey allows sex with children under age 15, an official said yesterday, amid heightened tensions between

This Day in History | 1977 – Rock and roll ‘king’ Presley dies

Elvis Presley, whose singing and style revolutionized popular music in the 1950s, has died. Presley, 42, was discovered slumped in a bathroom at his mansion in Memphis, Tennessee on Tuesday. He was

Offbeat | Nutty situation: Rescuers free squirrel with head stuck in cup

Emergency responders in Connecticut have come to the rescue of a squirrel that was caught in a nutty situation. Members of Enfield Emergency Medical Services responded Friday after the rodent got

Murray first to win two Olympic tennis singles golds

Andy Murray is making a habit of accomplishing things that hadn’t been done in a while. Or ever. Murray became the first tennis player in Olympic history with two singles gold

Rio Olympics | South African Van Niekerk shatters 17-year-old record

Exploding out of the blocks in lane eight, Wayde van Niekerk didn’t see another runner during the entire Olympic 400-meter final. He didn’t need to. It was just him against

Jordan writer held over cartoon deemed offensive to Islam

A prosecutor has slapped a gag order on the case of a Jordanian writer who was arrested after posting a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam. Nahed Hattar was arrested this weekend

World briefs

CHINA’s yuan declined the most in a week and sovereign bond yields were near a decade-low as weaker-than-expected data reignited concern over growth in Asia’s largest economy. The currency dropped

USD10K reward offered in imam slaying as families seek answers

A Muslim advocacy group yesterday plans to announce a USD10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest of the gunman who killed a New York mosque leader and his associate

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