Beef export bonanza for Brazil as Chinese eat more foreign steak

Chinese consumers are eating more beef than the country can produce, and that’s led to a sales bonanza for exporters in Brazil. About a year after recovering from a mad-cow scare,

Angola | Private investment is critical to industrial development

Private investment in manufacturing is critical to the balanced development of the economy and employment growth in Angola, the minister of Economy said in Luanda, as cited by state newspaper

Portuguese company plans production move

Portuguese meat products company Sicasal is preparing to transfer some of its production to Angola following a 50 percent drop in exports to the West African country, the company’s chairman

Macau: Anti-independence declaration ‘unnecessary and inopportune’

Lawmaker Pereira Coutinho has reacted negatively to the possibility of a new Legislative Assembly (AL) Electoral Law, which would demand that candidates declare their abstention from any possible pro-independence movement. In

Japanese detained for ‘endangering state security’

The Chinese Foreign Ministry confirmed media reports that authorities have detained a Japanese citizen on suspicion of endangering China’s state security. In a statement faxed to The Associated Press yesterday, the ministry

Jack Ma takes on murky China charities in first blockchain foray

Chinese billionaire Jack Ma wants to pry the lid off China’s opaque charities. Ant Financial, the affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. he controls, is using the technology behind bitcoin to

Nuclear power ambitions sailing into troubled waters

China’s ambitions to become a pioneer in nuclear energy are sailing into troubled waters. Two state-owned companies plan to develop floating nuclear reactors, a technology engineers have been considering since the 1970s

JAPAN | Tokyo elects 1st female governor to lead city into Olympics

Tokyo yesterday elected its first female governor to lead the city as it prepares to host the 2020 Olympics, as voters turned to a leader promising clean politics after two

Pakistan | Death toll now 27 in flash flood bus incident

A Pakistani official said the death toll from a bus that was swept away by flash floods has risen to 27. Government official Iqbal Khan said yesterday that the bodies

Indonesia executes 4 people convicted of drug crimes

Indonesia executed four people convicted of drug crimes on Friday despite international protests and said it would decide later when as many as 10 others who got an unexpected reprieve are

India providing food to laid-off workers in Saudi Arabia

India’s foreign minister said the government is providing food aid to thousands of Indian workers in Saudi Arabia who are not able to buy food after losing their jobs in

Erdogan brings military more under civilian authority

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a new presidential decree yesterday that introduced sweeping changes to Turkey’s military in the wake of a July 15 failed coup, bringing the armed

Trump cites own sacrifices in response to Muslim war hero father

Donald Trump scrambled to defend himself and contain the political damage hours after he pushed back against the Muslim-American parents of a fallen U.S. war hero for their questioning of

This Day in History | 1971 – Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon

On the second day of the Apollo 15 mission, astronauts have uncovered a rock which may date back to the origin of the Moon. The so-called Genesis rock was found by

Offbeat | Alaska whale-watchers rescue swimming deer in distress

An Alaska whale-watching cruise turned into a rescue mission for an unusual aquatic species — a distressed, swimming deer. The 18-passenger tour vessel from Gastineau Guiding Co. lassoed the struggling deer

Olympics | Doping Usain Bolt brings light to a sport in peril

Since he coasted to the 100-meter finish line in world-record time at the Bird’s Nest eight years ago, Usain Bolt has been the smiling face of track and field. He

Motorsport – F1 | Mercedes driver Hamilton increases lead with German win

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton surged into the lead at the start of the German Grand Prix yesterday and held on to win the last race before the summer break and

The Buzz | English bar blocks cell phones

A new English cocktail bar offers something truly old-fashioned on its menu: the chance to talk to real people instead of staring down your cell phone. The Gin Tub in Brighton

World briefs

CHINA Two state-owned companies plan to develop floating nuclear reactors, a technology engineers have been considering since the 1970s for use by oil rigs or island communities. Chinese media say

Woman in UN bribery scandal gets 20 months in prison

A tearful U.S. citizen who bribed a top United Nations official to get support for business ventures was sentenced to 20 months in prison Friday by a judge who said

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