Beijing intensifies opposition ahead of South China Sea ruling

China has intensified the drumbeat of its opposition to an international tribunal’s ruling expected today that could threaten its expansive claims in the South China Sea. How Beijing responds to the

Analysis | Japan’s vote opens door to constitution change

A resounding election victory for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc has opened the door a crack for his long-cherished ambition to revise the constitution for the first time

North Korea vows to close diplomat channel with US

North Korea said yesterday it will end a diplomatic communication channel with the United States and hinted at harsher punishment for Americans detained in the country in retaliation for U.S.

India | Kashmir seethes as 25 killed in clashes

Indian authorities struggled to contain street protests yesterday by Kashmiris defying patrols and a stringent curfew after at least 25 people died in clashes that followed the killing of a

Three Indonesians kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants

Suspected Abu Sayyaf militants kidnapped three Indonesian fishermen over the weekend in the latest in a series of incidents highlighting weak security in the Celebes Sea that borders Malaysia, Indonesia

US 2016 election campaign | NAFTA a sore spot for some Democrats on Clinton

Michigan is trickier than it may appear for Hillary Clinton, a Democrat whose party’s presidential nominees have carried the struggling manufacturing hub for decades. Bernie Sanders beat her in the state’s

Rights group says Saudi-led coalition damaged Yemen economy

The Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen’s Shiite rebels has caused extensive damage to the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country’s economic infrastructure in the year-long air campaign, an international rights group said yesterday. Human

Spain | Hundreds attend funeral of gored bullfighter

Hundreds of people joined family, friends and members of Spain’s bullfighting world for a funeral Mass yesterday for bullfighter Victor Barrio who was fatally gored in a bullring this past

This Day in History | 1990 – Yeltsin resignation splits Soviet Communists

The populist politician and president of the Russian parliament, Boris Yeltsin, has resigned from the Soviet Communist Party. The resignation has also led to a declaration from the small but influential

Offbeat | Spain calls in UK ambassador to protest Gibraltar incident

Spain’s Foreign Ministry has called in the British ambassador to protest what it described as reckless behavior by a Gibraltar police boat patrol toward a Spanish police vessel. In a statement,

Analysis | Euro 2016 final again proves football’s cruelty

Football is a cruel game. Sometimes even for its winners. Cruel because Cristiano Ronaldo had to watch the victory of his life — at least one of them — from the

France can still claim security victory

France has lost the Euro 2016 soccer championship but can claim victory on another front — making it safely through the month-long tournament that drew fans from all over Europe

Euro 2016 – Roundup | Portugal stuns France to lift 1st cup despite Ronaldo injury

Portugal’s players frantically tended to Cristiano Ronaldo’s left knee but their tearful captain couldn’t withstand the pain any longer. The Portuguese had to win their first major trophy the hard way,

Goalkeeper Rui Patricio keeps Portugal on track for title

Portugal may have lost its captain Cristiano Ronaldo through injury, but it found a goalkeeper on outstanding form in the European Championship final. Rui Patricio made sure France never broke through

The Buzz | Two Guantanamo detainees sent to Serbia in latest releases

A Tajik and a Yemeni national each held for roughly 14 years at Guantanamo Bay have been freed and sent to the Balkan nation of Serbia, the U.S. Department of

World Briefs

CHINA has intensified the drumbeat of its opposition to an international tribunal’s ruling expected today that could threaten its expansive claims in the South China Sea. The Hague-based tribunal will

Thailand | Military court adds to singer’s jail term for insults

A Thai country singer and political activist was sentenced yesterday by a military court to more than three years in jail for insulting the monarchy, adding to a 7½-year sentence

World Views | Japan’s big banks finding new ways to be miserable

Japan’s banks have reinvented themselves: In just four years, they’ve found a whole new way to be miserable. In the summer of 2012, Japan watchers were nervously drawing parallels with southern

Tuesday, July 12, 2016 – edition no. 2597

Thousands turn out to welcome champions home * Five locals granted asylum abroad * Filipinos want consulate open on Sundays * Peacekeepers killed  in South Sudan   DOWNLOAD

CTM: Contract with gov’t ‘extensively discussed’

Telecommunications service provider CTM has finally defended itself against criticism by the MSAR government, saying that the contract signed in 2009 had been “extensively discussed.” CTM CEO Vandy Poon told reporters

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