Taiwan’s outgoing president and his successor yesterday emphasized the need for a smooth transition of power amid a slowdown in the island’s high-tech economy and uncertainty over sensitive relations with
A senior U.S. diplomat said that if North Korea keeps advancing its weapons programs, the U.S. will be compelled to take defensive measures that China will not like. Deputy Secretary of
Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his trip to the Czech Republic by overseeing the signing of 30 business deals that could bring almost USD4 billion of Chinese investment. The
Myanmar’s slow transition to democracy took a momentous step yesterday as a trusted aide to ruling-party leader Aung Suu Kyi took over as the country’s president, officially ending more than
A Vietnamese court has sentenced three women who held up the flags of the defeated U.S.-backed South Vietnam to up to four years in prison on charges of spreading anti-state
Thailand’s junta chief has given the military broad new police-like powers to arrest and detain criminal suspects, in an unannounced move that rights groups criticized yesterday as a recipe for
A rare public protest in Mongolia’s capital yesterday drew thousands of demonstrators who criticized foreign mining concessions and demanded action to prop up the tottering economy. More than 2,000 demonstrators in
Belgian authorities say 90 people remain in hospital, 49 of them in intensive care, one week after suicide bombers killed 32 people at Brussels’ airport and a subway station. Belgium’s victims
French President Francois Hollande has decided to abandon a bill that would have revoked citizenship for convicted terrorists and strengthened the state of emergency because of a deadlock in parliament. In
There had been no news of his safety or whereabouts since he left Lhasa on 17 March with an entourage of 20 men, including six Cabinet ministers. Many thought he had
After facing criticism for an exhibit of works from Bill Cosby’s personal art collection, the Smithsonian plans to include two items related to him at its new African-American history museum.
Following a draw against “lowly Macau,” the Malay coach Ong Kim Swee told players to accept the bitter truth that they are not good enough to go up against minnows. According
More than 1,700 security personnel were on patrol yesterday as France beat Russia on its return to the Stade de France, four months after their last home game was
One of the most frightening words a patient can hear from a doctor is “cancer.” We know it from the experience of our families and friends, and the millions of
* Macau parents not likely to rally behind ban on tackling * Beijing eases visas for travellers to macau, HK * Ng Lap Seng & friends lead to overhaul of un assembly
Archeologists in Boston are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the slain black rights activist’s early life. The two-week archaeological dig begins
China will clamp down on foreign-sounding and bizarre names after too many streets and developments called “Manhattan” or “Venice” have popped up amid decades of frenzied building, a government official
CHINA Yu Shaolei, a cultural editor at Chinese newspaper Southern Metropolis Daily, has announced his resignation through social media, saying that he could no longer follow the Communist Party line.
Kim Wong Kam Sin, the Philippine gambling junket operator dubbed the “missing link” in the cyber heist of USD81 million in Bangladesh central bank reserves, said he’s willing to return
Only Macau residents are entitled to free vaccinations against the diseases offered under the "Vaccination/Immunization Programme," and Government-procured vaccines will not be given to visitors, the Health Bureau revealed in
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