Nepal has powerful friends in high places: Beijing and Delhi

After the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that flattened parts of the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Saturday and unleashed avalanches on Mount Everest, China and India barely missed a beat. Within hours of

Nepal | Quake-aid need acute in Kathmandu, more so in villages 

Shelter, fuel, food, medicine, power, news, workers — Nepal’s earthquake-hit capital was short on everything yesterday as its people searched for lost loved ones, sorted through rubble for their belongings

Modern tragedy: Quake-ravaged tower a site for selfies

Social media is a chronicle of life, and sometimes death. So it should be no surprise that a site of great human and cultural loss in Nepal’s devastating earthquake is

Malaysia | ASEAN to avoid confronting China in S. China Sea 

Malaysia’s leader said yesterday that Southeast Asian countries will avoid direct confrontation with China but push for a quick conclusion to a binding code of conduct to govern behavior in

Thailand | Authorities seize 3 tons of elephant tusks smuggled from Kenya

Thailand seized 3 tons of ivory hidden in tea leaf sacks from Kenya in the second-biggest bust in the country’s history, one week after the biggest seizure, customs officials said

Indonesia | Australia wants judges probed before death penalty

Australia wants corruption allegations against Indonesian judges investigated before their death sentences against two Australian drug traffickers are carried out, the foreign minister said Monday. The Australians, Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew

Russia | Putin accuses US of supporting separatists

In a new documentary, Russian President Vladimir Putin says intercepted calls showed that the U.S. helped separatists in Russia’s North Caucasus in the 2000s, underscoring his suspicions of the West. The two-hour documentary, which aired

USA | Supporters of Senate Iran bill swatting away amendments

The U.S. Senate begins debate this week on a bill empowering Congress to review and potentially reject any Iran nuclear deal. President Barack Obama grudgingly backed the bill when Democrats joined

Syria | Insurgents capture military base in northwest

Islamic insurgents overran a military base at a former factory in northwestern Syria yesterday, carting off tanks and other weapons in the latest blow to President Bashar Assad’s forces in

This Day in History | 1986 – Soviets admit nuclear accident

The report said that one of the reactors had been damaged in the accident, but gave no further details beyond saying that measures were being taken to “eliminate the consequences

Offbeat | Polish border guards refuse entry for 10 Russian bikers

Border guard spokesman Dariusz Sienicki announced the decision after members of the Night Wolves, a nationalistic Russian group loyal to President Vladimir Putin, approached the border and tried to enter

Football | Analysis Bayern could face long-term challenge from Wolfsburg

When their 25th Bundesliga title came, Bayern Munich’s players and coaches were most likely on their sofas, watching television. The team’s director, Matthias Sammer, was at a basketball game. There was

World Views | End the American expat tax

Only two nations in the world tax their citizens who live abroad. One of them is a small and vicious African dictatorship. The other is the world’s most powerful democracy. Does

Tuesday, April 28, 2015 – edition no. 2300

* Nepalese migrants hunger for quake news, relief effort underway * EU says Macau should change electoral system * Hengqin fire station inaugurated * Worse air quality and more waste in 2014   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz: Huge magma chamber spied under Yellowstone supervolcano

The discovery fills a missing link in Yellowstone’s volcanic plumbing system. But scientists said it doesn’t increase the risk of an eruption, which is estimated to happen every 700,000 years. Researchers

Nobel Laureate | Shuji Nakamura: Education system should change to get youth involved in science

The education system in Asia must be improved in order to engage more young people in science, said Nobel Prize winner Shuji Nakamura. The Japanese professor, who invented blue LED

World Briefs

MALAYSIAN police said yesterday that they have detained 12 men with suspected links to the Islamic state group who are believed to be plotting attacks on strategic government targets in

Republican Meeting-Jewish Coalition : Presidential bets in Vegas

Inside a conference room Friday night at the Venetian on the Las Vegas Strip, top boosters for Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker mingled with some of his biggest potential donors, including

Tourism | MGTO attends PATA Board meeting in Sichuan

The Macau Government Tourist Office (MGTO) attended the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Board Meeting held in Leshan, Sichuan province yesterday. Throughout the last few days of the conference, MGTO

Gaming | US-based union on the watch for junkets

US-based International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) has sponsored the launch of a website called Macau Gaming Watch. The organization, which claims to represent over 2,000 stationary engineers in Nevada

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