Mozambique plans to pave 2,100 kilometers of roads by 2019

The plan will entail asphalting an annual average of about 420 kms of roads, down by about 180 kms compared to last year, when 602 kms of national and regional

Portugal | IMF advocates radical reform of the State

The International Monetary Fund recommended Tuesday that the Portuguese government should carry out radical reforms to the State, as well as to salaries and pensions, according to the report by

Xinjiang | Beijing’s secret plan to track militants and bring them home

  Days after Indonesia arrested four Uighur terrorism suspects in September in the country’s east, China dispatched three intelligence officers to ask authorities to hand them over. While Indonesia initially demurred, China

Taiwan | Youth mark anniversary of occupy parliament movement

Youth groups in Taiwan are marking the anniversary of a movement that occupied the island’s parliament and scuttled the ratification of a trade pact with China, Taiwan’s biggest trading partner and

Cabinet announces audit of state company assets abroad

The Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest banks, oil producers and other government companies has announced plans to have outside auditors examine their foreign assets in a new move to tighten control

HONG KONG | Customs detects nearly 5,000 illegal milk powder export cases over past year

From March 2014 to February 2015, Hong Kong’s Customs and Excise Department detected a total of 4,986 cases of illegal export of powdered formula, involving the arrest of 5,000 people,

Australia | Canberra and Vietnam agree to closer defense ties, S China Sea stability

Vietnam and Australia agreed to closer security ties yesterday, including training Vietnamese troops in Australia as Canberra seeks to balance its relationship with its biggest trading partner China and relations with

Singapore | Gov’t says founding father Lee’s condition deteriorates

The condition of Singapore’s 91-year-old founding father, Lee Kuan Yew, has deteriorated further at the hospital where he’s been treated for about six weeks, the government said yesterday. Lee was admitted

Myanmar | ‘Midnight inspections’ show military still powerful

The knock at the door of her family’s home came without warning in the dead of night, just as it always did during Myanmar’s long era of military rule. Outside, a

Israel | Netanyahu’s Likud surges to stunning election win

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party scored a resounding victory in the country’s election, final results showed yesterday, a stunning turnaround after a tight race that had put

Bosnia-Herzegovina | 8 Srebrenica massacre suspects arrested

Prosecutors have made Serbia’s first arrests of people suspected of carrying out killings in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, The Associated Press has learned — a significant milestone toward healing the

Tunisia hostage crisis ends with 17 tourists dead

Attackers opened fire yesterday at a major museum in Tunisia’s capital, gunning down 17 tourists as dozens more sprinted to safety. At least 21 people in all were killed, including

This Day in History: 1982 Argentine flag hoisted on S Georgia

South Georgia is a dependency of the disputed Falklands Islands which Britain claimed in 1833. The British Antarctic survey team at Grytviken, on South Georgia, reported their arrival

Offbeat: Ikea nixes massive hide and seek games at Dutch stores

Ikea has a message for people wanting to converge on its stores for giant games of hide and seek: Go play someplace else. The phenomenon has taken off online in

ANALYSIS | FOOTBAL : Wenger seems further than ever from winning European Cup

Under manager Arsene Wenger, Arsenal has played in the group stage of Europe’s top club competition for 17 straight seasons. The team even reached the final once, losing to Barcelona

Jeter arrives in Japan for charity baseball game

Former major league teammates Derek Jeter and Hideki Matsui will take part in a charity baseball game to support survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan — and

Thai club Buriram United maintains lead in Group F

Thai club Buriram United maintained its lead in Group F of the Asian Champions League yesterday after holding J-League champion Gamba Osaka to a 1-1 draw. Hiroyuki Abe gave Gamba the

Basketball | Obama picks undefeated Kentucky to win NCAA title

President Barack Obama is picking the University of Kentucky Wildcats to win the men’s college basketball championship next month. Saying he thinks they can have an undefeated tournament after winning

Parma owner Manenti arrested in new blow to crisis-hit club

Crisis-hit Serie A club Parma suffered another blow yesterday with the arrest of its new owner and president, Giampietro Manenti, accused in a failed hacker credit card scam. Prosecutor Michele Prestipino

F1 | Sauber settles contract dispute with ex-driver Van der Garde

Former Sauber test driver Giedo van der Garde says he has settled his contract dispute with the team for “significant compensation” while accepting his Formula One career is effectively over. Van

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