China and East Timor want to strengthen cooperation

The Vice President of China, Li Yuanchao said at a meeting in Beijing with former President of Timor-Leste (East Timor) Jose Ramos-Horta, that his country intended to increase cooperation with

Cape Verde invests USD62m in four int’l airports

The Cape Verdean government plans to invest USD62.2 million in the four international airports in the country, by 2017, the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and the Presidency of the Council

Art colony’s free-speech illusion shatters 

Just a few weeks ago, oil painters in eastern Beijing’s Songzhuang art district had welcomed foreign reporters into their studios and shown off works tackling such touchy subjects as China’s prisons and

HONG KONG | Leung: ‘External forces’ involved in protests

Hong Kong’s leader has claimed that “external forces” are participating in student-led pro-democracy protests that have occupied parts of this financial capital for more than three weeks, but provided no

Beijing gives USD6 million for food in Ebola countries

China has donated USD6 million to help stave off food shortages in the three African countries worst affected by the Ebola virus, the World Food Program announced yesterday, part of Beijing’s

Indonesia | Joko Widodo sworn in as new president

Joko Widodo completed a journey from riverside shack to presidential palace yesterday, cheered through the streets following his inauguration by tens of thousands of ordinary Indonesians in a reminder to

Japan | Trade, justice ministers quit amid scandals

Japan’s trade and justice ministers resigned yesterday after allegations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative administration. The two ministers were among five

Nepal | Authorities to end rescue operation on trekking route

Nepal was wrapping up rescue operations in its northern mountains yesterday, saying all the hikers believed to have been stranded on a trekking route by a series of deadly blizzards are

Iraq | Suicide blast hits Baghdad Shiite mosque killing 17

A suicide bomber struck a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 17 worshippers and wounding dozens, Iraqi officials said. The attack comes a day after a suicide bombing

Ebola | Nigeria virus free as WHO says outbreak can be contained

The World Health Organization declared Nigeria Ebola-free after the disease killed seven people in Africa’s most populous country. “The outbreak in Nigeria has been defeated,” Rui Vaz, WHO’s country representative for

Islamic State offensive | US planes drop weapons, ammunition to Kurds in Kobani

The U.S. military dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to the besieged Syrian town of Kobani, as Turkey said it would allow Kurdish fighters from neighboring Iraq to come to

This day in History: 2001 Anthrax claims third victim in US

The unnamed Washington postal worker is being treated for inhalation anthrax but doctors expect him to make a full recovery. This is the ninth confirmed case of anthrax in the United

Offbeat | Another month, another global heat record broken

September brought more record heat globally, and U.S. meteorologists say Earth is now on pace to tie for the hottest year ever recorded. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced

Football | Champions League preview: City looks to escape trouble; Messi, Ronaldo chasing records

This was supposed to be the season Manchester City finally made a sustained push in the Champions League. It’s not working out that way for the English champions. City is the most

Swimming | Athlete tries for record breaking swim in Bahamas

An Australian endurance athlete has started an attempt to achieve a world-record 128-kilometer swim in the open waters of the Bahamas. Chloe McCardel started her solo swim yesterday morning from

Our desk: As if insults ever work

It has been more than 20 days since the Occupy movement in Hong Kong began. Frankly, I only anticipated that it would last for a week, but different incidents that

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 – edition no. 2174

* Living green  in Coloane * Macau Ferry Terminal renovation delayed * No secretaries to attend November policy address * First leader from outside Indonesia’s political elite   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz: Novel on sibling with Down’s syndrome wins prize

The novel ‘O meu irmão’ (My Brother), by Afonso Reis Cabral, is the winner of this year’s LeYa Prize for Literature, worth €100,000, the publisher of the same name announced

Once in million years: Comet buzzing Mars on Sun

The heavens were hosting an event over the weekend that occurs once in a million years or so. A comet as hefty as a small mountain passed mind-bogglingly close to

World briefs

CHINA A bear in central China has bitten off the arm of a 9-year-old boy who tried to feed it through its cage, state media and a doctor said yesterday.

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