THAILAND | Junta leader assumes prime minister post

Thailand’s junta leader, who seized power in a military coup three months ago, officially assumed his new post as prime minister yesterday following an endorsement from the country’s monarch. During a ceremony

VIETNAM | Gov’t sends envoy to China to smooth tensions

Vietnam is sending a senior Communist party official to China this week to try to rebuild relations badly bit by Beijing’s decision to deploy an oil rig in waters claimed by Hanoi

INDIA | Stampede at Hindu holy procession kills 10

  A pre-dawn stampede killed 10 people yesterday as tens of thousands of Hindus were worshipping in an annual procession in central India, police said. Some 50,000 devotees had been marking the holy

USA | Strong California quake shakes famed wine country 

A powerful earthquake that struck the heart of California’s wine country caught many people sound asleep, sending dressers, mirrors and pictures crashing down around them. The magnitude-6.0 quake struck at 3:20 a.m. Sunday

SYRIA | American journalist freed after nearly 2 years 

The nation found something of a reprieve from the killing of an American journalist with the release of another freelance reporter who had been held hostage for nearly two years

FRANCE | Hollande dissolves gov’t amid internal feud 

French President Francois Hollande dissolved the government yesterday after open feuding in his Cabinet over the country’s stagnant economy. Prime Minister Manuel Valls offered up his Socialist government’s resignation after accusing

UKRAINE | Russian tank column enters southeast 

A column of Russian tanks and armored vehicles has crossed into southeastern Ukraine, away from where most of the intense fighting has been taking place, a top Ukrainian official said yesterday. Col.

this day in history: 1959 US to ‘stand by’ West Germans

Mr Eisenhower is visiting the country to reassure West Germans he will not exclude them from talks with the Soviet Union. He will also emphasise that peace should not come

Offbeat | Garden gnome alert: 400 missing in Austria

A leading Austrian political party has issued a garden gnome alert after 400 of its figurines disappeared from lamp posts used in campaigning. Placed by the Socialist Party ahead of elections

Messi back to old self under new Barcelona coach

Bad World Cup memories be gone. Lionel Messi is back to his match-winning self. Not even a black cat — regarded as unlucky in Spain and other cultures — zigzagging

World Views: Japan plays game of growth roulette with casinos

MGM Resorts is looking over Tokyo’s famed Tsukiji fish market as a site for a giant casino. The jokes, of course, are on the obvious side. More than humor is

Tuesday, August 26, 2014 – edition no. 2137

* Jason Chao leaves MP facing aggravated disobedience charges * Pacquiao prepares for  upcoming clash in Cotai II * UM Hengqin Campus in full operation * HK protesters say bring on tear gas

The Buzz: Cliff Richard rejects sexual assault allegation

British pop star Cliff Richard says police have questioned him about a sexual assault allegation. A statement issued yesterday on behalf of Richard says the allegation that he assaulted a

F1 | Ricciardo beats Rosberg to win Belgian GP

Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo beat Nico Rosberg to win an incident-packed Belgian Grand Prix yesterday, while Rosberg extended his championship lead over Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton in acrimonious circumstances. Finnish

World briefs

CHINA The Defense Ministry rejects U.S. accusations that a Chinese fighter jet’s intercept of a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft off the southern Chinese coast was dangerous, and blames Washington for

THE SOLE CANDIDATE ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL | Chui Sai On: More land resources needed for housing

Hundreds of Macau citizens gathered at Keang Peng Secondary School in the Iao Hon neighborhood yesterday, asking questions addressed to the sole candidate for the Chief Executive Election, which will

CRIME | Burglar breaks into Chan Meng Kam’s Cheoc Van mansion

A burglar stole several thousand dollars from the house of lawmaker Chan Meng Kam last Friday night in Cheoc Van, Coloane. The Public Security Police (PSP) suggested that it was Chan’s

GPDP roasted for explanation of alleged law violation

The Office for Personal Data Protection (GPDP), the Public Security Police (PSP) and the Judiciary Police (PJ) held a joint press conference yesterday afternoon following Jason Chao’s detention. The media has

Jason Chao and referendum volunteers detained over alleged privacy breach

The president of the Open Macau Society and political activist Jason Chao, as well as four civil referendum volunteers, were detained by police authorities yesterday for allegedly violating the personal

Ho Iat Seng admits mass rally against officials’ perks bill was ‘a great lesson’

Ho Iat Seng, president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), said that May’s mass demonstration against the officials’ perks bill had taught lawmakers a lesson. “We did learn a great lesson as

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