MOZAMBIQUE | Government to issue new oil and gas prospecting licenses

The approval of the proposed Oil Law will allow the Mozambican government to issue new prospecting licenses to companies that will have to partner state oil and gas company Empresa

Angola | Coffee seedlings distributed to producers

More than 20 million coffee seedlings are due to be produced by the end of the year, according to the director of the National Coffee Institute of Angola (INCA), João

Mao’s archenemy Chiang Kai-shek part of mainstream

Photos of Mao’s archenemy Chiang Kai-shek adorn the walls of a Beijing restaurant, and his face looks up at diners from the menu. Online, the deposed Chinese leader’s image is

Authorities scrap asset-disclosure trial programs, Beijing News says

Chinese authorities abandoned almost half of 30 trial programs aimed at requiring local officials to disclose their assets in the last five years, the Beijing News newspaper said yesterday. The paper

More victims found in forced blood donations

As investigations continue, the number of victims found who were forced to donate blood by a gang in northwest China’s Gansu province has increased to 10. A group of seven individuals

ANALYSIS | Francis gets crash course on Korea issue 

THE VIEW FROM THE PAPAL PLANE In a whirlwind five-day trip to South Korea, Pope Francis beatified 124 martyrs, kissed almost as many babies and rallied thousands of Asian youth. It might

PHILIPPINES | Manila protests Chinese ‘sovereignty patrols’

The Philippines will file a new diplomatic protest with China complaining about frequent patrols by Chinese ships in the South China Sea, the Department of Foreign Affairs said yesterday. The department’s spokesman, Charles Jose, said

INDONESIA | 2 foreigners still missing in boat sinking 

Rescuers yesterday safely recovered 13 more people from a tourist boat that sank after hitting a reef in central Indonesia, but were searching for a Dutch man and an Italian woman

NEPAL | Flood toll hits 101, fears of disease rise 

Nepalese authorities said yesterday they feared an outbreak of diseases as they attempt to reach thousands of people stranded by flooding that has already killed more than 100 people. The swirling

USA | Missouri sends National Guard to protesting suburb 

Missouri’s governor yesterday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb convulsed by protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, after a night in which police

IRAQ | Kurdish forces retake control of Mosul Dam 

Sinan Salaheddin, Baghdad Iraqi security forces and Kurdish fighters yesterday wrested back control of the country’s largest dam from the hands of Islamic militants who captured it less than two weeks

WIKILEAKS | Assange talks of leaving embassy, sowing confusion 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange sowed confusion yesterday with an announcement that appeared to indicate he was leaving his embassy bolt hole, but his spokesman later clarified that that would not

this day in history: 1991 Hardliners stage coup against Gorbachev

News of the coup was broken in an announcement on state radio earlier on Monday. It said Mr Gorbachev was “unable to perform his presidential duty for health reasons”. Soviet television

Offbeat | Woman allegedly stole wine to see jailed boyfriend

Police say Walicke stole a bottle of wine from a Texas gas station Wednesday. An arrest affidavit says police found the woman outside the business and drinking the wine. The

Fans ignore Premier League warning as replays reach Twitter

“How on earth are you going to do this? It’s almost going to be impossible,” Stuart Fuller, director of commercial operations at online brand protection company NetNames, said in a

Cricket | World Cup buildup begins now for Australia

The Aussies head to Zimbabwe tomorrow to take on the hosts and South Africa in a limited-overs series. Next stop after that is in the Middle East against Pakistan in

Tennis | 2013 champ Nadal out of US Open with wrist injury

Rafael Nadal will not defend his title at the U.S. Open because of an injured right wrist. Nadal and the tournament announced his withdrawal yesterday, a week before the year’s

World Views: London wont be most influential for long

London is the world’s most influential city, according to a study reproduced in Forbes magazine. As a resident of the British capital for a quarter of a century, that’s both

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 – edition no. 2132

* Schwarzenegger and Stallone in town to headline VIP screening of ‘The Expendables 3’ * The sole candidate on the campaign trail * 24 hour border crossing for mainland non-resident workers * Pope leaves

SeaWorld plans bigger killer whale environments

The Orlando, Florida, company said the renovations have been in the works for some time and that they are not a response to the documentary “Blackfish” or the criticism of

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