Sri Lanka | General accused of war abuses named army chief

Sri Lanka’s president yesterday appointed a general accused of grave human rights abuses in the final stages of Sri Lanka’s long civil war as the country’s

Turkey removes 3 pro-Kurdish mayors from office

The mayors of the cities of Diyarbakir, Mardin and Van — members of the People’s Democratic Party, or HDP — were sacked over alleged links to

Psychiatric patient kills five others in Romania

Authorities in Romania say a patient at a psychiatric hospital has beaten to death five other patients with a drip stand and wounded several more. The

UK prime minister under pressure to recall Parliament

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday dismissed the notion of recalling Parliament from its summer break after leaked government documents warned of widespread shortages and border

Offbeat | Alaska man discovers message in bottle from Russian Navy

A man discovered a 50-year-old letter in a bottle from the Russian Navy on the shores of western Alaska. Tyler Ivanoff found the handwritten Russian letter early

This Day in History | 1992 – Iraq jails ‘lost’ Briton

Iraq has sentenced a British man to seven years in jail for what it called “illegal entry” into the country. Paul Ride, a catering manager from east

Life & Style | Duane Allman’s old guitar ‘Layla’ sells for $1.25 million

Fans of Duane Allman in Macon, Georgia, say they didn’t expect the late musician’s old guitar to sell for $1.25 million at a recent auction. The

Football | In one game, Bale shows he can still contribute at Real Madrid

Just like that, Gareth Bale is part of the solution for Real Madrid again. After only one game back as a starter, the player who wasn’t

Football | Bayern completes loan signing of Coutinho from Barcelona

Bayern Munich completed the loan signing of Brazil playmaker Philippe Coutinho from Barcelona yesterday. The German club said the 27-year-old Coutinho passed a medical examination

World briefs

The Buzz | 34% of economists in survey expect a US recession in 2021

A number of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump’s economic policies that they expect  Thirty-four percent of economists

Danish PM: Trump’s idea of buying Greenland is ‘absurd’

Greenland is not for sale and U.S. President Donald Trump’s idea of buying the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic from Denmark is “an absurd discussion,”

Our Desk | Sit back, relax, and enjoy more choice flying

A new airline, Starlux Airlines, had been approved to fly between Taipei and Macau, as reported yesterday by Taiwan’s Economic Daily News. Since it is a new

Tuesday, August 20, 2019 – edition no. 3357

* Dire straits: The life of a migrant worker in Macau * José Pereira Coutinho hopes that the new government can push forward the accountability of high-ranking officials * Taiwan universities want

1MDB | Judge postpones 2nd corruption trial of former Malaysian PM

The second trial of Malaysian’s ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak linked to the multibillion-dollar looting of the 1MDB state investment fund was delayed yesterday by a week to

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