Russia’s new focus on Africa takes advantage of US drift

Russian President Vladimir Putin is following China’s lead and making a splashy bid for influence in Africa, hosting the continent’s leaders this week in the first-ever Russia-Africa

Offbeat | ‘The Casagrandes’ extols Mexican American life via animation

“The Casagrandes,” Nickelodeon’s new original animated series that centers around an 11-year-old girl trying to survive a big city, is one of the first cartoons in the U.S.

This Day in History | 1966 – Double-agent breaks out of jail

One of Britain’s most notorious double-agents, George Blake, has escaped from prison in London after a daring break-out believed to have been masterminded by the Soviet Union. Wardens

Life & Style | Jane Fonda returns to civil disobedience for climate change

Inspired by the climate activism of a Swedish teenager, Jane Fonda says she’s returning to civil disobedience nearly a half-century after she was last arrested

Golf | Jason Day beats Tiger in Japan Skins – and also with quips

Not only did Jason Day win the inaugural “The Challenge: Japan Skins” game yesterday, beating Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy and Hideki Matsuyama, he also won the needling

Rugby World Cup | Referee under scrutiny as Welsh play on in Japan

A group of Wales fans laughed and smiled broadly while posing for a photo with South African referee Jaco Peyper after their team scraped into the Rugby

World briefs

The Buzz | Four suspects indicted in case of slain Slovak journalist

Slovakia prosecutors have indicted four suspects in the slaying of an investigative reporter and his fiancee, a case that brought down the government. The four include the

WikiLeaks founder Assange in UK court to fight extradition

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in court yesterday to fight extradition to the United States on charges of espionage, saying he needed more time to

Our Desk | A taxi ride and the driver’s gesture ‘in the name of love’

Earlier this month, I took a taxi from the San Ma Lou BCM taxi stand to the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). On that

Tuesday, October 22, 2019 – edition no. 3399

* Sands announces brand partnership with star golfer * HK mosque inadvertently hit in water cannon crackdown * The University of Macau professor behind controversial remarks last week came out to deny

American ambassador defends rules for Chinese diplomats

The U.S. ambassador to China defended plans to require Beijing’s diplomats to report contacts with some Americans and said yesterday that Washington is considering additional rules

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