Wife: Ex-Interpol boss jailed for reformist views

In her first comments about her husband’s jail sentence, the wife of the former Interpol president imprisoned in China has dismissed his bribery conviction as “a lie, a fake case”

Battle for India’s new citizenship law moves to top court

India’s top court yesterday began hearing dozens of petitions seeking the revocation of amendments to the citizenship law following nationwide protests and a security crackdown that led to more than

Singapore says Asia’s at ‘turning point’ as US, China face off

The first-phase trade deal between the U.S. and China doesn’t signal an end to tensions between the world’s top two economies, according to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, who

UN experts: Jeff Bezos phone hack shows link to Saudi prince

The phone of Amazon billionaire and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos was hacked after receiving a file sent from an account used by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United

This Day in History | 1973 Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal

The US president, Richard Nixon, has appeared on national television to announce “peace with honour” in Vietnam. Statements issued simultaneously in Washington and Hanoi confirmed the peace deal was signed in

Offbeat | Cold-stunned iguanas expected to fall from Florida trees

The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about falling iguanas. “This

The Art of Giving | Modern Philanthropy and Education

Skills. It’s all about skills. Where are we now? The first industrial revolution used water and steam to mechanize production. The second used electric energy to create mass production, and the

How can you make healthy food resolutions really stick?

For many of us, January is all about giving things up: Maybe we’re going to stop eating meat and embrace a plant-based diet. Or we’re ready to kick excess sugar

Protests or not, politics and Olympics are intertwined

More than a half- century later, Tommie Smith and John Carlos are cemented into Olympic lore — their names enshrined in the Olympic Hall of Fame in the United States,

The Buzz | Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

Terry Jones, a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, has died at 77. He had been suffering from dementia. Jones’s agent says he died Tuesday evening. In a statement, his

S. Korean military decides to discharge transgender soldier

South Korea’s first known transgender soldier pleaded to be allowed to continue serving after the military decided yesterday to discharge her for undergoing gender reassignment surgery. It was the first time

World Briefs

THAILAND Police have arrested a man on suspicion of ruthlessly killing three people, including a toddler, during a gold shop robbery that shocked the country. Local media said the suspect

Made in Macao | Beginning of Another Cycle

2020 is a special year. Macau just celebrated the 20th anniversary of its handover. We enter into another decade. And this week, we are also beginning another cycle of the

Thursday, January 23, 2020 – edition no. 3460

  * First confirmed case leads to store run • Demand for surgical masks soared as Macau detected its first confirmed case of the Wuhan coronavirus * Carrie Lam confident Beijing will not

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