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News of the World | Hope, fear, waiting at French migrant camps run by smugglers
A Mercedes and a BMW, both with British license plates, sit in a forest clearing on the edge of a small migrant camp in ... -
News of the World | Robot revolution sweeps China’s factory floors
In China’s factories, the robots are rising. For decades, manufacturers employed waves of young migrant workers from China’s countryside to work at countless factories ... -
MDT Exclusive | The one and only Bon Jovi to rock Cotai next weekend
The title of his most famous hit may indeed be “Livin’ On A Prayer” and fortuitously for the region’s Jon Bon Jovi fans, ... -
News of the World | Isle of Man Tax haven with tailless cats, becomes bitcoin hub
The Isle of Man is a strange place. Home to four-horned sheep, cats without tails, and perfectly preserved Victorian-era steam locomotives, this rock in ... -
News of the World | A preview of new military gear Beijing’s showing off at parade
Fueled by booming defense spending, the People’s Liberation Army is expected to showcase breakthroughs in missile technology and military aircraft that reflect its increasing ... -
News of the World | Airfare deals pop up as airlines wage limited fare wars
Airline fare wars are making a comeback. Don’t expect widespread sales or cheap flights home for Thanksgiving. But a number of cities are ... -
News of the World | Google heads down new path with ‘OnHub’ wireless router
Google is making a Wi-Fi router as part of its ambition to provide better Internet connections that make it easier for people to access ... -
News of the World | Acts find unique ways to sell music, reach fans on Twitter
From Kanye West to Taylor Swift to Rihanna, more and more musicians are debuting audio, photo and video content on Twitter to boost marketing ... -
News of the World | US agency voting on new phone rules
The copper network behind landline phones, a communications mainstay for more than a century, is going away, as cable and fiber-optics lines come along ... -
MDT Exclusive | Special edition of Alice in Wonderland to help rural children in Mongolia
The Beijing-based digital storybook publisher Pickatale has rolled out its own version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to commemorate the world-famous literary nonsense piece’s ... -
News of the World | Why airlines keep pushing biofuels: They have no choice
As people in countries such as China, India and Indonesia get wealthier they are increasingly turning to air travel for vacation or business, creating ... -
News of the World | Drug lord’s escape tunnel an audacious feat of engineering
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the most wanted of Mexico’s drug lords, would have breezed along the mile-long tunnel dug just for him on a ... -
News of the World | Julianne Moore, Kristen Stewart play at Chanel’s casino
Chanel’s guests were led to their seats in a giant recreated casino this week inside Paris’ Grand Palais — replete with roulette tables and ... -
News of the World | San Francisco hotels are world’s priciest as rates surge 88 percent
San Francisco already is one of the priciest U.S. cities for apartment renters and companies seeking office space. Now the area has a new ... -
News of the World | Japan’s secret navy bunker gives glimpse of war’s final days
On a hillside overlooking an athletic field where high school students play volleyball, an inconspicuous entrance leads down a dusty, slippery slope — and ... -
News of the World | India, China need cleaner air just to keep death rate steady
Never mind lowering the rate of death from air pollution in India and China. Just keeping those rates steady will demand urgent action to ... -
News of the World | Walt Disney’s wild ride with surrealist Salvador Dali
It turns out the man behind Mickey Mouse liked quirky cats. Besides his love of wholesome entertainment, Walt Disney also had an appreciation for ... -
Thawing of US-Cuba relations inspires Havana tourism dreams
Tourism dreams are growing in Cuba. The thawing of U.S.-Cuba relations has inspired many Cubans to think big. Visits by Americans were up 36 ... -
Exclusive | From tycoons to state bosses: key people in Chinese business
The most successful of China’s entrepreneurs have created some of the world’s biggest companies and amassed stunning fortunes. Often they are little known outside ... -
News of the World | For Afghanistan’s abandoned children, help is scarce
Starved and beaten by his step-mother, the little boy with big brown eyes was already withdrawn and unhappy by the time his father ... -
Migrants take long, winding road to reach EU gateway Hungary
From a Budapest hilltop overlooking a panorama of central Europe, Jean-Paul Apetey reflects on how far he’s come, how improbable and unexpected his journey ... -
History | Artifacts lost in shipwreck 191 years ago returned to Hawaii
A museum in Hawaii is preparing to open a treasure-trove of artifacts from the shipwreck of a royal yacht sunk off the island of ... -
TV series | ‘A.D. The Bible Continues’ goes beyond the biblical epic
The people are restive, the priesthood is scheming and a fanatic band of insurgents known as the zealots are plotting assassinations — and now ... -
Yoga teacher Rita launches a studio of her own: ‘Om is where her heart is’
Do you know the McDonald’s building in Senado Square? Most of Macau has probably walked inside it at one time or another to get ... -
George Chinnery leaves lasting legacy of Macau
Visitors coming to Macau for the first time see a skyline worthy of Manhattan, with skyscrapers shimmering in the night sky and an incessant ... -
Five cars getting attention at the Geneva auto show
Volkswagen’s functional Passat family car may have taken top honors as car of the year at the annual Geneva motor show, but there is ... -
Where in the world is Tyler Kuan?
Do you remember the “Where’s Wally?” books? Dressed in a red stripy t-shirt and hat, young protagonist and adventurer Wally would turn up in ... -
Stories of former illegal immigrants who fled to Macau during the’ 70s | ‘In search of freedom and a better life’
In the 1970s and 80s, numerous mainlanders illegally entered Macau and Hong Kong in search of freedom and better lives. Scholars later dubbed the ... -
In Macao. BY CHARLES A. GUNNISON
PRESS OF COMMERCIAL PUBLISHING CO. 34 CALIFORNIA ST., S.F. (1892) continued from 16 January III The government of Macao derives its greatest revenue from ... -
In Macao. BY CHARLES A. GUNNISON
Introduction David Brookshaw, Lit. Professor, Un. Bristol A late nineteenth-century Californian view of Macau: Charles Gunnison’s ‘In Macao.’ Charles A. Gunnison (1861-97), the ... -
New book reveals hidden history of Portuguese of Burma
Many of us here were born in Portugal or at least Goa. We have spent many years here in Burma. We always feel like ... -
TRAVELOG | Desert storm Heavy snowfall, strong winter storm hits Middle East
Snow fell in parts of the Middle East this week as a powerful winter storm swept through the region, killing two Syrian refugees in ... -
News of the World | Religion in India bubbles over into politics
Powerful Hindu nationalist leaders — some with close ties to Modi’s government — say they intend to ensure India becomes a completely Hindu nation. ... -
NEWS OF THE WORLD | Bold booty or sheer reveal: 2014 was big on flesh
Skin was definitely in, but was 2014 all about the big, bold booty or a sheer reveal up top? On runways, Marc Jacobs sent ... -
NEWS OF THE WORLD | Merriam-Webster names ‘culture’ word of the year
The word “culture” joins Oxford Dictionaries’ “vape,” a darling of the e-cigarette movement, and “exposure,” declared the year’s winner at Dictionary.com during a time ...
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