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Obituary | Beat poet, publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti dies at 101
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, bookseller and activist who helped launch the Beat movement in the 1950s and embodied its curious and rebellious spirit ... -
Investigation: Sitting on billions, Catholic dioceses amassed taxpayer aid
When the coronavirus forced churches to close their doors and give up Sunday collections, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte turned to the federal ... -
Exclusive Investigation: Child labor in palm oil industry tied to Girl Scout cookies
They are two young girls from two very different worlds, linked by a global industry that exploits an army of children. Olivia Chaffin, a ... -
Ant Group: Inside the chaotic unraveling of Jack Ma’s $35 billion IPO
The mid-level bureaucrats left China’s richest man waiting as they prepared for a meeting that would send shockwaves across the financial world. It was ... -
Sean Connery, the ‘original’ James Bond, dies at 90
Sean Connery, the charismatic Scottish actor who rose to international superstardom as the suave secret agent James Bond and then abandoned the role to ... -
Plan to retrieve Titanic radio spurs debate on human remains
People have been diving to the Titanic’s wreck for 35 years. No one has found human remains, according to the company that owns the ... -
News of the World | The Australian Dream is dying in the wildfires
The fabric of Australian life, that sun-licked, healthy, outdoor way of living that has drawn people to the continent for decades, is under assault. ... -
News of the World | The FBI can unlock Florida terrorist’s iPhones without Apple
The FBI is pressing Apple Inc. to help it break into a terrorist’s iPhones, but the government can hack into the devices without the ... -
News of the World | Prince Harry and Meghan to ‘step back’ as senior UK royals
The announcement by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle — aka the Duke and Duchess of Sussex — that they’re stepping back from being “senior” ... -
News of the World | No end in sight to Australian wildfire crisis
Australia’s wildfire crisis intensified this week as coastal towns across the southeast caught ablaze, forcing thousands of stranded tourists and locals to seek refuge ... -
News of the World | Saudi Arabia cuts loose with bevy of models and a rave
Supermodels and social media mavens, their makeup artists and hair stylists in tow, posed at a concert in leather pants, chunky sweaters and trendy ... -
News of the World | Avoiding fake reviews and tricky ads
There are lots of bargains online during the holidays, but also plenty of ways to get scammed, even at established outlets like Amazon. How ... -
Travelog | A tattoo at a time, Afghan woman takes on society’s taboos
A female tattoo artist, a rarity in ultra-conservative Afghanistan, is taking a big risk with every customer she takes on. It’s been 18 months since ... -
News of the World | Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death
Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese trafficker, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, ... -
News of the World | Half-North Korean, half-Chinese kids struggle in South Korea
Song Hong Ryon looks like any other young woman in South Korea. But three years after her arrival from China, the half-North Korean, half-Chinese ... -
‘The Wall’ cemented Pink Floyd’s fame – but destroyed the band
Forty years ago, on Nov. 30, 1979, the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd released its 11th studio album, “The Wall.” Featuring 26 tracks, ... -
MDT Review | Macao Baroque Music Festival V: Connecting Worlds
Baroque music is all too rare in Asia. Several years ago when the Alliance Française of Macao decided to create a baroque music festival, ... -
News of the World | China aims to build its own Yellowstone on Tibetan plateau
There’s a building boom on the Tibetan plateau, one of the world’s last remote places. Mountains long crowned by garlands of fluttering prayer flags ... -
News of the World | 30 years after Berlin Wall fell, East-West divides remain
The walls of the Bornholmer Huette pub were last painted in 1973, a light beige that has gradually cracked and darkened into a caramel ... -
Lifestyle | How to choose the right health plan
When we’re given a choice about our health care plans, we often choose badly. In one study, more than 80% of the employees at ... -
News of the World | Millennials: Don’t let anxiety rule your finances
Financial decisions are rarely easy, whether it’s buying your first car or home or deciding whether to refinance student loans. The anxiety can be ... -
News of the World | Tokyo auto show, visions for cars of the future, no Ghosn
The Tokyo Motor Show opens this week with plenty of futuristic technologies but absent one of the auto industry’s hugest influencers: Nissan’s former Chairman ... -
Biography | The life and times of Pedro Lobo
Pedro José Lobo was one of the most important figures in the modern history of Macau. He headed the Economic Affairs Department for 27 ... -
Photography | The daily life of the artist and his family by Wen-You Cai
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the ... -
Travelog | Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?
Saitoti Petro, a tall, slender 29-year-old, is marching with four other young men who belong to a pastoralist people called the Maasai. Beneath the ... -
News of the World | China marks National Day with military might
China marked its National Day with a massive parade through the center of Beijing featuring missiles, tanks and thousands of marching troops, along with ... -
Travelog | Argentina Holocaust museum takes custody over Nazi artifacts
The Museum of the Holocaust in Argentina’s capital yesterday [Macau time] took custody of the largest collection of Nazi artifacts discovered in the country’s ... -
Space | Virgin Galactic says it will fly Italian researchers
Virgin Galactic said this week it has been contracted by the Italian air force for a suborbital research flight aboard its winged rocket ship. ... -
News of the World | New climate report: Oceans rising faster, ice melting more
Climate change is making the world’s oceans warm, rise, lose oxygen and get more acidic at an ever-faster pace, while melting even more ice ... -
News of the World | Amazon tribe in Brazil patrols territory, braces for fight
The men in the Tembe indigenous group sometimes daub themselves in traditional war paint and patrol the forest. They carry bows and arrows, but ... -
News of the World | A look at the Jordan Valley Netanyahu has vowed to annex
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last-minute vow to annex the Jordan Valley if re-elected next week has sparked Arab condemnation and injected the Palestinians ... -
F&B | No-spray zone divide French farmers from anxious neighbors
When tractors laden with pesticides and other chemicals start spraying the vineyards that produce fruity Bordeaux wines, Marie-Lys Bibeyran’s phone starts to ring. ... -
News of the World | Too old for president? Health and fitness a better question
Science says age is only a number, not a proxy for physical and mental fitness. But with three Democrats in their 70s vying to ... -
F&B | As with adults, no easy way to address weight with children
F&B | Red, yellow, green. It’s a system for conveying the healthfulness of foods, and at the center of a debate about how to ... -
News of the World | Fall Movie – Preview: ‘Joker’ gets a prestige makeover
The Joker has been around for almost 80 years and there’s no shortage of portrayals. There are even some legendary ones by Jack Nicholson ...
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