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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 ... -
News of the World | Freeway crossing to give wildlife room to roam
Like many urban singles, the mountain lion P-22 lives a solitary life in a too-small habitat. And he has a hard time finding a ... -
Showbiz | Could we BE any more excited? ‘Friends’ fans nuts for merch
See your “Friends” on the big screen. Deck out your place with “Friends” decor. Wear your “Friends” as jewelry. Heck, buy the “Friends” Lego ... -
‘A waterfall of love’: Woodstock memories 50 years later
They helicoptered over crowds into the Woodstock festival and hiked in past abandoned cars. They danced at dawn on a muddy hillside and dodged ... -
News of the World | A new strongman in Sudan? Experts aren’t so sure
When Sudan’s protest leaders signed a preliminary power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council in early July, they had no choice but to shake ... -
News of the World | Venezuela migrants propel billion-dollar delivery app
It’s six in the morning and Samuel Romero is already pulling his bicycle out of a small garage. The 21-year-old Venezuelan migrant turns on ... -
News of the World | Pitt, DiCaprio & Robbie reconcile a changing Hollywood
Once upon a time, not too far from Hollywood, two of the world’s biggest movie stars were talking about what it’s like to screw ... -
Comic-Con at 50: Bigger than ever, but at what cost?
No one expected their culture would ever become mainstream when a few hundred comic book and science fiction enthusiasts and creators gathered in the ... -
News of the World | Who owns the moon? A space lawyer answers
Most likely, this is the best-known picture of a flag ever taken: Buzz Aldrin standing next to the first U.S. flag planted on the ... -
News of the World | Essence Fest marks 25 years of celebrating black culture
Launched to mark the 25th anniversary of black-owned Essence magazine, the festival has become a yearly celebration to highlight excellence in business, fashion, entertainment, ... -
Saint John Festival – Celebrating ‘divine providence’ and other memories
The Saint John Festival (Arraial de São João) is a celebration which has roots that go all the way back to the 17th century. ... -
MDT Review | MGM presents the ‘crazy world’ of Fuerza Bruta
MGM is staging the unconventional Fuerza Bruta Wayra at MGM Theater, offering a theater party experience to local and visiting audiences. For the first ... -
News of the World | Uruguay prison turns inmates into entrepreneurs
Rolando Bustamante watches his employees turn out one concrete block after another, occasionally checking an electronic tablet that records orders from clients and that ... -
News of the World | Sudan’s deadly crackdown evokes Arab Spring bloodshed
In the Middle East, it has often begun the same way: a popular swell of street protests against long-entrenched autocrats and demonstrators inspired by ...
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