Alcatraz occupier calls events a ‘day of smiles’

About 150 people are now gathered at Alcatraz to mark the 50th anniversary of a takeover of the island by Native American activists. Original occupiers, friends, family and others assembled yesterday

Bei Bei arrives at giant panda base in China’s Sichuan province

After a transcontinental flight on the “Panda Express,” a furry American darling arrived early yesterday in his new Chinese home. The Washington-born giant panda Bei Bei was a beloved figure at

The Buzz | Macau-HKIA direct bus connection expected to launch next month

A direct bus connection between Macau and the Hong Kong International Airport is expected to be operational by mid-December, according to the director of the Transport Bureau (DSAT), with the

Trump | Impeachment hearing takeaways: A ‘fictional narrative’

The final testimony of an extraordinary week of impeachment hearings came from a former White House national security adviser who wrote the book on Vladimir Putin — literally — and

World Briefs

CHINA’s ruling Communist Party’s newspaper has published surveillance video, which it says proves the guilt of a former British Consulate employee in Hong Kong who was detained for 15 days

World Views | Google’s micro-targeting ban won’t improve political ads

Google says it will limit the targeting of political ads to make it harder to sneak misinformation to impressionable voters. That puts the company ahead of the pack when it

Impeachment | Unpredictable Sondland faces questions about Trump, Ukraine

Ambassador Gordon Sondland, the most anticipated witness in the impeachment inquiry, is likely to be unpredictable when he faces questions about his evolving accounts of the Trump administration’s dealings with

UK | Tories under fire for Twitter name switch during debate

  Britain’s Conservative Party was accused yesterday of trying to deceive voters by changing the name of its press office Twitter account to “factcheckUK” during a televised election debate between Prime

This Day in History | 1995 Balkan leaders agree to peace

A peace settlement for war-torn Bosnia-Herzegovina has been brokered in the United States. US President Bill Clinton announced the deal after 21 days of seemingly deadlocked negotiation at the Wright Patterson

Offbeat | In Sweden, wanted man found asleep in store’s bed department

Police in Sweden say a wanted man was found asleep in a bed in a furniture store north of Stockholm. Police spokesman Tobias Ahlen says the staff at the Ikea store

Chang says his new Netflix show honors Bourdain

Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner host David Chang says he understands why critics are comparing his new show to work done by his late friend and colleague Anthony Bourdain. Chang’s show

The Buzz | Austria: 3 arrested over video that brought down government

Austrian prosecutors say three people have been arrested in connection with a video that triggered the collapse of the government earlier this year. Prosecutor Thomas Vecsey said Wednesday that authorities made

AMA calls for total ban on all e-cigarette, vaping products

The American Medical Association on Tuesday called for an immediate ban on all electronic cigarettes and vaping devices. The group adopted the sweeping stance at a policy-making meeting in San Diego.

World Briefs

CHINA A former employee of the British Consulate in Hong Kong says he was detained and tortured by Chinese secret police trying to extract information about massive anti-government protests in

US, South Korea cut short meeting over sharing defense costs

U.S. and South Korean officials yesterday publicly acknowledged the allies remain far apart in negotiations for increasing South Korea’s contributions to the costs for maintaining the American military presence on

Germany’s Merkel urges more investment in African nations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday urged more investment in African countries to improve their living standards and help prevent migrants from coming to Europe as part of the Compact with

This Day in History | 1995 Diana admits adultery in TV interview

Diana, Princess of Wales, has spoken openly for the first time about her separation from the Prince of Wales in a frank interview for the BBC’s Panorama programme. During her hour-long

Offbeat | Camel, cow, donkey found roaming together along Kansas road

Authorities discovered a camel, a cow and a donkey roaming together along a Kansas road in a grouping reminiscent of a Midwestern Christmas Nativity scene. The Goddard Police Department asked for

Italy’s white truffle hunters worry about climate change

Rising global temperatures are worrying truffle hunters around the Italian town of Alba, where the most prized specimens can fetch twice the price of gold. This particularly warm October, eight out

Interview | Google VP worries about online content, too

Google Vice President Jacqueline Fuller says the company is having “a lot of conversations” internally amid worries about the tech giant’s bottomless appetite for consumer data and how it uses

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