Climate Change | Legal limbo awaits millions of future ‘climate refugees’

Farmer Ajmad Miyah has given up on ever settling down again. Three years after the sea swallowed his home on the Bangladeshi coast, he still has no property or possessions,

Iraq | PM: Foreign troops not needed on the ground to fight IS

Iraq’s prime minister has defended his country’s security forces, saying they’re capable of defeating the Islamic State group without the help of foreign combat troops. Haider al-Abadi’s statement late Tuesday came

This Day in History | 1965 White jury convicts Ku Klux Klansmen

The mother of five from Detroit was shot and killed while driving a young black activist, Leroy Moton, back to the town of Selma following a protest march to the

Offbeat | San Francisco approves USD290,000 payout for Journey wedding

The San Francisco Board of Supervisors this week approved a USD290,000 payout to settle a lawsuit by the guitarist of rock band Journey that claimed the city unfairly jacked up

The Buzz | French Prime minister threatens Benzema

French Prime minister Manuel Valls has threatened Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema with the loss of his spot on the national squad due to his involvement in a sex-tape case. Facing

World Briefs

CHINA The addition of China’s yuan to the select basket of currencies used as a yardstick by the International Monetary Fund is a sign that the yuan may one day

Lebanon | Syria’s al-Qaida branch releases captive Lebanese soldiers

Syria’s al-Qaida branch yesterday released a group of Lebanese troops held captive for over a year as part of a Qatar- brokered swap that involved Lebanon setting free at least 11

USA | Suspect in Planned Parenthood attack makes 1st appearance

The man accused in the shooting rampage at a Colorado women’s health care clinic that provides abortions made his first court appearance Monday (yesterday, Macau time) and learned that he will face

COP 21 | Climate talks get down to tough business of compromise

From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders of poor nations most affected by climate change shared their stories of global

Turkey-Russia jet downing | Obama urges Moscow, Ankara to set tension aside, focus on IS

Aiming to head off a rift between major Mideast players, President Barack Obama urged Turkey and Russia yesterday to set aside tensions over the downing of a Russian warplane and

This Day in History | 1977 South African police cleared of Biko death

The chief magistrate of Pretoria, Martinus Prins, said he officially accepted findings the 30-year-old died of extensive brain injuries sustained during a scuffle with police on the morning of 7

Offbeat | Drake is Spotify’s most streamed artist of the year globally

Spotify users are clearly listening to Drake. The rapper was the most streamed artist of the year globally. Spotify announced its end-of-the-year list yesterday and said Drake earned 1.8 billion streams

The Buzz | Singapore to get Michelin Guide in 2016

The Michelin Guide, long regarded as the world’s foremost authority of culinary merit, is set to put out a Singapore edition in 2016, The Straits Times reported yesterday. “This will be

Hoboken | Sinatra’s birthplace commemorates his 100th its way

Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New

World Briefs

CHINA A gas leak at a steel parts factory in eastern China kills 10 people and leaves seven others hospitalized. The Zouping County government says on its official microblog the

Turkey | PM: Ankara won’t apologize to Russia over downing of jet

Defying calls from Moscow, Turkey’s prime minister said yesterday that his country won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, saying the Turkish military was doing

Central African Republic | Pope Francis meets with Muslims in mosque visit

Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighborhood of Central African Republic’s capital yesterday and brought his message of reconciliation to the city’s main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims

Israel | Court convicts 2 youths in 2014 killing of Palestinian teen

A Jerusalem court yesterday convicted two Israeli youths in the grisly killing last year of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, while delaying the verdict for the third and chief suspect

COP 21 | Leaders of warming Earth meet in Paris to cut emissions

Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris

This Day in History | 1955 Black woman challenges race law

Mrs Rosa Parks now faces a fine for breaking the segregation laws which say black Americans must vacate their seats if there are white passengers left standing. It is not the

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