Travelogue | 2 days in Guangzhou: A taste of Cantonese culture

The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou offers all the hustle, bustle, culture and commerce of other major Asian metropolises minus the massive tourist crowds. But that could change as more travelers are

The Buzz | Morrissey wins annual ‘Literary Review Bad Sex’ award

Maybe he should have stuck to writing songs — former Smiths frontman and lyricist Morrissey has won the annual award for the poorest quality writing about sex. The award that writers

Holocaust survivor, rescuer reunited in New York City

An Israeli man and a Polish woman were reunited in New York, seven decades after her Catholic family saved him during the Holocaust. Michael Hochberg, 77, sat holding hands with 86-year-old

World Briefs

MALAYSIA Human Rights Watch has slammed a proposed new security law by Malaysia’s government that will give sweeping powers to a council led by the prime minister, warning it is

USA | 14 dead, 17 wounded in California shooting; 2 suspects dead

A heavily armed man and woman dressed for battle opened fire on a holiday banquet for his co-workers, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in

South Africa | Appeals court convicts Pistorius of murder

A South African appeals court yesterday convicted Oscar Pistorius of murder, overturning a lower court›s conviction of the double-amputee Olympian on the lesser charge of manslaughter for shooting girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp to

This Day in History | 2003 – US pulls back from steel trade war

The US President, George W Bush, has withdrawn a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between the United States and Europe. The World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Offbeat | US zoo contest winners will get early peek at panda cub

The U.S. National Zoo says winners of an Instagram contest will be invited to be among the first to meet panda cub Bei Bei. The cub, who was born Aug. 22,

The Buzz | Publisher plans series of tech books for young people

Girls Who Code is teaming with Viking Children’s Books on a line of at least 11 planned works about computer science and coding. In a joint announcement yesterday, the tech organization

World briefs

CHINA The wife of the prominent Chinese political dissident Gao Zhisheng says her husband has been out of contact for three days after he voiced support for a fellow activist

The latest ‘joint’ | Spike Lee rips Rahm Emanuel on ‘Chi-Raq’ orange carpet

Kind words were in short supply for Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel at the premiere of Spike Lee’s latest “joint” “Chi-Raq” yesterday (Macau time). Emmanuel fired the city’s police superintendent after tensions

Philanthropy | Zuckerberg, now a father, will give away most of his money

Talk about birth announcements: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife say they’ll devote nearly all their wealth — roughly USD45 billion — to solving the world’s problems in celebration

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

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