The Latest: Hollande declares Paris attacks ‘act of war’, 129 killed

PARIS (AP) — The latest on shootings and explosions in Paris. (All times local): 11:10 a.m. French President Francois Hollande, speaking to the nation, said attacks Friday that killed 127 people were

The Buzz | Macau Yearbook English edition launched

The bureau says that “meticulous efforts” have been made to ensure accurate translations of the names of organizations and locations in the edition. The yearbook is priced at MOP 120,

World Briefs

CHINA Communist leaders allow China’s biggest corporate bond default yet in a fresh sign of wrenching economic change as growth slows and Beijing gives market forces a bigger role in

Greece | Clashes briefly break out at general strike march 

Clashes briefly broke out yesterday between riot police and youths in central Athens during the first general strike since the country’s left-led government initially came to power in January. Youths broke away from

Iraq | Kurds reach Sinjar road, cutting IS supply line 

Kurdish Iraqi fighters, backed by the U.S.-led air campaign, launched an assault yesterday aiming to retake the strategic town of Sinjar, which the Islamic State group overran last year in

Russia | Kremlin-controlled TV airs ‘secret’ plans for nuclear weapon

European Union leader Donald Tusk says saving Europe’s Schengen passport-free travel zone is going to be a “race against time” after Germany, Sweden, Slovenia and other EU nations acted unilaterally.

This Day in History | 1985 Volcano kills thousands in Colombia

The worst-affected was Armero, the province of Tolima’s second largest city, about 50 miles from the Colombian capital, Bogota. Armero, which lay in a valley below the 16,200-foot high (4,937m)

Offbeat | Indonesia uses trained elephants to control forest fires 

Forest fires difficult to control? Call in the pachyderm patrol. Officials in Indonesia are using trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to help control fires that have claimed

The Buzz | Economists: Trump’s charges against China are obsolete

Donald Trump’s latest attack on China is about three years too old. In a column in The Wall Street Journal, the Republican presidential candidate writes that “the worst of China’s sins”

Organized crime | Lawyer: Chinatown racketeering defendant changed his life

A prime defendant in a San Francisco racketeering case ordered the killing of a rival before taking over his organization in Chinatown and engaging in money laundering and trafficking in

World Briefs

CHINA-N KOREA China’s ambassador to the United Nations is opposing further discussion of North Korea’s human rights situation by the U.N. Security Council, telling reporters that “the Security Council is not

Portugal | Gov’t ousted amid austerity backlash

Anti-austerity lawmakers forced Portugal’s center-right government to resign Tuesday (early yesterday, Macau time) by rejecting its policy proposals at the start of what was supposed to be a second consecutive term in

USA | No breakouts in Republican hopefuls’ debate

Marco Rubio emerged unscathed. Ben Carson defended his integrity. Donald Trump flashed his dominant personality. And Jeb Bush avoided disaster. Mission accomplished. Aided by tentative questioning, the Republican Party’s top presidential candidates executed their

This Day in History | 1954 – New York’s Ellis Island closes

The site, which has admitted around 15 million people into America from overseas since it first opened in 1892, will no longer be used as an examination centre for those

Offbeat | Hungarian officials say duck liver being sold as goose liver

Hungarian food inspectors say a company was selling packages marked as frozen goose liver that actually contained cheaper but similar looking duck liver. The National Food Chain Safety Office said over

The Buzz | UM swimming team makes a splash

The University of Macau (UM) swimming team recently broke 8 records and won 11 gold medals and a silver at a national inter-varsity swimming competition. This year’s five-day competition was

Rights groups issue concerns over four missing publishers

Four Hong Kong publishers, known for publishing books critical of the Chinese regime and the Chinese political elite, have been reported as missing, prompting human rights groups to issue statements

World Briefs

AFGHANISTAN’s spy agency says it has freed eight people who were among a large group of ethnic minority Hazaras kidnapped earlier this year. THAILAND Police announce the arrest of a man

Brexit | Cameron: UK wants ‘irreversible’ changes to EU

British Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday officially outlined his government’s demands for European Union reforms, saying they aren’t “Mission Impossible.” Cameron said the European Union must agree to “irreversible changes” —

Animal rights | SeaWorld says it will end orca shows by 2017 amid backlash

SeaWorld will end orca shows at its San Diego park after visitors at the tourist attraction made it clear they prefer seeing killer whales act naturally rather than doing tricks, the company’s

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