Offbeat | South Africa: Zulu Reed Dance disrupted by “evil spirits”

South Africa’s annual Zulu Reed Dance ceremony was disrupted by hallucinating girls who swarmed the country’s president, a Johannesburg newspaper reported on Monday. Teenage girls dancing in the annual cultural festival

The Buzz | Mother headed to jail in custody dispute 

A mother who fled with her daughter to Central America more than a decade ago amid a custody dispute is set to report to jail. Genevieve Kelley pleaded guilty in

Hadid plans new, less costly bid for Tokyo stadium 

Zaha Hadid Architects, the company whose stadium design for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics was chosen and later scrapped, says it is teaming up with major Japanese design and engineering company

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NEW ZEALAND A retired French secret service agent has apologized for planting the bombs which sank a Greenpeace ship 30 years ago, killing a photographer and causing an international incident

European migrant crisis | Merkel demands EU partners share in burden of human tide

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, reflecting on “a moving, in some parts breathtaking weekend behind us,” said yesterday that all EU countries could help to accommodate the human tide from the

Mexico | Independent group rejects gov’t case on 43 missing students

An independent report presented yesterday (Macau time) dismantles the Mexican government’s investigation into the disappearance of 43 teachers’ college students, saying the prosecutor’s contention that they were incinerated in a

Briefs | Israel – Mother of Palestinian baby killed in arson attack dies

A relative says the mother of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds suffered in the July attack. The baby’s uncle

This Day in History | 1943 – Italy’s surrender announced

General Eisenhower - the commander in chief of Allied forces in the Mediterranean - said the Italian Government had agreed to end all hostilities with the United Nations. In a broadcast

The Buzz | NYC millionaire bequeaths USD100,000 to 32 cockatiels 

A New York City millionaire who died this summer has bequeathed a USD100,000 trust fund to care for her 32 pet cockatiels. The New York Post reported Saturday that Leslie

Study: Midlife obesity may spur risk for earlier Alzheimer’s 

One more reason to watch the waistline: New research says people’s weight in middle age may influence not just whether they go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but when. Obesity in

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CAMBODIA  One of four refugees resettled in Cambodia just three months ago in a multimillion-dollar deal that saw them sent from an Australian-run detention camp on the Pacific island nation

European migrant crisis | A photo, a turning point? All depends on Europe’s leaders

The 3-year-old boy could have been dressed for preschool. Instead he was lying face down in the surf. Suddenly offers of money, meals and refuge are pouring in to help the

Pope: Vatican will shelter 2 families fleeing war, hunger 

The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees who are “fleeing death” from war or hunger, Pope Francis announced yesterday as he called on Catholic parishes, convents and monasteries across

European migrant crisis | Refugees finish epic trek to Germany

For weeks while they traveled a punitive road, Europe cast a cold eye on their unwelcome progress. On Saturday, for the first time since fleeing their troubled homelands, they could

This Day In History | 1940 London blitzed by German bombers

The Ministry of Home Security said the scale of the attacks was the largest the Germans had yet attempted. “Our defenses have actively engaged the enemy at all points,” said a

Offbeat | China warns of corruption behind high-end mooncakes

With the Mid-Autumn Festival just around the corner, a senior disciplinary official has issued a stern warning against corruption and extravagance. While lauding the Communist Party of China’s (CPC) fight against

The Buzz | 2022 Commonwealth Games awarded to Durban

Durban in South Africa will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, becoming the first African city to be awarded the four-yearly multi-­sports event. The 71 nations and territories of the Commonwealth Games

Sin City | FIFA scandal becomes exhibit at Vegas museum

Al Capone, with raised eyebrows, appeared to be taking a curious sideways glance at the two-minute video of soccer playing and talk about corruption and crooks. The same Las Vegas museum

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HONG KONG’s Land Registry recorded 5,197 sale and purchase agreements for all building units in August, down 29.2 percent on July and down 34.2 percent year-on-year, it said yesterday. The

European migrant crisis | Hungary blocks immigrants from trains; 11 drown off Turkey

Hundreds of migrants chanted defiant slogans outside Budapest’s main international train station yesterday as Hungarian police blocked them for a second day from seeking asylum in Germany and other wealthy

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