UK | Cameron leads Conservatives to unexpected election triumph

After years of sharing power, David Cameron pulled off an unexpected election triumph that gave the Conservative prime minister a second term with an outright majority Friday and dealt a

Cuba | Castro’s daughter sponsors blessing of gay couples 

The daughter of Cuban President Raul Castro sponsored a blessing ceremony Saturday for gay couples on an island where gay marriage remains illegal. Nearly two dozen gay couples held hands or

Offbeat | Home ownership makes people happy: study

Home ownership contributes to people’ s happiness, said a study by the University of Hohenheim last week. For this study, researchers at the University of Hohenheim interviewed 2,788 people in

NATURE | French president says UN climate fund could help Caribbean

French President Francois Hollande told Caribbean leaders on Saturday that a planned international green fund could help the vulnerable, tourism-dependent region mitigate the effects of climate change. Hollande headlined the Caribbean

A taste of cruise life | On bored but never bored

My first sight of Anthem of the Seas was through the taxi window that was ferrying me to Southampton dock from the train station. At 348m long, you might have

INDONESIA | How not to build a power plant: a cautionary tale from Java

It’s a bucolic scene: a farmer rests on a path between shimmering rice paddies in the afternoon sun, his tanned face staring across the flooded fields to the gray expanse

The Buzz | Chinese Olympic table tennis players in town

The Chinese national table tennis team arrived in Macau yesterday for a four-day official visit. Tonight the legion of Olympic gold medalists, led by their coach Liu Guoliang, also a

World Briefs

SINGAPORE A Singaporean teenager pleads not guilty to two charges over an online video he posted that was critical of Christianity and the nation’s late founding prime minister, Lee Kuan

UK | Voters flock to the polls in Britain’s knife-edge election 

Voters were choosing a new parliament for the United Kingdom yesterday in an election that is expected to produce an ambiguous result, a period of frantic political horse-trading and a

Israel | Netanyahu forms hardline coalition before midnight deadline

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu completed the formation of a new coalition late Wednesday, putting him at the helm of a hardline government that appears to be set on a

Iran | Gov’t releases seized cargo vessel

The operator of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship seized by Iran says the vessel has been released and that the crew are all in good condition. Rickmers Ship Management told The

This Day in History | 1978 – ‘Son of Sam’ pleads guilty to murders

David Berkowitz became known as the ‘Son of Sam’ after taunting letters from him to police investigating the case were published in newspapers. At a court in Brooklyn, New York, Berkowitz

The Buzz | UK: Prince William, wife Kate off to country home with children

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge have packed up their newborn princess and their 21-month-old son Prince George for a stay at their country home. Kensington Palace officials said yesterday

World briefs

AUSTRALIA’s prime minister has brushed off controversy over his office’s treatment of the gay partner of the Australian ambassador to France. Ambassador Stephen Brady offered to resign after a disagreement

Gaming alert | New Vegas resort-casino to rise at Stardust site

The developer of a sprawling Chinese-themed resort on the Las Vegas Strip said yesterday that the long-awaited hotel-casino on the former site of the Stardust Hotel is expected to open

Italy | Moments from safety, migrants die trying to reach Europe 

Young men piled over each other, some shimmying up ropes dangling from the towering rescue ship and others falling into the churning sea. Women and children were the last off

Germanwings crash | Co-pilot Lubitz practiced descent on previous flight

The co-pilot of Germanwings Flight 4525 appeared to practice a controlled descent on his previous flight, two hours before he crashed the A320 jet into a mountainside in March, French

Freedom of speech | Charlie Hebdo receives PEN award at literary gala in NYC 

Under armed security and a cloud of conflicted opinions and emotions, the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was presented a freedom of expression award on Tuesday night (yesterday, Macau time)

UK election | Britain’s UKIP drops candidate for saying he’d shoot rival 

As Britain’s political leaders spent a final day campaigning Wednesday, the election race drew to a bumpy close for the U.K. Independence Party, which suspended a candidate for saying he

This Day in History: 1965 Huge Rhodesia election win for Smith

Mr Smith’s party took all 50 parliamentary seats reserved for whites and now has more than the two thirds majority necessary to change Rhodesia’s constitution. The main casualty was the Opposition

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