Offbeat: A burglar in Siberia leaves his photo, note of apology

A burglar in a small town in Siberia has broken into a house and left his photograph with a note of apology. The burglar in Prokopyevsk, about 3,100 kilometers east of

The Buzz: Manoel de Oliveira, Portugal director, dead at 106

The city council of Porto, where Oliveira was born and lived, announced his death last night on its website. It did not provide further details. Oliveira’s career began with a

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VIETNAM Workers at a major Vietnamese footwear factory for Nike and Adidas ended a weeklong strike after the government agreed to their demands on retirement payouts. TURKEY’s military says that nine

Antiquities looted from India end up at Honolulu museum 

An international investigation into antiquities looted from India and smuggled into the United States has taken authorities to the Honolulu Museum of Art. The museum yesterday (Macau time) handed over seven

Tragic Easter in Kenya | At least 15 dead, 60 wounded as gunmen attack university

Al-Shabab gunmen attacked a college in northeast Kenya yesterday, targeting Christians and killing at least 15 people and wounding 60 others, witnesses said. Even as security forces cornered the gunmen in

UN report | More than 25,000 foreigners fight with terrorists

The number of fighters leaving home to join al-Qaida and the Islamic State group in Iraq, Syria and other countries has spiked to more than 25,000 from over 100 nations,

This Day in History: 1954 Oxford wins 100th Boat Race

The victorious Dark Blues beat Cambridge - also known as the Light Blues - by four-and-a-half lengths despite windy conditions and rough waters along the four-and-a-quarter mile (6.84km) course from

Offbeat | Against all odds: British couple win a million in lottery for 2nd time

David and Kathleen Long won the money — and a car — in the EuroMillions Mega Friday Draw, having already scooped up 1 million pounds in 2013. Lottery operator Camelot said

The Buzz: Foreign adoptions by Americans reach lowest mark since 1982

The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9 percent last year to the lowest level since 1982, according to new State Department figures. The report for the

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CHINA & JAPAN China and Japan report gloomy industrial data, adding to pressure on leaders of the world’s second- and third-largest economies to launch new stimulus. More on p10 CHINA Sri

Nepal says climbers returning to climb Mount Everest

Climbers are returning to Mount Everest as the climbing industry recovers from last year’s deadly disaster on the world’s highest peak, a Nepalese mountaineering official said yesterday. Climbers from four teams

Aviation | Emirates, Etihad planes involved in air traffic scare

Jetliners from the United Arab Emirates' two main airlines avoided a possible mid-air collision after they got too close to each other over the Indian Ocean earlier this week. The incident

Germanwings tragedy | Lufthansa: Co-pilot disclosed earlier “severe depression”

Lufthansa knew that the co-pilot of the passenger plane that crashed in the French Alps last week had suffered from an episode of "severe depression" before he finished his flight

Mexico | At least 4 killed in clash between vigilante groups

A clash between two vigilante "self-defense" groups in the troubled Mexican state of Guerrero killed at least four people and dozens more were taken prisoner by each side, a leader

This Day in History: 1977 Hat trick for Red Rum

The steeple chaser won the race in 1973 and 1974 and came home second in the following two years. Before the race concern was expressed that at 12 the horse was

Offbeat: New research says Anne Frank likely died a month earlier

Teenage Jewish diarist Anne Frank likely died of typhus in a Nazi concentration camp about a month earlier than previously thought, the Amsterdam museum that honors her memory said Tuesday,

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SOUTH CHINA Sea China is “creating a great wall of sand” through land reclamation in the South China Sea, causing serious concerns about its territorial intentions, the commander of the

Yemen | Saudi-led forces strike rebels, blockade ports

Saudi-led naval forces imposed a blockade on Yemen’s ports as coalition airstrikes repelled an advance on the southern port city of Aden by Shiite rebels and forces loyal to a

USA | 1 dead after car tries to ram Fort Meade gate

Officers opened fire after two men dressed as women refused to stop yesterday (Macau time) at the National Security Agency gate at Fort Meade and then smashed into a police vehicle

This Day in History: 1999 Britain gets first minimum wage

From today all adults must be paid at least £3.60 an hour and workers under the age of 22 must get no less than £3 an hour. A government body has

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