Thailand | Anastasia Vashukevich: Jailed Instagram model wants to trade secrets for freedom

A Belarusian woman jailed in Thailand for offering sex lessons without a work permit says she has a story to tell involving the Kremlin, Russian billionaires and even

USA | Shootings: Teacher barricades himself in class, fires gun; no one hurt

A social studies teacher barricaded himself inside a classroom at a Georgia high school yesterday and fired a handgun, sending students running outside or hunkering down in

White House | Hope Hicks leaving as Trump’s communication director

White House communications director Hope Hicks, one of President Donald Trump’s most trusted and longest-serving aides, abruptly announced her resignation, leaving a void around a

This Day in History | 1970 Ian Smith declares Rhodesia a republic

The new Rhodesian Republic, came into being at 2301BST yesterday, unrecognised by the rest of the world and barely noticed by Rhodesians themselves. Mr Smith signed a proclamation

Offbeat | Jury duty anyone? North Carolina county finds few takers

The judges, deputies and clerks showed up for court, but one key element was missing: No one had invited any jurors. The Winston-Salem Journal reports that North

Football | Chinese teams hope to stop dominant Guangzhou

From world-renowned coaches like Fabio Capello and Manuel Pellegrini to top players like Hulk and Javier Mascherano, nearly everyone in Chinese soccer will be trying to stop

Football | West Brom in disarray, heading out of Premier League

In an effort to get fans on his side following his takeover of West Bromwich Albion, Chinese businessman Lai Guochuan issued a personal message promising stability and

World briefs

NORTH KOREA Leader Kim Jong Un used an illegally obtained Brazilian passport to apply for visas to western countries in the 1990s, according to European security services sources

The Buzz | It was fake news: Obama not bidding for top United Nations post

Former President Barack Obama never campaigned to become U.N. secretary-general, despite a false story claiming he had announced a bid and was consulting others. A story appearing

One song at a time | Spotify’s unusual IPO seeks to drum up fans on Wall Street

Music-streaming pioneer Spotify is hoping to attract a new crowd of fans on Wall Street as its competition with Apple heats up. Spotify is pursuing

Kapok | Unsophisticated zealots

Some people never fail to disappoint you, or rather to meet your expectations as being the least principled human beings there are. Former dancers incapable of uttering

Friday, March 2, 2018 – edition no. 2998

* St. Paul’s Ruins to ‘go green’ again for Irish Festival * Migrant groups cry foul * Illegal Hac Sa reclamation denounced * Plans to build nuclear aircraft carrier   DOWNLOAD

It’s the oscars! Best picture under shape

  * Movies: Foxtrot * Books: Down the River Unto the Sea, by Walter Mosley * Music: By George — By Bachman by Randy Bachman * Wine: The Standard-Bearers of Württemberg VII * Travelog: Atlas

Israeli family/military drama ‘Foxtrot’ is a stunner

Watching the Israeli film “Foxtrot “ is like watching a dream play out. Writer-director Samuel Maoz’s (“Lebanon”) excellent film is of course more structured than the

Walter Mosley examines issues of race in ‘Down the River’

Few mystery writers can examine issues of race — how it divides and binds people — as clearly and unflinchingly as Walter Mosley, who returns to this

Randy Bachman reimagines George Harrison tunes, goes too far

Randy Bachman, founder of The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive, let’s his imagination run away with 11 George Harrison songs on “By George — By Bachman,” which

First-of-kind nail biter in Best Picture race

Usually by now, a consensus favorite has emerged after months of guild and critics groups awards — or at least a front-runner along with one or two

The Standard-Bearers of Württemberg VII

In comparison with other major wine-producing countries in Europe, Germany possesses a notably high number and indeed proportion of aristocratic and ecclesiastical estates. Somewhat unsurprisingly, Rheingau and Mosel

Travelog | ‘Atlas of Beer’ surveys beer culture around the world

Think of beer and you may think of Irish pubs or Germany’s Oktoberfest. But a National Geographic book called the “Atlas of Beer” surveys beer across six

Health | Childbirth delivery service fee for non-residents may increase nine-fold

According to the deputy director of the Health Bureau (SSM) Ho Ioc San, the adjustment concerns two groups of people: non-resident workers and tourists.  According

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