US | One town makes – and hates – guns like no other place

To understand America’s great gun divide, visit Springfield, Massachusetts, birthplace of the USD17 billion-a-year U.S. firearms industry. In a head-spinning contradiction, famously liberal Massachusetts

Corporate Bits | William So and Edmond Leung join forces in ‘So Man Show’

Popular Hong Kong singers William So and Edmond Leung will bring their “So Man Show” to The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena on April 21.

Analysis | Xi Jinping’s rise shatters already low hopes for democracy

Orville Schell, a longtime China expert, has vivid memories of his first trip to the country back in 1975. Mao Zedong was leading China through the tumultuous Cultural

Hong Kong | Democracy movement loses ground in key by-election

Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates won back only two of four seats in a crucial by-election in the semiautonomous Chinese region, final results showed yesterday. The opposition

Koreas | Seoul praises Beijing’s role in nudging North to talks

South Korea’s national security director yesterday praised the role of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s administration in nudging North Korea toward denuclearization talks, following word of a possible

US officials: North Korea will face no more conditions for talks

Trump administration officials say there will be no more conditions imposed on North Korea before a first-ever meeting of the two nation’s leaders beyond the

Bangladesh | Court grants bail to former leader Khaleda Zia

Bangladesh’s High Court yesterday granted bail for four months to opposition leader and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who was jailed for five years on a corruption

USA | Trump Jr. partners with donor who pitched gov’t

Donald Trump Jr. has a previously undisclosed business relationship with a longtime hunting buddy who helped raise millions of dollars for his father’s 2016 presidential campaign and

New York City | Police confirms five passengers in helicopter crash are dead

A helicopter crashed into New York City’s East River and flipped upside down in the water, killing all five passengers aboard, officials said. A spokesman for the NYPD

Syria | More civilians leave rebel enclave as army advances

A small group of Syrian civilians yesterday left the rebel-held enclave of eastern Ghouta just outside of Damascus, using a corridor established by the Syrian army amid

This Day in History | 1970 Conservative victory in first teen election

The Conservatives are celebrating a record majority in the Bridgwater by-election. They won by 10,915 votes, the largest in the constituency for 50 years. It was the

Offbeat | San Francisco to remove statue some call racist

San Francisco arts commissioners have voted to remove a statue that shows a Native American man at the feet of a conquering Spanish cowboy and Catholic missionary.

Hockey | North Korean defector hits Paralympic ice for South Korea

The most talked-about athlete in the Paralympics barely plays, but who cares? The diminutive but hard-nosed reserve forward on South Korea’s sled hockey team proudly

Football | Champions League Preview: Chelsea looks for another good showing at Camp Nou

Few teams have caused as much trouble for Barcelona as Chelsea since Lionel Messi started playing with the Spanish club almost 15 years ago. Barcelona has

Football | Greek game abandoned after ‘armed’ owner protests decision

A disputed goal at the end of a Greek league match this weekend between leader AEK and title rival PAOK led to a pitch invasion by one

The Buzz | Hong Kong housing in hot demand as Wheelock apartments sell out

Demand in Hong Kong’s red-hot housing market shows no signs of abating, with Wheelock & Co. selling all 750 apartments offered at its new Kowloon project over the

World Briefs

CHINA Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei said that it doesn’t matter whether or not China has a change in leadership, the culture and the system will always

Moon race still on without Google’s prize

Google called off its race to the moon weeks ago, when it became clear no private explorer would complete the trip by the March 31

Our Desk | Harassment, bullying and other forms of abuse

“Harassment” is a word that in the last few weeks and months has been written countless times, mostly in relation to the recent (yet old) scandal involving both

Tuesday, March 13, 2018 – edition no. 3005

* Nepal: Plane crashes and catches fire in Kathmandu, kills at least 50 * Program for tourism office staff kicks off * New cultural venue in town * No more conditions for talks   DOWNLOAD

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