Media | Meredith buying Time Inc. for about USD1.8b

Meredith Corp. announced Sunday that it is buying Time Inc. for about USD1.8 billion, a deal CEO Stephen Lacy called “a transformative and financially compelling

Opinion | China needs to make sure Pakistan isn’t Venezuela

Might this be China’s new Venezuela? Beijing’s frenzied drive to create a modern Silk Road puts Pakistan front and center, much as Venezuela was once a target of

Trade high on Trudeau’s agenda for visit next week

Trade will be high on the agenda when Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visits China next week in a bid to boost business ties with the world’s

Li Keqiang sees growing globalization in Eastern Europe

China’s premier says his country’s increased cooperation with Eastern Europe is part of the process of expanding globalization that will unite the two ends of

Film | Taiwanese crime thriller claims three top Golden Horse awards

Taiwanese crime thriller “The Bold, The Corrupt, The Beautiful” claimed three top Golden Horse movie awards, including best feature film. Veteran Hong Kong actress Kara Wei

Chinese rescuers look for 12 missing sailors after collision

Rescuers were searching for 12 missing sailors from a Chinese cargo ship that sank yesterday after colliding with another vessel in the mouth of the Pearl River near the

Pope’s trip to Myanmar, Bangladesh turns on one word: Rohingya

Pope Francis arrived yesterday on a visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh to encourage their tiny Catholic communities and reach out to some of Asia’s most peripheral and

Vietnam | Court sentences activist to seven years in prison

A court in central Vietnam yesterday sentenced an activist to seven years in prison for producing online videos and interviews related to an environmental disaster that instigated

USA | Trump’s Mar-a-Lago stay a welcome break from DC challenges

President Donald Trump draws a wiggly line between work, play and business at the private club he calls his “winter White House.” Like George H.W.

Offbeat | Las Vegas pot dispensaries offer Black Friday deals

Big-box stores weren’t the only ones offering discounts to shoppers in Las Vegas this Black Friday. Marijuana dispensaries were rolling out deals, too. More than 40

This Day in History | 1990 – Tearful farewell from Iron Lady

Britain has a new prime minister for the first time in more than 11 years. Margaret Thatcher formally tendered her resignation to the Queen early this

Briefs | Ajax signs deal with Guangzhou

Ajax will share its experience in nurturing young talent with Guangzhou R&F and help the Chinese football club develop its own youth academy. Four-time European champion Ajax signed

Football | Bundesliga’s 1,000th own-goal helps Hamburg beat Hoffenheim

Helped by the Bundesliga’s 1,000th own-goal, Hamburger SV defeated Hoffenheim 3-0 for its second straight win at home on Sunday. With five defeats from six away

Bale set to return to Madrid’s squad after injury layoff

Gareth Bale is expected to make his return to Real Madrid’s lineup in a Copa del Rey match this week after being sidelined for more than two months

Russia loses Sochi Olympic crown as doping scandal claims medals

Russia lost its top ranking in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, the most expensive in history, when it was stripped of two more gold medals

Noah ends ‘losing culture’ as France wins Davis Cup title

Mission accomplished. When he was re-appointed France’s Davis Cup captain two years ago, Yannick Noah said he had a “clear plan.” The former French Open

World briefs

CHINA Rescuers were searching for 12 missing sailors from a Chinese cargo ship that sank yesterday after colliding with another vessel in the mouth of the Pearl River

The Buzz | Dictionary.com chooses ‘complicit’ as its word of the year

Russian election influence, the ever-widening sexual harassment scandal, mass shootings and the opioid epidemic helped elevate the word “complicit” as Dictionary.com’s word of the year for 2017.

American actress Meghan Markle to be a new kind of royal

She is an entertainment figure in her own right, and an outspoken woman comfortable talking about her background and her passions. American actress Meghan Markle will be

Our Desk | Fong in limbo

Fong Soi Kun, the (disgraced?) former director of Macau’s Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau, is seemingly stuck in limbo – not quite a government official but not allowed to

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