USA | Clinton seeks distance from Obama on climate change issues

Hillary Rodham Clinton is opposing President Barack Obama’s authorization for oil drilling in the Alaska Arctic and his delays on the Keystone XL pipeline, in some of the clearest signs

This Day in History | 1992 Duchess of York in photos row

The pictures, run by the Daily Mirror over 10 pages, show a topless Duchess of York and Mr Bryan embracing by a swimming pool in the south of France. Other photographs

Offbeat | Thieves uncap 1,200 beers in German store seeking prize

Police in western Germany are looking for thieves who broke into a store selling alcohol and stole the caps off 1,200 bottles of beer — presumably to collect points for

Pistorius to be moved to house arrest, still faces appeal

After being locked up for 10 months for killing his girlfriend, double-amputee runner Oscar Pistorius is scheduled to be released from prison and go into house arrest tomorrow. What his steps

Cricket | South Africa team’s secret plans end up on Facebook

FIFA presidential contender Chung Mong-joon says any ethics committee investigation of his disaster relief donation to Pakistan would be "cynical." The South Korean lawmaker launched his FIFA election campaign Monday

Hk Observer | Taxis rule. HK’s uber-free market to be Uber-free?

On the one hand, we have a high-tech startup officially encouraged and supported by the government body that has been set up to boost investment in Hong Kong. On the

Thursday, August 20, 2015 – edition no. 2382

Not the bottom yet – analysts say * Over 40 kids complete MGM’s first lion dancing training program * DSEJ grants scholarships to encourage students majoring in Education * Raimundo apologizes live * Asian

The Buzz | Teens’ e-cigarette use linked with later smoking

A study at 10 Los Angeles high schools links e-cigarettes with later tobacco use. University of Southern California researchers found that 14-year-olds who’d ever tried e-cigarettes were more likely than others

World briefs

SRI LANKA With election results still incomplete, Sri Lanka’s prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe declares victory over the country’s former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was seeking a political comeback eight months

Tourism Crisis Management Office | No Macau residents found on Thai hospital lists

The Tourism Crisis Management Office (GGCT) stated yesterday that no Macau residents were found on Thai hospitals’ casualty lists following the bomb attack on Monday evening in Bangkok. As of

Health | WHO cooperation center unveiled after years of local efforts in Chinese Medicine

Dr. Margaret Chan, WHO director-general, recognized in her address the irreplaceable status of traditional medicine in modern medical use, which she stressed, should be “carefully regulated and integrated into the

Briefs | SSM still assessing new Hepatitis C drug

The Health Bureau (SSM) is still assessing the use of a new drug intended to treat Hepatitis C patients, according to the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam.

Gov’t to introduce 4pct annual cap on vehicle growth

DSAT has completed its midterm review of the city’s transport system and the department is aiming to reduce the city’s annual increase in the average number of vehicles from five

Education: GAES introduces professional accreditation systems to college students

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES) concluded a series of briefing sessions to local college students yesterday, which covered various sectors’ professional accreditation systems. These sectors included medical, legal, pharmacy

Outreach program seeks to bring teenage hermits and net junkies back on track

In a bid to help bring teenage hermits back into society, as well as to rid youth of Internet addiction, S.K.H. Macau Social Services Coordination Office rolled out its proactive

Gaming City of Dreams Manila expects strong H2

Willy N. Ocier, chair of the listed Premium Leisure Corp. (PLC) and vice chair of Belle Corp., said City of Dreams (COD) is confident that operations will improve in the

Outcry over data-driven Amazon workplace culture

Amazon isn’t the only company that is using data on employees to improve productivity. A New York Times article over the weekend portrayed Amazon’s work culture as “bruising” and “Darwinian” in part because of

Corporate Bits | First group of Sands China dealers set off for Singapore secondment

After nearly a two-month selection process, including approval by the Singapore government, a total of 43 Sands China dealers will go to the sister integrated resort at Marina Bay. Over

China leads in imports of farm products from Brazil

Figures from the Brazilian Foreign Agro-business Trade Statistics System (AgroStat), cited by the daily newspaper Estado de São Paulo, showed that in the month under review China bought products worth

Cape Verde receives 278,000 tourists in first half

The number of tourists who visited Cape Verde in the first half of the year exceeded 278,000, an annual increase of 2.0 percent, while overnight stays increased 3.5 percent to

Bible Museum to display artifacts from Holy Land under deal

The Museum of the Bible, now under construction in Washington, will feature ancient artifacts and treasures from the Holy Land under a new deal with the Israel Antiquities Authority. An agreement

Gaming | VIP room shut down at Hotel Lisboa

Golden Resorts Group’s two-storey VIP room, located at Hotel Lisboa, is said to have shut down. The closure has meant 21 job cuts, Ming Pao reported, citing market sources. The

Thunderstorms complicate recovery from Tianjin port blasts

Thunderstorms yesterday complicated recovery efforts from last week’s massive explosions at a warehouse in China’s Tianjin port that killed at least 114 people, left 57 missing and exposed dangerous chemicals — including

Shanghai stock index plunges more than 6 percent

Another slump on China’s main Shanghai stock index amid renewed concerns over the state of the world’s number 2 economy weighed on global markets yesterday. The index plunged 6.2 percent to

Hong Kong | FT: Pop-up mall aims to ease tensions over mainland shoppers

From London’s trendy Shoreditch to a downtown revitalization project in Las Vegas, pop-up shopping malls have become all the rage among urbanites keen to sample craft beer and buy designer

Gov’t says it has arrested 15,000 people for cybercrimes

Chinese police have arrested 15,000 people on suspicion of cybercrimes as the government tightens its control over the Internet, the Ministry of Public Security said yesterday. Police throughout the country have

Thailand | Man in yellow shirt is Bangkok bomber

Thai police said yesterday investigators believe a man seen in security video wearing a yellow T-shirt and carrying a backpack set off the explosion at a central Bangkok shrine that

Indonesia | Official says missing plane ‘totally destroyed’

An Indonesian passenger plane that went missing two days ago was destroyed when it slammed into a mountain, killing all 54 people on board, the country’s top rescue official said. More

Myanmar | Suu Kyi allies with beleaguered speaker Shwe Mann

Myanmar’s parliament reopened yesterday for its final session before November’s national elections, with the spotlight on the influential speaker — who was violently ousted just days ago as head of the

USA | Probe of Clinton’s server could find more than just emails

Now that federal investigators have Hillary Rodham Clinton’s homebrew email server, they could examine files on her machine that would be more revelatory than the emails themselves. Clinton last week handed

Russia | Ex-Kremlin Internet ‘troll’ wins suit against ex-employer

A Russian court on Monday awarded symbolic damages of one ruble (USD0.01) to a former “Kremlin troll” who sued her ex-employer and demanded closure of what she describes as a

Turkey | 6 migrants drown off coast trying to reach Greece

Six Syrian migrants, including an infant, drowned off the Turkish coast yesterday as they tried to reach a Greek island, a rescuer said, underscoring the deadly risks taken by migrants

This Day in History | 1991 – Hardliners stage coup against Gorbachev

Mr Gorbachev is reported to be under house arrest at his holiday home in the Crimea. News of the coup was broken in an announcement on state radio earlier on Monday. It

Offbeat | US: Group files complaint against judge over marriage sentence

A group that advocates the separation of church and state has filed a complaint about a Texas judge who ordered a man to marry his girlfriend as a condition of

Tennis | Fish opens next-to-last tournament with upset of Troicki

Mardy Fish surprised even himself. Fish opened the next-to-last tournament of his career with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 victory over 20th-ranked Viktor Troicki in the first round of the Western &

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