Turkey | Blast kills 28, injures scores near Syrian border

An explosion yesterday in Turkey’s southeastern city of Suruc near the Syrian border killed 28 people and sent nearly 100 others to the hospital, Turkish officials said. The prime minister’s office

This Day in History | 1974 – Cyprus conflict spills into London

Turkish troops landed in the north of the Mediterranean island early yesterday morning after a Greek-­sponsored coup in the capital, Nicosia, last week. More than 10,000 Greek-Cypriots and British left-­wing activists

Offbeat | Romanian music fest gives free tickets in exchange for blood

The campaign is part of a push to increase blood donations in a country where only 1.7 percent of the people donate blood. Adrian Chereji, marketing director for the UNTOLD Festival,

Golf | British Open: Spieth, amateur Dunne eyeing history at St. Andrews

For a place dripping with centuries of history, St. Andrews got more than it could have wanted Sunday. Jordan Spieth punched his golf bag in frustration after a careless bogey, perhaps

Football | FIFA presidential election to be held on Feb 26

FIFA will hold a presidential election on Feb. 26, giving Sepp Blatter seven more months in power before leaving the scandal-tainted governing body. The date was chosen by FIFA’s executive committee

Our Desk | Under gov’t surveillance

It’s as ironic as it could get: a surveillance software provider gets a taste of its own medicine when it is hacked, and soon finds millions of its emails disclosed

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The Buzz | Man navigates traffic while filming wife giving birth

Video shows a Houston-area man filming his wife giving birth to their 4.5-kilogram baby son next to him as he drives through traffic in an unsuccessful effort to reach a

Greece’s cash crisis hurts funeral industry

Greece’s cash crisis has disrupted all aspects of daily life — death included. Greek funeral homes are struggling to cope with banking restrictions that limit customers to taking out only 60

World Briefs

CHINA’s record on nuclear proliferation is facing congressional criticism as the Obama administration seeks renewal of a 30-year agreement that enables American involvement in China’s fast-growing atomic energy industry. The

Heritage | Ancient riverside foundations found under historic pharmacy

The Cultural Affairs Bureau unearthed another cluster of stone relics amid ongoing restoration at the historic Chong Sai Pharmacy (East and West Pharmacy), allegedly established by Chinese Republic founder Sun

Chan Meng Kam campaign staff found guilty of bribery

Two staff members from lawmaker Chan Meng Kam’s 2013 campaign team have been found guilty of bribery and sentenced to around one year in jail. A Court of First Instance (TJB)

CRIME | Man accused of multiple sexual assault cases

The Judiciary Police (PJ) detained a 19-year-old unemployed local for allegedly sexually assaulting minors over 30 times since last year. Last Wednesday, a 12-year-old minor on his way home after school

Local Muslims gather to mark end of Ramadan

The local Muslim community came together last Saturday at the Macau Mosque and Cemetery in celebration of Eid-Al-Fitr, a religious holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of

Court rejects La Scala defendants’ appeals

The Court of Second Instance rejected the appeals of businessmen Joseph Lau and Steven Lo in the La Scala case. Lau and Lo were both sentenced to five years and

EXCO | EDUCATION | Gov’t outlines basic academic skills students should meet

The Executive Council has given its support to a set of basic academic skills, outlined by administrative regulations that must be followed by non-tertiary local education institutions, including kindergartens. ExCo’s spokesperson

SPYING SOFTWARE | Hacking Team’s ‘opaque operations’ reach Macau, HK

The Judiciary Police (PJ) has reiterated that all investigations it carries out comply with the law and that citizen surveillance requires the authorization of a judge. The security force stated

Boxing | Overwhelming Cesar Cuenca shatters IK Yang’s world title dream

Argentina’s Cesar Cuenca moved himself a step closer to the world record following his victorious debut outside of his home country at Saturday night’s “Victory at the Venetian”, shattering China’s

Fund formerly known as ‘vice’ still favors guns, booze and sin

After trailing his benchmark for a second year, this asset manager is sticking to his guns. And cigarettes, and beer. Even casinos, despite a crackdown on corruption in China that

Greek banks to reopen today but cash restrictions remain

Greek banks are reopening today after a forced 3-week closure but restrictions on cash withdrawals will remain. In a decree Saturday, the Greek government kept the daily cash withdrawal limit at

Shareholders approve Samsung deal paving way for succession

Shareholders approved Friday a highly contested deal that strengthens the Samsung family’s grip on the world’s largest smartphone maker, sparking criticism that South Korea lacks sufficient protections for foreign investors and small

Corporate bits | CESL Asia & MSO host Bocce Game

The game attracted around 100 participants, including mentally-challenged individuals from special schools, sheltered workshops, care centers and residential homes as well as their parents. The event encouraged participation of non-athletes

Gov’t rounds up rights lawyers in latest crackdown

Four men already had been convicted of murder in southeastern China when a fifth person confessed to the crime. But when lawyers demanded to review case documents to clear the men’s names,

Taiwan | 2 women to vie in presidential election for 1st time

Taiwan’s top two political parties have each nominated a woman for president in 2016, a historic first signaling acceptance of female leadership and kicking off a campaign highlighted so far

Tibet Authorities: Imprisoned lama died of cardiac arrest

The cause of death of a Tibetan lama who was serving a life sentence in a Chinese prison was cardiac arrest, according to state media. Tenzin Delek Rinpoche died 13 years

Beijing deports 20 foreigners for watching ‘terrorist’ videos

China has deported 20 foreigners from Britain, South Africa and India for watching video clips that advocated terrorism and religious extremism, the official state media reported, while two of the tourists

South Korea | Dead agent left note denying spying on civilians 

  A South Korean government agent who was found dead in an apparent suicide left a note denying suspicion that the National Intelligence Service has been spying on South Koreans by

New Zealand | AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd arrested again

AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd was behind bars yesterday after being arrested in New Zealand, just days after he was sentenced to home detention for threatening to kill a man who used to

Cambodia Tycoon arrested amid outrage over attack of actress 

A Cambodian real estate magnate whose violent assault of a female TV star was captured on video was arrested Saturday, authorities said, in a case that has sparked national outrage. Sok

USA | Chattanooga shooter’s family says he suffered from depression

The family of a gunman who opened fire on two military facilities in Chattanooga and killed four Marines said in a statement that their son suffered from depression and was

Black group, KKK hold separate rallies over Confederate flag

Black Educators for Justice, based in Jacksonville, Florida, held its rally Saturday on the north side of the Statehouse, where the Confederate flag was removed earlier this month. Later, the

Briefs | Trump stirs new controversy by criticizing McCain war record

Donald Trump blustered his way into more trouble as he criticized U.S. Sen. John McCain’s war record at a conservative forum, overshadowing fellow presidential candidates promoting their credentials to evangelical

Iran | Supreme leader: Nuclear deal won’t change policy to US 

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Saturday a landmark nuclear deal won’t change his country’s policy toward the “arrogant” U.S., making his first public speech since the Islamic Republic’s historic

This Day in History | 1960 – Ceylon chooses world’s first woman PM

Mrs Bandaranaike only entered politics after her husband was shot by an extremist Buddhist on 26 September 1959. She has become known as the “weeping widow” for frequently bursting into

Offbeat | Spanish ‘ghost airport’ gets 1 meager bid at auction

One of Spain’s “ghost airports” — expensive projects that were virtually unused — received just one bid in a bankruptcy auction after costing some 1.1 billion euros (USD1.2 billion) to

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