Beijing: US should not blame China for opioids

The United States should look within to cut down demand for opioids which are fueling its deadly drug crisis rather than stressing unsubstantiated claims that China is

South Korean president calls sex slave deal with Japan flawed

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said yesterday the country’s 2015 agreement with Japan to settle a decades- long impasse over Korean women forced into wartime sexual

Briefs | N. Korea boat captain charged in theft

Japanese authorities have indicted the North Korean captain of a boat that drifted to its coast on charges of stealing a generator from an uninhabited island. The captain and

Myanmar | Illegal drone charges against journalists dropped

A Myanmar court yesterday dropped additional charges against two foreign journalists and their local staff who were arrested in October for allegedly flying a drone over the parliament.

Ukraine | Authorities and separatist rebels swap prisoners

Ukrainian authorities and Russian-backed separatist rebels on Wednesday conducted the biggest exchange of prisoners since the start of an armed conflict in the country’s east, marking a

Peru | Two top officials quit government amid political crisis

Two senior officials have resigned from Peru’s government, the latest in a wave of defections amid a political crisis in the South American country. Minister

Offbeat | Special delivery: Family welcomes second Christmas Eve baby

For one suburban New York family, Christmas Eve is turning into a tradition of very special deliveries. Newsday says Stony Brook residents Jacki and Josh Grossman had their second

This Day in History | 1975 – New laws to end battle of the sexes

Radical new legislation introducing a woman’s right to equal pay and status in the workplace and in society have come into force in the UK. The Sex Discrimination

Football | 2018 World Cup chief Mutko quits

Vitaly Mutko bowed to mounting pressure and stepped down as chairman of the 2018 World Cup organizing committee on Wednesday after being dogged by investigations that

American Airlines sorry for theft accusation

American Airlines has apologized to two players on the Memphis Grizzlies’ minor league affiliate who were kicked off a plane in Dallas after a flight attendant wrongfully

World briefs

SOUTH KOREAN President Moon Jae-in said yesterday the country’s 2015 agreement with Japan to settle a decades-long impasse over Korean women forced into wartime sexual slavery was seriously

The Buzz | Ex-Miss Americas asked to help find new leaders

Trashed by emails sent by pageant officials, former Miss Americas may help choose the new leaders of the Miss America Organization. The group told AP yesterday that

Slovenia’s puppet theater performs in Macau for the first time

A musical puppet show called, “A Little Lamp, Pea and Feather” will be staged at the Macao Cultural Center from today. Slovenia’s Ljubljana Puppet Theatre will

Bizcuits | Wishes for a real-world holiday

Holiday time. Time to rest and relax? Time to explore? Time to experience something new – sights, sounds, smells and flavours? Holiday time means different things to

Happy New Travels

  * Movies: Downsizing * Books: The Wanted by Robert Crais * Music: The Visitor by Neil Young & Promise of the Real * Wine: The Palatine Idyll * KitchenWise: Korean Grain Bowl     DOWNLOAD

‘Downsizing,’ a big-picture film about little people

It’s hard to say what’s better about the first half of Alexander Payne’s wonderfully weird — or is it weirdly wonderful? — “Downsizing”: the audacity of its premise,

Robert Crais’ ‘The Wanted’ is rewarding page-turner

Devon Connor is beside herself with worry. Her teenage son, Tyson, keeps showing up with things that neither of them could possibly afford: New clothes from Barney’s.

Neil Young lashes out at Trump, world on ‘Visitor’

Neil Young is unhappy. That’s good news for music fans. Young is back and crotchety in “The Visitor,” a record that finds him lashing out

Travelog | From Malta to Minneapolis, a look at where to go in 2018

From Malta to Minneapolis, here’s a look at some destinations around the world that will be making news in 2018. They include designated culture capitals, places hosting

The Palatine Idyll

With some 23,000ha of vineyards, Pfalz is Germany’s second largest wine region, marginally smaller than Rheinhessen, which has approximately 26,000ha. Formerly known as Rheinpfalz (or Rhine Palatinate in

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