Maoist rebels set off a land mine in central India on Monday, killing at least four policemen and injuring seven others, police said. The rebels, who claim to be inspired
Guenter Grass, the Nobel-winning German writer who gave voice to the generation that came of age during the horrors of the Nazi era but later ran into controversy over his own World
Nationwide demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff swept Brazil for the second day in less than a month, though turnout at Sunday’s (yesterday in Macau) protests appeared down,
Hillary Rodham Clinton is hitting the road as she starts her 2016 presidential campaign — quite literally. The former secretary of state announced her candidacy Sunday and left on a roughly
The explosion happened in the fuel cells of the spacecraft’s service module approximately 56 hours after lift-off. This resulted in the loss of Apollo 13’s main power supply which means oxygen
A French climber has scaled one of Dubai’s tallest skyscrapers, relying on just chalk and sticky tape on his fingertips to help him up the 75-storey high Cayan Tower in
With three teams in the final eight of the Champions League, Spain is again home to the top contenders for Europe’s biggest prize as the quarterfinals start this week. At least one
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi led an outpouring of praise yesterday for Sania Mirza after she became the country’s first tennis player to be ranked No. 1 in women’s doubles. “An
At the moment, the competition she enters isn’t much of a race. She has already outmuscled many prospective rivals. She doesn’t quite stand alone, but potential competitors for the Democratic
* More construction works seen as a major reason for fatal accidents * Public hospital director will be replaced * Hengqin land to install social facilities * Nobel laureate Guenter Grass dies at
An educational consultant who accepted more than USD2 million from a Hong Kong couple then failed to a deliver on his promise to get their sons into Ivy League universities has
At first it seems like a fluke — a 2-year-old playing with the knobs and buttons of a sophisticated music system. Yet, the tiny boy is in control of the
TIBET A nun set herself on fire while crying out for the Dalai Lama to return to Tibet in the latest in dozens of self-immolations in recent years by Tibetans
Artyzen, the hotel management arm of Shun Tak Holdings, has partnered with Dutch hotels citizenM, to develop an innovative concept of luxury but affordable hotels in first tier Chinese cities,
Following an online survey launched in February which intended to collect public opinions on the passage construction, the two groups submitted 852 online responses to the secretary, of which 94.2
At around 8 p.m., some of those who evacuated “Sin Fong” back in October 2012, at risk of an imminent collapse, returned to the entrance of the residential structure, where
The Hengqin administration signed an agreement last Friday to establish an institute of innovation for its Pilot Free Trade Zone, alongside the University of Macau (UM) and mainland institutes. The vice
A luxury watch and jewelry show scheduled to take place at the Emperor Hotel on May 2 and May 3 was canceled by its Hong Kong organizer, as VIP customers
The Legislative Assembly (AL) concluded its plenary meeting discussions on the government’s policy objectives for 2015 in the area of security last Friday. Taking into account the growth in new
An online rush replaced the traditional overnight queues outside Apple stores Friday as the iconic tech company began taking orders and letting shoppers get their hands on its much-vaunted smartwatch
The challenge was to perform a dance sequence at destinations across The Venetian Macao, including the Grand Canal, St. Mark’s Square, on a gondola ride and at the Grado Golf
The diamonds extracted as a result of processing 12,912 cubic meters of rock, had a total mass of 1,335 carats, with an average of 1.01 carats, with the largest standing
The highest non-binding bid for the purchase of Portuguese bank Novo Banco was presented by a Chinese group and is for over 4 billion euros, the Expresso Diário newspaper reported
Hong Kong proposed to China that visits from Shenzhen residents be cut to once a week as an increase in day-trippers and traders buying goods in the city led to
Li Xiaohe has set herself up for the long haul in a cramped but sunny room in western Beijing, about a block from China’s most renowned cancer hospital. Her laundry dries on
A popular Chinese television celebrity has apologized for insulting the founder of Communist China, after his remarks at a private dinner caused a stir in China and rekindled debate on the complicated
Thousands of Bangladeshis poured onto the streets to applaud the execution of an Islamist party official on charges of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, while security
U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan killed two leaders of al-Qaida’s Indian branch earlier this year, a spokesman for the militants said yesterday, a major blow to the affiliate only months
A car bomb injured seven people Friday night at a shopping mall on Thailand’s resort island of Samui, security officials said. The bomb, hidden in a stolen Mazda pickup truck, also
About 150 dolphins beached themselves and became stranded on Japan’s northeastern coast, but frantic rescue efforts Friday saved just a few of them. Mostly melon-headed whales or blackfish, the dolphins were found alive
President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro sat down together Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country’s leaders in a half-century, pledging to reach for the kind
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign will center on boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families, while casting the former senator and secretary of state
Pope Francis yesterday honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it
In the film, released last year, he played construction worker Homer Smith whom a group of nuns believe was sent to them by God to build their church. The only other
The irradiated monster was appointed special resident and tourism ambassador for Shinjuku ward, known for its down-home bars and noodle restaurants. A Godzilla-size head towering 52 meters above ground level was
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