HSBC appoints new CEO to replace retiring Stuart Gulliver

London-based bank HSBC says John Flint will be its new chief executive, replacing the retiring Stuart Gulliver. The bank said in statement yesterday that Flint, who currently heads up

Property tycoon tops China’s rich list, Wanda boss slides

Property tycoon Xu Jiayin has vaulted to the top of a Chinese rich list after his wealth quadrupled, knocking Wang Jianlin off his longtime position at

Australia | Court considers: Can dual citizens make laws?

As Australia’s High Court considers the fate of seven lawmakers who could lose their seats because they also hold foreign citizenship, some in this nation

Vietnam | Floods and landslides kill 43, leave 34 missing in Vietnam

Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have killed at least 43 people, left 34 others missing and damaged homes and crops in northern and central

‘Ring of Fire’ volcanos remind Asia of seismic peril

The horseshoe-shaped string of active volcanos bounding the Pacific Ocean has lived up to its “Ring of Fire” name in the past month, sparking mass evacuations

India | Top court rules sex with wife younger than 18 is rape

India’s top court has ruled that having sexual intercourse with a wife younger than 18 is rape, a decision that activists say is an important step

Briefs | USA: Pentagon has no plans to boost size of nuclear arsenal

The Pentagon has no current plans to increase the size of the U.S. nuclear arsenal. In fact, it can barely sustain the existing force, which is decades old

Palestine | Rivals Hamas, Fatah reach preliminary deal on governing Gaza

Rival groups Hamas and Fatah have reached a preliminary, partial agreement that could pave the way for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to resume governing the Gaza Strip,

Offbeat | Bear killed after getting inside Alaska post office

A 300-pound black bear was killed after it wandered into an Anchorage post office. Anchorage television station KTVA reports the bear got inside the building Sunday after

This Day in History | 1988 – Government loses Spycatcher battle

The British Government has lost its long-running battle to stop the publication of the controversial book Spycatcher, written by a former secret service agent. Law Lords ruled the

Football | Coaching continuity finds an unlikely home in top Italian league

Silvio Berlusconi can no longer order AC Milan’s manager to change the lineup to his preferred “Christmas tree” 4-3-2-1 formation and fire the coach if he refuses. Maurizio

World briefs

VIETNAM Floods and landslides caused by a tropical depression have killed at least 43 people, left 34 others missing and damaged homes and crops in northern and central

The Buzz | Seychelles reports plague case linked to Madagascar outbreak

Authorities in Seychelles say a man was diagnosed with pneumonic plague after returning from Madagascar, where a plague outbreak has killed dozens of people. The Seychelles News

Witness at Malaysia trial says four more suspects in Kim murder

A Malaysian police officer testified yesterday that the two women on trial in the murder of the estranged half brother of North Korea’s leader were seen

Bizcuits | The Macau confession

Life was happier, focused, simpler (some may say one of ignorance and naivety) before I started to read the news in my mid-thirties. After yesterday’s headline, I am

News of the world | Tale of two cities: Olympics sponsors in Pyeongchang and Tokyo

Pyeongchang is a little-known destination in one of South Korea’s poorest provinces. It is the ‘little town that could,’ bidding twice unsuccessfully for the Winter Olympics before

Friday, October 13, 2017 – edition no. 2905

* AL New voices - Sulu Sou | ‘To have a pro-democratic wing would be the best for us’ * New regulations for the elderly * 9th edition Oktoberfest starts * Property tycoon

A Tale of Two Olympics

  * Movies: Meyerowitz Stories * Books: Chasing Phil * Music: Travis Meadows, “First Cigarette" * Wine: The Eclectic Malt * Kitchenwise: Flexible Frittata   DOWNLOAD

A family tale told artfully in ‘Meyerowitz Stories’

Your first response to “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” may very well be: Adam Sandler is good — REALLY good — in his sensitive, nuanced portrayal

‘Chasing Phil’ offers peek into organized crime

I n 1977, two FBI agents, Jim Wedick and Jack Brennan, slipped recording devices beneath their suits, touted themselves as swindlers in the making and shook hands

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