Briefs | Syria: Parents of missing US reporter believe he is alive 

The parents of an American journalist who has been missing in Syria for the past five years said yesterday that they believe he is still alive

Venezuela’s Maduro, foes head into crucial showdown

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opponents face a crucial showdown yesterday as the country’s opposition calls the first national strike since a 2002 stoppage that failed

Offbeat | U.S. student detained in China after dispute with cabbie 

Police in central China have arrested an American college student on charges of intentional injury following an altercation with a taxi driver. A family friend of Guthrie McLean said

This Day in History | 1954 – Peace deal ends Indochina war

The major world powers have reached agreement on the terms for a ceasefire in Indochina, ending nearly eight years of war. The war began in 1946 between

MMA | ONE Championship gets cash for major growth

ONE Championship has secured a major equity investment from venture capital firm Sequoia India and investment firm Mission Holdings, positioning the ascendant mixed martial arts promotion

Football | Villar appears before judge after arrest in corruption probe

The president of the Spanish Football Federation and his son appeared before a judge yesterday, two days after being arrested in an anti-corruption probe. Two

World briefs

PHILIPPINES The country’s president flew for the first time yesterday to a besieged southern city to cheer troops who have been trying to quell a nearly two-month uprising

The Buzz | Man beats odds of catching blue lobster, donates to science

The oft-cited odds of catching a blue lobster are 1 in 2 million. But no one knows for sure. Ward says the lobster is unlike anything

McCain battling brain cancer 

Battling brain cancer, Sen. John McCain yesterday promised to return to work, making a good-natured dig at his Republican and Democratic colleagues who were jolted by news of

Kapok | The variable geometry of the ‘one country’

The fact that Macao immigration has been barring some Hong Kong residents from entering the territory of the Macao SAR is widely acknowledged and documented. It is neither

Friday, July 21, 2017 – edition no. 2017

* Internet censorship | China clamping down on use of VPNs * Girl Gamer | Macau to host its biggest ever eSports tournament *

A week of walking in Scotland

  * Movies: Dunkirk * Books: Wired (Berkley) by Julie Garwood * Music: Sacred Hearts Club by Foster the People * Wine: The Ebullient North * Environment: World’s plastic waste   DOWNLOAD

Riveting ‘Dunkirk’ is Nolan’s, and year’s, best

Dunkirk" is not a typical war movie. There are no brothers in arms, no flashbacks to simpler times and pretty wives and girlfriends left behind, no

Garwood delivers another suspenseful romance with ‘Wired’ 

Julie Garwood delivers another suspenseful romance with her new novel, “Wired.” Readers will be immersed in a world of digital coding where computer hackers reign as heroes.

On third album, Foster the People finds the right mix

It hasn’t always been easy to be Foster the People. Making sophisticated pop with thoughtful lyrics in danceable, candy-coated hooks is like being a character actor trapped

Travelog | Forests, moors, peat bogs: A week of walking in Scotland

Scotland has more than two dozen official long-distance trails through moors, peat bogs and forests. We chose one of the most popular, the West Highland Way.

The Ebullient North

For its fame, price, stature and ceremony, Champagne can be overbearing at times, overshadowing other worthy sparkling wines not just in France, e.g. various blanquettes, clairettes, crémants and

Environment | World’s plastic waste could bury Manhattan 3km deep

Industry has made more than 9.1 billion tons of plastic since 1950 and there’s enough left over to bury Manhattan under more than two miles of trash,

HKZMB raises many environmental questions, authorities answer none

The Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB), almost ready to open, has been widely regarded as a “strong development factor” for the entire Pearl River Delta area and

Liu Xiaobo supporters mark his death amid concerns for widow

Supporters of Liu Xiaobo gathered worldwide yesterday to mark the traditional Chinese observance of the seventh day after the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate’s death, amid growing

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