Watchdog blames Bangladesh agencies for many disappearances

When prominent Bangladeshi writer, columnist and government critic Farhad Mazhar went out to buy medicines, he was dragged into a car and taken away. He

Philippines | Quake knocks over building, panics residents

A strong, shallow earthquake shook the central Philippines yesterday, injuring dozens of people, including at least 10 in a collapsed building, knocking out power in some areas and

Cambodia deports 74 Chinese

Cambodia has deported more than 70 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people back home in an internet scam. Gen. Ouk Haiseila, chief of the Cambodian Interior

Trump chides Russia, but doesn’t condemn election meddling 

On the eve of his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump vowed yesterday to confront “new forms of aggression” targeting the West and

G-20 | Helicopters hover over Hamburg as city braces for protests

Helicopters and armored vehicles patrolled the streets of Hamburg, as Germany’s  second- largest city braced for hardening protests with the arrival of world leaders, including U.S. President

Branson aims mid-2018 space trip as Virgin resumes powered tests

More than 2 1/2 years after the fatal breakup of Virgin Galactic’s experimental rocket plane, Richard Branson is poised to revive powered test flights as the

Offbeat | Angola slowly opens to conservationists after long civil war 

Hippos, malaria and capsized canoes were among the hazards for National Geographic researchers paddling along an Angolan river that had been barely studied. On a separate

This Day in History | 1985 – Boris Becker wins Wimbledon at 17

A West German teenager has become the youngest ever player to win the Wimbledon tennis tournament. Boris Becker, a 17-year-old unseeded outsider before the tournament began,

Tennis | Flying ants invade Wimbledon on warmest day of tournament

They were buggin’ out at Wimbledon this week. Hundreds of flying ants swarmed around various courts at the All England Club, distracting players during their matches,

Football | Germany back atop FIFA rankings

Germany leads the FIFA rankings again after the 2014 World Cup winner added the Confederations Cup title on Sunday. Victory by a second-string squad lifted Germany

Football | Vissel Kobe has high expectations for Podolski

Japanese club Vissel Kobe rolled out the red carpet for German striker Lukas Podolski yesterday, hoping the high-profile signing will improve their fortunes in the

World briefs

GERMANY Hamburg police braced themselves yesterday for a major protest by anti-globalization activists as Germany’s second-biggest city started welcoming leaders of the leading Group of 20 industrial and

The Buzz | HK seizes USD9m worth of ivory in Malaysia shipment

Hong Kong customs officials say they have seized more than USD9 million worth of ivory this week in the city’s biggest haul in 30 years.

Gaming | Resorts World Manila aims to win back trust

Resorts World Manila, the Philippine casino where 38 people died after an arson attack last month, aims to complete a new gaming zone this year as

Kapok | The more the merrier, really?

The very fact that 25 lists of candidates vying for the directly elected seats in the September 17 Legislative Assembly election have been recognized valid by the Electoral

Friday, July 7, 2017 – edition no. 2839

* Floods in southern Japan force hundreds to flee; 2 dead * Pun ready to expand Caritas’ services * Leong concerned with money laundering * Branson aims mid-2018 space trip   DOWNLOAD

A trip across centuries in Sicily

* Movies: War for the Planet of the Apes * Books:  My Glory Was I Had Such Friends: A Memoir * Music: Bedouine

A thrilling epic in ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’

Apparently all the new Planet of the Apes films needed to do to really hit a home run was take the humans out of the equation. It’s what this

Amy Silverstein explores friendship in ‘My Glory’ memoir 

Amy Silverstein received a new heart when was 25 years old, and for the next 26 years she beat the odds, surpassing all expectations for a transplant

Bedouine’s debut is hushed, haunted, delicate wonder

Bedouine is Azniv Korkejian’s alias and the title of her debut. It’s a hushed, haunted, delicate wonder — a collection evoking 1970s singer-songwriters which pairs her thoughtful

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