Scholars urge Beijing to let academic return to Australia

Dozens of scholars in Australia, the U.S., Britain and Hong Kong are urging Beijing to let a Sydney-based academic return home, warning that continued barring of his departure

China-US | Xi to meet Trump in Mar-a-Lago on April 6-7

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time on April 6-7 at Trump's Florida resort, China's Foreign

Japan | Ruling party urges strike ability amid North Korea threat

Japan's ruling party urged the government yesterday to consider arming the country with more advanced and offensive military capabilities, such as striking enemy targets with cruise missiles, further loosening

South China Sea | Philippines says China wants to survey waters to its east

The Philippines said yesterday that China wants to survey potentially resource-rich seas off the country's northeast coast but Manila will agree only if a Filipino scientist is allowed

Brexit | Negotiator denies UK is blackmailing EU on security

Britain's chief negotiator in the country's divorce from the European Union yesterday rejected suggestions the U.K. has threatened to end security cooperation unless it gets a good trade deal,

Offbeat | Indonesia man swallowed by python, villagers and reports say

A 25-year-old Indonesian man has been swallowed whole by a python on the island of Sulawesi, villagers and news reports said. A six-minute video on the website of the

This Day in History | 1986 – Greater London Council abolished

Thousands of people have taken part in festivities to mark the historic final hours of 97 years of local rule in London. A throng of 250,000 people have

Ice Hockey | NHL staging preseason games in China between Kings, Canucks

The NHL will play its first games in China this fall when the Los Angeles Kings and Vancouver Canucks meet in Beijing and Shanghai. The preseason games will

World briefs

JAPAN's ruling party urged the government yesterday to consider arming the country with more advanced and offensive military capabilities, such as striking enemy targets with cruise missiles, further

The Buzz | US fishing magnate dubbed ‘The Codfather’ set to change plea

A leading U.S. fishing magnate known as "The Codfather" is scheduled to plead guilty to federal charges of evading fishing quotas and smuggling money to Portugal. The U.S.

From poor eyesight to bad teeth, pandas’ needs grow with age

Failing eyesight, poor digestion, bad teeth, limbs no longer so limber: With captive giant pandas living longer than ever, the list of their physical and even emotional needs

Bizcuits | Leadership down

The pivotal role of leadership is in question. Have you been in leadership courses at university, learnt about it in management studies at

Friday, March 31, 2017 – edition no. 2775

* Pearl Horizon,Land Law spur heated debate * Appeals to sustainable consumption * Forum Macau, ‘a major bonus’ * Xi to meet Trump on April 6-7   DOWNLOAD

Wine, Hills and History | Cool Porto

  * Movies: the zookeeper’s wife * Books: Inferno by steven hatch * Music:  Close Ties by Rodney Crowell * Wine:  The Hollow

‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ tells a riveting true story

In German-occupied Poland during the darkest days of World War II, a zookeeper and his wife managed to save the lives hundreds of Jewish people, many

‘Inferno’ brings insight and humanity to Ebola outbreak

In 2014, Dr. Steven Hatch, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, flew into a Liberian airport in the midst of the largest

Guy Clark tribute, more on Rodney Crowell’s latest

Rodney Crowell was headlining a music festival recently, speaking from the stage to a large, admiring audience, when he confessed with a chuckle that songwriter’s block sometimes

Travelog | Porto: Wine, hills and sunsets in Portugal’s second city

I was lost, looking for port wine caves dug into hills across the bridge from Porto. I trudged up a hill and rounded a blind corner, sidling

The Hollow of Broadbay

In the ever-expanding universe of alcoholic beverage, Ileach single malt is no doubt one of the most peculiar and instantly recognisable, on a par with Tokaji Eszencia, vin

Food & Beverage | Selling water: Coke, Pepsi look to make water rain money

Bottled water is starting to seem more like soda, and sometimes taste like it, too. As bottled water surges in popularity, Coke, Pepsi and other companies

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