Philippines to insist on tribunal ruling if China drills

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he will insist on a ruling of an international arbitration that invalidated Beijing’s claims to most of the South China Sea

Syrian government, rebels sign cease-fire deal, says Russia

Russia’s president and the Syrian army said yesterday that a nation-wide cease-fire agreement has been reached with opposition rebels, set to begin at midnight. The deal was

Trump signals shift from Obama’s focus on multilateralism

Donald Trump For eight years, President Barack Obama’s foreign policy doctrine has been rooted in a belief that while the United States can take action around the

This Day in History | 1999 – Putin takes over as Yeltsin resigns

Boris Yeltsin has resigned as Russian president, taking the country and the rest of the world completely by surprise. Mr Yeltsin made the shock announcement

Offbeat | Thai parliament grants King power to name buddhist patriarch

Thailand’s military-appointed parliament has granted the king absolute power in naming a supreme patriarch, the top ecclesiastical position of Thai Buddhism. The amendment approved yesterday means the king can

Football | Striker Carlos Tevez signs USD40m deal in China

Argentine striker Carlos Tevez has signed to play for Shanghai Shenhua, becoming the latest in a procession of star players to join the Chinese Super League.

Briefs | Ana Ivanovic retires from tennis at 29 

Ana Ivanovic retired from tennis at age 29 Wednesday, ending a career in which she was ranked No. 1 in 2008 but can no longer play at

Neymar says Rio penalty was most nervous moment of his life

Brazil football star Neymar says taking the last penalty of the shootout against Germany in the final at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics was the most nervous moment of

The Buzz | New Year’s firework show cancelled

The fireworks show that normally marks the start of every New Year in Macau was cancelled yesterday, a short note from the Macau Government Tourist Office informed. According

World briefs

CHINA Three knife-wielding assailants attacked staff at a Communist Party office in China’s far western region of Xinjiang and set off an explosive device, killing two and injuring

Groups seek New York constitutional right to clean air, water 

Environmental and public policy groups in New York are calling for a state constitutional amendment that would guarantee residents a right to clean air and water.

Kapok | Another tyranny of numbers

Back in August 2015, I remember musing about the irony that, on the one hand China was the place where the oldest census in the world had been

Friday, December 30, 2016 – edition no. 2713

* 2016 - Year in review * More educational subsidies * 3 museums with free admission * General under investigation for graft   DOWNLOAD

2016 | Year in Review

  * Movies: Silence * Books: The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher * Music: Kane Brown * Wine: The Vinous Bel Canto II * Food & Beverage: What the world’s top chefs like to eat

Food & Beverage | What the world’s top chefs like to eat at home

The world’s greatest chefs are just like us: They don’t like to take their work home with them. When it comes to home cooking, it turns

2016 YEAR IN REVIEW

Hong Kong’s police department classified the disappearance of the co-owners of a bookstore as a missing-person case. The disappearance of Lee Bo, a major shareholder of Causeway Bay

The Vinous Bel Canto II

(Continued from “The Vinous Bel Canto” on December 2, 2016) Tuscany’s indigenous grape variety goes by different names in various places, e.g. Sangiovese in Chianti, Prugnolo Gentile in Vino

Kane Brown turned Facebook likes into a country music career

As a kid, Kane Brown and his mother used to sing together as pretend “American Idol” contestants. But when Brown actually tried out for the show

Fisher’s ‘The Princess Diarist’ doesn’t dish enough

I’ve spent so many years not telling the story of Harrison and me having an affair on the first ‘Star Wars’ movie that it’s difficult to

Scorsese’s ‘Silence’ is a gorgeous, tedious journey

Martin Scorsese's "Silence " is not an easy film to watch. At times it's grotesquely violent, at others tediously slow. But it is a full and worthy

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