Australia | Leader rules out generators paying for pollution

Australia’s prime minister yesterday ruled out making power companies pay for greenhouse gas pollution they create — a policy option that angered conservative government lawmakers when proposed by

Syria | Rebels pull back further as military gains in Aleppo

Syrian government troops and allied militiamen seized more ground in Aleppo’s ancient quarters yesterday, further widening their control over an enclave in the divided city that

NATO chief urges West to keep pressure on Russia

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg is urging Western allies to maintain diplomatic pressure and sanctions on Russia until it respects the peace agreement in Ukraine. After talks with NATO

Offbeat | Wife who killed husband with rat poison in food to be freed

A woman who pleaded guilty to killing her husband by slipping rat poison into his food and drinks will be released from prison next week. Joann Curley,

This Day in History | 1980 – John Lennon shot dead

Former Beatle John Lennon has been shot dead by an unknown gunman who opened fire outside the musician’s New York apartment. The 40-year-old was shot

Football | Ronaldo in Japan – Real Madrid aiming to add Club World Cup title to honors

Real Madrid will be seeking to keep alive its chances of a unique quadruple title haul when it travels to Japan for the Club World Cup

Champions League | Napoli and Benfica reach last 16 after Besiktas crumbles

In the only group where qualification for the Champions League knockout stages was still to be decided, Besiktas crumbled under the pressure, allowing Napoli and Benfica to progress. Napoli and

World briefs

INDONESIA A strong earthquake rocked Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing nearly 100 people and sparking a frantic rescue effort in the rubble of dozens of collapsed and damaged buildings.

The Buzz | Trump is Time magazine’s Person of the Year

Time magazine named Donald Trump its Person of the Year, bestowing what the president-elect called an “honor” even as he derided the idea that he’ll lead “the Divided States

IFFAM | Meet the local directors screening alongside the big names

Standing alongside the big names taking the stage at the International Film Festival & Awards – Macao (IFFAM) are local directors Tracy Choi and Emily Chan, whose films “Sisterhood”

Made in Macao | Give love on Winter Solstice

Two weeks from now is the festival of Winter Solstice, Dongzhi, one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Chinese. We have a saying that “Dongzhi is

Thursday, December 8, 2016 – edition no. 2701

* Ho Chio Meng’s trial worries top lawyer * Fringe 2017 Bon Appétit * This is my city by Rui Reininho * Vietnamese refugees lured back home * Real, Ronaldo & company in Japan   DOWNLOAD

Film Awards season opens

* Movies: Neruda * Books: Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance by Mark Greaney * Music: Blue & Lonesome by The Rolling Stones

A poet on the run in startlingly great ‘Neruda’

Chilean director Pablo Larrain is on a hero’s quest to destroy the conventional biopic it seems. He turned the post-assassination days of Jacqueline Kennedy into an atmospheric examination of

Tom Clancy true ‘Faith and Allegiance’

The latest novel featuring Jack Ryan, Tom Clancy's iconic hero and now president of the United States, delivers all the elements that fans expect from the franchise.

‘Blue & Lonesome’ by the Rolling Stones

It shouldn't be a surprise, really, but still it's a bit startling to hear just how well the Rolling Stones can play the blues. Strip away the

News of the World | The Oscars: ‘Moonlight,’ ‘La La Land’, ‘Manchester by the Sea’ separate from award season pack

In Hollywood’s early but rapidly solidifying awards season, two films — radically different in tone and tune — have separated themselves from the pack: “Moonlight” and “La

The Progenitor of East Asia

Since the invention – more likely to be accidental than intentional – of grain-based beer, fruit-based wine and grain-based cereal wine predates written history, it falls on the

Food & Beverage | Mexican ancient beverage of pulque makes a comeback

Mexicans have been brewing pulque from the juice of cactus-like maguey plants for centuries, but the viscous, beer-like beverage fell out of favor starting in the 1970s as

Education | Macau students ‘score high’ on PISA 2015

The students of Macau have scored high marks in the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

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