US – Democratic convention | Obama passes baton to Clinton, imploring nation to elect her

Hours of testimonials, urgent pleas and persuasion have led to this. Now, it’s time to hear from Hillary Clinton. The former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state today

This Day in History | 1981 – Charles and Diana marry

The couple were married at St Paul’s Cathedral before an invited congregation of 3,500 and an estimated global TV audience of 750 million - making it the most popular program

Offbeat | MH370 captain’s simulator had Indian Ocean route

Australian officials confirmed yesterday that data recovered from a home flight simulator owned by the captain of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 showed that someone had used the device to plot

Russia’s depleted Olympic team heads for Rio de Janeiro

A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro yesterday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal. Team members left on a charter

Land speed racer Sam Wheeler dies at Utah’s Salt Flats

Sam Wheeler, a renowned land speed motorcycle racer, is dead after the high-performance bike he was testing at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats fish-tailed, went airborne and crashed at 200

The Buzz | Pope misses step, falls down before Mass in Poland

Pope Francis missed a step and fell to the ground as he was coming to an open-air altar to celebrate Mass at Poland’s holiest shrine of Jasna Gora. In a dramatic

Health | To reverse damage of sitting, take a brisk, hour-long walk

If you spend all day sitting, then you might want to schedule some time for a brisk walk — just make sure you can spare at least an hour. Scientists analyzing

Bizcuits | Lessons from #PlasticFreeJuly

An MDT Decisive Moment photograph and a letter to the editor in June lead me in a roundabout way to participate in the Plastic Free July Challenge. Plastic Free July is

World briefs

JAPAN The former employee accused of killing 19 disabled people and injuring others at a care home in Japan moved briskly and methodically inside buildings and rooms he knew, finishing

Friday, July 29, 2016 – edition no. 2610

* Uber, Didi get legal green light in China; ride-sharing a go * Group tours slump * 30th Music Festival unveiled * Election law revision is ‘matter of uregency’   DOWNLOAD

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* Movies: Jason Bourne * Books: You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott * Music: It’s Time to Be Free by Candi Staton * Wine: The Guardian of Autochthones * Food & Drink: Brazil’s

In ‘Jason Bourne,’ a digital dragnet tightens

Jason Bourne, as played by Matt Damon across four movies, is forever disappearing off the grid only to reluctantly resurface years later and again menace the CIA. He’s the spy

Megan Abbott’s new novel is fiercely gripping

Obsession can grow from the simplest of desires — to be good at something. That can easily morph into the need to be the best, the requirement to always be

Candi Staton blends gospel and dance on new album

Candi Staton blends gospel themes and messages of redemption and caution with dance music, funk and soul on “It’s Time to Be Free,” revisiting earlier hits and perhaps creating new

News of the World | Turkey, once touted as a regional model, is now mired in tension

Turkey was riding high in 2010, casting its brand of Islamic piety, Western-style democracy and economic growth as a regional model amid popular upheavals in the Mideast and North Africa. Six

The Guardian of Autochthones

Each and every wine-producing country in the Old World would have its proud list of autochthonous – i.e. indigenous – varieties, some of which are so time-honoured and distinctive that

Food & Drink | Brazil’s national cocktail poised for Olympic exposure

It’s tempting to call cachaça a Brazilian rum and think of the caipirinha as another muddled tropical cocktail. The upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro may change that. Brazil’s national cocktail

Chui Sai On at the AL | CE urges youth to be more proactive

The Chief Executive yesterday called on the local youth to be “more committed” to investing in their education in order to find good jobs. Given the conditions offered to them

Elvis Costello to perform solo concert in town

The Macao Cultural Centre (CCM) is set to present the renowned singer-songwriter Elvis Costello in a concert at the Centre’s Grand Auditorium on September 9. Costello will perform a combination of

Correctional Service Bureau director to leave post

Lee Kam Cheong, director of the Correctional Services Bureau, will step down from his position on July 31, the Office of the Secretary for Security announced in a statement yesterday.

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