Offbeat | Miniature wall appears around Trump’s Hollywood star

On the day Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, a miniature wall appeared around the former reality TV host’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tourists stopped Tuesday

Russia loses appeal against Olympic track and field ban

Russia lost its appeal yesterday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from

China vows zero-tolerance on doping for Olympic team

Seeking to dismiss lingering doubts, a top Chinese sports official says the country has committed to a zero-tolerance stance on doping ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Vice Director

Sam Allardyce on verge of being hired to coach England

England is on the verge of hiring Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce to take charge of the national team as Roy Hodgson’s successor. A person with knowledge of the situation told

The Buzz | Ex-Philippine leader Arroyo freed from years of detention

Former Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was freed yesterday from years of hospital detention after the Supreme Court cleared her of a plunder charge in what anti-corruption advocates called “a

Star South Korean pitcher charged in gambling case

South Korean prosecutors have indicted a leading baseball player for allegedly manipulating games for gambling purposes in what could be another blow to the reputation of the country’s professional sports leagues. Prosecutors

Kapok | Living together

Being in France just a few days after the horrendous truck attack that took place in the Southern French city of Nice on Bastille Day, claiming the life of 84

World Briefs

CHINA At least 75 people in northern China have died or gone missing since Monday in some of the worst flooding in years, the government said yesterday. The figures released

Friday, July 22, 2016 – edition no. 2605

* Hong Kong teen leader Joshua Wong guilty in protest trial * Wu Zhiliang defends Jinan uni donation * Macau to be ‘Priority market’ for post-EU Britain * Airport says 6.4 million passengers

Guide to Rio: from safety to samba

* Movies: Star Trek Beyond * Books: Seinfeldia by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong * Music: Apache  by Aaron Neville * Wine: The southern Kaleidoscope III * Events: French Soul in Sanya   DOWNLOAD

A touch of humor invades ‘Star Trek Beyond’

In the previous “Star Trek” installment, Spock cried. In the latest, “Star Trek Beyond,” he laughs. And not just a little snicker, either, but a belly-full one. What bold explorations

‘Seinfeldia’ offers little new on landmark comedy

Eighteen years ago, in one of the most anticipated moments in American television history, fans of “Seinfeld” obsessed over the series ending its nine-season run and struggled with saying goodbye

Aaron Neville shakes a funk feather on ‘Apache’

Aaron Neville picks up the pace and delves into songwriting on “Apache,” a lively album meshing New Orleans R&B with Brooklyn funk. Ably guided by Soulive’s Eric Krasno and backed by

Travelog | Guide to visiting Rio for the Olympics, from safety to samba

With the Olympics just a few weeks away, Brazil faces a litany of problems: an economy in freefall, the Zika virus and a political crisis with an impeached president. But

The Southern Kaleidoscope III

(Continued from “The Southern Kaleidoscope II” on 1 July 2016) The wine classification systems of Burgundy and Germany are notoriously complicated, but perhaps necessarily so, considering their hierarchical structure as well

Events | French Soul in Sanya

With numerous terrorist attacks occuring during the past year in various parts of the world, many are thinking twice about going on vacation outside of China. Sad as it is,

History | Macau beneath the surface

Macau’s largest archaeological excavation of blue-­and-white porcelain has revealed the city’s prosperity as an export center more than four centuries ago To better understand the scope of St Paul’s Church and

Three suspects targeted for illegal investment scheme

At least three suspects have been targeted by the Judiciary Police (PJ) as responsible parties in a recently reported illegal money collection fraud, according to a report by Jornal Va

Ouster of liberal Chinese magazine publisher marks era’s end

China’s best-known liberal journal has endured, by its publisher’s count, 16 major clashes with authorities since its founding in 1991. It has irritated, and outlasted, two Chinese leaders, he says,

Animal welfare | Abandonment of dogs leading to stray problem in Coloane

A local non-profit organization that seeks to provide temporary solutions to the problem of stray dogs in the city says that uninformed owners who are unwilling to take on the

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