Chinese police patrol in Italy to make tourists feel safer

Chinese policemen are in Italy to start patrols with Italian officers in Rome and Milan in a two-week experiment. Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said that the aim is to make Chinese

Health | Blood shortages pump life into USD16 billion drugmaker

During the darkest days of China’s stock-market crash last summer, one drugmaker relentlessly defied gravity. Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co., a seller of treatments made from human blood plasma, rallied to

Internet | Probe casts chill over Baidu’s advertising business

A Chinese government investigation into Baidu Inc.’s search business following the death of a cancer-stricken college student threatens one of its largest sources of advertising revenue. Health and Internet regulators launched

Analysis | North Korea: Details of party congress secret, but goals clear

North Korea, the world’s last great master of Cold War-era spectacle, is likely to deliver a big one when its ruling party holds its first congress in 36 years later this

India | Three detained after Dalit law student raped, murdered

Police detained three men for questioning yesterday in the rape and murder of a law student whose body was found mutilated in southern India, officials said. The case has drawn comparisons

Indonesia | Gang rape, murder of teenage girl sparks call for reform

The rape and murder of a teenage girl by 14 men has reignited calls in Indonesia for a sexual violence law that is languishing in Parliament to be enacted. The attack on

Australia | Canberra plans to halve budget deficit within three years

Australia’s government said yesterday it plans to reduce its budget deficit by more than half in three years while maintaining momentum in a sluggish economy with personal and business tax

Migrant crisis | German Jews divided over fears of one million Muslim newcomers

When the leader of Germany’s Jews spoke out against the flow of Muslim migrants to Europe, a rabbinical student denounced his views as racist — and ignited a debate over

Spain | No Podemos: King signs decree for unprecedented new elections

King Felipe VI signed the order in the presence of parliamentary speaker Patxi Lopez hours after the deadline for installing a new government passed. Spain has never had to repeat

This Day in History | 1982 Argentines destroy HMS Sheffield

The sinking has shocked the British nation and foiled any possible diplomatic solution to the current dispute over the Falkland Islands between Britain and Argentina. The ship caught fire when a

Offbeat | Albania hopes to lure tourists with Communist nuclear bunker

A facility that was designed to keep Albania running after a nuclear attack is the latest relic of the country’s dark Communist past that is being reinvented as a modern

Football | Against All Odds: Leicester wins English title for first time in its 132 years

Leicester City completed one of the greatest ever sporting achievements yesterday when the 5,000-1 underdogs won the Premier League for the first time. Leicester players were crowded around a television

Bangkok temple now a venerated site for Leicester City fans

Tucked in the Chinatown area of Bangkok is a Buddhist temple that has turned overnight into a venerated site for Leicester City’s fans, at least the ones in Thailand. After all,

Macau Matters | The value in being multilingual

I grew up in a family and suburb of English native speakers, and even my Greek, Italian and Lebanese school friends only spoke English. The only way to really learn

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The Buzz | Companies crucial to energy exploration abandon USD34b merger

Two companies crucial to the business of U.S. energy exploration have abandoned their planned USD34 billion merger, the Justice Department said yesterday. The department filed suit April 6 to block the

Cinema | Feud over artistic independence threatens Asian film festival

The future of Asia’s largest, most-awaited film festival is in question as local filmmakers threaten to boycott the red carpet over what they view as government interference. Officials of the Busan

Macau | Glitch leads to chaos at border

The incident took place at around 5.18 p.m. and lasted until 7.15 p.m. Police officers quickly arranged a barricade around the departure hall outside, where several long, disorganized queues of

World Briefs

INDIA Massive wildfires that have killed at least seven people in recent weeks were burning through pine forests in the mountains of northern India yesterday, including parts of two tiger

Street performers could be subject to permits

Street artistic performances” are the solution chosen by the government to “bring the arts closer to people,” said the Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture, Alexis Tam, in his introductory

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