Hundreds missing after Yangtze cruise ship capsizes

Divers yesterday pulled three people alive from inside a capsized cruise ship and searched for other survivors, state media said, giving some small hope to an apparently massive tragedy with

Afghanistan | Militant attack kills 9 Afghans working for Czech charity

Militants attacked a remote guesthouse and killed nine Afghans working for a Czech charity yesterday, as a new report by Brown University warned that almost 100,000 people have been killed

Migrant crisis | US official calls for Myanmar citizenship for Rohingya 

A senior U.S. official said Monday that resettlement in a third country is not the answer to the swelling tide of boat people in Southeast Asia and called for Myanmar

South Korea | Gov’t reports first 2 deaths from MERS virus

South Korea yesterday confirmed the country’s first two deaths from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome as it fights to contain the spread of a virus that has killed hundreds of people in the

Japan | Solar Impulse waits out weather before takeoff for Hawaii

Ultimately when it comes to adventure, however advanced the technology, the weather holds the trump card. A solar-powered plane attempting to circle the globe without a drop of fuel was sitting

Canada | Judge awards billions to Quebec smokers

A judge has awarded more than $15 billion Canadian (USD12 billion) to Quebec smokers in a case that pitted them against three giant tobacco companies. The case is believed to

Greece | Athens submits draft bailout plan, creditors say not enough

Greece has submitted a proposal for an agreement with its bailout creditors, the prime minister said yesterday, as the country seeks a deal that will unlock desperately needed rescue money. Alexis Tspiras

Greece would join IMF’s hall of shame with missed debt payment

If cash-poor Greece fails to make any of its USD1.7 billion in loan repayments to the International Monetary Fund this month, starting with $334 million due Friday, the country will

This Day in History | 1957 Noel Coward comes home

He arrived at Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth liner dressed in a black tweed jacket with a white diamond pattern, dark trousers and a black and white check bow tie. He

Offbeat | Israeli military punishes soldier for eating a pork sandwich

A U.S.-born Israeli soldier is deep in the mud after pigging out during training. The military sentenced the soldier to 11 days in prison for eating a pork sandwich during a

Rugby | England flyhalf Cipriani arrested for alleged drink-driving

Cipriani, one of English rugby's most high-profile and talented players, was the driver of a car involved in a collision with another car in London early Monday, police said. When asked

Olympics | Massachusetts seeking financial review of Boston bid

Top political leaders in Massachusetts have appointed a Cambridge-based firm to conduct an independent financial review of Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics. Gov. Charlie Baker joined with House Speaker Robert

Football | Scandal FIFA says Valcke not behind USD10m payment in corruption probe

  Amid a deepening corruption crisis within soccer's governing body, FIFA defended its second- in-command yesterday by distancing him from claims he helped authorize USD10 million in bribes for World Cup bidding

Former Brazil soccer president Teixeira facing investigation

Brazilian federal police have requested that prosecutors charge the former president of the Brazilian soccer confederation with corruption crimes related to USD147 million in "atypical" bank transfers as he led

Market Views | Negative bets on China shares may be unwise

Despite the correction last week and the crazy volatility, the recent rise in China’s Shanghai Composite Index is good news for the over-levered companies fortunate enough to be listed on

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The Buzz | Google tries to demystify privacy controls with new approach

Google is making its privacy controls easier to find and understand in an attempt to make the more than 1 billion users of its digital services feel more comfortable about

World briefs

S KOREA-CHINA South Korea and China signed a free trade deal that will remove tariffs on more than 90 percent of goods over two decades. BELGIUM Influential European Union nations France

Prague 68 invasion film angers Czechs, Slovaks

The two former federation partners, who split peacefully in 1993, protested the way the documentary portrayed the invasion as a friendly move to protect against a potential threat from the

Seac Pai Van pavilion reopens with new pair of giant pandas

The Giant Panda Pavilion in Seac Pai Van park reopened to the public yesterday, as Xin Xin and Kai Kai, the new pair of giant pandas presented to Macau by

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