Less TV, no smog and other edicts for upcoming military parade

  It’s a familiar pattern to any Beijing resident who lived through the Summer 2008 Olympics and a summit of world leaders last year: Anxious for big-ticket events to go off

Thailand | Bangkok blast probe hindered by broken security cameras

Up to 75 percent of the security cameras were broken along the getaway path taken by the main suspect in last week’s deadly Bangkok bombing, Thailand’s police chief said yesterday,

Japan | Gov’t says Abe will not attend military parade in China

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will not attend a military parade in China next week to commemorate the end of World War II, the government’s top spokesman said yesterday. Chief Cabinet

Koreas | Frustration mounts as talks between rivals drag on

South Korea’s president yesterday vowed a hard line as marathon negotiations by senior officials from the Koreas stretched into a third day in an attempt to defuse a crisis that had the rivals threatening

Islamic State fanaticism | Militants destroy UNESCO-listed temple at Syria’s Palmyra

Islamic State militants have destroyed a temple at Syria’s ancient ruins of Palmyra, activists said Sunday, realizing the worst fears archaeologists had for the 2,000-year-old Roman-era city after the extremists seized it

France | Americans, Briton who thwarted train attack get top honor

Three Americans and a Briton who tackled an attacker loaded with guns and ammunition prevented carnage on the high-speed train carrying 500 passengers to Paris, France’s president said yesterday as

European migrant crisis | Wave of EU-bound immigrants crosses into Serbia

In a new human wave surging through the Balkans, thousands of exhausted migrants from the Middle East, Asia and Africa crossed on foot yesterday from Macedonia into Serbia on their way to

This Day in History | 1989 – Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune

Neptune is over two billion miles from Earth - the most distant planet in our solar system. Scientists at Mission Control in Florida have called it the “culmination of the greatest

Offbeat | UK marine researchers receive ‘oldest message in a bottle’

Tossed into the North Sea sometime between 1904 and 1906, the bottle washed up on the beach on the German island of Amrum, and was found by a couple in

Football | Champions League: Different pedigree, same goal for Man United, FC Astana

Thursday, 2:45am Club Brugge vs Man Utd H 1.91, D 3.75, A -- FC Astana did not exist when Manchester United became European champion for the third time in 2008. The two teams have

Athletics | Usain Bolt beats Justin Gatlin for gold in 100 at worlds

A heart-stopper. A lean at the line. A next-to-nothing margin over a more-than-game challenger. Sure, for Usain Bolt, the winning result, the bow-and-arrow victory celebration and even the setting may have

Views on China | Hong Kong can’t escape the turmoil next door

Twelve months ago, it seemed Beijing’s retrograde politics would eventually sink Hong Kong’s exalted international reputation. Now China’s ailing economy seems likely to finish off the job sooner than anyone

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 – edition no. 2385

* Taipa: Central Park of controversy, incompetence * Malaysia, Indonesia want to use Macau as trade hub to China * Australian-Malay casino giant partners with Man U. * Portuguese banks attract investors from

The Buzz | EPL: Pedro makes instant impact as Chelsea beats West Brom 3-2

Pedro Rodriguez scored one goal and set up another early in his Chelsea debut in a 3-2 win over West Bromwich Albion yesterday, helping the defending champions to their first

Word briefs

NEPAL has opened Mount Everest to climbers for the first time since an earthquake-triggered avalanche in April killed 19 mountaineers and ended the popular spring climbing season. Japanese climber Nobukazu

A visual encyclopedia | Nevada Museum of Art opens unique Lake Tahoe exhibit in Reno

The first major historical art survey of Lake Tahoe and the Sierra’s infamous Donner Pass takes an ambitious trip through two centuries, highlighting the roles of Native Americans and railroad

Information management key to diversification of local economy, says professor

Digital information management could help diversify the local economy, said Xue Huacheng, a professor at the Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), at Friday’s 21st Cross-Strait Conference on Information

Light Rail | Citizens favor first Seac Pai Van route proposal

As per the suggested blueprint, the transit initially operates through the Lotus checkpoint, then along the west entrance of the Islands District Health Services Complex before reaching the final station

Public hearing on idle plots | Ho Iat Seng says he followed Rules of Procedure

President Ho met reporters on Friday to share his insights on the AL’s performance throughout the second legislative session, which ended on August 15. Asked whether links between some lawmakers and

Mainland, Macau ink pact to fight money laundering

The central bank said it has signed a pact with the financial regulators of Macau on anti-money laundering cooperation. A memorandum of understanding to “prevent money laundering and terrorist financing activities”

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