Beijing’s influence set to climb as US thwarted on new bank

Seven decades after the end of World War II, the international economic architecture crafted by the U.S. faces its biggest shakeup yet, with China establishing new channels for influence to

Gov’t rejects calls for release of women’s rights activists

China yesterday rejected growing international calls for the release of five women’s rights activists and accused critics of violating the country’s judicial sovereignty by appealing for the women’s freedom. Chinese Foreign Ministry

Lee Kuan Yew’s ancestral residence sparks memories

  A village over 500 kilometers from the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou that nestles in mountains is attracting visitors in search of a glimpse into the life of late Singapore

Singapore | Lee Kuan Yew lies in state as citizens bid farewell 

Singaporeans stood in silence yesterday as Lee Kuan Yew’s coffin traveled on a ceremonial gun carriage a short distance from the presidential palace to Parliament, where thousands waited for hours

Thailand | Seafood firm drops supplier named in slavery report

Thailand’s biggest seafood company said yesterday it has cut ties with a supplier named in an Associated Press report after determining it might be involved with forced labor and other abuses. The

Australia | 230 suspected jihadis prevented from leaving

Counterterrorism squads have prevented 230 suspected jihadis from departing Australian airports for the Middle East this month, including at least three teenage boys, officials said yesterday. Officials had previously announced that

Italy | High court deciding fate of ‘very worried’ Amanda Knox 

Italy’s high court took up the appeal of Amanda Knox’s murder conviction yesterday, considering the fate of the “very worried” American and her Italian former boyfriend in the brutal 2007

Yemen | President flees his house in Aden as rebels near 

Yemen’s embattled president fled his palace in Aden for an undisclosed location yesterday as Shiite rebels offered cash bounty for his capture and arrested his defense minister. President Abed Rabbo Mansour

Death Penalty | Utah’s adoption of firing squads bucks global trend

Utah’s decision to reintroduce the firing squad as an execution method if lethal injections drugs are unavailable bucks an international trend. Utah’s governor has signed a law that makes his state

Germanwings tragedy | France cracks open plane’s black box, seals off crash site 

French investigators cracked open the badly damaged black box of a German jetliner yesterday and sealed off the rugged Alpine crash site where 150 people died when their plane slammed

This Day in History: 1981 ‘Gang of four’ launches new party

At a crowded press conference in London, signalling the start of a massive media campaign to recruit supporters, the party outlined its hopes of breaking the political mould and of

Offbeat: Crowd-funding campaign launched for ‘Super Troopers’ sequel

The comedy troupe behind the cult hit film “Super Troopers” has launched a crowd-funding campaign to help bankroll a sequel. Broken Lizard made the 2001 police comedy and on Tuesday asked

Cricket | What to watch in the Australia vs India World Cup semi

Australia and India have won six of the last eight Cricket World Cup titles and have developed a heated rivalry over the last decade. When the teams meet in the

Figure skating | Americans Chock, Bates take lead in ice dancing at worlds

Madison Chock and Evan Bates will attempt to become just the second Americans to win gold in ice dancing at the figure skating world championships after taking the lead in

Vox Parva | Scout oaths and laws are more than the “duty of others”

Recently, debate over the launching of national education has been heating up throughout society. It started on March 20 when “All About Macau”, a local online media source, published news about

Thursday, March 26, 2015 – edition no. 2278

* Macau hosts Asian Film Awards with glittering ceremony * ‘We can have less pollution’ * CTM preparing to transition customers from 3G to 4G * Lee Kuan Yew lies in state as

The Buzz | Russia to resume space tourism in 2018

Russia officials say they will resume space tourism in 2018 after years of sending into space only professional cosmonauts and astronauts. Russia had sent seven paying guests to the International Space

World briefs

CHINA’s manufacturing fell to the lowest level in nearly a year as new orders shrank, according to a report that underscored the weakening outlook for the world’s second biggest economy.

Tube war | Are you willing to pay to watch video clips online?

Would you pay to see some of the Internet’s best video clips first? Vessel, a new service trying to change the way that short video pieces make money on the

Policy Address 2015 | Uneventful debate at the AL, diversification and cooperation top concerns

The session began with easy questions: Kou Hoi In was one of the lawmakers to note that the local economic structure is too dependent on gaming, saying that “now is

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