Xi gets raise in base pay to USD22,300 a year 

  Chinese President Xi Jinping’s base salary is rising from about USD13,600 to $22,300 a year under a recent general pay increase for public employees, state media reported yesterday. The reports gave

2014 economic growth slowest in more than 2 decades

  China’s economic growth slowed to 7.4 percent in 2014, the weakest expansion in nearly a quarter century, and is forecast to slip further over the next two years, adding to headwinds

Winners and losers in the deepening economic slowdown 

  China’s economy, the world’s second largest, grew 7.4 percent last year, its slowest expansion in nearly a quarter century. Forecasters expect growth to wane further in the next several years as China

TERRORISM | Japanese premier vows to save Islamic State group hostages 

  The Islamic State group threatened to kill two Japanese hostages yesterday unless they receive USD200 million in 72 hours, directly demanding the ransom from Japan’s premier during his visit to the Middle

Hostage crisis hijacks agenda of Abe’s Mideast tour

The release of yesterday’s online video purporting to show an Islamic State figure demanding USD200 million in ransom for two Japanese hostages ambushed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he was

USA | Obama aims to influence debate in State of the Union speech

  President Barack Obama planned to use his second-to-last State of the Union address to Congress to maintain his influence in American politics as the unofficial campaign to choose his successor has already

Yemen coup | Shiite rebels shell president’s home, take over palace

  Yemen’s powerful Shiite Houthi rebels shelled the residence of the country’s embattled president yesterday and simultaneously swept into the presidential palace in the capital, Sana’a, as a top military commander warned

RELIGION AND CONTRACEPTION | Pope: Catholics don’t have to breed ‘like rabbits’ 

  Pope Francis is firmly upholding church teaching banning contraception, but said Monday that Catholics don’t have to breed “like rabbits” and should instead practice “responsible parenting.” Speaking to reporters en route home

IMF cuts growth forecasts, citing sluggish EU, Japan, BRICS

  The International Monetary Fund lowered its forecasts for global growth over the next two years, warning yesterday that weakness in most major economies will trump gains from lower oil prices.

This Day in History: 1992 UN threatens Libya with sanctions

The United Nations has ordered Libya to surrender intelligence agents accused of the Lockerbie and French airliner bombings. The 15-nation Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution urging Libya ‘’immediately to provide

Offbeat | London: Dad gets ‘no-show’ bill after son, 5, misses birthday party

It was not what Derek Nash expected to find in his 5-year-­old’s school bag: A bill demanding a “no-show fee” for another child’s birthday party. Nash said the bill from another

Tennis | Australian Open : Same opponent, same result: Azarenka tops Stephens again

  Victoria Azarenka is in an unfamiliar position as the Australian Open gets underway: unseeded after a long injury layoff and no longer a heavy favorite to capture a title she’s

Cricket | England beat India by 9 wickets in tri-series ODI

Steve Finn and James Anderson shared nine wickets for 51 runs as England rolled India for 153 to set up a nine-wicket win in the tri-series one-day cricket international yesterday. Finn

Football | Asian Cup : Japan, Iraq advance to Asian Cup quarterfinals

Keisuke Honda and Shinji Kagawa scored as Japan weathered a determined Jordan to win their final group match 2-0 and advance to the Asian Cup quarterfinals yesterday. Iraq also qualified from

Artifacts: Keeping it in the family

It’s that time of year again where Christmas has gone and Chinese New Year is coming up, and whether Western or Chinese, most of us will have had to (or

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 – edition no. 2233

* Irish minister and new consul make first ever visit to Macau * Social Services face labor shortage * School fosters traditional Scottish music and dance * March to condemn Fong Chi Keong’s

The Buzz | Mercedes to launch W06 on 1st day of F1 winter testing

Mercedes will launch its new W06 car on the first day of pre-season winter testing in southern Spain next month, the team said in a statement yesterday. Mercedes easily secured a

World briefs

CHINA has requested that the Myanmar government protect the safety and legitimate rights of Chinese nationals who were arrested over illegal logging, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said yesterday. A total

Myanmar | Street kids turn to sniffing glue to forget hunger

Sweaty hair matted to his pale, emaciated face, Thant Zin Oo starts his days early, winding through small alleyways outside Myanmar’s biggest city Yangon and scavenging through garbage piled up

Audit report predicts massive LRT budget blowout

In the “Third Special Audit Report on the First Phase of the Light Rail Transit System” published yesterday, the Commission of Audit (CA) revealed that the Light Rapid Transit (LRT)

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