Angola| Standard & Poor’s lowers credit rating

The Standard & Poor’s rating agency (S&P) downgraded its credit rating of Angola’s debt in foreign currency from  while maintaining a stable outlook, the agency said in a statement. The

Portugal is China’s 4th biggest European investment destination

Portugal was the fourth country in Europe to receive the most Chinese investment in the last ten years, ahead of much larger economies such as Spain or even Italy, according

American lobster: the mainland’s new festive delicacy 

  Now on the menu in Beijing for Chinese New Year: lots and lots of American lobster. Exports of U.S. lobster to China have rocketed in the past few years, largely to satisfy the

Thanksgiving celebrations have nothing on CNY

About 2.8 billion trips will be made in China, including 295 million on board trains, according to government estimates. In the U.S., AAA Travel had projected last year that 46.3

Prosecutors take down senior leader amid anti-corruption campaign 

Su Rong, a former provincial party leader and former vice chairman of China’s top political advisory body, is one of the most senior officials to have fallen in President Xi Jinping’s sweeping

Tens of millions on the move for Lunar New Year

A new interactive map of China’s Lunar New Year travel tells a story of massive migration home from the big city. The updating graphic posted online by the Chinese Internet portal

Shanghai dampens festive events after deadly stampede

Officials have put the brakes on some popular Chinese New Year events in big cities in the wake of a deadly stampede in Shanghai last month, leaving some observers complaining

Indonesia | Jakarta postpones moving of Australian drug convicts for execution 

Indonesia has postponed the transfer of eight convicted drug smugglers, including seven foreigners, to a prison island for execution due to technical problems and to allow the two Australians among

Sri Lanka | UN council endorses delay to war crimes report 

The United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday delayed by six months the release of a report into alleged war crimes committed during Sri Lanka’s civil war, a move sought by the country’s

Myanmar | Tens of thousands of ethnic refugees flee to China

Tens of thousands of refugees from Myanmar’s ethnic region of Kokang have fled into the neighboring Chinese province of Yunnan over the past week amid fighting between militant rebels and

North Korea | Pyongyang threatens strong response to DC rights meeting 

North Korea said it would respond “very strongly” to a conference in Washington yesterday about its widespread human rights abuses and says the United States ignored Pyongyang’s offer to attend and defend

USA | Federal judge stalls Obama’s executive action on immigration 

  A federal judge in Texas on Monday temporarily blocked President Barack Obama’s executive action on immigration, giving a coalition of 26 states time to pursue a lawsuit that aims to permanently stop

Ukraine | Army, rebels fighting despite pullback deadline 

  Ukrainian government troops and Russia-backed rebels faced a deadline yesterday to start pulling back heavy weapons from the front line in eastern Ukraine, but Associated Press reporters saw no signs

Greece | Hopes of deal remain despite snag in talks 

Despite all the tough talk of ultimatums and games of poker, Greece and its creditors in the 19-country eurozone are still expected to cobble together some sort of deal that will allow

This Day in History: 1969 Lulu ties knot with Bee Gee

Lulu, 20, had hoped to keep her wedding plans secret but around 1,000 people - mostly women and girls - filled the grounds of St James’ Church in Gerrards Cross. Several

Offbeat | Party Animals: Dogs also celebrate Carnival in Rio

More than 100 festive pet owners dressed their dogs in flashy costumes of superheroes and princesses last weekend for a parade to celebrate animal life in Brazil’s most joyful season. “Carnival

Football | Gaungzhou R&F beats Mariners to reach Asian Champions League

Jiang Ning and Liu Lin scored a goal in each half to give Chinese club Gaungzhou R&F a 3-1 win over the Central Coast Mariners yesterday and a spot in

Skiing | Norway expected to dominate cross-country at worlds

  Even by cross-country skiing standards, there may be an unusually high number of Norwegians climbing the podium in the coming two weeks. Going into the Nordic skiing world championships that start

Artifacts: Ramming the point

It’s that time of year again where everything gets even more chaotic than usual. The world’s largest human migration is firmly underway as the whole of China gets down to

Wednesday, February 18, 2015 – edition no. 2253

* ‘Heat map’ captures massive CNY migration * ATFPM urges for political reform * MGM announces ‘Special Bonus’ * Good luck chicken for lunar new year   DOWNLOAD

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