Court convicts Web marketer in anti-rumor campaign

A Beijing court yesterday convicted an Internet marketer of illegal business practices and sentenced him to four years in prison for posting false information and deleting posts critical of his

Beijing’s USD350M bridge gets scant N. Korean welcome 

The bridge was supposed to be a key link for trade and travel between China’s underdeveloped northeast provinces and a much-touted special economic zone in North Korea — so key that Beijing

HONG KONG | Some barricades cleared from protest site as demonstrators stand by

Hong Kong’s government cleared some barriers that have blocked the city center for the past seven weeks, with little opposition from pro-democracy protesters who erected them. Court bailiffs and security staff

Japan | Abe puts off tax hike, calls snap poll

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election for December and put off a sales tax hike planned for next year until 2017 as the country struggles to fend off

Indonesia | Jokowi raises fuel price to fulfill key development pledge

The price of subsidized gasoline was increased to 8,500 rupiah (USD0.70) a liter from 6,500 rupiah effective yesterday, and diesel has been raised to 7,500 rupiah a liter from 5,500

Indonesia tests female police recruits’ virginity 

Human Rights Watch said in a report that such tests were a longstanding practice in Indonesia, where patriarchal attitudes and practices in the security forces are common. The report was based

Israel | 4 killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack

Two Palestinians stormed a Jerusalem synagogue yesterday, attacking worshippers praying inside with meat cleavers and a gun, and killing four people before they were killed in a shootout with police,

USA | Obama stakes final 2 years on climate change

President Barack Obama is elevating his efforts during his last two years in office to combat global warming above almost all else as he seeks to leave an imprint on

this day in history: 1985 Superpower summit ‘off to good start’

Early reports indicate the meeting between President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva has got off to a good start. Their first get together this morning -

Offbeat | US woman wears colander for driver’s license photo

Asia Lemmon, whose legal name appears on her driver’s license as Jessica Steinhauser, said the pasta strainer represents her beliefs in the satirical Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Flying

Olympics | IOC opens door to joint bids and new sports events

Breaking from the tradition of awarding the Olympics only to a single host city, the IOC is opening the door to possible wider bids — including bids from an entire

Football | Former England coach Eriksson joins Shanghai

Former England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson is taking over at Chinese club Shanghai East Asia. The 66-year-old Swede said  he wants to make the club a force not only in China

Vox Parva: What have we left the children?

Are we able to impart stories, serious knowledge and studies to our next generation? If so, in what occasions are we able to do it? I’ve kept asking myself this question

Wednesday, November 19, 2014 – edition no. 2194

* Some barricades cleared from HK protest site * Gov’t plays safe with ‘cautious’ budget * Lawmakers say ‘no’ to debating political reform * Macau gaming show kicks off   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | 9 face IRA charges in both parts of Ireland

Seven Irishmen have been charged with membership in an Irish Republican Army faction after Northern Ireland police raided a suspected meeting of the outlawed Continuity IRA. A judge ordered all

World briefs

CHINA A fire in a carrot-packaging plant has killed 18 people in eastern China, police said yesterday. An additional 13 people were injured in the fire Sunday night at the

‘Golden visa’ scandal | Portugal Minister steps down as friends caught in corruption net

The Portuguese minister of internal affairs, Miguel Macedo, has announced he is to resign in the wake of a scandal involving so-called “golden visas” saying his “authority was diminished”, even

Resident aggressively harassed and chased by taxi driver

According to a press release issued by the Macau Taxi Passengers Association, which operates the Macau Taxi Driver Shame Facebook group, Ms Azevedo, a member of MTPA, said she had

Hengqin builds infrastructure to last a century

The Times visited the Zhuhai Hengqin New Area Integrated Pipeline Channel, which is 33.4 kilometers long. The structure is located underneath the northern and central part of Hengqin Island. The

Cost of artificial island for Delta Bridge due to increase

Included as part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge (also known as the Delta Bridge), the budget for the development of an artificial island is due to rise to HKD35 billion,

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