Bangladesh | Authorities on alert after Islamist’s execution

Thousands of Bangladeshis poured onto the streets to applaud the execution of an Islamist party official on charges of crimes against humanity during the country’s 1971 independence war, while security

Pakistan | Al-Qaida Indian branch: US drones kill 2 leaders

U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan killed two leaders of al-Qaida’s Indian branch earlier this year, a spokesman for the militants said yesterday, a major blow to the affiliate only months

Thailand | Car bomb injures 7 at shopping mall on Samui

A car bomb injured seven people Friday night at a shopping mall on Thailand’s resort island of Samui, security officials said. The bomb, hidden in a stolen Mazda pickup truck, also

Japan | 3 dolphins rescued after large group beaches on coast

About 150 dolphins beached themselves and became stranded on Japan’s northeastern coast, but frantic rescue efforts Friday saved just a few of them. Mostly melon-headed whales or blackfish, the dolphins were found alive

Cuba-USA thaw In historic face to face, Obama, Castro vow to turn the page 

President Barack Obama and Cuba’s Raul Castro sat down together Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country’s leaders in a half-century, pledging to reach for the kind

USA | Clinton campaign to focus on economic security, opportunity 

Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential campaign will center on boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families, while casting the former senator and secretary of state

Vatican City | Pope calls Armenian slaughter ‘1st genocide of 20th century’ 

Pope Francis yesterday honored the 100th anniversary of the slaughter of Armenians by calling it “the first genocide of the 20th century” and urging the international community to recognize it

This Day in History | 1964 – Poitier breaks new ground with Oscar win

In the film, released last year, he played construction worker Homer Smith whom a group of nuns believe was sent to them by God to build their church. The only other

Offbeat | Godzilla welcomed in Tokyo – to lure visitors, not to scare

The irradiated monster was appointed special resident and tourism ambassador for Shinjuku ward, known for its down-home bars and noodle restaurants. A Godzilla-size head towering 52 meters above ground level was

Lewis Hamilton wins 4th Chinese Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes back on top in Formula One, leading for most of the race yesterday to capture his fourth Chinese Grand Prix victory. Hamilton made sure there would be

Russia’s World Cup organizers face budget headaches

Saransk’s stadium for the 2018 World Cup is supposed to raise the profile of this little-known Russian city, but for now Alexei Merkushkin is just trying to keep costs down. As

Rear Window | Idle cash

Conventional wisdom tells us that Macau people are eager to brag about the standard of the services provided by its utilities, or at least admit a better than average level

Ask the Vet | 3 Symptoms of Diabetes in Cats

Increased Appetite with Weight Loss Because your cat isn’t getting the adequate nutrients to sustain itself from a normal amount of food, it eats more to correct the balance. However, as

Nature | Air pollution Paris in spring means carry a mask along with your umbrella

Set aside any romantic notions of Paris in the spring. Visitors to the French capital are facing the choice of using an umbrella or wearing a mask. Paris is suffering under

Chronicle | A daughter’s Vietnam return forces a father to confront his past

In 2010, three decades after we survived a harrowing boat escape from the communist regime in Vietnam, I broke the news to my father: I would be moving back there

Monday, April 13, 2015 – edition no. 2289

* Robbert van der Maas | Shun Tak to develop ‘free-standing’ hotels in Macau * ‘Sin Fong’ owners protest again * New facilities and law amendments needed * Historic Obama-Castro meeting   DOWNLOAD PDF   China will

The Buzz | US Embassy guard in Qatar assaulted, attacker in custody

The U.S. State Department says an embassy guard in Qatar has been lightly wounded in an assault. In a statement it says that the guard received “superficial injuries” from the assault

World briefs

CHINA A city government in Guangdong has revoked approval of a planned waste incinerator in response to protests, in the latest case of local authorities bowing to a public outcry

Policy Address | Security Wong: security situation affected by ‘unstable factors’

The Legislative Assembly (AL) started discussing the government’s 2015 policy objectives for the security area yesterday. The Secretary for Security, Wong Sio Chak, responded to lawmakers’ inquiries at the plenary

Shun Tak buys hotel property in Shanghai for RMB700 million

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd announced yesterday to the HKSE that Host Wise, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, entered an agreement to acquire a hotel property in Shanghai for

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