Revamped environmental law raises hope for mainland cleanup

People in China who want to take industries to task for fouling their surroundings have been rushing to file complaints and lawsuits this year in a test of legal reforms that toughen

NPC WRAPS UP | Party to press ahead with reform as legislative session closes

Li Keqiang expressed determination yesterday to press ahead with reforms meant to reduce the Chinese government’s role in the economy in hopes of spurring growth despite what he acknowledged would

Ask the Vet | Can Cats See Colour?

Now that there is the advent of medical science, there is more information than ever that can tell us exactly what cats see and why they can only see a

Hong Kong shouldn’t worry that Beijing is tightening grip, Li says

Hong Kong’s residents shouldn’t fear that China is tightening its grip on the former British colony, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said, adding that the government is committed to granting the

Vanuatu | Country struggles to account for cyclone damage, deaths 

  Officials struggled yesterday to determine the scale of the devastation wrought by a monstrous cyclone that tore through the tiny South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, with death counts varying in the

Myanmar | Gov’t denies bombing inside China amid Beijing’s protest 

A senior Myanmar official yesterday denied Chinese accusations that one of his country’s warplanes crossed China’s border and dropped a bomb that killed four farmers during fighting with Myanmar rebels. The official, from

Pakistan | Suicide bombers kill 14 people outside churches 

Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers exploded themselves near two churches in the eastern city of Lahore yesterday as worshippers were gathered inside, killing 14 people, officials said, in the latest attack

India | Robbers gang rape nun in her 70s at school 

A nun in her 70s was gang-raped by a group of bandits Saturday when she tried to prevent them from robbing a Christian missionary school in eastern India, police said, the

Israel | Netanyahu legacy on the line in vote 

  As Israelis prepare to vote in parliament elections on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself at a fateful crossroads: Make history or become history. If Netanyahu can lead his Likud

Iraq | Kurds claim Islamic State group used chemical weapons 

Kurdish authorities in Iraq said Saturday they have evidence that the Islamic State group used chlorine gas as a chemical weapon against peshmerga fighters, the latest alleged atrocity carried out by

A look at examples of linguistic gap in 2 Koreas

Here are some examples: — South Koreans use the English loan word “juice” but North Koreans say “danmul,” or “sweet water.” — South Koreans watch a “musical” but North Koreans see a

This Day in History | 1978 | Aldo Moro snatched at gunpoint

Chief police investigator Signor Moro said 12 gunmen took part in the attack on the former prime minister as he was being driven to parliament. Police have set up dozens

Offbeat | Japan’s Suzuki sets race walk world record on home soil

Yusuke Suzuki of Japan broke the 20-kilometer race walk world record yesterday at the Asian Race Walking Championships. Suzuki won the IAAF Race Walking Challenge in his home town with

F1 | Hamilton leads 1-2 finish for Mercedes at Australian GP

Lewis Hamilton beat teammate Nico Rosberg in a one-two finish for Mercedes at the Australian Grand Prix yesterday, as the team extended it 2014 dominance into the opening race of

Nature | UN – Head urges better safeguards for climate disasters

The president of the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu appealed to a U.N. disaster conference Saturday for help as a powerful cyclone swept across his archipelago, driving painfully home the

Sports Views | Not every F1 season can or needs to be a classic

Anyone who tells you this new Formula One season will be a classic, packed full of thrilling uncertainties, is stretching the truth. The outcome — Mercedes’ super-quick cars again scooping

Boxing | Mayweather, Pacquiao agree to Olympic-level drug tests for bout

Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao agreed to blood and urine testing ahead of their May 2 world- championship welterweight boxing match. A plan to have Mayweather, 38, and Pacquiao, 36,

Insight | Macau should lead Hengqin’s development

I have always wondered why Hengqin Island was left undeveloped for centuries. The land is obviously uneven and lumpy, which makes it harder to build there. Until the 1980s, Zhuhai

Review | ‘A Kim Jong-Il Production’ is a fascinating tale

Here’s an easy one: North Korea’s Kim Jong Il orders a famous South Korean film director and his actress wife kidnapped and brought into the country to remake a tepid

Monday, March 16, 2015 – edition no. 2270

* Vanuatu declares state of emergency after ‘monster’ cyclone * Macanese families encounter ‘lost memories’ * Macau with high degree of autonomy * F1: Hamilton leads 1-2 finish for Mercedes   DOWNLOAD PDF   * Superpowers circle

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