RUBBER STAMP LEGISLATURE | Beijing’s biggest public political event – is it relevant? 

It’s China’s biggest public political event of the year, but with little in the way of debate to report, local media have resorted to issuing photo galleries of attractive journalists or delegates

Australia | Gov’t investigating if teen among IS suicide bombers 

Australia’s government was trying to confirm reports that an Australian teenager was among a group of suicide bombers from the Islamic State movement that struck Iraq’s embattled Anbar province. The Islamic State

Australia offers to pay for 2 prisoners’ keep in Indonesia

Australia has offered to cover Indonesia’s costs for keeping two Australian heroin traffickers in prison for life if Jakarta grants permanent stays of execution, the foreign minister said yesterday. Australia is lobbying hard

Syria | Aid groups criticize UN Security Council over humanitarian crisis

More than 20 international aid groups sharply criticized the United Nations Security Council yesterday, saying it has failed to implement three resolutions passed last year seeking to boost humanitarian assistance

USA | 2 officers shot at protest outside Ferguson police station 

Two officers were shot in front of the Ferguson Police Department early yesterday, authorities said, as demonstrators gathered after the resignation of the city’s police chief in the wake of a scathing

RUSSIA | BBC: Nemtsov’s daughter says Putin to blame for death

Venezuela’s Congress has approved President Nicolas Maduro’s request for expanded powers, which he says he needs to protect the socialist South American country from U.S. “imperialism.” Maduro’s request to enact

This Day in History: 1983 Nkomo flees Zimbabwe ‘death threats’

Mr Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) party, says he was forced to flee from Zimbabwe because his life was in danger. Troops from the Fifth Brigade

Offbeat | FIFA expels Zimbabwe from 2018 World Cup qualifying

Zimbabwe was thrown out of 2018 World Cup qualifying yesterday for failing to pay its national team coach. FIFA’s disciplinary committee said it took the action “as a result of the

Football | After Chelsea’s exit, English clubs face European humbling

Exiting the Champions League was painful for Jose Mourinho but there was no sense of injustice. The Chelsea manager was uncharacteristically restrained, with no attempt to excuse an abject performance

Rugby : 6N France | Coach makes 8 changes to face Italy, after loss to Wales

France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has shaken up his side by making eight changes from the team which lost 20-13 at home to Wales for Sunday’s trip to play Italy —

Bizcuits: Nature calls

I don’t seem to have the words. My language appears foreign to others. I speak, they apparently understand but it doesn’t elicit an appropriate response. I’m environmentally aware and becoming

Friday, March 13, 2015 – edition no. 2269

* China’s biggest public political event: is it relevant? * Macao Water asks for higher subsidy to be sustainable * Behind the scenes, a Cats backstage tour * ‘Zero tolerance’ policy on human

Chinnery Immortalized in Paint

* Movies: Unfinished business * Books: The fifth gospel by Ian Caldwell * Music: Rebel heart by Madonna * Wine: The Bavarian Royalty * technology: Playstation network debuts * ‘Powers’ scripted series * Travel: Trekking in

Times Square by Rodrigo

Tea Leaks by Talkers

Escape Australia voted Hong Kong the 20th in its 2015 Top 20 world cities. Why? “Hong Kong is a playground for business and leisure travellers offering trendy dining

Jack Black

The Ascending Villages

Situated south of Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais is the southernmost subregion of Burgundy in oelonogical terms. Prior to the 20th century, Mâconnais used to be famed for its red wines, but

Food & Fashion | Chanel creates French bistro for show, Lagerfeld behind bar

Karl Lagerfeld was caught moonlighting as a barman at “Brasserie Gabrielle” in Paris this week — but never fear, Chanel’s couturier hasn’t given up his day job. The 81-year-old workaholic designer

Top NYC restaurants participating in ‘mad men’ dining week

“Mad Men Dining Week” is set for March 23-29. Thirty-four top New York City restaurants are participating. They’ll offer 1960s-inspired lunches in celebration of the last season of the award-­winning “Mad

‘Unfinished Business’ should never have started

In the years since he strutted onto the scene — lean, handsome, mouth running a mile a minute — in Doug Liman’s “Swingers” (1996), Vince Vaughn has become one of

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