WeChat struggles to lure new users amid WhatsApp rivalry

The messaging application, which took China by storm, posted its slowest active user growth on record as it struggles to attract new customers in Western countries. Shenzhen-based Tencent is cutting

Hong Kong | Police reputation suffers as officers get a bad name

One of the groups disappointed by police behavior is Hong Kong’s expat community. Following a police check on Wednesday night at the popular Mes Amis bar in Mongkok by about

Beijing must change economy to meet climate targets 

Chinese leaders pledged for the first time to cap the country’s decades-long growth of greenhouse gas emissions. Since China emits more carbon and other heat-trapping gases than any other country, the pledge

Myanmar | Obama meets leader amid fears of backslide

President Barack Obama received a hero’s welcome two years ago during his historic visit to Myanmar, whose rapid rebirth after decades of repression was a source of hope for the region

India | Washington, Delhi end impasse that threatened WTO pact

The United States and India said yesterday they had resolved a dispute over stockpiling of food by governments, clearing a major stumbling block to a deal to boost world trade. India

India | Arrested doctor denies role in deaths of women

The doctor who conducted sterilization procedures after which 13 women died in central India was arrested, but insisted he didn’t do anything wrong — even though he said he used to

Space | European agency releases first picture from comet

The European Space Agency yesterday published the first image taken from the surface of a comet, and said that its Philae lander is still “stable” despite a failure to latch

Ebola | Medical aid group to host 3 clinical trials

Accelerated clinical trials will be launched in West Africa to speed the search for a treatment for the deadly Ebola virus, Doctors Without Borders announced yesterday. The international humanitarian group said

Turkey | Protesters rough up US sailors in Istanbul

Anti-American protesters shouting “Yankee, go home!” roughed up three U.S. Navy sailors Wednesday in Istanbul near where their warship was docked on an inlet of the Bosphorus Strait in the

This day in history: 2000 Fuel protesters rally for tax cut

Both demonstrations passed off peacefully. The biggest was in London where protesters rallied in Hyde Park. About 350 vehicles were stopped by police from entering the centre of the city. Drivers parked their

Offbeat | Ancient artifacts auctioned over Mexico objections

The London-based Bonhams auction house sold off a collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts Wednesday over the objections of the Mexican government, which says at least half the pieces are fake and

Football : Euro 16 Qualifiers | Germany, Portugal, Dutch out to regain lost ground

Qualifying for the largest-ever European Championship in 2016 was supposed to be a simple task for the continent’s top teams. It’s not turning out that way. World champion Germany, Portugal and the Netherlands

Rugby | France unchanged for Australia after routing Fiji

France coach Philippe Saint-Andre has named an unchanged side to face Australia in tomorrow’s test match after last weekend’s 40-15 rout of Fiji. The 21-year-old Teddy Thomas again starts at left

Bizcuits: Niche idea

One of those statistics in Macau that isn’t what it is: unemployment, 1.7% (Q3)! MDT’s award- winning cartoonist with an eye to the absurd saw the jocularity in the topic (MDT

Friday, November 14, 2014 – edition no. 2191

* The ‘other’ Grand Prix | Auto sales growth adds to traffic woes * Top officials detained in Portugal’s Golden Visa anti-graft probe * A family battling Type 1 diabete * Stanley Ho

Big Booty Business

* Movies: Homesman * Books: Blue Labyrinth by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child * Music: The Endless River by Pink Floyd * Wine: The Conservative Innovation * Food: Game On   DOWNLOAD

Preston & Childs return with ‘Blue Labyrinth’

A family secret over 100 years old comes back to haunt FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's latest thriller, "Blue Labyrinth." A knock on Pendergast's

The Conservative Innovation

So renowned is the Alpine nature of Austria, that it not only appears on postcards, but also is referred to in the national anthem, sung to the melody of Wolfgang

Pink Floyd say goodbye with ‘The Endless River’

Never was an album more aptly named than "The Endless River," the new — and seemingly final — release from Pink Floyd. It flows unstoppably, and while some listeners may

GAME ON

Born in Kent, England, Sargeant discovered his passion for cooking at a very young age. In 1997, he followed celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay and assisted him to gain the 3-Michelin-star

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