North Korea | UN official: human rights, cult of Kim can’t coexist

  A campaign within the United Nations to haul North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before an international court for crimes against humanity has touched off a defensive fury in Pyongyang,

South Korea | Soldier sentenced to death for killing 5 comrades

A South Korean soldier was sentenced to death yesterday for killing five comrades and injuring seven others in a shooting and grenade attack last year, the Defense Ministry said. Shooting rampages

TERRORISM | Hostage killings highlight threat, meager options for Japan

  The killing of two Japanese taken hostage by the Islamic State group has violently driven home the high stakes Japan faces and limited options it can muster in such circumstances. It also offers

BALKANS | UN Court: Serbia and Croatia didn’t commit genocide in 1990s

  The United Nations’ top court ruled yesterday that Serbia and Croatia did not commit genocide against each other’s people during the bloody 1990s wars sparked by the breakup of the

Cuba | Havana publishes first photos of Fidel Castro in 5 months

Cuba has published the first photos of Fidel Castro in more than five months, showing the 88-year-old former leader engaged in what appears to be a lively conversation with a university

This Day in History: 1968 More Kenyan Asians flee to Britain

The party included nine children under two, and all flew in on cut-price one-way tickets costing about £60 - less than half the normal single fare. Omar Sharmar, an Indian who

Offbeat | Virgin Galactic gets back on track toward space tourism

The only thing interrupting the creosote and mesquite that makes up one of New Mexico’s most remote stretches of desert is a pristine runway where Virgin Galactic plans one day

Russia has problem with doping in schools, minister says

Russian child athletes are taking banned substances while still at school, Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said yesterday. With Russia enduring doping scandals for months, Mutko vowed to crack down on

Japan football fires national coach Javier Aguirre

“What we had to consider the most was the impact on the Japanese team,” Daini said. “With a criminal complaint accepted, he would have to respond to an investigation, he

Artifacts: #I AM KENJI

When I woke up on Sunday to read that the Islamic State had beheaded freelance reporter Kenji Goto, it sent a shiver down my spine knowing that the gruesome reach

Wednesday, February 4, 2015 – edition no. 2243

* IPIM reminds temporary residents to communicate ‘change in status’ * Group formed to scrutinize UM * Cats stars visit Macau ahead of March shows * Most major Chinese cities seen failing on

The Buzz | Mercedes confident F1 champion Hamilton will sign new deal

Mercedes is confident that Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton will sign a new contract soon, with his current deal expiring at the end of the year. The 30-year-old British driver clinched

World briefs

CHINA A father and daughter are executed for attacking and killing a woman who had refused to join their outlawed religious group during an altercation at a McDonald’s outlet. AFGHANISTAN Taliban

Gaming | Melco Crown opens new casino resort in Manila

The company’s co-chairman and CEO Lawrence Ho said the opening of the City of Dreams Manila is part of the company’s plans to have casinos across Asia. It operates casinos

Non-permanent residents face obstacles regarding ‘change in status’

A recent court ruling came to revoke the Secretary for Economy and Finance’s decision to cancel the residence permits of an Australian family of four, mainly because the court felt

MEDICAL FORUM | Multidisciplinary medical teams are key in disaster sites

Harvard Medical School professor and surgeon Susan Briggs has been to major disaster sites over the years, including New Orleans after deadly hurricane Katrina, Haiti, the World Trade Center after

Health Bureau launches study on population next year

The Health Bureau (SSM) will be launching a research study on Macau’s population next year, seeking to understand what the main health problems affecting the lives of residents are. SSM

Lawmakers acknowledge difficulties in hiring AL staff

Lawmaker Chan Chak Mo, president of the Legislative Assembly 2nd Standing Committee, acknowledges that it will be difficult to hire more staff as additional vacancies will open once amendments to

Harbourview Hotel to open next week

The Harbourview Hotel will be the first venue to open as part of the Macau Fisherman’s Wharf redevelopment project on February 11, according to casino and hotel services operator Macau

Crime | Two cases of alleged sexual assualt on minors

The Judiciary Police (PJ) have taken a man into custody, and handed another one to the Public Prosecutions Office (MP), in two separate cases of sexual assault on females under

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