Afghanistan | Suicide bombing at funeral kills 9

An Afghan official says a suicide bomber detonated his payload at a crowded funeral, killing two police and seven civilians. Taj Mohammed Taqwa, chief of the Burka district in the

South Korea | 52 missing after ship sinks in Bering Sea 

Rescuers searched yesterday for 52 people missing after a South Korean fishing ship they were working on sank in the Bering Sea, an official said. At least one person died. Authorities

Australia | Boys discover baby’s body buried at Sydney beach

Two young boys playing on a Sydney beach on Sunday found an infant’s body buried in the sand, police said, one week after a newborn baby was discovered alive at

Hong Kong | 40 arrested as protesters clash with police for street control

Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters face a new court ruling to clear out after Sunday night’s attempt to expand their hold on a swathe of central Hong Kong was beaten back

Xi outlines ‘big country diplomacy’ in Sino foreign policy

China must establish “big country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics,” President Xi Jinping said in a speech that laid out his goals for making the nation a major strategic power, a

GLOBAL WARMING | Climate funds for coal highlight lack of UN rules

About USD1 billion in loans under a U.N. initiative for poor countries to tackle global warming is going toward the construction of power plants fired by coal, the biggest human

Gay dating app grows to 15 million users 

By day, Ma Baoli was a high-ranking officer in a seaside city police force. By night, he ran a website for gay people to share experiences and where he spoke

India | Video of women fighting off harassers goes viral

A video showing two sisters in northern India hitting back at men who allegedly harassed them on a crowded bus has drawn huge attention in a country where hundreds of

Ebola epidemic | Disease rages in Sierra Leone as UN misses curbing targets

Only 23 percent of cases are being isolated in Liberia, and 40 percent in Sierra Leone, short of a goal set in October to isolate seven-in-ten cases by yesterday. Neither

PERU | Clock ticking, UN climate talks resume in Lima

Negotiators from more than 190 countries get together yesterday in Lima for the last main stop of the U.N. climate negotiations on the road to a planned global warming deal

This Day in History: 1954 US Senate condemns McCarthy

The vote was 67 to 22, with all the Democrats and about half the Republicans voting against him. He has been condemned on two counts: - Contempt and abuse of a Senate

Offbeat | 1.2 million Australian Christmas lights set record

Guinness World Records on Friday confirmed that the 120 kilometers of multicolored wire strung in the shape of three interconnected giant, wrapped Christmas gifts in a downtown Canberra mall was

Spain | Deportivo mourns fan killed in street clash

  Deportivo La Coruna’s players held a minute’s silence yesterday for a fan who died in a street clash with Atletico Madrid supporters before their Spanish league match. Deportivo’s players stopped their

Editorial: Game on

Chui Sai On’s speech was short and concise; he basically introduced his brand new team and promised to do better in his next term. He understood the spotlight yesterday should

Tuesday, December 2, 2014 – edition no. 2203

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Chui Sai On to announce top officials at 5:30pm

The announcement of the 4th MSAR Government will be broadcasted live by TDM-TV in both its Chinese and Portuguese channels, TDM sources told the Times. It is expected that Mr Chui

THE BUZZ: Union calls on Lufthansa pilots to stage st rike

A union representing Lufthansa pilots has called on its members to go on strike today in a dispute over retirement benefits. The Vereinigung Cockpit union said yesterday that the strike will

World briefs

CHINA An attack in Xinjiang region left 15 people dead and 14 injured, state media reported, the latest in a wave of ethnic violence there that has claimed dozens of

Sports | Badminton Open : Xue Song wins men’s singles, Sindhu revalidates title

In the women’s singles final, two-time World Championship bronze medalist PV Sindhu (India) lifted her first title of the season by successfully defending the Macau trophy after seeing off Kim

ARTS | Jordi Savall unveils musical treasures

The Catalan musician demonstrated strength both as an interpreter and an ensemble leader, offering the audience a musical journey through ancient traditions around the Mediterranean Sea. The concert presented a

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