Organized crime | Italy fights mafia with new strategy: banish sons

First Italy fought its mafia mobsters by confiscating their wealth. Now judges are taking away something more precious: their sons. Riccardo Cordi, a shy 18-year-old scion of one of Italy's most

China Mobile taking steps to cut smartphone subsidies

China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier, is taking steps toward eliminating USD2 billion in smartphone subsidies, almost doubling the costs of some devices such as Apple’s iPhone 5s. China Mobile is

China’s Zotye Auto starts selling vehicles in Brazil

The company, which invested $25 million to enter the Brazilian market, has plans to start assembling vehicles in Brazil by 2017, by building a factory in the state of Espírito

Luanda railway company takes delivery of rolling stock

The Angolan government has approved the purchase of 10 railcars to strengthen the passenger rail system in the city of Luanda, according to a statement from the Council of Ministers

HONG KONG | Pro-democracy protesters defy police firing tear gas

Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators defied tear gas and pepper spray to occupy the city center, as police undertook the biggest crackdown since the city returned to Chinese rule. Police

TAIWAN | Taipei tells Beijing no to ‘one country two systems’

Chinese president Xi Jinping said reunifying the mainland and Taiwan is about ending political antagonism rather than about rebuilding territories and sovereignty, state media reported Friday. Xi’s remarks to a delegation of pro-reunification

Gov’t busts iPhone 6 smugglers in Shanghai

China in recent days has busted a slew of smugglers bringing Apple iPhone 6 models into the country ahead of their official release, with officials yesterday reporting the latest seizure of

Fatal school stampede blamed on horseplay 

A stampede that killed six children and injured 26 at a southern Chinese elementary school was sparked by horseplay that caused panic among dozens of schoolchildren, a state-run newspaper reported

JAPAN | More than 30 believed dead at erupting volcano

Rescue workers have found 30 or more people unconscious and believed to be dead near the peak of an erupting volcano in central Japan, local government and police said. Nagano prefecture posted

INDIA DIPLOMACY | Modi courts Indian-Americans at Madison Sq Garden

A day after addressing a hushed U.N. General Assembly, where headphone-wearing delegates rarely break into a smile, India’s new prime minister is assured a raucous reception as he addresses a crowd from

USA | Ferguson officer shot, 2 suspects wanted

A Ferguson police officer was shot in the arm Saturday night after encountering two men at a community center who ran from him and then opened fire during a foot

Man accused in Oklahoma beheading is awake 

A man who was shot after authorities say he beheaded one woman and attacked another at an Oklahoma food processing plant from which he had just been fired has regained

SERBIA | Thousands of police protect gay pride march

Thousands of anti-riot police officers were deployed yesterday in downtown Belgrade in an effort to protect a gay pride march that faced threats of attacks from extremists. Water cannons, armored vehicles

This Day in History | 1958 – Historic Sheerness docks to close

All 2,500 jobs at Sheerness Docks on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent are in jeopardy. The first ever secretary of the Admiralty, Samuel Pepys, established the dockyard in the 17th

Offbeat | Slot machine saves German gambler as police arrive

A gambler in Germany has been saved from prison by a one-armed bandit. Police said that two officers carrying out routine checks at an arcade in the western city of Bochum

Golf | Ryder Cup | They did it again: McIlroy, McDowell deliver for Europe in singles

Rory McIlroy delivered the first point of the day in dominant fashion yesterday and Graeme McDowell won the second with a big comeback as Europe closed in on another Ryder

Bleak future for New England thoroughbred racing

New England's storied thoroughbred racing industry looks like it's trotting to a close. Suffolk Downs, the region's lone remaining track, is shutting down this year, a victim of changes in a

Insight: Talent is not a magic word

One of the measures announced by Chui Sai On in the 2014 Policy Address was the creation of a Talent Development Committee. The idea behind the new committee, headed by the

Monday, September 29, 2014 – edition no. 2160

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The Buzz | Spain picks Lennon film to compete for Oscar

Spain’s film academy has selected the movie “Vivir es Facil con los Ojos Cerrados” (Living is Easy With Eyes Closed) about a Spanish man’s quest to meet John Lennon as

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