Total CEO killed in Russian plane crash

The head of French oil giant Total SA was killed at a Moscow airport when his corporate jet collided with a snowplow whose driver was drunk, Russian investigators said yesterday. Total confirmed “with deep

Samsung seeks boost from redesigned Note 

With the Note 4 launch in the U.S. last week, Samsung introduced one of the biggest design changes to the Note series since it started sales three years ago, ditching plastic in

Corporate Bits | Sands China Ltd. announces 2014 third quarter results

Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2014 increased 3.3 per cent to USD811.0 million (HK$6,297.5 million), compared to US$784.8 million (HK$6,085.9 million) for the same quarter 2013. Profit for

HONG KONG | Students, officials talk but don’t agree

Hong Kong student leaders and government officials talked but agreed on little yesterday as the city’s Beijing-backed leader reaffirmed his unwillingness to compromise on the key demand of activists camped

Fire exposes illegal mainland factories in Italy

There was no fire alarm at the garment factory outside Florence where Chen Changzhong worked and lived. Heat finally startled him awake the morning of Dec. 1, 2013. Before him was

Economy grows at slowest pace in 5 years 

China’s economic growth waned to a five-year low of 7.3 percent last quarter, raising concerns of a spillover effect on the global economy but falling roughly in line with Chinese leaders’

Australia | Former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam dies

Gough Whitlam, a flamboyant Australian prime minister and controversial social reformer whose grip on power was cut short by a bitter constitutional crisis, died yesterday at the age of 98. Although

Nepal | Gov’t vows new rules after worst trekking disaster 

Nepal yesterday said it will introduce new rules, improve weather forecasts and better monitor the movement of trekkers after the Himalayan country’s worst hiking disaster left dozens dead last week. Tourism

Ebola | Doctors at breaking point: ‘This constant feeling that the boat’s sinking’

At 3:30 a.m. in the world’s biggest Ebola treatment center, Daniel Lucey found the outbreak reduced to its essentials: patients lying on mattresses on the floor and vomiting in the

Oscar Pistorius starts serving 5 year prison term 

Oscar Pistorius was taken away in a police van yesterday to start serving a five-year prison sentence for killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. A South African judge cited the “gross negligence” the

Fashion | Oscar de la Renta, legendary designer, dead at 82

At his Fashion Week runway show in September, Oscar de la Renta sat in his usual spot: in a chair right inside the wings, where he could carefully inspect each

This Day in History | 1983 CND march attracts biggest ever crowd

Major cities across Europe have staged similar events. The biggest crowds, estimated at 600,000, were seen in West Germany, where Cruise missiles are expected on 15 December. Even though the number of

Offbeat | On the road to find the world’s funniest person

It was last summer and Israeli-Palestinian tensions were at the highest they’d been in some time when Jamie Masada hit on a formula for world peace: Forget about guns and

NFL | Steelers rally past stunned Texans 30-23

Ben Roethlisberger passed for two touchdowns and wide receiver Antonio Brown added another during a frantic stretch late in the first half, helping the Pittsburgh Steelers rally for a 30-23

Golf | Ben Martin wins 1st PGA Tour title in Las Vegas

Ben Martin made a 45-foot eagle putt to regain the lead and finished with a 20-foot birdie putt for a 3-under 68 and his first PGA Tour victory in the

Cricket | South Africa beats NZ by 6 wickets in 1st ODI

Captain A.B. de Villiers top-scored with an unbeaten 89 as South Africa completed a six-wicket win over New Zealand in a limited-overs cricket international yesterday to take a 1-0 lead

World Views | Welcome back, Kim Jong Un. Want to talk?

The “Where’s Waldo?” speculation over Kim Jong Un’s six-week vanishing act – was he ill? under house arrest? in a cheese coma? – might have been funny if it hadn’t

Wednesday, October 22, 2014 – edition no. 2175

* Hong Kong students, officials talk but don’t agree * Champions to battle in Venetian Macau Open * MIF kicks off tomorrow * Jason Chao slams privacy watchdog   DOWNLOAD

The Buzz | Indian player dies from injury in goal celebration

The Mizoram Football Association says a 23-year-old Indian soccer player has died after injuring his spine while celebrating a goal with somersaults. Peter Biaksangzuala landed on his back while doing

World briefs

JAPAN’s trade and justice ministers both resign after accusations they misused campaign funds in the biggest setback so far for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s conservative administration. BANGLADESH Two passenger buses collided

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