Monday, 1 January 2018

Spotlight: Xi's New Year speech "inspiring, practical" -- experts, analysts

  1. Spotlight: Xi's New Year speech "inspiring, practical" -- experts, analysts  Xinhua
  2. China Will Have A 'Say' On All Major International Issues, Says Xi Jinping  NDTV
  3. Xi Jinping promises to continue China's economic reforms, global prominence in 2018  Financial Express
  4. Minxin Pei | Xi Jinping unbound?  LivemintFull coverage

How to make a New Year's resolution that will actually work

  1. How to make a New Year's resolution that will actually work  The Spokesman-Review
  2. Six Bay Area Writers Share Their New Year's Resolutions  KQED
  3. New Year's resolution: The tempting cliché  Daily Sabah
  4. New Year's resolutions - are they worth it or not?  Independent OnlineFull coverage

Pope Francis on migrants: 'Please do not extinguish the hope in their hearts'

  1. Pope Francis on migrants: 'Please do not extinguish the hope in their hearts'  CNN
  2. Don't extinguish migrants' hopes, Pope says on World Day of Peace  Reuters
  3. Pope's advice for 2018 — Let go of life's 'useless baggage'  Globalnews.caFull coverage

Guest editorial: A winter of discontent: One year later Trump, Clinton both unpopular

  1. Guest editorial: A winter of discontent: One year later Trump, Clinton both unpopular  Napa Valley RegisterFull coverage

Fast, Cheap Testing for Tuberculosis? Soon It May Be Possible


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A Prescient Sci-Fi ‘Parable’ Gets Set to Music


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And for His Next Trick, Hopping Genres


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Renewal or Gentrification? London Borough Grapples With a Revamp


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'No more': Pakistan gave us lies, deceit in return for billions in aid, says US President Donald Trump

  1. 'No more': Pakistan gave us lies, deceit in return for billions in aid, says US President Donald Trump  Times of India
  2. "No More!": Trump Says US Got Only "Lies" From Pak For Billions In Aid  NDTV
  3. Pakistan has given us lies and deceit, says Donald Trump as he hints at withdrawing $255 million aid  The Indian Express
  4. Afghan connection  The News InternationalFull coverage

Pakistan Plans Takeover Of Organisations Run By Hafiz Saeed, Says Secret Document

  1. Pakistan Plans Takeover Of Organisations Run By Hafiz Saeed, Says Secret Document  NDTV
  2. Pakistan planning to seize control of charities, financial assets linked to Hafiz Saeed: Report  Zee News
  3. Palestine Recalls Envoy to Pakistan for Sharing Stage with Hafiz Saeed  NewsClick
  4. Hafiz Saeed is one of the nicest, most polite people I have met: Hamza Ali Abbasi  The Express TribuneFull coverage

A brief guide on the anti-government protests in Iran

  1. A brief guide on the anti-government protests in Iran  Economic Times
  2. 10 People Killed In Iran Unrest On Sunday: State Media  NDTV
  3. What is happening in Iran? Here is everything you need to know  The Indian Express
  4. As Trump Heads Into New Year, These Are the Three Decisions He Must Make on Iran  Haaretz
  5. LIVE BLOG: Iran Protests Stretch to 5th Day  Voice of America (blog)Full coverage

Sydney seaplane: Tributes paid to family killed in crash

  1. Sydney seaplane: Tributes paid to family killed in crash  BBC News
  2. Sydney seaplane crash: Compass Group chief, five others dead  Times of India
  3. Compass CEO Richard Cousins, 5 others killed in Sydney plane crash  Livemint
  4. CEO Richard Cousins and family cut down in seaplane crash before year of new beginnings  The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. British chief executive and family killed in Australian seaplane crash  Telegraph.co.ukFull coverage

India, Pakistan National Security Advisors Met "Secretly" Last Week, Claims Pak Official

  1. India, Pakistan National Security Advisors Met "Secretly" Last Week, Claims Pak Official  NDTV
  2. Indo-Pak NSAs met in Thailand, Ajit Doval's tone "friendly": Pakistan official  Economic Times
  3. Indian, Pakistani NSAs met in Thailand on December 27  Business StandardFull coverage

10 Americans among 12 killed in Costa Rica plane crash

  1. 10 Americans among 12 killed in Costa Rica plane crash  The Hindu
  2. 10 Tourists, 2 Pilots Killed As Planes Crashes, Burns In Costa Rica  NDTV
  3. Bihari actor creates a buzz in Latin American film industry  Business Standard
  4. Plane crash causes still unknown in Costa Rica; pilot was cousin to ex-President Chinchilla  The Tico TimesFull coverage

Liverpool Echo Arena car park 'ferocious'

  1. Liverpool Echo Arena car park 'ferocious'  BBC News
  2. Huge blaze engulfs 1600-capacity parking deck in Liverpool, UK  CNN
  3. Parking garage fire destroys roughly 1400 cars in UK  ABC NewsFull coverage

Iranian protests raise tricky questions for US and Saudi policymakers

  1. Iranian protests raise tricky questions for US and Saudi policymakers  HuffPostFull coverage

Don't extinguish migrants' hopes, Pope says on World Day of Peace

  1. Don't extinguish migrants' hopes, Pope says on World Day of Peace  Reuters
  2. Pope on 2018: Forget Life's Useless Baggage, Work for Peace  Voice of America
  3. Pope says world must not 'extinguish hope' in hearts of migrants, refugees  Crux: Covering all things Catholic
  4. Conservation Comment: Cry of earth, cry of poor  New Zealand HeraldFull coverage

Israeli archaeologists find 2700-year-old 'governor of Jerusalem' seal impression

  1. Israeli archaeologists find 2700-year-old 'governor of Jerusalem' seal impression  Reuters
  2. Archaeologists find 2700-year-old 'governor of Jerusalem' seal impression  Atlanta Journal Constitution
  3. Ancient clay seal found under Western Wall Plaza  Arutz ShevaFull coverage

China to push CPEC with greater vigor in 2018: Xi

  1. China to push CPEC with greater vigor in 2018: Xi  Pakistan Observer
  2. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to be Extended to Afghanistan  Center for Research on GlobalizationFull coverage

UN Secretary-General Puts World On 'Red Alert' In Somber New Year's Eve Address

  1. UN Secretary-General Puts World On 'Red Alert' In Somber New Year's Eve Address  HuffPost
  2. United Nations leader issues 'red alert' for unity in 2018  Alive For Football
  3. UN chief urges world to come together in 2018 to tackle challenges  bdnews24.comFull coverage

Sync your calendar with the solar system


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18 Years Into the New Millennium, Finding My Younger Self


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Rocket Launches and Trips to the Moon We’re Looking Forward to in 2018


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Have a New Year’s Hangover? Here Are Some Suggestions for TV Shows to Stream


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North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Says 'Open To Dialogue' With South Korea, Will Only Use Nukes If Threatened

  1. North Korea's Kim Jong-Un Says 'Open To Dialogue' With South Korea, Will Only Use Nukes If Threatened  NDTV
  2. North Korea may participate in South Korea's Winter Olympics, says Kim  The Hindu
  3. Kim Jong-Un calls on North Korea to mass-produce nukes, missiles  Times of India
  4. Yuriko Koike | Asia's cities against North Korea  LivemintFull coverage

Pakistan to crackdown on Hafiz Saeed; seize assets, finances of his charities: Report

  1. Pakistan to crackdown on Hafiz Saeed; seize assets, finances of his charities: Report  Zee News
  2. Pakistan Plans To Crackdown On Hafiz Saeed, To Takeover Charities Run By Him  Outlook India
  3. Palestine Recalls Envoy to Pakistan for Sharing Stage with Hafiz Saeed  NewsClickFull coverage

Two people killed in Iran amid calls for fresh protests

  1. Two people killed in Iran amid calls for fresh protests  The Indian Express
  2. "Death To Dictator": Thousands March On Iran Streets Against Government  NDTV
  3. 12 killed in Iran protests  The Hindu
  4. Armed Forces Spokesman: US Plotting New Sedition in Iran  Fars News Agency
  5. Iranian protests are complex jigsaw puzzle, say observers  The GuardianFull coverage

Sydney seaplane crash: Compass Group chief, five others dead

  1. Sydney seaplane crash: Compass Group chief, five others dead  Times of India
  2. Richard Cousins: Tributes paid to British executive and family members killed in Sydney seaplane crash  The Independent
  3. First pictures of British millionaire CEO's fiancee and her daughter, 11, killed in Sydney seaplane crash  Mirror.co.uk
  4. CEO Richard Cousins and family cut down in seaplane crash before year of new beginnings  The Sydney Morning Herald
  5. Top CEO among five Britons killed in seaplane crash near Sydney  The GuardianFull coverage

Bihari actor creates a buzz in Latin American film industry

  1. Bihari actor creates a buzz in Latin American film industry  Business Standard
  2. 10 Americans among 12 killed in Costa Rica plane crash  The Hindu
  3. 10 Tourists, 2 Pilots Killed As Planes Crashes, Burns In Costa Rica  NDTV
  4. Plane crash causes still unknown in Costa Rica; pilot was cousin to ex-President Chinchilla  The Tico TimesFull coverage

Trump's Highlights of 2017 Include Planes, Helicopters…And That Awkward Trudeau Hug: 'What a Year It's Been'

  1. Trump's Highlights of 2017 Include Planes, Helicopters…And That Awkward Trudeau Hug: 'What a Year It's Been'  NewsweekFull coverage

Will have a say: Xi clarifies China's resolution on major international issues

  1. Will have a say: Xi clarifies China's resolution on major international issues  Deccan Chronicle
  2. Xi Jinping promises to continue China's economic reforms, global prominence in 2018  Financial Express
  3. China Focus: President Xi's New Year speech boosts Chinese morale  Xinhua
  4. Minxin Pei | Xi Jinping unbound?  LivemintFull coverage

Huge blaze engulfs 1600-capacity parking deck in Liverpool, UK

  1. Huge blaze engulfs 1600-capacity parking deck in Liverpool, UK  CNN
  2. Hundreds of cars destroyed in UK parking garage fire  Hindustan Times
  3. New Year's Eve blaze in Liverpool, England, destroys 1400 cars  NBCNews.com
  4. Joe Anderson on Twitter: "Arena Car Park fire have been told everyone safe and no animals hurt seems a land rover ...  Twitter
  5. Fire destroys hundreds of vehicles in Liverpool multi-storey car park  Coventry TelegraphFull coverage

How to make a New Year's resolution that will actually work

  1. How to make a New Year's resolution that will actually work  NewsOK.com
  2. Appliance of Science: New Years Resolutions  Irish Examiner
  3. New Year resolutions: How to make 2018 the year you achieve your goals  Sky News
  4. New Year's resolutions - are they worth it or not?  Independent Online
  5. 5 Tips To Turn New Year's Resolutions into New Year's Revolutions  HuffPostFull coverage

King scotches coup rumours after firing siblings from Jordan's army

  1. King scotches coup rumours after firing siblings from Jordan's army  United News of India
  2. Jordan's King Dismisses Coup Rumors After Firing Siblings From Top Army Posts  Sputnik InternationalFull coverage

Nawaz Sharif hasn't cut deal for exile in Saudi Arabia, claims daughter Maryam

  1. Nawaz Sharif hasn't cut deal for exile in Saudi Arabia, claims daughter Maryam  The Indian Express
  2. Shehbaz traveled to Saudi Arabia in Gen (r) Raheel's plane: Aitzaz  SAMAA TV News Pakistan
  3. Aitzaz Ahsan sees internal conflict between Sharif brothers  ARY NEWSFull coverage

8 people including 3 security personnel injured in 2 blasts in Balochistan

  1. 8 people including 3 security personnel injured in 2 blasts in Balochistan  The Indian Express
  2. Twin blasts hit Balochistan; 8 injured  Business Standard
  3. Pakistan: At least eight injured in two blasts in Chaman  Scroll.inFull coverage

Buy Fortis Healthcare on dips: Rajesh Agarwal

  1. Buy Fortis Healthcare on dips: Rajesh Agarwal  Moneycontrol.comFull coverage

Wedding in a Rohingya Refugee Camp! See Pictures

  1. Wedding in a Rohingya Refugee Camp! See Pictures  News18
  2. A Visual That Shows Just How Many Rohingya Villages Have Been Burned  NDTV
  3. In New Year Message, Pope Francis Says 2017 'Ruined' By Injustice, War  International Business Times
  4. What Will 2018 Bring in South-East Asia?  NewsweekFull coverage

Indian-origin man charged with stabbing his wife in Singapore

  1. Indian-origin man charged with stabbing his wife in Singapore  The Indian Express
  2. Man, 29, charged after stabbing wife in Singapore  The Star OnlineFull coverage

Chief of Compass, U.K. Catering Giant, Killed in Plane Crash


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They Took On the Food Giants — and Won


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Finding Purpose for a Good Life. But Also a Healthy One.


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Submit Questions for A.G. Sulzberger, Our New Publisher


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Kim Jong-un’s Overture Could Drive a Wedge Between South Korea and the U.S.


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How to Measure Turtle Stamina? Treadmills and Lap Pools, of Course


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Open Letter From Time's Up


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China’s Ambitious New ‘Port’: Landlocked Kazakhstan


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Pulled Over in a Rental Car, With Heroin in the Trunk


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The Hunt for ‘Fire Cats’ Amid Northern California Ashes


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A Boutique Hotel in New Orleans's Garden District


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For the N.F.L. Playoffs, Much Has Changed. Then There Are the Patriots.


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Beach Crawling Doesn’t Tire Out Baby Sea Turtles


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How Does the Shape of a Head Affect the Brain?


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