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China's island-building ruining coral reefs, Philippines says
New York Times, Published on 14/04/2015
» MANILA – China’s island-building activities have destroyed about 300 acres of coral reefs and are causing “irreversible and widespread damage to the biodiversity and ecological balance” of the South China Sea, a spokesman for the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said.
Utilitarian no more, airports go five-star
New York Times, Published on 08/05/2015
» As major airports around the world scramble to brand themselves as luxury entities rather than mere transportation centres, some have adopted a star-ranking system, like hotels. It was inevitable.
Desperate to escape Myanmar, migrants left to starve
New York Times, Published on 15/05/2015
» ANDAMAN SEA — A wooden fishing boat carrying several hundred desperate migrants from Myanmar was spotted adrift in the Andaman Sea between Thailand and Malaysia, part of an exodus in which thousands of people have taken to the sea in recent weeks but no country has been willing to take them in.
Racist Americans fill Obama's Twitter feed with hate
New York Times, Published on 22/05/2015
» WASHINGTON — When President Barack Obama sent his inaugural Twitter post from the Oval Office on Monday, the White House heralded the event with fanfare, posting a photograph of him perched on his desk tapping out his message on an iPhone.
Signs uncertain, but migrant crisis may be abating
New York Times, Published on 27/05/2015
» HONG KONG — No boats of Southeast Asian migrants have landed since the last one washed ashore in Indonesia a week ago. Search and rescue vessels from Malaysia and Indonesia have found no more migrants at sea. Some refugees appear to be returning to Myanmar.
Lotte tower rises, and leery Koreans watch
Business, New York Times, Published on 20/07/2015
» SEOUL: For people hiking in the hills around Seoul, it is an unmistakable sight: the Lotte World Tower taking shape like a gigantic bamboo shoot.
Los Angeles declares a 'homeless emergency'
New York Times, Published on 23/09/2015
» LOS ANGELES -- Flooded with homeless encampments from its freeway underpasses to the chic sidewalks of Venice Beach, municipal officials here declared a public emergency on Tuesday, making Los Angeles the first city in the United States to take such a drastic step in response to its mounting problem with street dwellers.
American airports geting into the hotel business
Business, New York Times, Published on 14/10/2015
» New York: For years, the TWA Flight Center at Kennedy International Airport in New York City, with its stark white concourse and plush-red lounge area, served as a reminder of a more romantic era of luxury air travel, before cramped seats, overstuffed bins and add-on fees became routine.
Ageing libertine Playboy drops the nudes
New York Times, Published on 16/10/2015
» Last month, Cory Jones, a top editor at <i>Playboy</i> magazine, went to see its founder, Hugh Hefner, at the Playboy Mansion.
Lionsgate seeks to build on film properties with theme parks
New York Times, Published on 03/11/2015
» Three years ago, as the first Hunger Games movie was breaking box-office records, Jon Feltheimer, the chief executive of Lions Gate Entertainment, asked his lieutenants to investigate ways to turn their hit movie into a Disneyland-style ride.