Daily Archives: Monday, April 16, 2018
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China to support horse racing, sports lotteries in Hainan
China said it would encourage horse racing and expand sports lotteries in the southernmost island of Hainan, moves that people familiar with the discussions have said ... -
Anima secures funding until June-end
Anima Macau has received MOP1.9 million in funding from Macao Foundation on Friday, the president confirmed. Last week, Albano Martins told the Times that Anima faces ... -
Mainland scam fraudster arrested
The Judiciary Police (PJ) has arrested a mainland Chinese resident for involvement in phone scams across China. The mainland police had informed PJ of a case ... -
Ask The Vet | Causes of Weight Loss in Older Cats
Weight loss commonly afflicts middle aged and older cats. It may be a sign of a developing heath problem, or the progression of a pre-existing condition if ... -
Tap Seac craft market sees more crowd
The “Tap Seac Craft Market” marked its 10th anniversary during the weekend, featuring 220 local and foreign booths that provided a diversity of cultural and creative ... -
Briefs | Tourist price index increases by 6 percent
The Tourist Price Index (TPI) for the first quarter of 2018 increased by 6.15 percent year-on-year to 136.94, as a result of higher charges for hotel ... -
Macau, Portugal prepare consumer rights agreement
The Macau Consumer Council (CC) is expecting to sign an agreement with the Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (DECO) to handle consumer disputes concerning Portuguese citizens ... -
Expert believes more frequent and severe typhoons will hit Asia
Christiana Figueres, who was a keynote speaker of the 2018 MIECF Green Forum and former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ... -
Gaming | Wynn Resorts CEO says Boston casino sale possible
Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Matt Maddox said he remains committed to finishing the USD2.5 billion casino the company is building in the Boston area ... -
Environment | Nations strike historic deal to curb shipping emissions
Most of the world’s nations agreed to an historic deal that for the first time will limit emissions from the global shipping industry. After a week ... -
Hong Kong | Duterte apologizes for 2010 Manila hostage crisis
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte apologized for the 2010 hostage-taking incident in Manila that killed eight tourists from Hong Kong. Speaking to the Filipino community in Hong ... -
Taiwan leader inspects navy as China prepares drills
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen reviewed military drills Friday ahead of planned war games by China amid rising tensions between the rivals. Tsai went aboard a U.S.-made ... -
March trade weakens, surplus with US at USD15.4b
China’s global trade balance swung to a rare deficit in March as exports shrank but its surplus with the United States, the center of a worsening ... -
Air China flight diverted after man holds attendant hostage
An Air China flight bound for Beijing was diverted to central China yesterday after a passenger held a flight attendant hostage using a pen as a ... -
Foreign minister makes rare Japan visit as countries mend ties
China’s foreign minister is making a rare visit to Tokyo, in a sign of improving cooperation between Asia’s two largest economies as they face policy whiplash ... -
India | Ruling party lawmaker arrested on rape allegation
A lawmaker from India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party was arrested after being accused of abducting and raping a teenage girl last year, officials said. Kuldeep Singh ... -
Cambodia | Opposition leader seeks Japan role in fair election
Cambodia’s self-exiled opposition leader urged Japan, his nation’s biggest donor, on Friday to use its leverage and convince his nation’s autocratic government to ensure that July ... -
Japan | Protesters call for ‘liar’ Abe to resign over scandal
Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside Japan’s parliament Saturday, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo ... -
Myanmar takes back 1 Rohingya family despite UN concerns
Myanmar has accepted what appears to be the first five among some 700,000 Rohingya Muslim refugees who fled military-led violence against the minority group, even though ... -
South Sudan | Refugee flow is often a children’s crisis
The flood of South Sudanese refugees from the country’s 5-year civil war has been called a children’s crisis. More than 60 percent of the well over ... -
Hungary | Protesters demand new vote, new electoral system
Tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched Saturday in the Hungarian capital of Budapest, demanding a new election and a new national electoral system in the ... -
Analysis | Putin sits back as US, allies strike Syria
Facing a stark choice between engaging the United States, Britain and France in combat or passively watching them strike his ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ... -
Reporter’s view | Before dawn, the streak of a missile across Damascus’ sky
It was not an explosion that woke us up, but a call from a friend in Damascus to alert us: The strikes had begun. It was ... -
Offbeat | Trainer Freddie Roach ‘hurt’ after split from Manny Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao and trainer Freddie Roach say their 16-year partnership has ended. Pacquiao disclosed his decision Friday in the final sentence of a news release detailing ... -
This Day in History | 1993 – UN makes Srebrenica‘ safe haven’
The United Nations has voted to make the Bosnian town of Srebrenica a safe haven, as the town teeters on the brink of falling to Bosnian ... -
Commonwealth Games – Rugby | Double gold for New Zealand at expense of Olympic champions
Rio revenge, a brain fade and a gripping contest forced into extra time. New Zealand got some Olympic revenge on Australia to claim the inaugural Commonwealth ... -
Commonwealth Games – Badminton | Lee wins his 3rd individual title
Aging champion Lee Chong Wei gave newly-promoted world No. 1 Srikanth Kidambi a demonstration in how to peak for a championship yesterday, claiming his third Commonwealth ... -
F1 | Daniel Ricciardo wins Chinese Grand Prix
Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo yanked off his right shoe, poured champagne into it as he stood on the podium, and then drank up to his ... -
Football | FIFA wants to charge hosts of planned 24-team Club World Cup
FIFA wants to charge hosting fees for staging 24-team Club World Cup tournaments worth at least USD3 billion each and planned to kick off in 2021. ... -
World briefs
SYRIA Demonstrators poured into the streets of Damascus on Saturday, dancing and chanting in defiance of what they called the West’s “failure” to shake their nation’s ... -
The buzz | Neymar ‘recovering well’ after injury, on course for WCup
Brazil star Neymar said yesterday he is “recovering well” from a foot injury and is on schedule to be ready for the World Cup. The Paris ... -
Trial begins in civil case focused on Copperfield show
The tricks behind a disappearing act that magician David Copperfield performed for years in Las Vegas were revealed in court Friday, the first day of trial ... -
World Views | The real worry for oil prices isn’t missiles over Syria
Rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have already boosted oil prices and there is plenty of scope for them to move higher still. That an ... -
Monday, April 16, 2018 – edition no. 3027
* Stanley Ho to step down | Analysts: SJM’s board structure is ‘messy’ * China to support horse racing, sports lotteries in Hainan * Tap Seac ...
