Daily Archives: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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WeChat Pay hopes to expand business in Macau
WeChat Pay hopes to extend its range of operations in Macau, according to Grace Yin, operations director of WeChat Pay’s International Business division, who spoke to ... -
Canada | Motive elusive after van driver kills 10 on Toronto sidewalk
Police in Canada’s biggest city are piecing together witness accounts and surveillance video trying to determine why a driver plowed a rented van along a crowded ... -
Benfica wants to ‘leave a good impression’ of team and local football
After an unusually disappointing result obtained by Benfica Macau in Pyongyang on April 11, losing 0-8 against North Korean champion 4.25 Sports Club, the local team ... -
Q&A | Olivier Verschelde Lausanne Hospitality Consulting: ‘Macau is close to being a producer of gastronomy’
Olivier Verschelde visited Macau recently to present a two-day educational program on concepts and sustainability in the food and beverage sector. Verschelde is a senior consultant ... -
Briefs | Lawmaker calls for teacher pay rise
Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng has questioned the government over whether it is considering increasing the salaries of the city’s teachers, according to a report by Macao ... -
MGTO submits F&B licensing bill to Legal Affairs Bureau
The Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO) has confirmed that a draft bill – which proposes to issue a temporary license to restaurants – has been submitted ... -
Analysis | Wynn Resorts’ next battle: Friends of Steve who remain on board
Steve Wynn may be gone from the casino company that bears his name, but he still has friends in high places, including the chairman of the ... -
Entertainment | The Roadhouse hosting blues band until weekend
The Roadhouse Macau has once again invited a blues band, Bleu Rascals, to perform at its sports bar for two weeks. Following the band’s win at ... -
Facebook publishes content removal policies for the first time
For the first time, Facebook Inc. is letting people know its specific rules for taking down content once it’s reported to the social network’s moderators. The ... -
Singapore’s reputation seen at risk as Noble Group battle rages
Noble Group Ltd. dissident shareholder Goldilocks Investment Co. says the Singapore regulator’s handling of the trader’s drawn-out battle for survival is being closely followed by overseas ... -
Analysis | Aimed at China, Trump’s tariffs are hitting closer to home
President Donald Trump’s escalating dispute with China over trade and technology is threatening jobs and profits in working- class communities where his “America First” agenda hit ... -
Beijing says terrorism tops meeting of Central Asian states
China’s defense minister said yesterday that fighting the threat of terrorism is a top concern to be discussed by a Beijing-led group of Central Asian states ... -
Taiwan company plans USD9.4b chemical complex in Louisiana
A company based in Taiwan plans to build a USD9.4 billion chemical manufacturing complex on a 970-hectare site in Louisiana, officials announced yesterday. Gov. John Bel Edwards ... -
Kim meets Chinese envoy after deadly bus crash
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has met with China’s ambassador and visited a hospital where Chinese tourists were being treated after a deadly bus crash. ... -
Police arrest suspect in arson attack that killed 18
Police in a southern Chinese city have caught a man suspected of setting a fire at a three-story building yesterday that killed 18 people and injured ... -
Koreas Ahead of summits, US tones down war games with South
Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails ... -
Myanmar | Asian elephants said at risk from Chinese demand for skin
A report by a British-based conservation group says rising Chinese demand for products made from elephant skin is driving poaching and posing an even greater threat to ... -
Toronto meeting | Johnson: G7 officials focus on Russia’s ‘malign’ behavior
Cabinet ministers from the G7 countries have committed to taking Russia to task for what Britain’s foreign secretary described yesterday as a broad range of “malign” ... -
Offbeat | At Tribeca, the night belongs to Patti Smith and Bruce
The night belonged to Patti Smith at the Tribeca Film Festival — and to her friend Bruce Springsteen, who thrilled the crowd with a surprise visit ... -
This Day in History | 1974 – Rebels seize control of Portugal
Army rebels are in control of Portugal tonight after an almost bloodless dawn coup ended nearly 50 years of dictatorship. Shortly after midnight, tanks rolled into ... -
Rugby | Habana, World Cup winner & Springbok record-holder, retiring
Bryan Habana, the lightning-fast South Africa wing and World Cup winner with an insatiable hunger for scoring tries — a record 67 for the Springboks — ... -
Football | FIFA subjects 2026 Morocco World Cup bid to fresh scrutiny
Morocco’s World Cup bid is facing fresh scrutiny this week with the arrival of another delegation from FIFA after an initial task force found deficiencies in ... -
Baseball | A tale of two bats, and Babe Ruth’s 60th home run in 1927
As part of its collection of Babe Ruth items, the Baseball Hall of Fame says it has the bat the slugger used to hit his then-record ... -
World briefs
KOREA As North and South Korea prepare for their first summit in more than a decade this Friday, the world’s largest annual military maneuvers between Seoul ... -
The Buzz | US agency cracks down on Juul e-cigarette popular in schools Federal health officials are cracking down on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators. The Food and Drug Administration said it has issued warnings to 40 retail and online stores as part of a nationwide operation against illegal sales of Juul to children. Like other e-cigarettes, Juul is an electronic device that vaporizes liquid nicotine into an inhalable vapor. Thanks in part to its resemblance to a small computer flash drive, Juul has become popular with some teenagers as a discrete way to vape at school and in public. As part of the FDA initiative, regulators are asking Juul Labs to turn over documents about the design and marketing of its devices. The San Francisco-based company says it monitors retailers to ensure they are following the law.
Federal health officials are cracking down on underage use of a popular e-cigarette brand following months of complaints from parents, politicians and school administrators. The Food ... -
Business and pleasure on menu for Macron’s second day in US
A sit-down between President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron followed by a joint news conference highlight the business portion of the French leader’s second ... -
Mummified body found in Iran could be father of last shah
A mummified body discovered near the site of a former royal mausoleum in Iran may be the remains of the late Reza Shah Pahlavi, the founder ... -
Macau Matters | Consulate Woes
I do not know if it is nature or nurture, but many men seem to need regular “alone time” or the company of other men. My ... -
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 – edition no. 3034
* WeChat Pay eyes Macau expansion * 10 killed, 15 injured | Toronto mourns victims of van attack * New day, new game * ‘Macau is ...
