Daily Archives: Monday, May 14, 2018
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Sulu Sou to begin trial today at Court of First Appeal
Lawmaker and political activist Sulu Sou will stand trial this morning at the Court of First Appeal, facing charges of qualified disobedience linked to a demonstration ... -
Ng Lap Seng gets 4 years prison in UN bribery case
A local billionaire was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday for bribing United Nations officials to buy their support for a proposed UN center in ... -
Sexual abuse suspect to report to police regularly
The Public Prosecutions Office requires a kindergarten assistant suspected of sexually abusing minors to make periodic submissions to police authorities while the investigation is ongoing. The ... -
ARTS | Marc Chagall’s work to be exhibited in June
The exhibition, “Marc Chagall, Light and Color in Southern France”, which is one of the highlights of the 29th Macao Arts Festival and 2018 Le French ... -
Ask the Vet | Brushing Puppy Teeth Step by Step
Brushing puppy teeth is an important step in developing a dental hygiene program for your dog. Owners must be consistent when cleaning teeth and gums to maintain and ... -
More banks to provide Macau Pass online top-up services
Local smartcard operator Macau Pass will increase cooperation with local banks to provide better services for Macau Pass users this year. The announcement was made by ... -
Doubts over plain-clothes police combating taxi infractions
The Third Standing Committee of the Legislative Assembly (AL) continued discussing the region’s taxi operation bill, with the committee hoping that the government can explain matters ... -
IC pledges to strengthen communication with neighboring museums
As part of the celebrations for International Museum Day, 17 museums in the city co-organized the “2018 Macau International Museum Day Carnival” with the theme “The ... -
Sands China launches development program
Sands China last week launched its latest horizontal development program, offering 48 team members the chance to participate in a two-year academic coursework program and on-the-job ... -
Briefs | Ministry of Commerce praises city’s ‘unique role’
China’s Ministry of Commerce has emphasized the unique role Macau has in enhancing the relationships between mainland China and Portuguese-speaking countries. A spokesperson for the ministry, ... -
Gaming | Portrait of a casino: Back in the black after 40 years
When Resorts became the first casino in the United States to open outside Nevada, gamblers overwhelmed it. Cars streamed into Atlantic City on May 26, 1978, ... -
China monthly car sales pick up in April; EV sales double
Chinese passenger car sales expanded at a faster pace last month as growth in the world’s biggest auto market picked up steam, an industry group said ... -
HK sets fastest growth pace since 2011, shrugging off Fed
Hong Kong’s high-wire economy continued to defy gravity, putting aside fears of a tightening Fed to post its best quarter of growth in almost seven years. ... -
First home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
China’s first entirely home-built aircraft carrier began sea trials yesterday in a sign of the growing sophistication of the country’s domestic arms industry. The still-unnamed ship ... -
Singapore ties with US, N. Korea make city-state summit site
Singapore’s diplomatic ties with North Korea and its relative proximity made the Southeast Asian city-state a natural choice for the historic summit between President Donald Trump ... -
Australia | Family of 7 dead with gunshot wounds in rural property
A family of seven including four children was found dead with gunshot wounds Friday at a rural property in southwest Australia in what could be the country’s ... -
Indonesia – Terrorism | Family of 6 suicide bombers attack Indonesia churches
Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia’s second-largest city yesterday were a family of six that included two young children, police ... -
Briefs | Cambodia: First arrest on charges of insulting monarchy
A Cambodian school director has become the first person to be arrested on charges of insulting the monarchy after posting comments on Facebook critical of the ... -
Malaysia | New leader tightens net around ousted Najib over 1MDB
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad moved swiftly against predecessor Najib Razak just days after his shock election win, banning him from leaving the country and planning ... -
France- Terrorism | Paris attacker born in Chechnya, was on radicalism database
The man behind a deadly knife attack in central Paris was born in Chechnya and had been on police radar for radicalism, and his parents have ... -
Merkel decries US pullout from Iran deal, gets peace prize
German Chancellor Angela Merkel lamented Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to pull his country out of the Iran nuclear accord was making the situation ... -
Bloomberg warns of ‘epidemic of dishonesty’
Americans are facing an “epidemic of dishonesty” in Washington that’s more dangerous than terrorism or communism. That’s according to former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ... -
In Iraq’s election, it’s hard to avoid Iran’s presence
Iraq’s first election since the defeat of Islamic State is a critical step for a country that could have disappeared from the map amid the jihadists’ ... -
Offbeat | Netta Barzilai wins 2018 Eurovision Song Contest for Israel
Netta Barzilai is sassy, she’s fun and she can sing — and now the Israeli has won the Eurovision Song Contest with a catchy techno dance ... -
This Day in History | 1955 – Communist states sign Warsaw Pact
The Soviet Union and its Eastern Bloc allies have signed a security pact in the Polish capital, Warsaw, after a three-day conference. Announcements in Warsaw and ... -
F1 | Hamilton cruises to victory in Spanish GP; Vettel fourth
Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton easily won the Spanish Grand Prix yesterday for his second straight Formula One victory, increasing his championship lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel. ... -
Football World cup | Moscow a vast and varied destination
Moscow is one of the world’s largest cities with a population of at least 12 million people — more than many of the countries playing at ... -
Football | Hamburger SV relegated amid chaotic scenes in Bundesliga
This time, there was no miraculous escape. Hamburger SV was finally relegated from the Bundesliga amid chaotic scenes on Saturday. The only ever-present since the league ... -
World briefs
NORTH KOREA said that it will dismantle its nuclear test site in less than two weeks, in a dramatic event that would set up leader Kim ... -
The Buzz | Three Gorges offers EUR9b to buy rest of EDP
China Three Gorges Corp. is offering 9.1 billion euros (USD10.9 billion) to buy the stock it doesn’t already own in Portuguese utility EDP-Energias de Portugal SA. ... -
Film | 82 women walk the red carpet in Cannes protest
Eighty-two women climbed the steps of the Palais des Festivals at the Cannes Film Festival in an unprecedented red carpet protest to press for improved gender ... -
World Views | Open skies can clear China’s ‘Orwellian nonsense’
The Trump administration has condemned as “Orwellian nonsense” China’s insistence that U.S. airlines refrain from listing Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as separate countries. The words ... -
Monday, May 14, 2018 – edition no. 3046
* Sulu Sou’s controversial trial kicks off today * Ng Lap Seng sentenced to four years in prison in UN bribery case * Sexual abuse suspect ...
