Daily Archives: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
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Society | State Council to consider ending birth limits as soon as 2018
China is planning to scrap all limits on the number of children a family can have, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would ... -
‘June – Month of Portugal’ returns with a more diverse program
In its third edition, this year’s “June – Month of Portugal” will have a program composed of a total of 25 activities and events. The initiative ... -
Crime | Police intercepted drug parcel mailed from Africa to Macau
A parcel mailed from an undisclosed African country to Zhuhai containing 16.44 kilograms of an amphetamine-like substance has been intercepted, the Judiciary Police (PJ) announced in ... -
Briefs | PSP catches 41 illegal workers in April
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) says that it has caught 41 illegal workers in April, in joint operations launched by the PSP, the Labor Affairs ... -
Conference kicks off to discuss media sector development
The director of the Government Information Bureau (GCS), Victor Chan, reiterated on the sidelines of yesterday’s Macao Global Media Industry Development Conference 2018 that the SAR ... -
Macao Film Panorama kicks off with ‘non-local’ theme night
This year’s Macao Film Panorama was inaugurated on Friday night at Cinematheque Passion with the screening of four shorts and a question and answer session with ... -
Study | Sleep disturbances affect older population
A study funded by the Macao Polytechnic Institute (IPM) found that 38.1 percent of the participants in a sleep disturbances study suffer from sleep disturbances. Published online ... -
Gaming – Japan | Ho sold Russia casino to gain regulator favor
Lawrence Ho says that he ceded control of a casino resort in Russia last year to improve his chances of winning a Japan gaming concession. The ... -
IPIM to co-hold training course on China’s food market
The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) will collaborate with the Macao office of Enterprise Europe Network Central China (EENCC Macao) to organize Advanced Enterprise ... -
Border Gate facility limits Macau’s potential, Wong says
The executive director and president of Sands China, Wilfred Wong, has said that “a better border crossing facility would certainly improve the future of Macau,” referring ... -
China energy firm CEFC defaults after Rosneft deal fails
As corporate defaults pile up in China’s onshore bond market, a unit of a once-promising energy conglomerate with USD4.8 billion of debt and a checkered past ... -
New Sony CEO to detail shift away from gadgets in mid-term plan
Sony Corp. is done working for peanuts in the hardware business. Kenichiro Yoshida, who took over as chief executive officer in April, is set to unveil ... -
Space Odyssey | PRC launches relay satellite for far side moon landing
China launched a relay satellite yesterday as part of a groundbreaking program to be the first to land a spacecraft on the far side of the ... -
South China Sea | Manila takes non-confrontational stand vs Beijing in feud
The Philippine government is taking “appropriate diplomatic action” to protect its claims in the South China Sea but did not elaborate or name China in a ... -
China says it can’t guarantee no more trade tension with US
China’s government said yesterday it cannot guarantee that renewed trade tension with Washington can be avoided after U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin declared a temporary truce ... -
North Korea | In nuke site closure, spectacle trumps substance
Foreign journalists will be allowed to journey deep into the mountains of North Korea this week to observe the closing of the country’s Punggye-ri nuclear test ... -
Thailand | Four years after coup, country wearies of junta rule
Four years after seizing power, Thailand’s junta has a singular success it never hoped for: uniting a politically divided nation in growing dissatisfaction with the thin-skinned ... -
India | Medical teams sent to Kerala amid deadly virus outbreak
A deadly virus has killed at least three people in southern India, officials said yesterday, with medical teams dispatched to the area amid reports that up ... -
Venezuela | Maduro wins election challengers call illegitimate
Embattled socialist incumbent Nicolas Maduro won Venezuela’s presidential election by a landslide in a disputed vote marred by irregularities and mass absenteeism that led his main ... -
USA | Survivors of Texas massacre confront ‘spiritual war zone’
Inside a packed church sanctuary, the seniors of Santa Fe High School and the prosecutor speaking to them confronted the challenges borne of the shooting that ... -
Offbeat | Australian state government proposes protecting wild horses
An Australian state government has decided to legally protect rather than kill thousands of wild horses, infuriating scientists who argue the feral species is doing severe ... -
This Day in History | 1969 – Apollo 10 gets bird’s eye view of Moon
Two US astronauts aboard Apollo 10 are on their way back to the safety of their mother ship after their lunar module came to within eight ... -
Football | Iniesta bids farewell to Barcelona, Torres to Atletico
First it was Fernando Torres, then Andres Iniesta. The league season in Spain ended this weekend with two Spanish soccer idols bidding farewell to their clubs. ... -
Cycling | Yates favored to win Giro d’Italia heading into final week
As the Giro d’Italia heads into the final week, it’s not really surprising that a British rider leads the overall standings. The surprise is that the ... -
On the road to WORLD CUP | West Germans beat Hungary in ‘Miracle of Bern’
Never, ever, underestimate the Germans on the soccer field. That’s a globally accepted truth, one that has its roots in the 1954 World Cup final in ... -
World briefs
SOUTH CHINA SEA The Philippine government is taking “appropriate diplomatic action” to protect its claims in the South China Sea but did not elaborate or name ... -
The Buzz | Survey: Japanese female journalists report sexual misconduct
A survey of women working for Japanese newspapers and TV networks has found 156 cases of alleged sexual misconduct reported by 35 women, about one-third of ... -
Meghan offers insight into her new role as Duchess of Sussex
Meghan Markle has offered a glimpse of how she sees her new role as the Duchess of Sussex in two new pages posted on the royal ... -
Views of The World | Understanding the world’s problem with tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, a disease fueled by poverty, overcrowding and undernutrition, is a global barometer of deprivation. Of the more than 4,000 men, women and children TB kills ... -
Tuesday, May 22, 2018 – edition no. 3052
* China planning to scrap birth limits * ‘June – Month of Portugal’ returns with a more diverse program * Police find drugs mailed from Africa ...
