Daily Archives: Monday, July 16, 2018
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Flooding returns to Inner Harbor after heavy rain
Several areas of the Inner Harbor district were flooded yesterday morning after the rainfall which occurred around 10 a.m. According to reports on site, the water ... -
France wins 2nd World Cup title, beats Croatia 4-2
Kylian Mbappe and France put on a thrilling show in winning the World Cup title. All Russian President Vladimir Putin might remember is the Pussy Riot ... -
Roundtable calls on public support to save downtown building
A roundtable was held yesterday to discuss the future of the “Rainha Dona Leonor” housing block in downtown Macau (besides Hotel Sintra), which opponents of the government’s ... -
Unfinished housing project victims ask for compensation
Approximately 50 people who claimed to have purchased properties in the Hon Fok Garden building, whose development was never finished, gathered at said building’s land plot ... -
Ask the Vet| Kitten care essentials
A kitten needs to be with his mother for the first eight weeks of his life, however if this is not possible, you need to be ... -
Paul Chan announces departure from New Macau
Paul Chan Wai Chi has announced his departure from the New Macau Association (ANM), explaining that he intends to make space for the group’s youthful leadership. ... -
Hainan hopes to launch flight to Macau this year
South China’s Hainan Province plans to open another 20 international air routes by the end of the year as the island strives to build itself into ... -
Analysis | Greater Bay megalopolis triggers both hopes and fears
The establishment of the Greater Bay Area and the announced goal of achieving simplified living and travelling around the nine cities and regions that compose of ... -
60 percent of affected patients trade faulty pills
A total of 732 people have performed an exchange of the faulty antihypertensive medicines affected by a recall from the local health authorities, representing 59 percent from ... -
Appeal court sides with gov’t in land concession expiration
The Court of Second Instance (TSI) has backed the government’s decision to reclaim three land plots for expiration of the concession without the expected development once ... -
Briefs | Nine arrested for illegal gambling during W. Cup
Early last week, nine people were arrested in mainland China and Macau for organizing illegal gambling activities during the World Cup. The Judiciary Police arrested seven ... -
Gaming | New Jersey track brings sports bets to New York’s doorstep
A northern New Jersey horse racing track has brought legal sports betting to New York City’s doorstep. The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford began taking sports bets ... -
Opinion | Japan isn’t stepping aside as China steps up
China doesn’t quite have the game sewn up. So bad is the West’s public-relations standing in the era of Trump and Brexit that it’s easy to ... -
China Southern in talks with British Airways on joint venture
China Southern Airlines Co., one of the nation’s top three state carriers, is exploring a joint venture with British Airways for flights between the Asian country ... -
Beijing bars foreign companies, other securities from stock link
Chinese investors will be barred from trading in shares of dozens of foreign companies and those with weighted-voting rights such as Xiaomi Corp. as regulators seek ... -
Nobel widow’s release is short-lived human rights triumph
The release of the Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo’s widow from eight years of house arrest this week brought some comfort to China’s activists. But ... -
June trade with North Korea falls by more than half
China’s imports from North Korea plunged 92.6 percent in June compared with a year earlier under U.N. sanctions imposed to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs, ... -
Tokyo’s reign as world’s largest city fades
Years of low fertility, emigration, political strife, economic contraction and natural disasters have contributed to population losses in some global cities, according to data released by ... -
Did S. Korea army plot coup to keep ousted leader in power?
A group of army generals rolling tanks and troops into Seoul to seize power. Paratroopers firing at large crowds calling for democracy. Tanks and armored vehicles stationed ... -
Charges undermine Assange denials about hacked email origins
At the beginning of 2017, one of Julian Assange’s biggest media boosters traveled to the WikiLeaks founder’s refuge inside the Ecuadorean Embassy in London and asked ... -
Haiti | Prime minister resigns amid fuel price hike fallout
Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigned Saturday amid calls for him to step down over his handling of a failed plan to raise fuel prices ... -
Trump’s remarks about changing European culture draw ire
President Donald Trump’s lament this week that immigration is “changing the culture” of Europe echoed rising anti-immigrant feelings on both sides of the Atlantic, where Europe ... -
Nicaragua | Students reunite with families after attacks
More than 200 Nicaraguan university students were reunited with their parents Saturday after a tense night of armed attacks that left two dead and dozens wounded. ... -
Offbeat | Finnish brewery creates quirky beer for Trump-Putin summit
A small Finnish craft brewery is paying a humorous tribute to the Helsinki summit. RPS Brewing has issued a limited-edition lager depicting cartoon U.S. and Russian ... -
This Day in History | 1969 – Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon
The Apollo 11 space rocket has taken off successfully from Cape Kennedy, Florida, at the start of the first attempt to land a man on the ... -
Russian women push back at shaming over World Cup dating
Hundreds of thousands of foreign men have flooded into Russia for the monthlong World Cup, setting off a fierce debate in the host nation about the ... -
Belgium finishes 3rd, defeats England 2-0
For Belgium and England, the third-place match at the World Cup was more like a dress rehearsal for future finals. At least they hope. The Belgians ... -
World briefs
VIETNAM A court in southern Vietnam is scheduled to put on trial an American citizen of Vietnamese descent accused of disturbing public order after he took ... -
The Buzz | Industrial park blast kills 19, hurts 12 in southwest China
A blast in an industrial park in a southwestern province has killed 19 people and injured 12 others, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said Friday. The ... -
Boxing | Pacquiao wins 60th career fight with seventh-round knockout
Manny Pacquiao won for the 60th time with his first stoppage in nine years, and made a proclamation. “This is it. I am back in boxing,” ... -
Rear Window | Rumor-mongers on the watch list
Here we go again heading into normal peak typhoon season! From July all the way to September, people and government departments are keen to prevent the ... -
Monday, July 16, 2018 – edition no. 3089
* Flooding returns to Inner Harbor district * France wins 2nd World Cup title, beats Croatia 4-2 * Group against demolition * Paul Chan leaves New ...
