Daily Archives: Wednesday, July 18, 2018
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Hong Kong | Pro-independence party faces possible ban
Authorities yesterday told a political party that advocates independence for Hong Kong the group might be banned on national security grounds, in one of the most ... -
Film | Kazuo Hara predicts coming of maverick Chinese director
Legendary Japanese filmmaker Kazuo Hara, known for bringing objectionable topics to the silver screen, says that the time is coming when a maverick Chinese director will ... -
Casino exclusion applications surge during first semester
The number of casino exclusion applications has surged in the first half of 2018, registering a total of 233 applications. This is an increase of about ... -
Education | Portuguese language course attracts record number of students
The 32nd Portuguese Language Summer Course, organized by the University of Macau (UM) Department of Portuguese, opened this week. According to the UM, this year’s course ... -
Airport passenger volume reaches 4m in first half-year
The Macau International Airport (MIA)’s passenger volume in the first half-year of 2018 reached 4 million, an increase of 20 percent compared with that of the ... -
Sixth Ministerial Forum meeting postponed to 2020
The sixth ministerial meeting of the Forum for Economic and Trade Cooperation between China and Portuguese- speaking Countries (Forum Macao), which had been scheduled for 2019, ... -
Sports | Asian club basketball tournament starts
A press conference was held yesterday to announce the beginning of Summer Super 8, Asia’s first club to club basketball tournament recognized by the International Basketball Federation ... -
Crime | Reports of scams related to gambling
The Public Security Police Force (PSP) reported several cases of scams this week related to gambling. In one such case, a man from the mainland, aged ... -
Wynn Macau wins court case over damage claims
The First Instance Court (TJB) has ruled in favor of gaming concessionaire Wynn Macau in a case between the company and a former official of the ... -
Macau takes centerstage in film now shooting
A movie production team from the mainland is in Macau to film a new movie that features vintage Macau as the centerpiece. The production team has been ... -
Japan, EU sign trade deal eliminating nearly all tariffs
The European Union and Japan signed a widespread trade deal that will eliminate nearly all tariffs, seemingly defying the worries about trade tensions set off by ... -
Corporate Bits | BCM opens Iao Hon branch
BCM Bank hosted a Grand Opening Ceremony on Monday for its new Iao Hon Branch located at Rua Um Bairro Iao Hon. Harold Wong, managing director ... -
Angola annuls USD1.5b port deal with Dos Santos linked firm
A company with ties to Africa’s richest woman, Isabel dos Santos, is threatening to seek compensation from the Angolan government after losing concession rights to build a ... -
Cabo Verde Airlines announces return to normality next week
Cabo Verde Airlines expects to resume normal business as of next week after receiving a Boeing 757 on Saturday on a long-term operating lease, the airline ... -
Guinea-Bissau requests help from Vietnam to sell cashews
The government of Guinea-Bissau plans to send a delegation to Vietnam to discuss with the country’s central bank ways to make funds available to fund Vietnamese ... -
FAQ | World Trade Organization’s role in Washington-Beijing dispute
China is turning to the World Trade Organization as a way to fight back against the latest tariffs proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Its complaint ... -
US challenges China, EU and others at WTO over steel tariffs
The Trump administration brought cases against China, the European Union, Canada, Mexico and Turkey at the World Trade Organization for retaliating against American tariffs on imported ... -
Banking | Panic roils peer-to-peer lenders
China’s savers are rushing to pull money from peer-to-peer lending platforms, accelerating a contraction of the USD195 billion industry and testing the government’s ability to maintain ... -
Bangladesh | Nowhere to run: Rohingya hunker down as monsoon arrives
The hill on which the young woman’s shelter is being built is so unstable that the earth crumbles under your feet. The threat of landslides is ... -
Myanmar | Rights groups urges gov’t to make amends for seized land
Myanmar’s government should expedite restitution for past illegal confiscations of land, an international human rights group said yesterday, detailing how previous land seizures there are still ... -
Hawaii | Volcano boat tours continue after lava injuries
Hawaii tour boat operators plan to continue taking visitors to see lava, but will follow the Coast Guard’s revised policy and stay farther away after an ... -
US-Russia | Trump returns from Helsinki summit with Putin to forceful criticism
In an extraordinary embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, President Donald Trump openly questioned his own intelligence agencies’ firm finding that Russia meddled in the 2016 ... -
Brexit | Frankfurt losing edge in race for jobs as Paris gains ground
Frankfurt’s efforts to attract bankers escaping Brexit are in danger of losing momentum. While Paris appears to be catching up in the race for jobs, several ... -
Offbeat | Hungry headache: German city seeks to evict big catfish
A German city is looking for a way to get rid of a giant catfish that is believed to have developed a taste for ducklings after ... -
This Day in History | 1990 – English teenagers held in Thailand over drugs
Two teenage girls from the Midlands have been arrested for drug smuggling in Thailand. Patricia Cahill, 17, and Karen Smith, 18, were stopped by customs officials ... -
A new King in Turin | At 33, Ronaldo says age isn’t important
At the age of 33, many football players are past their peak. Cristiano Ronaldo vows to show he is not one of them. Juventus signed Ronaldo ... -
Football | The next senior World Cup is in France, not Qatar
The “next” World Cup got plenty of hype in Russia. A massive cube was alight with video images of “Qatar 2022” in Gorky Park, while the ... -
Briefs | Baseball: Harper wins Home Run Derby at Nationals Park
Bryce Harper (pictured) has won the Home Run Derby in his home ballpark, providing another memory to Nationals fans in what could be his final season ... -
World briefs
MYANMAR’s government should expedite restitution for past illegal confiscations of land, an international human rights group said yesterday, detailing how previous land seizures there are still ... -
The Buzz | 1.1 billion people face risks from lack of cooling
New data from 52 countries in hot climates reveals that over 1.1 billion people face “significant risks” from lack of access to cooling including death, a ... -
Gaming Alert | New Jersey gets five more sports betting applications
New Jersey regulators have received five additional applications from gambling companies seeking to start offering sports betting before football season starts in September. David Rebuck, director ... -
Macau Matters | Hotels of the Future
Business and recreational travel have been strongly growing in South-East Asia for many years, and this trend is sure to continue for many years to come ... -
Wednesday, July 18, 2018 – edition no. 3091
* Hong Kong | Pro-independence party may face ban * Kazuo Hara | Documentary filmmaker continues to defy Japanese social norms * Passenger volume reaches 4 ...
