Monthly Archives: July 2018
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Anbang is said to consider sale of health insurer Hexie
Anbang Insurance Group Co. is weighing a sale of its Hexie Health Insurance Co. unit as the troubled Chinese firm reviews its assets for possible divestment, ... -
Hong Kong | Tutoring firm Bexcellent soars 22 percent in debut
Bexcellent Group Holdings Ltd., whose top tutor earns more than HKD40 million (USD5.1 million) a year, surged as much as 34 percent on the first day ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China hosts company-wide blood drive
Sands China has once again teamed up with the Macau Blood Transfusion Centre to host a company-wide blood drive at the company’s properties. Over 170 team ... -
China hears rumbles of company discontent in rare open session
The ink had barely dried on the first joint statement between China and the European Union in three years before the complaints began. Following a rare ... -
Innovation | Huawei may beat Samsung to 5G in its own backyard
While Samsung Electronics Co. has become synonymous with technology in South Korea, a controversial rival could upstage it in the race to build fifth-generation wireless networks ... -
Economic growth cools amid trade tensions
China’s economic growth slowed in the quarter ending in June, adding to challenges for Beijing as its tariff battle with Washington escalates. The world’s second-largest economy ... -
Beijing files WTO challenge to USD200b tariff plan
China announced it filed a World Trade Organization challenge yesterday to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a tariff hike on USD200 billion of Chinese goods, ... -
Beijing loves Xiaomi, just in its own special way
Xiaomi Corp. has caught a lot of breaks from Hong Kong and its stock exchange. China isn’t playing ball. Yet. The Hong Kong-Xiaomi relationship is crucial, and symbiotic. For ... -
Pompeo: US, N. Korea hold ‘productive’ talks on war remains
U.S. and North Korean officials held “productive” talks yesterday [Macau time] to discuss the return of U.S. service members’ remains missing since the Korean War, U.S. ... -
Cambodia | Spy trial of Australian filmmaker postponed again
The trial of an Australian filmmaker who could get five to 10 years in prison for flying a drone over a campaign rally last year was ... -
Thailand | Statelessness a hurdle for some rescued boys
The 12 boys and coach of the Wild Boars youth soccer team who were rescued from a cave in northern Thailand last week share a characteristic ... -
Indonesia | Mob kills hundreds of crocodiles after man dies
A mob slaughtered nearly 300 crocodiles at a breeding ground in Indonesia’s West Papua province in retaliation for the death of a local man, officials said ... -
US | Billionaires fuel powerful Washington state charter groups
Dollar for dollar, the beleaguered movement to bring charter schools to Washington state has had no bigger champion than billionaire Bill Gates. The Microsoft co-founder gave ... -
US-Russia Summit | Trump, Putin sit down a bit late for closely watched meeting
President Donald Trump opened a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday by predicting that their countries will end up having “an extraordinary relationship” but without ... -
Helsinki protests Human rights for all – and save the planet
One sign in Helsinki read: “Build saunas not war!” Activists used yesterday’s summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to hold two ... -
Offbeat | Rhode Island governor to hold office hours at the beach
Rhode Island’s governor says she’s holding summer office hours at the beach. Democratic Gov. Gina Raimondo will hold the first event today [Macau time] at Scarborough ... -
This Day in History | 1979 – Sandinista rebels take Nicaraguan capital
Fighters of the left-wing Sandinista National Liberation Front have overthrown the regime in the central American republic of Nicaragua and taken the capital, Managua. The notorious ... -
Cycling – Tour de France | Creamy cheese in ‘Venice of the Alps’
At long last, it’s time to climb. But while the Tour de France’s cyclists face the first of a triple-header of mountain stages in the Alps, ... -
Boxing | Joshua to fight Povetkin in London in September
Anthony Joshua will defend his WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight titles against Alexander Povetkin of Russia in London on Sept. 22. Joshua’s promoter Eddie Hearn confirmed ... -
World Cup 2018 | Vive la France! And a lot of other nations, too
Antoine Griezmann’s father emigrated from Germany, and the France forward’s mother is of Portuguese descent. Paul Pogba’s parents arrived from Guinea. Kylian Mbappe’s dad is from ... -
World briefs
US-RUSSIA Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin opened their long-awaited summit yesterday with a one on one talk behind closed doors before the American leader declared their ... -
The Buzz | Royalty, the pope, and now Trump – Putin makes everyone wait
Famous for his tardiness at official talks, President Vladimir Putin did it again — to U.S. President Donald Trump. Putin long has sought to meet with ... -
Food sent to migrants off Sicily as Italy awaits EU offers
Another day’s worth of food and beverages was sent to a pair of military ships off Sicily as Italy waited for more European nations to pledge ... -
World Views | Breaking up Facebook would do more harm than good
Facebook Inc. bestrides the Earth. It attracts nearly 1.5 billion users a day, commands a fifth of global online advertising revenue, and has a market capitalization ... -
Tuesday, July 17, 2018 – edition no. 3090
* Domestic violence | Man arrested for pouring oil, acid on wife * Former AFP chief in Macau | Media literacy needed to counter fake news, ... -
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 ...
