Monthly Archives: July 2018
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Japan prosecutors charge Kobe Steel in fake data scandal
Japanese prosecutors charged major steelmaker Kobe Steel yesterday with violating laws overseeing competition in a massive faking of product quality data. Kobe Steel, which has repeatedly ... -
MGM Resorts suffers backlash after suing shooting victims
It took just minutes for the hashtag #BoycottMGMResorts to appear on Twitter, and for people to declare they would no longer patronize the largest casino owner ... -
E-Commerce | EBay rattles investors already spooked by threat of Amazon
EBay Inc. rattled investors by trimming its annual revenue forecast, signaling that the online marketplace is losing momentum as the critical holiday season approaches. Shares dropped ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China launches micro-movie featuring David Beckham
Sands Resorts Macao has launched an online micro-movie featuring international businessman, sportsman and The Venetian Macao brand ambassador David Beckham, along with several Chinese celebrities who ... -
Belt & Road | President Xi visits UAE amid push to increase influence
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived late yesterday in Abu Dhabi on his first trip to the United Arab Emirates as the leader of China at a ... -
Didi enters taxi-hailing business in Japan
Chinese mobile service giant Didi Chuxing and Tokyo-based SoftBank Corp. have set up a joint venture for taxi-hailing in Japan. The companies announced the plan yesterday ... -
Economy | Borrower’s USD11 billion debt mountain comes crashing down
China this month recorded one of its biggest corporate-debt defaults yet, with the downfall of a coal miner that had ridden the country’s wave of credit ... -
Thailand | After rescue, Wild Boars pray for protection at temple
The youth soccer teammates rescued from a flooded cave began their first day back home with their families yesterday by going to a Buddhist temple to ... -
South Korea | Investor frenzy over Russia treasure ship rumors
A South Korean company’s claim to have found a sunken Russian warship has triggered investor frenzy amid speculation the ship was carrying an enormous amount of gold ... -
Philippines | Immigration orders Australian nun deported and blacklisted
The Philippine immigration bureau has ordered the deportation of an Australian nun who has angered the president by joining anti-government rallies but her lawyers call the ... -
US-Russia | Mere gun lover, or Siberian spy? Maria Butina’s curious path
Maria Butina seemed destined for bigger things than her Siberian outpost of a hometown. In her early 20s, she built a budding political career, a mini ... -
Israel | Parliament passes contentious Jewish nation bill
Israel’s parliament approved a controversial piece of legislation that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people but, critics warn, sidelines minorities. The government ... -
Offbeat | Bruce Springsteen surprises audience at Billy Joel concert
Bruce Springsteen propped himself on top of Billy Joel’s piano to sing a duet with The Piano Man, who was celebrating his 100th concert at Madison ... -
This Day in History | 1944 – Hitler survives assassination attempt
Adolf Hitler has escaped death after a bomb exploded at 1242 local time at his headquarters in Rastenberg, East Prussia. The German News Agency broke the ... -
Auto Racing | F1 champion Hamilton signs new contract with Mercedes
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has ended months of stalling and deliberation by finally signing a new contract with Mercedes. The four-time world champion penned a ... -
Olympics | IOC adds seven medal events to 2022 Beijing Winter Games program
Planning for its next three Olympic Games, the IOC added seven medal events to the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, published a 2020 Tokyo Olympics schedule with ... -
World briefs
PHILIPPINES The immigration bureau yesterday ordered the deportation of an Australian nun who has angered the president by joining anti-government rallies, but her lawyers called the move ... -
The Buzz | Video emerges of Macron bodyguard beating protester in Paris
A video showing one of French President Emmanuel Macron’s security chiefs beating a student demonstrator in May, until now cloaked in secrecy, is drawing a fierce ... -
Holocaust deniers Zuckerberg clarifies statements on treatment of fake news
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is clarifying his stance pertaining to Holocaust deniers after getting some blowback on social media. Speaking with Recode’s Kara Swisher, Zuckerberg, who ... -
Bizcuits | IPIM rebranded
The lack of transparency and high use of discretion with the residency application and renewal process through Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) have been ... -
Friday, July 20, 2018 – edition no. 3093
* Man dies after being treated by fake doctor * Concerns over license recognition, bridge impact on traffic * HK airport planning security fee hike * ... -
Denzel Washington kills in ‘The Equalizer 2’
You won’t usually find Denzel Washington in a movie sequel. He just doesn’t do them. Something about not wanting to repeat himself. So there must be ... -
‘The Mere Wife’ explores ‘Beowulf’ in the suburbs
Maria Dahvana Headley’s new novel, “The Mere Wife,” is much more than a simple recasting of the ancient epic poem “Beowulf” in the suburbs. It’s “The ... -
Meg Myers is angry, anguished, exciting on new album
If you assume from the title of Meg Myers’ new album that she’s taken a fun and frivolous turn, you’ll be sorely mistaken. Thrilled, but very ... -
Travelog | Travel agents: How to find a good one and how they can help
Erika Richter, communications director for the American Society of Travel Agents, joined this week’s episode of the AP Travel podcast “Get Outta Here!” to explain how ... -
The Icon of Serbia II
(Continued from “The Icon of Serbia” on 18 May 2018) Covering some 88,000 sqkm (with Kosovo) or 77,000 sqkm (without Kosovo) and with a population of ... -
FOOD & BEVERAGE | Aji first to showcase Nikkei cuisine
Combining traditional Peruvian cuisine with Japanese techniques, Aji at MGM Cotai is the first local restaurant to showcase the unique Nikkei cuisine. Peru’s star Chef Mitsuharu ... -
Get outta here
• When you can book every aspect of a trip online, in minutes, why would you use a travel agent? And how do you find a ... -
DSEJ fines kindergarten after sexual abuse reports
The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) concluded the investigation of the D. José da Costa Nunes kindergarten case of alleged pedophilia, in which seven complaints ... -
Thailand | Youth football players rescued from cave meet the media
The 12 boys and their football coach rescued from a cave in northern Thailand left the hospital where they had been recuperating and appeared at a ... -
First-time homebuyers dominate property market
Real estate agencies said that the implementation of regulatory measures for the residential market in February significantly curbed property speculation and first-time homebuyers dominated the market. ... -
Briefs | Firemen busier during first half of 2018
Data from the Fire Services Bureau (CB) for the first half of 2018 shows that the number of incidents reported has increased 3.6 percent from the ... -
Departments reiterate Canidrome must leave this week
Several government departments, including the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM), the Sports Bureau, and the Land, Public Works ... -
LRT budget rises to MOP16.4 billion
The budget for the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) project has been raised again, this time to a total of MOP16.4 billion, according to the Transportation Infrastructure ... -
CISAC visits Macau to dicuss music copyright development
Representatives of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) visited Macau yesterday to learn about music copyright development in the region. Satoshi Watanabe, ...
