Monthly Archives: July 2018
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Proposal to build hazardous materials storage raises questions
The proposal from the government to build a new hazardous materials storage in the Concordia Industrial Park area in Coloane raised several questions from the Urban ... -
Food & Beverage | Shake Shack plans to open 14 stores in HK, Macau
Shake Shack Inc. is stirring up shares of SSI Group Inc. after the burger chain founded in New York selected the upscale Philippine retailer as its ... -
Football betting surges thanks to major tournaments
Betting in Macau for football matches has registered an exponential hike by 93.7 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of this year, when compared with the ... -
41pct of restaurants reported revenue growth in May
Forty-one percent of interviewed restaurants and similar establishments reported year-on-year revenue growth in May, down by 6 percentage points from April, according to the latest data ... -
Swatch CEO boosts hiring, inventory to keep up with watch demand
Swatch Group AG, the largest Swiss watchmaker, is boosting headcount and inventory to record levels to keep up with accelerating demand across its portfolio of 18 ... -
Bitcoin tests USD7,500 as crypto tokens rally back to June levels
Cryptocurrencies extended their rally yesterday, with Bitcoin breaking above USD7,500 for the first time since June as the market seeks to shrug off some of the ... -
Japan | Casinos face last milestone on road to legalization
Japanese lawmakers are expected to pass a casino bill that is the final hurdle for the legalization of gaming resorts, bringing international operators a step closer ... -
Analysis | Textile industry shattered by China trade embraces Trump crusade
While there’s no shortage of doom and gloom coming from corporate America about President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, there is at least one U.S. ... -
Love triangle | Cupid favors Xi over Trump in battle for Putin’s affections
In the race to woo Vladimir Putin, China’s Xi Jinping is beating Donald Trump. Trump’s quest to kindle a bromance with the Russian president has made ... -
Air China fired pilots over e-cigarette emergency
China has revoked the licenses of two Air China pilots after a vaping incident in the cockpit forced an emergency descent last week, Chinese media has ... -
Refugees | Australia succeeds in stopping migrants but many in limbo
When Abdul Aziz reached Australia’s Christmas Island aboard a smuggler’s boat in 2013, he had no idea that weeks earlier his fate as a refugee from Sudan ... -
India | Building collapses into another near Delhi, three die
A six-story building under construction collapsed onto an adjacent building east of the Indian capital, killing at least three people and trapping several others under the ... -
US | Army reverses course on discharging one immigrant recruit
The U.S. Army has reversed its decision to discharge an immigrant reservist who sued when he was booted from the military last month after enlisting with ... -
Lawmakers warn Trump tariffs threaten local newspapers
Members of Congress warned that newspapers in their home states are in danger of reducing news coverage, laying off workers or going out of business if ... -
US-Europe | Tumult of Trump’s trip smashes presidential precedent
Plenty of U.S. presidents have created commotion in their travels abroad, but none as much as President Donald Trump. The president’s tumultuous trip across Europe, historians ... -
Offbeat | Amazon pokes fun at glitches, says tech gadgets popular
Amazon poked fun at the early glitches it saw with Prime Day, though it said shoppers still found plenty to buy. Analysts, meanwhile, saw other things ... -
This Day in History | 1997 – IRA declares ceasefire
The IRA has announced its second ceasefire in three years starting at noon tomorrow. It follows a statement by republican political party Sinn Fein last night ... -
Baseball | Union hints at work stoppage as MLB mulls rule changes
Major League Baseball wants a broad discussion with players about rule changes to combat decreased offense and longer games, an initiative likely to be met by ... -
Boxing | Anthony Joshua can’t escape talk of Deontay Wilder
Anthony Joshua was welcomed by applause on the stage. He stood front and center, promoting his Sept. 22 bout against Alexander Povetkin. Even there, he couldn’t ... -
Football | Australia cool on Usain Bolt’s A-League bid
Football Federation Australia has responded cautiously to reports Usain Bolt hopes to play for the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. Reports said the 31-year- old ... -
World briefs
VIETNAM With China and the U.S. as its largest export destinations, Vietnam is seeking ways to insulate itself from an escalating trade war between the world’s two ... -
The Buzz | EU fines Google a record USD5 billion over mobile system
The European Union’s antitrust chief has fined Google a record USD5 billion for abusing the market dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system. EU Competition ... -
South Africa, Obama mark Mandela centennial with charity
South Africans along with former U.S. President Barack Obama were marking the centennial of anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela’s birth yesterday with acts of charity in a ... -
Girl About Globe | Blast from the past on Italy’s roads
Being hunted down by Italian police, across nations and borders, is not a thing that happens to me much. But I just had a Mafia moment ... -
Thursday, July 19, 2018 – edition no. 3092
* Kindergarden fined for handling of abuse case * Out of hospital, Thai boys recount moment they were found * Curbing measures working * Canidrome must ... -
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 ...
