Daily Archives: Friday, August 3, 2018
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Gaming | Wynn Resorts falls after signs of market cannibalization
Wynn Resorts Ltd. tumbled as much as 9.7 percent in late trading after reporting steep declines in revenue and profit at its casino in Macau, the ... -
Education | Summer English course to increase students’ confidence
The University of Macau (UM) Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) recently organized a four-week Summer English Immersion Program for incoming first-year students. Participants exchanged ideas ... -
National Book Expo showcases local pavilion
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) and the Macao Foundation jointly showcased the Macau Pavilion once again at the 28th National Book Expo in Shenzhen. The Macao ... -
Airport passenger traffic reaches new record in July
The Macau International Airport (MIA) experienced its busiest month ever this summer with over 740,000 passenger movements recorded in July 2018. In a statement released yesterday, ... -
X-Men’s Fan Bingbing off social media amid China tax rumors
X-Men actress Fan Bingbing has disappeared from social media amid rumors she has been barred from leaving China during a tax evasion investigation. Fan, 36, usually ... -
Civil protection warning system ready to use
The newly installed civil protection warning system has already been tested and is ready to be used in August, about one month earlier than what was ... -
AIPIM troubled by Civil Protection Law effect on journalism
The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM) has released a statement outlining its objections to the proposed civil protection law, which is under public consultation ... -
AL approves debate on Viva Macau loan case
The Legislative Assembly (AL) has approved the request of two lawmakers, Pereira Coutinho and Sulu Sou, for a debate to discuss and vote on the controversial ... -
AL issues audience warnings
The Legislative Assembly (AL) has been distributing warning notes to the media representatives and members of the public regarding rules and appropriate behaviors during plenary sessions. ... -
IC to mark 60th anniversary of Sir Robert Ho Tung Library
To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Sir Robert Ho Tung Library, the Cultural Affairs Bureau will hold a plaque inauguration ceremony at the library on ... -
Number of cars and motorbikes decreases
At the end of June 2018, the total number of licensed motor vehicles dropped by 2.3 percent year-on-year to 238,006, according to the transport and communications ... -
Real Estate Matters | Hard Money Lending Doesn’t Have to be Hard
A hard-money loan is simply a high-interest short term loan that is usually secured against a property. It is a way for investors or developers to ... -
Starbucks, Alibaba announce China delivery venture
Starbucks and Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced a coffee delivery venture yesterday, joining the growing competition in China’s booming delivery industry. Starbucks Coffee Co. and ... -
Google’s secret China project sparks fury among workers
Google staff awoke yesterday to surprising news: Their company is working on a search app tailored, and censored, for China. The project, kept secret from all ... -
Beijing | High-ranking monk accused of sexually harassing nuns
A high-ranking Chinese monk was accused of coerced nuns into sex by “controlling their minds,” BBC News has reported. Abbot Xuecheng’s alleged actions were detailed in a ... -
Man from Taiwan sentenced for illegal arms exportation try
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona says a man from Taiwan has been sentenced to two years and nine months imprisonment for trying to export ammunition ... -
South China Sea | Beijing calls draft pact on sea feud a ‘breakthrough’ in talks
China’s top diplomat said yesterday that an initial draft of a proposed pact with Southeast Asia aimed at preventing fighting in the disputed South China Sea ... -
Trade War | China appeals for US calm after new tariff threat
China appealed to Washington yesterday to stay calm and “correct its attitude” following a U.S. threat to raise tariffs on USD200 billion of Chinese goods in ... -
Japan | Report alleges Tokyo med school altered test results to fail women
A Tokyo medical university faced a new allegation after a newspaper report yesterday that the school has allegedly discriminated against female applicants on grounds they tend ... -
Hawaii | How the US military will identify remains from North Korea
Vice President Mike Pence is flying to Hawaii on yesterday to receive 55 boxes of bones recently handed over by North Korea. The remains are believed ... -
Australia | New law helps daughter of sperm donor find her father
For Peter Peacock, fate arrived in the form of a registered letter. The letter looked to be a bit of a letdown. Peacock had gone to ... -
US | White House says Trump’s tweet about Russia probe was an opinion
President Donald Trump bluntly declared his attorney general should terminate “right now” the federal probe into the campaign that took him to the White House, a ... -
Zimbabwe | President appeals for calm after election violence
Zimbabwe’s president said yesterday that his government has been in touch with the main opposition leader in an attempt to ease tensions after election-related violence in ... -
Offbeat | Colorado man fined USD1K for repeatedly feeding bears
A Colorado man has been fined USD1,000 for intentionally feeding bears for the third time in the past eight years. The Durango Herald reports a resident ... -
This Day in History | 1990 – UK temperatures reach record high
A weather station in Leicestershire has recorded the highest temperature ever known in Britain. The figure of 37.1C, or 99F, recorded at a weather station in ... -
Football | Juventus wins MLS All-Star Game on penalties after 1-1 draw
Josef Martinez posed defiantly alongside the goal while pyrotechnics went off in front of the giddy Atlanta fans. It was a familiar stance for the MLS ... -
Badminton | Lin falls to Shi in third round; Axelsen, Tai advance
Five-time champion Lin Dan fell to Chinese compatriot Shi Yuqi again while No. 1s Viktor Axelsen and Tai Tzu Ying moved into the quarterfinals at the ... -
World briefs
CHINA Starbucks and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group announced a coffee delivery venture, joining the growing competition in China’s booming delivery industry. JAPAN A Tokyo medical university ... -
The Buzz | Iceland stops hunting minke whales, but only for this season
One of Iceland’s top whaling companies says it has stopped hunting minke whales this year, in response to a new government regulation that has enlarged the ... -
Pope changes death penalty teaching, now ‘inadmissible’
Pope Francis has changed Catholic Church teaching about the death penalty, saying in a new policy published yesterday that it is always “inadmissible” because it “attacks” ... -
Bizcuits | Bonus points for bonus assets
Five years ago, I wrote to the Chief Executive. My message may have fallen on deaf ears, maybe not, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, and I ... -
El Milagro de Durango
• 103 people miraculously survived a plane crash in Durango, Mexico * Movies: Mission Impossible — Fallout * Book: The death of truth by Michiko ... -
Tom Cruise thwarts the apocalypse on a broken ankle
And so, fellow moviegoers: Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what Tom Cruise can — and will — do for you. The ... -
A close look at the war on truth and democracy
There’s a fierce battle going on in the United States and it’s more crucial than the rivalry between rich and poor, liberals and conservatives, and Democrats ... -
Willie Nile delivers depth, danceable defiance
“I wanna be a painting; I don’t wanna be a sketch.” Willie Nile, who embraces this noble objective in the song “Lookin’ for Someone,” delivers depth ...
