Monthly Archives: August 2018
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Corporate Bits | Wynn unveils new mooncake gift boxes in time for mid-autumn festival
Wynn Macau has unveiled three designed mooncake gift boxes that feature flowers and butterflies in time for the upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival, with each pattern representing a ... -
Trade War US firms to Trump: Don’t raise tariffs on more Chinese goods
Fishermen off the Alaskan coast. A Florida maker of boat trailers. A building materials distributor in Tennessee. Those and hundreds of other American businesses are delivering ... -
Malaysia hopes China will sympathize with its fiscal woes
Malaysia’s leader said yesterday that he hoped China would sympathize with his country’s fiscal problems as he met with the country’s leaders after suspending multibillion-dollar construction ... -
Yuan jumps to strongest in a week
The yuan strengthened for a third day in a row, rising to its highest in just over a week, as the People’s Bank of China raised ... -
Myanmar | Verdict scheduled for next week in reporters’ trial
A judge in Myanmar said he will issue a verdict next Monday in the trial of two Reuters journalists accused of possessing secret state information, a case ... -
India | Massive cleanup begins as rains diminish in Kerala
Thousands of people in flood-ravaged south India waded yesterday through muck and mud to begin the immense task of cleaning their homes and businesses. Rains have ... -
North Korea | Tourists go off beaten path on sacred volcano
Foreign tourists looking to go off the beaten path in North Korea can now camp out on the country’s biggest volcano. Hoping to open up a ... -
Quake swarm jolts Indonesian islands, killing at least 12
Multiple strong earthquakes killed at least a dozen people on the Indonesian islands of Lombok and Sumbawa as the region was trying to recover from a ... -
Turkey | Shots fired at gate of US Embassy; no one hurt
Shots were fired from a moving car at the U.S. Embassy in Turkey before dawn yesterday, an attack that came during heightened tensions between the two ... -
Afghanistan | Gov’t forces free 149 hostages taken by Taliban in ambush
Afghan forces launched a lightning operation in northern Kunduz province yesterday, rescuing 149 people, including women and children, abducted by the Taliban just hours earlier, officials ... -
Report | Experts knew Genoa bridge had weakened 20 percent
Engineering experts determined in February that corrosion of the metal cables supporting the Genoa highway bridge had reduced the bridge’s strength by 20 percent — a ... -
Offbeat | Baby boom at Arizona hospital with 16 pregnant nurses
A baby boom is brewing at a suburban Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are all pregnant. The nurses at Banner Desert ... -
This Day in History | 1973 – ‘Bloody Sunday’ inquest accuses Army
The coroner presiding over the “Bloody Sunday” inquest has accused the British army of “sheer unadulterated murder”. The accusation came from the Londonderry City coroner, Major ... -
Asian Games | Sun Yang unfurls another win after flag flap
Sun Yang won his second gold medal in as many nights at the Asian Games and this time he was rewarded with the raising of a ... -
Four Japanese players kicked out after ‘night out with women’
Four Japanese basketball players were kicked off their Asian Games team and sent home yesterday after delegation head Yasuhiro Yamashita said they “spent the night in ... -
World briefs
MALAYSIA’s leader said yesterday that he hoped China would sympathize with his country’s fiscal problems as he met with the country’s leaders after suspending multibillion-dollar construction ... -
The Buzz | Europe sees sharp rise in measles: 41,000 cases, 37 deaths
Global health officials called for increased vaccination efforts amid burgeoning rates of measles infection in Europe. More people in Europe contracted the potentially deadly virus in ... -
A dog’s life | Fitness trackers help put fat pets on a diet
When Czech entrepreneur Robert Hasek began jogging with his dog, Darwin, the three-mile runs were making the bull terrier sick with fatigue. Hasek was surprised, thinking ... -
Views on China | Doors slam shut for China deals around the world
Doors are slamming shut in the developed world not just to Chinese investment in technology but potentially to a wave of acquisitions with a tech element, ... -
Tuesday, August 21, 2018 – edition no. 3114
* Future youth center design revealed * Trade War | US firms to Trump: Don’t raise tariffs on more Chinese goods * Lifeguards strike, pools closed ... -
Light Rapid Transit to be deliberated at the AL
The Executive Council has finished discussion on the draft law on the Light Rapid Transit system, which will be delivered to the Legislative Assembly (AL) for ... -
Arts | Woodblock print exhibition to open today
The Macau City Visual Arts Society will hold a woodblock print exhibition “Carving White” by local artist Mel Cheong today at Roomage30. The local artist created ... -
Ask the Vet
One of the most common skin condition we see in Macau is Ringworm. It’s not a worm as the name suggests, but actually a fungal infection ... -
Legal community shocked, intrigued with AL advisers’ dismissal
Veteran legal advisers of the Legislative Assembly (AL) Paulo Cardinal and Paulo Taipa were dismissed by the board of the AL, headed by President Ho Iat ... -
India | 800,000 displaced as floods submerge Kerala
Some 800,000 people have been displaced and over 350 have died in the worst flooding in a century in southern India’s Kerala state, officials said yesterday, ... -
Rising sea levels pose unique tsunami risk to Macau
Rising sea levels around the world will pose a greater risk of tsunamis striking Macau, a new academic paper has found, especially in the low-lying parts ... -
Education Bureau | Views on homosexuality, pre-marital sex were misunderstood
The acting head of the Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) refuted media reports over the weekend that the city’s education authority refers homosexual students to ... -
Briefs | Pools closed due to lifeguard shortage
Two swimming pools in Macau have been closed as of last Saturday on account of a lack of lifeguards to ensure safety standards. The Cheok Van ... -
Greek bailout ends, but Europe’s debt problems grind on
Greece officially completes its bailout program today, after eight years of cutbacks enforced in return for massive loans and following an economic collapse on the scale ... -
Stocks jump as hopes rise for progress on China trade talks
Stocks rose late in the day Friday as investors welcomed signs of progress in resolving the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. The Wall Street ... -
Beijing tells its finance firms to boost infrastructure support
China’s financial watchdog ordered the nation’s banks and insurance companies to increase support for infrastructure development as economic growth slows and concerns rise about the trade ... -
Taiwan improves missiles to counter PRC military expansion
Taiwan is responding to China’s arms buildup by developing missiles and interceptors of its own that could reduce Beijing’s military advantage over the self-ruled island, defense ... -
Malaysian leader tours Alibaba, meets Jack Ma on China visit
Malaysia’s leader courted Chinese e-commerce investment in his country on Saturday, the start of his first trip to China since his stunning electoral victory three months ... -
Indonesia | Strong quake jolts Lombok again
A strong earthquake jolted the Indonesian island of Lombok on Sunday, causing landslides on Mount Rinjani and damaging buildings, as it tries to recover from a temblor ... -
‘Dream or reality?’ Koreans to meet after decades apart
Lee Soo-nam was 8 the last time he saw his older brother. Sixty-eight years ago this month the boy watched, bewildered, as his 18-year-old brother ...
