Corporate Bits | Sands China purchases goods from Congjiang county

Sands China Ltd. received its second batch of products from Guizhou’s Congjiang County yesterday at The Venetian Macao’s loading bay. The gaming operator was the first integrated tourism

South China Sea Watch | US carrier in Hong Kong after bombers fly over waters

A U.S. aircraft carrier docked in Hong Kong last week, days after a pair of American B-52 bombers flew over the South China Sea. The arrival of

Exclusive | First gene-edited babies claimed in China

A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world’s first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful

Dolce&Gabbana fiasco shows importance, risks of China market

Don’t mess with China and its growing cadre of powerful luxury consumers. Dolce&Gabbana learned that lesson the hard way when it faced a boycott after

New Zealand | 145 pilot whales die in stranding on beach

All of the 145 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote New Zealand beach have died. However, conservation workers are hoping to save some

India | Officials cautious as they look to recover American body

“They are a treasure,” Dependera Pathak, director-general of police on the Andaman and Nicobar island groups, said of the Sentinelese people. “We cannot go and force

Obituary | Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci dies at 77

Italian film-maker Bernardo Bertolucci, who won Oscars with “The Last Emperor” and whose erotic drama “Last Tango in Paris” enthralled and shocked the world, died yesterday. He

Turkey | Military helicopter crashes in Istanbul; four soldiers killed

Four Turkish soldiers died while another was fighting for life after their helicopter crashed yesterday into a residential area of Istanbul. Even though the helicopter

Iran | Number of injured in 6.3 magnitude quake rises to 716

Iranian authorities said yesterday that the number of injured in the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran the previous night has risen to 716. No fatalities were

Offbeat | Vermont couple looking for family peacock among the turkeys

A Vermont woman whose family peacock ran off with a flock of turkeys says she’s hopeful to get close enough to catch it with a net.

This Day in History  | 1967 – De Gaulle says ‘non’ to Britain – again

The French President, Charles de Gaulle, has for a second time said he will veto Britain’s application to join the Common Market. He warned France’s five

Koreas win UNESCO recognition of traditional wrestling

Divided for seven decades, North and South Korea together won their first international recognition of Korean traditional wrestling yesterday. The Koreas had earlier pushed

Football – EPL | First loss of season exposes Chelsea’s frailties under Sarri

It took one dreadful 90-minute performance to expose the growing list of shortcomings in the Chelsea team that its coach had forewarned for much of the

World briefs

CAMBODIA Police yesterday arrested more than 200 Chinese citizens accused of defrauding people in China over the internet. JAPAN Police said yesterday they found six bodies

The Buzz | Belt & Road: Three Chinese charged in Kenya with bribing investigators

Three Chinese nationals will be charged by the country’s anticorruption authority for paying a bribe to influence the outcome of fraud investigations, Kenya’s director of public prosecutions said

Dictionary.com chooses ‘misinformation’ as word of the year

Misinformation, as opposed to disinformation, was chosen yesterday as Dictionary.com’s word of the year on the tattered coattails of “toxic,” picked earlier this month for the

World Views | Asia’s liquidity squeeze is the worst since 2008

Liquidity is getting tight in Asia. Leave aside Japan, where the printing presses are still pumping out yen. In rest of the region, central banks’ supply of currency

Tuesday, November 27, 2018 – edition no. 3179

* Flörsch discharged from hospital, vows to return to Macau GP * Student charged with multiple house robberies * ‘Mild power leakage’ kills dog at St. Augustine Square * Bernardo Bertolucci dies at

Tired of ‘stalling’ gov’t, Sou to introduce own minimum wage bill

New Macau Association has released an eight- point statement laying out arguments for lawmaker Sulu Sou’s new minimum wage bill that will be submitted to the Legislative

Adelson retains top place in Asian Gaming Power 50

Sheldon Adelson, Chairman and CEO of Las Vegas Sands and Sands China, has topped the Asian Gaming Power 50 – an annual ranking of the most influential

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