Monthly Archives: December 2018
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Locked away, forgotten: Uighur wives of Pakistani businessmen in China
The last time Chaudhry Javed Atta saw his wife was over a year ago — the Pakistani trader in dried and fresh produce was leaving their ... -
Belt & Road | Cambodia’s biggest hydropower dam now producing electricity
Cambodia’s largest hydropower project officially began producing electricity yesterday as the country tries to increase its energy capacity to reduce energy imports and help jump-start industrial ... -
Report | Beijing is driving use of armed drones in Middle East
The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has grown significantly in the past few years with an increasing ... -
Canada gets access to detainee in China six days after arrest
Canada’s ambassador to China was given access last weekend to detained Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor six days after he was arrested, the country’s Global Affairs department ... -
India | Regular troops enforce lockdown to foil Kashmir protest march
Soldiers and police fanned out across Indian-controlled Kashmir yesterday to enforce a security lockdown for a second straight day to stop anti-India protests and foil a ... -
Malaysia | KL files criminal charges against Goldman Sachs over 1MDB
Malaysia filed criminal charges against Goldman Sachs and two former executives yesterday for their role in the alleged multibillion-dollar ransacking of state investment fund 1MDB. Attorney ... -
Thailand | Philippines contestant Catriona Gray named Miss Universe
The Philippines’ Catriona Gray was named Miss Universe 2018 in a competition concluding yesterday in Bangkok, besting contestants from 93 other countries and delighting her home ... -
USA | White House closer to partial shutdown with wall demand
Pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown, the White House is insisting that Congress provide USD5 billion to build a wall along the ... -
Somalia | US conducts six airstrikes against extremists, 62 dead
The U.S. military says it has carried out six airstrikes in the Gandarshe area of Somalia which killed a total of 62 al-Shabab extremist rebels. In ... -
Middle East | Saudi Arabia rejects US Senate’s ‘interference’ in kingdom
Saudi Arabia issued an unusually strong rebuke of the U.S. Senate yesterday, rejecting a bipartisan resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist ... -
Offbeat | Not into bingo, 84-year-old Texas woman gets college degree
After raising five kids and retiring at age 77 from her secretarial job, Janet Fein couldn’t be blamed for finally relaxing, but that’s not her. Fein, ... -
This Day in History | 1997 – Dawn of Scottish parliament
A bill giving Scotland its own parliament for the first time in three centuries has been unveiled in Glasgow today. Scottish Secretary Donald Dewar revealed his ... -
Football | Landmark Juve goal brings out contrasting sides of Ronaldo
TORINO 0, JUVENTUS, 1 Juventus reached another landmark this weekend — and it was fitting that Cristiano Ronaldo was the player to do it. But contrasting ... -
Football – Champions League | Three English teams face German opposition in last 16
One of the fiercest international rivalries in soccer will play out three times in the last 16 of the Champions League when a trio English teams ... -
Rugby | Michael Cheika to stay as Wallabies coach through World Cup
Rugby Australia has confirmed Michael Cheika will lead Australia to next year’s World Cup but from now on will work under the supervision of Scott Johnson, ... -
World briefs
CHINA The use of armed drones in the Middle East, driven largely by sales from China, has grown significantly in the past few years with an ... -
The Buzz | Top of mind: ‘Justice’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year
Racial justice. Obstruction of justice. Social justice. The Justice Department. Merriam-Webster has chosen “justice” as its 2018 word of the year, driven by the churning news ... -
Germany to compensate hundreds who fled Nazis as children
Germany has agreed to one-time payments for survivors, primarily Jews, who were evacuated from Nazi Germany as children, many of whom never saw their parents again, ... -
World Views | May’s delaying tactics are making Brexit worse
It’s unclear what U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May hoped to get from leaders of the European Union at their recent summit. As things turned out, she ... -
Tuesday, December 18, 2018 – edition no. 3194
* Polytec vs Son Pou | Court acquits columnist, newspaper of slander * MGTO confirms | Goodridge for film festival hat trick * Sou accuses Chui ... -
Gaming | Chief Executive: Ban on foreign croupiers here to stay
Chief Executive Chui Sai On has backed last week’s stance from the Secretary for Economy and Finance, who asserted that the Macau SAR would not lift ... -
Ask the Vet | Active chronic hepatitis in dogs
Active chronic hepatitis is a syndrome in dogs that can have several different causes. The active chronic hepatitis consists of the inflammation of the liver tissues which ... -
Fire consumes apartment of family of nine
A third-floor apartment situated in Rua do Dr Pedro Lobo caught fire early on Friday morning, forcing the evacuation of some 40 residents from the building. ... -
Domestic helper secretly gives birth in employer’s bathroom
The Judiciary Police is following up on the case of a woman from Myanmar who abandoned her newborn baby. The woman, aged 27, works for a ... -
CE council completes police expansion bill
The Chief Executive Council has completed the discussion of the bill on the restructuring of the Public Security Police Force (PSP). This bill suggests introducing a ... -
Briefs | Local man accused of MOP35 million fraud
A local resident has been accused of fraud after he borrowed MOP35 million from two of his friends and did not pay the money back. The ... -
‘Latin Parade’ attracts 150,000 people
Crowds flocked to the city’s central streets to experience the 2018 Macao International Parade, formerly known as the “Parade through Macao, Latin city” or “Latin Parade,” ... -
IFFAM 2018 | Clean Up awarded Best Film
Clean Up” has been awarded Best Film at the 3rd International Film Festival & Awards (IFFAM), as announced last Friday at the Macao Cultural Center. The ... -
Jury President Chen Kaige presented with ‘Spirit of Cinema’
The new competition section “New Chinese Cinema” pitted six films against each other, namely “Dear Ex”, “Baby”, “Xiao Mei”, “Up the Mountain”, “Fly by Night” and ... -
NETPAC Award went to Suburban Birds
Presented by Mimi Plauché, Sunny Joseph and Marco Martins, jury members from the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), the NETPAC Award went to ... -
Boeing delivers first 737 from China plant as trade war simmers
Boeing Co. has kicked off its industrial foray into China, handing over the first 737 Max completed in the country to Air China as executives looked ... -
Trade War | Executive’s arrest, security worries stymie Huawei’s reach
While a Huawei executive faces possible U.S. charges over trade with Iran, the Chinese tech giant’s ambition to be a leader in next-generation telecoms is colliding ... -
Opinion | China confronts its eternal dilemma again
China’s top leaders meet this week in Beijing to set economic policy objectives for the coming year. The central question is whether they will do what ... -
Analysis | China’s made in 2025 ambitions are a paper tiger
China’s industrial ambitions have the U.S. on edge. But what has actually come of its plans for global technology domination? Beijing is considering delaying targets in ... -
Beijing suspends tariff hikes on US cars, auto parts
China announced a 90-day suspension of tariff hikes on U.S. cars, trucks and auto parts following its cease-fire in a trade battle with Washington that threatens ...
