Yearly Archives: 2018
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Spain honors Xi’s visit, inks business deals
Spain has rolled out the red carpet for visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is seeking global allies amid souring trade clashes with Washington. Xi and ... -
Furor over gene-altered babies deepens with project halted
The Chinese researcher who claims to have created the world’s first genetically-altered babies revealed a possible second pregnancy had resulted from his project, highlighting the dilemmas ... -
Former UN president backs indicted Hong Kong businessman
A former president of the United Nations General Assembly said Tuesday that he never witnessed “anything improper” on the part of a prominent Hong Kong businessman on ... -
Pakistan | PM inaugurates pilgrim border crossing with India
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan yesterday attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the first visa-free border crossing with India, a corridor that will allow Sikh pilgrims to ... -
Koreas to jointly survey railways separated since war
South Korea will send trains across the border to the North for the first time in a decade, after recent sanction exemptions paved the way to ... -
Sri Lanka | Top military officer detained in deaths of 11
A Sri Lankan court yesterday ordered the detention of the country’s top military officer for investigation in connection with the abduction and disappearance of 11 young people, ... -
N. Zealand halts Huawei from 5G upgrade over security fears
New Zealand’s international spy agency yesterday halted mobile company Spark from using Huawei equipment in its planned 5G upgrade, saying it posed a “significant network security ... -
Japan | Mystery man ‘who can move the Nikkei’ to reveal secrets in book
The man who claims he can move Japanese equity markets with a single tweet is planning to release a book on his trading philosophy. Japanese day ... -
India | State polls to test Modi strength before national election
Key Indian states are voting in polls that may be a preview of next year’s national election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi trumpeting populist welfare schemes ... -
Kremlin says it still expects Putin-Trump summit to go ahead
Russia said yesterday it still expects a meeting between President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump to go ahead as planned. Trump, in an interview with ... -
UN report says fragile climate puts food security at risk
Feeding a hungry planet is growing increasingly difficult as climate change and depletion of land and other resources undermine food systems, the U.N. Food and Agricultural ... -
Brazil | Government backs out of hosting 2019 climate talks
Brazil’s government has backtracked on hosting the United Nations’ annual meeting to address global climate change, just two months after offering to do so. The government ... -
Italy | Banks burdened with bad loans may get lift from Brussels
Banks from Greece to Italy that are struggling to get rid of a mountain of bad loans may soon get some help from European Union lawmakers. ... -
This Day in History | 1963 Canadian air disaster kills 118
A Canadian jet has crashed within minutes of take-off, killing all 118 people on board. The Trans-Canada Airlines DC8, bound for Toronto, crashed into a field, ... -
Offbeat | Steer too beefy to become burgers reprieved to life on farm
Knickers the steer is huge on the internet — for being huge. The black-and-white Holstein Friesian won social media fame and many proclamations of “Holy Cow!” ... -
Major League Baseball taps MGM as first sports-gambling partner
Major League Baseball named its first official gambling partner, part of a new multiyear marketing agreement with MGM Resorts International. The deal is similar to ones ... -
WADA experts hold talks in Moscow about doping lab data
A delegation from the World Anti-Doping Agency held talks with Russian authorities in Moscow yesterday as it tries to access data which could mean more bans for ... -
Football | Seven more teams qualify for Champions League knockout stage
Real Madrid and Bayern Munich put aside their domestic worries to impress on the European stage and qualify for the knockout rounds of the Champions League ... -
Irish football team sorry for falsely reporting player’s death
A death notice for a football player was posted in a local newspaper. A game was postponed. Teams across the league held a minute’s silence. Football clubs ... -
The Buzz | Greek court frees cleaner serving 10 years for forged papers
A court in the central Greek city of Larissa has ordered the temporary release from prison of a cleaner jailed for 10 years for forging an ... -
22 dead in blast outside northern China chemical plant
An explosion outside a chemical plant in northeastern China early yesterday killed at least 22 people and destroyed scores of vehicles, in the latest challenge to ... -
World Briefs
CHINA Jack Ma, co-founder of China’s most valuable company, was officially confirmed as a member of the Communist Party in a state-backed newspaper recognizing business leaders for ... -
Thursday, November 29, 2018 – edition no. 3181
* Scientist reports 2nd gene-edited pregnancy * Trial witness says El Chapo’s lavish lifestyle included stops in Macau * Coloane power station to expand * Concession ... -
Girl About Globe | Forget a healthy economy. Cough-tails, anyone?
It seems as though the eyes of every passenger on the ferry are boring into me, or at least the peepers that aren’t closed due to ... -
Trial witness: El Chapo’s lavish lifestyle included gambling in Macau
Guzman’s excesses were detailed at his U.S. trial early today [Wednesday, Macau time] by former cartel crony-turned-government witness Miguel Angel Martinez, who told jurors that a ... -
Pescod: Gov’t pivotal in boosting arts, cultural industry
Several jurisdictions across different regions are considering how to enhance their communities through cultural and creative industries, says Duncan Pescod, director of West Kowloon Cultural District ... -
Local man arrested after raping former wife
A 31-year-old local man has been arrested for rape, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday. The victim is the suspect’s wife, but the pair had separated. ... -
Climate change debate to be held at CityU tomorrow
A debate on the topic of climate change will be held at the City University of Macau’s (CityU) Hoi Yin Convention Center from 6 p.m. to 8:30 ... -
Mainland, Macau ink new agreement on air transport
The aeronautical authorities of mainland China and Macau signed the new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on air transport yesterday in Beijing. According to a statement issued ... -
Unemployment rate holds stable
Information from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the general unemployment rate for August-October 2018 was 1.8 percent. The unemployment rate of local residents ... -
Policy Address | Many questions to Leong, most left unanswered
On the second day of the policy address for the Secretariat of Economy and Finance, the cascade of questions to Lionel Leong continued as in the ... -
Production firm gains brand establishment with Sands China partnership
A local micro firm has strengthened its brand building process following its collaboration with Sands China Ltd. Common Production, a local firm initiated by two young local ... -
Extra MOP5 charge approved for HKZMB taxi services
The government has granted the taxi industry approval to charge an additional fee of five patacas for taxis that provide services to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge ... -
Health | 15 HIV infections recorded until September
This year, from January until September, a total of 15 cases of HIV infection among local residents were reported, according to the Health Bureau. Ten cases ... -
Agnes Lam asks for real estate stats transparency
Lawmaker Agnes Lam has asked the government to increase Macau’s real estate information transparency, according to Lam’s written inquiry to the government. Lam first pointed out ...
