Yearly Archives: 2018
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This Day in History | 1989 – Ayatollah sentences author to death
Iranian Muslim leader Ayatollah Khomeini has issued a death threat against British author Salman Rushdie and his publishers over the book Satanic Verses. Scotland Yard is ... -
Football – Champions League | Ronaldo-Neymar showdown with jobs at stake
Thursday, 3:45am Real Madrid v Paris St Germain H 2.47, D 3.86, A 2.9 The Champions League resumes with a mouthwatering meeting of the aristocrats and ... -
Winter Olympics | Chloe Kim takes family on one more epic ride
Chloe Kim stamped her name on a new era of snowboarding with a run down the halfpipe that, officially, did not mean anything, but to her, ... -
World briefs
MALAYSIA Lost in the glare of North Korea’s missile launches and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime that could ... -
The Buzz | Oxfam’s deputy chief executive resigns in Haiti scandal
Oxfam’s deputy chief executive resigned yesterday, saying she took “full responsibility” for failing to act immediately in the sexual misconduct scandal involving the charity’s workers in ... -
Vanessa Trump taken to hospital after white powder scare
Donald Trump Jr.’s wife was taken to a New York City hospital as a precaution after she opened an envelope addressed to her husband that contained ... -
Macau Matters | How big data will transform medicine
I always look forward to getting my weekly information “fix” from The Economist, and a few recent stories in have pointed out that data analysis, especially ... -
Wednesday, February 14, 2018 – edition no. 2987
* Murren: ‘Must-see location’ opens in Cotai * CNY holidays | Rising tide of travelers from China floods Macau, Asia * local startup warned in Japan ... -
Transportation | DSAT does not want more public buses
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) wants bus companies to improve their efficiency, but is not willing to allow the expansion of the public bus fleet. DSAT director ... -
Steve Wynn is out but Vegas is still a tough town for women
The jobs were advertised as some of the best in Las Vegas: collect big tips while dealing blackjack on the Strip. But inside the casino “party ... -
Preview | MGM Cotai opens today with sensory trio of food, art and entertainment
The latest addition to Macau’s Cotai Strip will thrust open its doors to the public this evening and in doing so set a precedent for resort- ... -
Crime | Robbed while giving information to alleged tourist
A female resident of Macau had her mobile phone stolen while providing assistance to an allegedly lost tourist, the Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said yesterday during ... -
Children used to smuggle items into mainland China
The Macao Customs Service and Gongbei Customs recently conducted a joint operation between February 7 and 9 to combat smuggling. Several people were found smuggling items ... -
Democracy on the retreat
Democracy was on the retreat last year, according to data published in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Democracy Index, which found that more than half of the ... -
Educators encouraged to promote self-regulated learning
Education representatives gathered last week to discuss the latest developments of Self-Regulated Learning (SRL) in the global context with a focus on the application to classroom ... -
Briefs | Sulu Sou appeals to Court of Final Appeal
Suspended lawmaker Sulu Sou confirmed to TDM he will appeal to Macau’s top court after the Second Instance Court ruled earlier this month “it does not ... -
Jung Chang joins literary festival in Macau
The Script Road – Macau Literary Festival 2018 will feature Jung Chang, the acclaimed author of “Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China” (1991), which the Asian ... -
Registered capital in new companies rises 1,000pct
A total of 1,226 new companies were incorporated in the fourth quarter of 2017, an increase of 179 year-on- year, with the total value of registered capital ... -
Seven join employment scheme for disabled during first month
The Social Security Fund (FSS) has implemented the Employment Incentive Program for Disability Pension Beneficiaries to promote participation of people with disabilities in the workforce. The ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China implements paid paternity leave
Sands China is implementing a paid paternity leave policy for eligible team members, effective from February 16, the gaming operator announced in a statement yesterday. Male ... -
Taiwan | Memorial service honors 17 quake victims
The 17 people who died last week after a strong earthquake hit Taiwan’s east coast were honored at a memorial service yesterday, with attendees bowing their ... -
Gui Minhai | Beijing rebukes Sweden over case of detained bookseller
China said yesterday that a Hong Kong-based Swedish man who sold gossipy books about Chinese leaders is under detention on suspicion of leaking state secrets, and ... -
China, India vie for influence as crisis unfolds in Maldives
As a political crisis plays out in the Maldives, a quiet tug of war is taking place around it, with heavyweights China and India vying for ... -
Canada reviews takeover by Chinese firm for national security
Aecon Group. Inc. has extended the timeline of its proposed takeover by a Chinese buyer, saying Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet is reviewing the deal on ... -
Australia | Former PM blames funding for indigenous setbacks
An Australian prime minister who a decade ago set an ambitious timetable for ending indigenous disadvantage has blamed a lack of government funding for slow progress. ... -
Mattis says North Korea can’t drive wedge between South, US
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says it’s too early to tell if any of the overtures between North and South Korea during the Olympic Games are ... -
Koreas | Smiling sister exploits Trump-Moon rift on North
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un deployed a new weapon at the Olympics to fight back against the Trump administration’s sanctions and threats of a preemptive ... -
Iceland | Energy riches fuel bitcoin craze for speculation-shy island
Iceland is expected to use more energy “mining” bitcoins and other virtual currencies this year than it uses to power its homes. With massive amounts of ... -
#MeToo | New York state sues Weinstein company
New York’s attorney general is accusing Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein of “repeatedly and persistently” sexually harassing female employees at his film company, according to a ... -
Offbeat | Mascots come first, then medals for Pyeongchang winners
The joy on Jamie Anderson’s face as she celebrated her victory in women’s slopestyle snowboarding is a timeless Olympic moment. The cute little stuffed tiger in ... -
This Day in History | 1978 – Ford makes her ITN debut
Former BBC presenter Anna Ford has become the first female newsreader to join Independent Television News. The former Tomorrow’s World reporter will be ITV’s answer to ... -
Winter Olympics | At the #metoo Games, organizers confront sexual abuse
A Catholic nun waits eight hours each day at a folding table, ready for a call but praying nothing has happened to cause the phone to ... -
World briefs
INDONESIA A court sentenced the leader of an Islamic State group-affiliated militant network in Indonesia to seven years in prison yesterday for involvement in smuggling guns from ... -
The Buzz | London City Airport shuts down due to unexploded 500-kg WWII bomb
All flights in and out of London City Airport were canceled yesterday after a 500-kilogram unexploded World War II-era bomb was found nearby in the River ... -
Emergency teams search for victims of Russian plane crash
Emergency teams combed the snowy fields outside Moscow yesterday, searching for debris from a crashed Russian airliner and the remains of the 71 people aboard it ...
