Yearly Archives: 2018
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Australia | Gays marry in midnight wedding ceremonies across country
Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia yesterday after the country’s last legal impediment to gay marriage expired. Marriage equality became law on Dec. 9 ... -
USA | Mueller conveys interest in questioning Trump
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team of investigators has expressed interest in speaking with President Donald Trump as part of a probe into potential coordination between Russia ... -
Iran | Lawmaker says 3,700 arrested in days of protest, unrest
An Iranian reformist lawmaker said yesterday that some 3,700 people were arrested in the days of protests and unrest that roiled Iran over the past two ... -
Brazil | Fake news risks plaguing elections, top fact checkers say
Brazil’s combination of political polarization and passion for social media offers fertile ground for fake news in the run-up to this year’s elections, leading fact checkers ... -
This Day in Hstory | 1996 King of Jordan in historic Tel Aviv visit
King Hussein of Jordan has made his first public visit to Israel’s largest city, Tel Aviv, in the latest indication of the new warmth between the ... -
College Football | Alabama beats Georgia in OT for national title
To add another championship to the greatest dynasty college football has ever seen, Alabama turned to its quarterback of the future, and Tua Tagovailoa proved that ... -
World briefs
KOREA The two Koreas have agreed in a joint statement to hold talks on reducing military tensions and “actively cooperate” in next month’s Winter Olympics in South ... -
France investigates Apple for slowing down old iPhones
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Apple over revelations it secretly slowed down older versions of its handsets. The Paris prosecutor’s office said a probe ... -
Film shown at IFFAM 2017 | ‘The Shape of Water’ leads race for British Academy Awards
Cold War monster movie “The Shape of Water” led nominations yesterday for the British Academy Film Awards, as organizers announced a new female host and promised ... -
World Views | Oprah is the symbol America needs right now
Forget Oprah Winfrey for president. We don’t need another political newbie in the Oval Office. But the response to her eloquent Golden Globes speech demonstrates a ... -
Wednesday, January 10, 2018 – edition no. 2962
* Tighter English rules for students abroad * Huge Philippine procession secured tightly amid terror fears * Gov’t defends bus fare proposal * New um rector ... -
Oil tanker burning off China’s coast at risk of exploding
An oil tanker that caught fire after colliding with a freighter off China’s east coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, Chinese state media reported ... -
Barber shops: From old-fashioned to trendy
From the features on the “big screen” of movie theatres to the daily lives of almost every man across the planet, barber shops are timeless and ... -
UM English Debating Team ranks among world’s top eight
The University of Macau (UM) English Debating Team recently entered the top eight in the English as a Second Language (ESL) category of the World Universities ... -
Sou and Chiang’s trial postponed
The trial of lawmaker Sulu Sou and former New Macau Association’s (ANM) president and political activist Scott Chiang, which was scheduled to start this morning, has ... -
CRIME | Con artist reports victim as criminal to escape
A con artist was arrested after cheating a victim out of casino chips valued at HKD300,000. The detention of the con artist occurred in a slightly different ... -
Briefs | Taxi overcharging surged in 2017
The number of cases concerning taxi overcharging during the year of 2017 increased 85.6 percent year-on-year as compared to 2016, according to the latest data released ... -
Heritage | Public consultation on Lai Chi Vun during Q1
The public consultation on the Lai Chi Vun old shipyards area will be launched during the first quarter of 2018, the head of the Heritage Department ... -
AirAsia evaluates three new routes in 2018
Low-cost carrier AirAsia is considering to launch three to four new routes to Macau this year, Celia Lao CEO of AirAsia Hong Kong and Macau told ... -
Six percent of newborns undergo slow development
Every year, approximately six percent of the newborn children in Macau suffer from slow development and need early treatment, according to the director of the children’s ... -
HKZMB Macau port offers 5,143 parking spaces
The Macau border crossing facility of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) will offer a total of 5,143 parking spaces for private cars and motorcycles at the ... -
Chinese airline shares jump after State rules on fares eased
Chinese airline shares surged after the government gave airlines more freedom to set fares for domestic flights, easing state control over prices. China removed the caps ... -
Euro-area economic confidence soars to nearly two-decade high
Confidence in the euro area continued its advance at the end of 2017, capping what was probably the strongest year for the economy in a decade. ... -
Opinion: Las Vegas’s economy is on the brink of booming
What U.S. city will boom in 2018? If you’re placing bets, you’d look for a place still suffering a hangover from the housing bust, with subdued ... -
Media | BBC’s China editor resigns over gender pay gap dispute
The BBC’s China editor has resigned her position in Beijing in protest over what she called a failure to sufficiently address a gap in compensation between ... -
Richer woman | Yang Huiyan’s wealth rose by USD2 billion in four days
A share surge at Country Garden Holdings Co., China’s largest developer by sales, has sent Vice Chairman Yang Huiyan’s wealth up by USD2.1 billion – and that’s ... -
Macron appeals to Beijing for partnership in climate, Africa
French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to Chinese leaders yesterday to form a partnership on climate change and African development during a visit in which he also ... -
MDT Explains | What to expect from North-South Korean talks
North Korea’s recent abrupt push to improve ties with South Korea wasn’t totally unexpected, as the country has a history of launching provocations and then pursuing ... -
Pope urges efforts to rebuild trust in North Korea, Syria
Pope Francis urged concerted international efforts yesterday to rebuild trust on the Korean peninsula and in Syria, using his annual foreign policy address to demand that ... -
Vietnam | Court tries former oil executives in widened crackdown
Vietnam opened a major corruption trial yesterday against defendants who include a former senior Communist official and a former oil executive the Vietnamese government is accused ... -
Cambodia | Appeals court upholds jail term for Australian in surrogacy case
An appeals court yesterday upheld the prison sentence of an Australian woman convicted of providing commercial surrogacy services in Cambodia. Judge Kim Dany said the appeals ... -
USA | Trump allies defend him against book’s claims
Trump administration officials and allies are rallying to the president’s defense, trying to contain the fallout from an explosive new book that questions Trump’s fitness for ... -
Iran | FM warns neighbors, says they seeking unrest in the country
Iran’s foreign minister yesterday warned neighboring countries over fomenting insecurity in Iran in a reference to anti-government protests that have roiled the country over the past ... -
75th Golden Globes | Oprah’s barnstormer tops most notable moments
What president? A year after politics — and the newly elected occupant of the White House — dominated the conversation and tone of the Golden Globes, ... -
Offbeat | Rats! DC wages war against resurgent rodents with dry ice
Any mists spotted rising over the swamp may just be Washington wielding its newest weapon in its never-ending war on rats: dry ice. The District of ...
