Daily Archives: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
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Courts | Prosecution drops Costa Nunes Kindergarten sexual abuse case
The Public Prosecutions Office (MP) has decided to drop the case of the alleged sexual abuse of children at the D. José da Costa Nunes Kindergarten, ... -
Foreign business in banking sector falls
The proportion of international business in the local banking sector dipped in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to the latest information released by the Monetary ... -
Turkish university has used copycat Macau emblem for a decade
A Turkish university has been using a logo almost identical to the Macau emblem for more than a decade. The blue version of the lotus flower-based emblem ... -
Crime | PJ investigating case of dead man in Cotai hotel as homicide
The Judiciary Police (PJ) are investigating the case of the man found dead in a Conrad hotel room in Cotai on Sunday as a homicide, the ... -
Gov’t abolishes 15-year poultry import ban
The local government has lifted the 15-year ban on the import of poultry products from Korea, Vietnam, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Taiwan, Guangxi, Hubei and Hunan, ... -
Gaming | Amax gives up on Greek Mythology, offloads shares for cheap
Amax International Holdings is offloading a 24.8 percent share in the defunct Greek Mythology casino for HKD38,000, when it is believed to be valued at more ... -
Macau, HK, Shenzhen, Guangzhou | The four cores of the Greater Bay Area
China’s State Council has unveiled its ambitious vision for the Greater Bay Area, linking Macau and Hong Kong with cities in southern China to create a ... -
China wants to build the first power station in space
China’s space ambitions are shifting into a higher orbit. Following its successful and world-beating trip to the far side of the moon, China is preparing to ... -
Huawei | Washington accused of blocking progress
BEIJING accused Washington yesterday of trying to block its industrial development after Vice President Mike Pence said tech giant Huawei and other telecom equipment suppliers are ... -
Corporate Bits | Accorhotels raises RMB630,000 for environmental fund
AccorHotels Greater China announced that it raised over RMB630,000 through the Give a Tree campaign, a four-month fundraising and awareness campaign, to support the environment. More ... -
Police seize USD1.5 billion in online lending crackdown
Chinese police have investigated 380 online lenders and frozen USD1.5 billion in assets following an avalanche of scandals in the huge but lightly regulated industry, the ... -
Sports deal gone sour touches a USD3.3 trillion market in China
The high-profile failure of a European sports-rights agency has sent ripples into an opaque Chinese market for investment products that’s come under increased regulatory scrutiny. China ... -
Population | Leaders want more babies, but local officials resist
Facing a future demographic crisis and aging society, China’s leaders are desperately seeking to persuade couples to have more children. But bureaucrats don’t seem to have ... -
Health | For sake of pupils’ pupils, Beijing to ban homework on apps
An eastern Chinese province plans to ban teachers from assigning homework to be completed on cellphone apps as part of efforts to preserve students’ eyesight. Zhejiang ... -
India | Kashmir tensions increase as seven killed in fighting
Tensions escalated in the aftermath of a suicide attack in disputed Kashmir, with seven people killed yesterday in a gunbattle that broke out as Indian soldiers ... -
Maldives | Former president arrested over money laundering
A Maldives court ordered the arrest and detention of former Maldives President Yameen Abdul Gayoom yesterday for alleged money laundering. The criminal court in Male, the capital, ... -
Australia | PM blames ‘state actor’ for hacking political parties
A “sophisticated state actor” was behind a cyberattack on the Australian Parliament’s computing network that also affected the network used by major political parties, the prime minister ... -
Japan | Abe declines to say if he backed Trump for Nobel Prize
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to say whether he nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, while praising the U.S. President for “decisive” efforts to ... -
Holocaust | Netanyahu’s Nazi remark prompts Poland to nix Israel summit
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s off-hand comment about Poland and the Holocaust has overshadowed a summit of central European leaders this week in Israel and yesterday Poland ... -
Venezuela crisis | US senator Rubio warns soldiers to let aid enter
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio visited a border staging point for U.S. aid to Venezuela yesterday [Macau time] and warned soldiers loyal to socialist President Nicolas Maduro ... -
This Day in History | 1997 China’s reformist Deng Xiaoping dies
China’s paramount leader Deng Xiaoping has died at the age of 92. He had been suffering from failing health for several years and was last seen ... -
Offbeat | Authorities remove cougar from tree outside California home
Firefighters have rescued a very big cat — a mountain lion — from a tree outside a home in the Southern California desert. The homeowner called ... -
Football | Champions League: To take on Ronaldo, Atletico could unleash attacking trio
Thursday, 4:00am Atletico Madrid v Juventus H 2.95, D 3.1, A 2.82 Atletico Madrid could unleash an attacking trio in an effort to finally outdo Cristiano ... -
Super Rugby | Nonu’s return may herald new era in New Zealand
Over the years New Zealand rugby has become accustomed to saying “goodbye” to top players. But “welcome back?” Not so much. Since rugby union went professional, ... -
The Buzz | Brex-split: seven lawmakers quit Labour over EU, anti-Semitism
Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party yesterday over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism — the biggest shake-up in years for ... -
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
The organizers of Pope Francis’ summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen abuse victims who have descended on Rome to ... -
World Views | The UK’s multibillion-dollar inflation scandal
Rarely has a multibillion-dollar scandal been quite so boring. For years, the U.K. has measured inflation using rival indicators, notably the Retail Prices Index and the ... -
World Briefs
CHINA The daughter of a Swedish publisher detained in China said two Chinese businessmen said her father could be released if she stopped talking to the ... -
Tuesday, February 19, 2018 – edition no. 3231
* Greater bay area | Macau, HK to have leading roles * Greek Mythology | Amax offloads shares for pennies * Foreign business in banking sector ...
