Monthly Archives: March 2019
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Italy signs accord deepening economic ties with Beijing
Italy signed a memorandum of understanding with China on Saturday supporting Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative, which aims to weave a network of ports, bridges and ... -
Tech trade | Apple’s Cook says he’s bullish on global economy
Apple CEO Tim Cook said Saturday that he is “extremely bullish” about the global economy based on the amount of innovation underway, and urged China to ... -
Beijing stops purchase of Canadian canola seeds
China has stopped all new purchases of Canadian canola seeds in what some see as retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top executive of Chinese tech ... -
Elections | Thais vote in long-delayed poll pitting junta versus critics
Nearly five years after a coup, Thailand voted yesterday in a long-delayed election pitting a military-backed party against the populist political force the generals overthrew. An ... -
New Zealand | Thousands attend vigil to honor 50 mosque dead
Thousands of people gathered in the New Zealand city of Christchurch yesterday to listen to prayers, songs and speeches at a vigil to remember the 50 ... -
Border tensions | Pakistan showcases military even as tensions with India ease
Pakistan celebrated its national day on Saturday with a military parade showcasing its missiles, tanks and aircraft, even as the prime minister and his Indian counterpart ... -
USA | Disaster aid bill facing a tricky path as it heads to Senate
A battle over funding for Puerto Rico is complicating the path forward for a long-delayed disaster aid bill that’s a top political priority for some of President ... -
UK | Theresa May faces pressure to step down to save Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May faces growing pressure from within her own party either to resign or to set a date for stepping down as a way ... -
This Day in History | 1975 National Front rallies against Europe
Members of an extreme right-wing UK party, flanked by 2,000 police officers, have marched through north London in protest against integration with Europe. Beating drums and ... -
Offbeat | Reel-y? New beer can double as motion picture film developer
Kodak says a new beer hitting the market can be used to develop its Super 8 movie film. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Delaware created its ... -
Tennis | Serena withdraws, No. 1 Osaka loses, Federer wins at Miami
The new site for the Miami Open suddenly is missing a lot of star power. Serena Williams withdrew yesterday [Macau time], blaming a previously undisclosed left ... -
Football | Spain, Italy start Euro 2020 qualifying with wins
Spain needed to be bailed out by a veteran. Italy got a boost from some new faces. The former European champions started their campaigns to qualify ... -
The Buzz | Adele and Jennifer Lawrence whoop it up at NYC gay bar
Bar patrons in New York’s Greenwich Village were in the right place at the right time when Adele and Jennifer Lawrence showed up. The Daily News ... -
Streisand apologizes for remarks on Michael Jackson accusers
Barbra Streisand apologized yesterday [Macau time] for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying that she should ... -
World Briefs
CHINA pledged to improve its system for registering new drugs in the country this year and more closely monitor those medicines after they’ve entered the market, part ... -
Editorial | Chief puzzle
Heavyweight politician Edmund Ho made a rare and strong public appearance last week in a checks and balances convenium of Macau representatives’ work at the “two ... -
Monday, March 25, 2019 – edition no. 3255
* Corruption | CCAC take down gov’t official who profited off greyhounds * Prof Jacky Ho | Schools need new tactics to tackle bullies * MGM ... -
Briefs | DSF claims big disputes regarding vacancy tax
The Financial Services Bureau (DSF) has stated that the situation with vacant residential properties in Macau is not serious, and that if the vacancy tax is ... -
Special Report | CEM says electric vehicle chargers are properly installed, public disagrees
In response to concerns expressed in the community, more specifically, by electric vehicle (EV) owners and users, the Times questioned the entities responsible for the installation ... -
Consumer price growth slows in Feb
The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) in February 2019 increased by nearly 2.8 percent year-on-year to reach 115.31, according to the latest information from the Statistics ... -
Smart city | Researcher calls for tourism to tap into software
A researcher on tourism has called for the enhancement of the SAR’s software to help the city achieve its goal of sustainable tourism development. Jason Ni, ... -
Agnes Lam says local SMEs missing out on eco-business opportunity
It is recommended that local small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) be more eco-friendly business if they want to operate in the Greater Bay Area, Agnes Lam ... -
Cultural Industry Fund denies accusations of cronyism
The Cultural Industry Fund (FCI) has denied an accusation that it practiced cronyism when granting 5.9 million patacas to a film production company. The FCI launched ... -
Measles | Health Bureau urges employers to vaccinate non-residents
The director of the Health Bureau’s (SSM) Disease Prevention and Control Centre, Lam Chong, has urged employers of non-resident workers (TNR), especially those from the Philippines ... -
Hong Kong | Chief Executive warns of collateral damage risk from trade war
Hong Kong’s chief executive cautioned that the Asian financial hub continued to face the risk of collateral damage from the China-U.S. trade war, saying the tensions ... -
The scariest hour in FX keeping HK peg defenders busy
The early part of the Asian trading day – when currency flash crashes tend to happen – seems to be when intervention happens too. All five ... -
China Southern Power Grid to build new GBA network
China Southern Power Grid claims that, by 2030, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) will have completed building a ‘smart power grid,’ according to Chinese ... -
Chinese group HNA sells stake in TAP – Air Portugal
The HNA group has divested the 9 percent stake that it indirectly held in the share capital of TAP – Air Portugal by selling its subsidiary ... -
Tencent profit misses estimates as games slip, costs swell
Tencent Holdings Ltd. posted a quarterly profit that missed analysts’ estimates after it spent heavily on cloud and mobile payments businesses to offset a gaming slowdown. ... -
Report: Myanmar, China failing to stop ‘bride’
Authorities in China and Myanmar are failing to stop the brutal trafficking of young women, often teenagers, from the conflict-ridden Kachin region for sexual slavery, according ... -
Taiwan leader to tour Pacific allies, with Hawaii stopover
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen left yesterday on a tour of diplomatic allies in the Pacific that will end with a stopover in Hawaii. Taiwan has struggled ... -
Ex-Philippine officials accuse Xi of crimes against humanity
Two former Philippine officials have taken the bold step of filing a complaint with the International Criminal Court accusing Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against ... -
Elections | Thai PM hopeful wants constitutional changes
The leader of Thailand’s oldest political party said if he becomes prime minister after Sunday’s elections, he will make forceful but careful efforts to undo undemocratic ... -
Australia | 2,000 people moved from powerful cyclone’s path
About 2,000 Australians were being moved inland yesterday from part of the northern coast ahead of a powerful cyclone expected to hit this weekend. Evacuees were ... -
Buy-bust | Vietnam arrests 8 Chinese suspected of drug trafficking
Vietnamese police have arrested eight Chinese suspected of drug trafficking after seizing 300 kilograms of methamphetamine worth up to USD26 million. The state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper ...
