Monthly Archives: April 2019
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Censorship Russia moves to expand state control of internet
Russian lawmakers approved yesterday a bill that would expand government control over the internet and whose opponents fear heralds a new era of widespread censorship. The ... -
UK | WikiLeaks’ Assange arrested at Ecuador embassy in London
British police arrested WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange at the Ecuadorian embassy in London yesterday, after the South American nation decided to revoke the political asylum that ... -
This Day in History | 1975 – US pulls out of Cambodia
The US has admitted defeat in Cambodia and removed its remaining embassy personnel from the capital, Phnom Penh. Early this morning 276 people were airlifted from ... -
Offbeat | Dentist vows to put racy Easter display back up
A New Jersey dentist who created a racy Easter display is vowing to put it back up after a female neighbor used gardening shears to damage ... -
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Football | Champions League: Ajax plays Ronaldo and Juventus tough in draw
After showing no fear against Real Madrid, a young Ajax squad didn’t back down against Cristiano Ronaldo and Juventus either. Ajax replied quickly after Ronaldo scored ... -
Lifestyle | When people downsize to tiny houses, they adopt more environmentally friendly lifestyles
Interest is surging in tiny homes – livable dwelling units that typically measure under 400 square feet. Much of this interest is driven by media coverage ... -
Smoking pot vs. tobacco: What science says about lighting up
As more states make it legal to smoke marijuana, some government officials, researchers and others worry what that might mean for one of the country’s biggest ... -
The Buzz | EU, UK agree to delay Brexit until Halloween
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the European Union has granted her “key request” to add an early exit clause to its agreement to a six-month ... -
T.C. Boyle spins a family drama from the LSD era
Just as he did in his last novel about scientists inhabiting Arizona’s Biosphere 2 in the 1990’s (“The Terranauts”), T.C. Boyle’s latest takes a real-world event ... -
Peter Gabriel’s skill with film songs stars on album
If you’re a fan of Peter Gabriel, you probably know his popular hits like “Sledgehammer” and “Big Time,” as well as maybe some older classics like ... -
Happy hunting Bonnie and Clyde in ‘The Highwaymen’
It’s hard to begin watching the Netflix movie “The Highwaymen” and not think about the way it will inevitably end — in a famous ambush and ... -
Homo luzonensis | Filipinos plan more diggings where new human species found
Archaeologists who discovered fossil bones and teeth of a previously unknown human species that thrived more than 50,000 years ago in the northern Philippines said yesterday ... -
Kapok | 22 of the dirty 400
For a reason that escapes any logic primarily concerned with fairness, only 22 members of the Legislative Assembly will participate in the Election Committee responsible for ... -
World Briefs
CHINA Police seized a haul of methamphetamine and heroin concealed in a truckload of bananas believed to have come from Myanmar. The drug shipment weighing 144.5 ... -
Friday, April 12, 2019 – edition no. 3269
* Another crack in the border | Helpers exploit loophole to get double pay in China * Assange restrained in London court | WikiLeaks principal handcuffed ... -
Briefs | Macau pets exempted from mainland quarantine
Starting from May 1, pets from Macau may be exempted from quarantine inspections when entering Mainland China. The General Administration of Customs announced China’s latest update ... -
Lawmaker requests officials answer annual corruption report
Lawmaker Song Pek Kei has raised an oral inquiry asking government officials to attend the Legislative Assembly (AL) in order to respond to the Commission Against ... -
22 lawmakers listed on CE election committee
Twenty-two lawmakers have been selected as members of the Chief Executive Election Committee. The 22 lawmakers, who will be part of the 400-member committee to decide ... -
Leong meets with financial regulators
Secretary for Economy and Finance Lionel Leong continued his visit in the capital. For his second day there, he met with the management of two supervisory ... -
Tourism | Illegal tour guides hard to combat under current law
The Hong Kong- Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HKZMB) is, so far, apparently immune to the phenomenon of the so-called “illegal tour guides,” who bring into Macau groups of ... -
Health | SSM reports minor outbreak of rubella in April
The Health Bureau (SSM) is monitoring a minor outbreak of rubella in the territory after some 14 cases were detected since the start of April. Just ... -
Sands China chose local companies for 77% of 2018 business
Of the approximately MOP10.9 billion spent by casino operator Sands China last year on procurement, 77 percent, or MOP8.4 billion, was for products and services sourced ... -
HKZMB | Hengqin property deals surge on Delta Bridge effect
The number of residential property transactions in Hengqin increased more than 75 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, Centaline Property (Macau) revealed yesterday during a press ... -
Wynn Resorts | Security head removed after he admits to spying
Wynn Resorts removed its security chief after he acknowledged spying on a former employee following allegations of sexual misconduct against company founder Steve Wynn came to ... -
Cyprus | British military bases ‘eradicate’ illegal gambling
Police at a British military base in Cyprus said they have successfully wrapped up a four-year campaign against illegal gambling by shutting down nine casinos that ... -
Atlantic City | Profits down 15% in expanded casino market
Casino profits fell by more than 15% in Atlantic City in 2018, a year in which the downsized market reopened two shuttered gambling halls, according to ... -
Gaming | Crown shares slump after Wynn Resorts ends takeover talks
Crown Resorts Ltd. shares slumped after Wynn Resorts Ltd. abruptly ended talks to buy the Australian casino operator for AUD9.99 billion (USD7.12 billion), casting doubt over ... -
Opinion | Las Vegas gambler dodges a 7 billion dollar bullet
Wynn Resorts Ltd. has dodged a bullet by scrapping a USD7.1 billion bid for an Australian rival, but the casino giant founded by billionaire Steve Wynn ... -
Guangzhou | World-class flowers garden in the works
Known as the “Flower City” because of its blooming flowers all year round, south China’s Guangzhou plans to build a world-class garden named “Guangzhou Garden,” local ... -
China releases innovation index for Greater Bay Area
An innovation index has been published to track the performance of companies based in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area. The index, which was released by ... -
Hong Kong | Court sets Occupy Central leaders’ sentencing for April 24
A Hong Kong court set the sentencing of Occupy protest leader Benny Tai and eight other activists for April 24, the latest step in a trial that ... -
HK overtakes Japan as world’s third largest stock market
Bragging rights to Hong Kong, for now. The city’s equity market has overtaken Japan to be the world’s third largest in value, behind only the U.S. ... -
Briefs | Senior Shenzhen party official punished
Li Huanan, former secretary of the Political and Judiciary Committee of Shenzhen city committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has been dismissed from public ... -
CLSA culture clash boils over as more top executives quit
The culture clash between CLSA Ltd.’s old guard and its Chinese owner may have reached a tipping point. At least four of the Hong Kong brokerage’s ...
