Monthly Archives: April 2019
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Kim Jong Nam | Detailed and public, murder may never be solved
The murder of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s estranged half brother at an airport in Malaysia was brazen, intricately orchestrated and, thanks to scores of ... -
Australia | Senator slammed over mosque shooting comments
The Australian lawmaker who had an egg cracked on his head by a teenage boy for his comments about last month’s New Zealand mosque shootings faced ... -
USA | Second woman recounts unwanted touching by Biden
Aides to Joe Biden are striking a more aggressive tone as the former vice president faces scrutiny over his past behavior toward women. In a statement ... -
Amsterdam | Sex workers angry at red light district tours ban
The city of Amsterdam’s latest attempt to rein in the nuisance of over- tourism by banning guided tours of the red light district has run into ... -
This Day in History | 1993 – Grand National ends in ‘Shambles’
The Grand National has ended in chaos after a series of events at the start which reduced the world-famous horse race to a shambles. An estimated ... -
Offbeat | In Sweden, naked policeman arrests fugitive in sauna
There’s no escape from the long arm of the law in Sweden. Not even sitting naked in a sauna. Police spokewoman Carina Skagerlind says an off-duty ... -
Rugby | Hollywood star Russell Crowe, coach Bennett team up in NRL
This combination might well turn out to be legendary. It doesn’t get much better in this sport than an Oscar-winning Hollywood actor and a veteran, high-profile ... -
The Buzz | Singapore carrier grounds two Boeing 787-10 jets after checks
Singapore Airlines has grounded two of its Boeing 787-10 aircraft due to engine issues, the carrier said yesterday. It said in a statement that “premature blade ... -
Parents could face tax charges, big fines in admissions scam
A wide-ranging college admissions cheating scheme allowed wealthy parents not only to get their kids into sought-after schools but to write off the bribes on their taxes, ... -
World Briefs
BELT & ROAD Panama sees a “big opportunity” in China’s massive “Belt and Road” infrastructure initiative, President Juan Carlos Varela (pictured) said yesterday during a visit to ... -
Animal Farm | Local challenges!
Whilst completely absorbed by the closure of the Canidrome, although much has happened in the last eight months, most of that time I experienced the same ... -
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 – edition no. 3262
* French consul Alexandre Giorgini | ‘There will be great interest in Macau this special year’ * Love of country | On the road to national ... -
Ka-Hó rehab hospital opens
The rehabilitation hospital at Ka-Hó was officially opened yesterday by Chief Executive Chui Sai On and Secretary for Social Affairs and Culture Alexis Tam. The new ... -
Gaming | Poor on paper, March is strongest month so far
Gross gaming revenue dipped 0.4 percent year-on- year in March, rounding out the quarter with a 0.5 percent contraction in the latest sign of market stabilization. ... -
April Fools’ Day and Madonna
Madonna is not coming to Macau to buy mansions – at least as far as we actually know. Our piece titled “Fed up with Portuguese bureaucracy, ... -
Special education | Parents left with few options
Parents of children with special needs – particularly English- speaking children – are left with very few options when their children do not meet the acceptance ... -
Sports return to Tap Seac with Macau Squash Open 2019
The Macau Squash Open is returning from April 10 to 14 with a strong line-up of athletes from 17 countries and regions competing for the USD50,000 ... -
Crime | Airport security breaches still unexplained, say police
Security breaches at the Macau International Airport allowed at least two people to access the facility’s restricted areas, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) revealed during ... -
Briefs | HK’s Carrie Lam digging in over extradition
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is refusing to back down after fugitive Joseph Lau’s legal challenge to a proposed extradition plan on Monday. The plan ... -
Tourism | Guangdong will bar Macau re-entry for 60 days, despite new measure
Mainland visitors to Macau will not be permitted to re-enter the SAR from Guangdong Province within a 60-day period dating from their last departure under the ... -
Great times | A Chef Shares His Secrets
Have you ever watched a chef’s tv show, and been inspired by the way he or she creates the most delicious dishes? But what if you ... -
Kim Jong Nam | Vietnam woman pleads guilty to lesser charge in murder case
A Vietnamese woman who is the only suspect in custody for the killing of the North Korean leader’s half brother pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in ... -
Chronology of key events in the killing of Kim Jong Nam
Two Southeast Asian women were the only suspects charged with murder after an outcast from North Korea’s ruling family was poisoned with VX nerve agent at ... -
Tycoon challenges Hong Kong bid to ease extraditions to China
Hong Kong billionaire Joseph Lau has filed a court challenge against proposed extradition law changes that would make it easier to transfer fugitives between the city, ... -
Gaming | Sports betting revenue projection was USD11.5m. So far? $150k
Casinos in Rhode Island lost nearly USD900,000 (MOP7.28 million) on sports betting in February after winning bets for the Super Bowl and other professional sports were ... -
Corporate Bits | MGM stops using single-use plastics
MGM has removed all single-use plastics from its restaurants and replaced them with environmentally-friendly alternatives, the gaming operator announced in a statement. Last year, MGM said that it ... -
Beijing announces trade concessions as Liu He heads to US
The Chinese government said it will extend a suspension of retaliatory tariffs on U.S. autos and include the opioid fentanyl in a list of controlled substances, ... -
SOUTH CHINA SEA | Philippines protests ‘swarming’ of Chinese boats near island
The Philippines has protested the presence of more than 200 Chinese vessels that were sighted from January to March near a Philippine-occupied island in the disputed ... -
Premier meets New Zealand’s leader amid 5G dispute
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged New Zealand to provide a “fair, transparent, convenient” investment environment in a meeting yesterday with the country’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, ... -
23 children sickened in suspected poisoning
A kindergarten teacher has been arrested in eastern China after 23 students were sickened in a suspected act of deliberate poisoning, police said yesterday. The teacher, identified ... -
Taipei protests China jets crossing center of Taiwan Strait
Taiwan said yesterday that its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, and called China’s move a provocation ... -
New Japan era to be called ‘Reiwa,’ or pursuing harmony
The era of Japan’s next emperor, which begins May 1, will be named “Reiwa,” connoting pursuit of harmony, the government said yesterday after selecting the phrase ... -
Elections | Ukrainian comedian sure of victory in presidential runoff
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has no political experience, but that’s no problem for the people of Ukraine who have already seen that working for him. In a striking ... -
Aviation tragedy | 3 bodies found in plane crash that killed Russian tycoon
German authorities yesterday recovered the bodies of three people, including one of Russia’s richest women, who were killed in a small plane crash near Frankfurt a ... -
UK | Parliament gets new chance to offer options on Brexit
Britain’s Parliament gets another chance to offer a way forward on Britain’s stalled divorce from the European Union, holding a series of votes on Brexit alternatives ...
