Monthly Archives: May 2019
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Sports | Qualification races for Macau GP start this weekend
Drivers and their machines are ready to start another season of the Macau Touring Car Series (MTCS), which kicks off this weekend at Guangdong International Circuit ... -
Arts | Mr Ma & Son a reflection of East-meets-West curiosity
A stage adaptation of “Mr. Ma and Son”, a novel written by influential Chinese writer Lao She 90 years ago, will be performed at the Grand ... -
Briefs | Urban planner opposes Sai Van Lake promenade
Urban planner Lam Iek Chit is opposed to a government proposal to build a wooden promenade along the coast of Sai Van Lake. In an interview ... -
Environment | Analysis: What is being done to reduce,reuse, recycle?
It is truly an era of saving when in even places like Macau, restaurants and eateries are starting eco- friendly initiatives. A coffee chain and a ... -
Hong Kong’s longest-serving CEO steps down as sons take over
David Li, the longest-serving chief executive officer of a major Hong Kong-listed company, is stepping down from the top position at Bank of East Asia Ltd. ... -
Hong Kong | Speakers at corruption symposium call for international collaboration
Speakers at an ongoing international symposium hosted by the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) called for international anti- corruption cooperation including cooperation in the ... -
Germany grants asylum to two pro-democracy activists
Germany has granted asylum to two Hong Kong activists in a sign of growing concern over how dissent is dealt with in the territory. In interviews ... -
Opinion | Kyle Bass is wrong on Hong Kong’s peg, too
Having failed to preside over a collapse in the yuan, hedge-fund manager Kyle Bass has a new target: the Hong Kong dollar peg. He’s wrong about ... -
Borgata casino unveils $12m sports bet, nightspot project
Atlantic City’s Borgata casino is investing $12 million in a new sports betting and entertainment project. Casino officials tell The Associated Press it will open a ... -
Corporate Bits | World-famous cabaret back at the Parisian by popular demand
World-famous and celebrated cabaret, Crazy Horse Paris, will return to The Parisian Macao’s The Parisian Theatre from September 25 to October 5 with its best of ... -
Tourism | Saudi Arabia seeks to transform Red Sea beaches
Saudi Arabia is seeking private sector investment to turn an archipelago, desert and mountains – an area about the size of Belgium – on its Red ... -
Gov’t seeks Asian neighbors’ support in trade fight with US
China is seeking support from Russia and from its Central Asian neighbors in its escalating tariff fight with the U.S., while also stepping up protests against ... -
Two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait, draw China protest
Two U.S. warships have sailed through the Taiwan Strait in an apparent show of support for the government of the self-ruled island, which China claims as ... -
Chinese man guilty of defrauding Apple out of 1,500 iPhones
Over the span of two years, a Chinese national in Oregon sent devices that looked like iPhones to Apple, saying they wouldn’t turn on and should ... -
India | Ruling party claims win with assured lead in votes
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party claimed it had won reelection with a commanding lead in yesterday’s vote count, while the stock market soared in anticipation ... -
Japan | Mobile app to warn gropers, get help proves popular
A smartphone app developed by Japanese police is being widely downloaded by women trying to protect themselves from gropers on packed rush-hour trains. The “Digi Police” ... -
Japan | Former Nissan chairman Ghosn appears in court
Nissan’s former chairman, Carlos Ghosn, appeared in a Japanese courtroom yesterday for a hearing ahead of his trial on accusations of financial misconduct. It was the ... -
Australia | Geoffrey Rush awarded AUD2.9 million in defamation case
Oscar-winning actor Geoffrey Rush was awarded an Australian record of 2.9 million Australian dollars damages by a Sydney judge yesterday in defamation case against a newspaper ... -
Brexit | May hunkers down as premiership enters its end stage
British Prime Minister Theresa May was hunkered in 10 Downing St. with close allies on yesterday as she considered whether to give in to relentless pressure ... -
Iran | Senior German diplomat in Tehran for nuclear deal talks
A senior German diplomat headed yesterday to Tehran to press Iran to continue to respect the landmark nuclear deal, despite the unilateral withdrawal of the U.S. ... -
Offbeat | Fugitive says he’ll surrender if people like wanted poster
A Connecticut police department has reached a deal with a fugitive that would have him surrender if enough people respond to a wanted poster on social ... -
This Day in History | 1975 – Journalists leave fallen Saigon
A group of 80 reporters and cameramen – including nine Britons – have been allowed to fly out of Saigon to Vientiane in Laos. They are ... -
PSG president targeted by French corruption probe
Paris Saint-Germain president Nasser Al- Khelaifi is under investigation for corruption related to Qatar’s bids to host the 2017 and 2019 track world championships, a judicial ... -
Football | Borussia Dortmund shows its ambition with 3 new signings
Borussia Dortmund isn’t wasting any time. Days after narrowly losing out to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga, Dortmund signed three internationals to better challenge for the ... -
Motorsport | Hamilton fastest for Mercedes in 1st practice for Monaco GP
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton posted the fastest time yesterday in first practice for the Monaco Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver and championship leader was .059 ... -
World briefs
CHINA held the door open to resuming talks in the tariff war with Washington yesterday but lashed out at limits on access to key technologies that ... -
The Buzz | Making history: Rihanna launches brand in Paris store
Rihanna, the first black woman in history to head up a major Parisian luxury house, is unveiling her first fashion designs for Fenty at a pop-up ... -
Asian heroes to power Marvel comics series
Asian superheroes — assemble. Marvel Comics is giving ink to an unprecedented team-up of its mightiest Asian and Asian American heroes, also known as the new ... -
Kapok | Aiming higher
Reference documents and generic resolutions adopted by the United Nations are usually dismissed by critics as either too broad, too generous or too normative, and sometimes ... -
The Simplicity of M_ _O_ _ _R . _ . S … E.
• 175 years ago today, Morse signaled the first time in human history that complex thoughts could be communicated at long distances almost instantaneously * ... -
Egerton glitters in glossy, conventional ‘Rocketman’
Whatever you say about Dexter Fletcher’s glossy, glittering Elton John blinged-out biopic “Rocketman,” a shiny sequin of a movie, it doesn’t lack for sparkle. Like its ... -
Molly Dektar takes writerly look at allure of cults
From the very first few pages of her debut novel about a cult, “The Ash Family,” author Molly Dektar’s substantial writing chops are abundantly clear. “The ... -
Alan Parsons quotes from his past on ‘The Secret’
Magic is one of the themes of “The Secret,” Alan Parsons’ latest project, and it is best represented by the instrumental opening tune, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.” ... -
News of the World | Simply elegant, Morse code marks 175 years and counting
The first message sent by Morse code’s dots and dashes across a long distance traveled from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore on Friday, May 24, 1844 – ... -
Food and beverage | Israeli scientists brew beer with revived ancient yeasts
Israeli researchers raised a glass this week to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels —some over ...
