North Korea | Pyongyang says Kim received ‘excellent’ letter from Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump sent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un an “excellent” letter, the North’s state-run news agency reported yesterday, quoting Kim as saying

Indonesia | Underage fighters are drawn into conflict

The long-simmering armed conflict between Indonesia’s military and Papuans seeking independence includes indigenous teenagers and boys who appear barely adolescent, The Associated Press has found, highlighting

Ethiopia | Government says coup attempt thwarted, military chief killed

Ethiopia’s government foiled a coup attempt in a region north of the capital, Addis Ababa, and the country’s military chief was shot dead, the prime minister said

Offbeat | Bear enters Montana home, settles in for nap in closet

Authorities say a black bear somehow locked itself inside a Montana home and then nestled onto a closet shelf that wasn’t too hard, wasn’t too soft, but just

This Day in History | 1983 – US astronaut Sally Ride returns

America’s first woman in space has returned safely to Earth in the Challenger space shuttle after a successful six-day flight. Sally Ride, aged 32, captured the media’s

Football | Germany tops Nigeria, reaches Women’s World Cup quarters

GERMANY 3, NIGERIA 0 Alexandra Popp had just scored a go-ahead goal against Nigeria in her 100th international appearance when Japanese referee Yoshimi Yamashita signaled for a

Tennis | Murray on verge of completing remarkable return at Queen’s

Andy Murray is on the verge of completing a remarkable return after hip surgery. The three-time Grand Slam champion and Feliciano Lopez completed a busy

World briefs

THAILAND Southeast Asian leaders yesterday pressed their call for self-restraint in the disputed South China Sea and renewed their alarm over the U.S.-China trade war, with one

The Buzz | Michael Jackson’s popularity endures, even after new scandal

Despite Michael Jackson’s depiction as a child molester in the HBO documentary “Leaving Neverland” earlier this year, the negative publicity hasn’t greatly diminished the King of

Thailand’s Wild Boars mark year since going missing in cave

When the 12 young boys and their soccer coach walked into a cave complex in northern Thailand a year ago yesterday, they didn’t know their lives

Rear Window | Back to basics

Two million Hong Kong residents felt obliged to go down to Admiralty to fight against a fishy extradition bill, deemed an “evil law” by the freshly released Occupy

Monday, June 24, 2019 – edition no. 3317

* O Lam touted as possible Alexis Tam successor * Jaime Carion and family assets seized * Growth forecast slashed 3.5 percentage points * Protesters end overnight police siege – peacefully   DOWNLOAD

Editorial | Carrie on

The deadline imposed by legislators and activists for Hong Kong’s government to meet demands for the withdrawal of the controversial extradition legislation and for Carrie Lam to step down

Ho’s election campaign office | 6,000 square foot refurbishment for one million patacas

Macau Chief Executive candidate Ho Iat Seng has spent over 1 million Macau patacas to refurbish his election campaign office. Yesterday, Ho’s election campaign

Chui Sai Cheong pegged to succeed Ho as AL president

Lawmaker Wu Chou Kit believes that the vice president of the Legislative Assembly (AL), Chui Sai Cheong, is a suitable candidate to succeed Ho Iat Seng.

Gaming | June growth lowered as mid-month data disappoints

Brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein has lowered its year-on-year growth expectation for June to between 1% and 3%, citing weaker than expected data in its channel checks

Neto Valente deems Portuguese people irrelevant in local politics

According to Jorge Neto Valente, the president of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), the Portuguese people in Macau have become increasingly irrelevant in terms of local politics.

Horror video game set in Macau releases internationally

The first multi-console video game set entirely in Macau has been released internationally. The game was developed by a local company called 4DMacau. Nearly two years in the

Aviation | Macau unaffected by EVA Air strike

Flight attendants with EVA Air, a Taiwan airline with connections to Macau, commenced a strike at 4 p.m. yesterday. As of press time, no flight between

Environment report deems undersea tunnel feasible

The environmental impact assessment report of the subsea tunnel project connecting land reclamation zones A and B suggests that the project is feasible as it will

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