Daily Archives: Monday, July 15, 2019
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Ho Iat Seng holds marathon visits
Chief Executive election candidate Ho Iat Seng has paid visit to and received about two dozen organizations across the city in the past week, according to ... -
Nine people in CE running
Nine people have already obtained the application form for the Chief Executive election, the Electoral Affairs Commission reported on Friday. Four of these people have obtained ... -
New legislature leader expected by Wednesday
A new president for the Legislative Assembly (AL) is to be expected to be decided by the middle of the week. As the law states, a ... -
Ask the Vet | 10 Dog Cleaning Supplies
With the right dog cleaning equipment, you can keep your house and car clean and fresh smelling, without limiting your dog to one room and no ... -
Suncity to adopt Macau law for global operations
Local junket operator Suncity Group says it will apply Macau law to all of its overseas operations, in this way hoping to prevent a repeat of ... -
Philippine online casinos ‘legal and here to stay’
Online casino centers are under construction north and south of the Philippine capital to cash in on the booming gaming sector, the nation’s gaming regulator Andrea ... -
Briefs | Lawmakers help Chinese-American reconnect with lost brother
Lawmakers Mak Soi Kun and Zheng Anting claim to have helped a Chinese man, surnamed Ng, living in the U.S. reconnect with his younger brother after ... -
Culture | Macao Int’l Book Fair clears 40% of books
Four in every 10 books exhibited during the Macao International Book Fair 2019 were sold during the four-day event, according to organizers. They also said that ... -
Five Macau films to attract Greater Bay investment
Five local film productions have been picked by a panel to be presented in the Greater Bay Area for investment, announced the Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC). ... -
One year later, Canidrome still waiting for better days
One year since it closed its doors to dog races, the Macau Canidrome is showing signs of abandonment and decay. Host to the occasional football match, ... -
500 local youth sent to China on national education mission
A total of 500 young local residents have kicked off their visits across five Chinese provinces on an initiative described by the Chief Executive (CE) as ... -
Gov’t pledges mainland social credit system not for Macau
The Policy Research and Regional Development Bureau (DSEPDR) issued a statement on Friday clarifying that Macau will not adopt the mainland’s social credit system. On July ... -
IFT ranks 3rd in greater China for hospitality and management
The Institute for Tourism Studies (IFT) has ranked third in the greater China region in terms of the subject “Hospitality and Management,” according to the 2019 ... -
Hong Kong turmoil has millionaires eyeing other wealth havens
Private bankers are being flooded with inquiries from investors in Hong Kong who are worried about the long-term effects of the political crisis in the Chinese ... -
Police fight with protesters amid rising tensions in Hong Kong
Police in Hong Kong fought with protesters last night as they broke up a demonstration by thousands of people demanding the resignation of the semi-autonomous Chinese ... -
Hong Kong | Demonstrators get creative with war of the walls
Hong Kong public walls have become the latest flashpoints between anti-extradition bill demonstrators and those opposed to the protest, with three people arrested in clashes at ... -
Trump touts his Scottish, Irish golf courses in Twitter repost
Donald Trump provided some free advertising for his golf courses in Scotland and Ireland on Saturday by highlighting a television commercial scheduled to run during next ... -
Property | These are the countries most at risk of housing bubbles
Canada and New Zealand are the most vulnerable economies to a correction in house prices, with Australia and the U.K. also drawing concern, according to new ... -
James Murdoch makes largest deal yet with bet on virtual reality
James Murdoch, heir to billionaire media magnate Rupert Murdoch, has added the biggest reported investment yet to his closely watched portfolio: a bet on the virtual-reality ... -
Taiwan defends US arms deal after China sanctions threat
Taiwan on Saturday defended a proposal to purchase USD2.2 billion in arms from the U.S., following a Chinese announcement that it would sanction any American companies ... -
Huawei plans to cut jobs in US-based R&D unit, WSJ Says
Huawei Technologies Co. is planning to cut jobs at its U.S. subsidiary as the Chinese technology giant continues to struggle with its American blacklisting, the Wall ... -
Trump-China trade tensions hit Panama Canal revenues
The trade tension between the U.S. and China is making waves at the Panama Canal. Cargo from the U.S. to China going through the key waterway ... -
Cuba debuts modern Chinese train as rail overhaul begins
The first train using new equipment from China pulled out of Havana Saturday, hauling excited passengers on the start of a 915-kilometer journey to the eastern ... -
Bangladesh | Ex-dictator H.M. Ershad dies at 89
Bangladesh’s former military dictator H.M. Ershad, who had seized power in a 1982 coup, has died. He was 89. Ershad had long been suffering from multiple ... -
Heavy rain leaves scores dead in Nepal, India, Bangladesh
Flooding and landslides triggered by heavy rainfall have killed at least 50 people in Nepal in the past few days, with more deaths reported across the ... -
Islamic extremist attack on Somali hotel leaves 26 dead
Islamic extremists blew up the gate of a Somali hotel with a car bomb and took over the building for more than 14 hours, leaving 26 ... -
Moscow | Protests as opposition is excluded from elections
Around 1,000 people have gathered in central Moscow to demand that opposition candidates be included on ballots for an upcoming city parliament election in September. The ... -
UK says seized Iranian oil tanker could be released
Britain will facilitate the release of a seized Iranian tanker if Iran can provide guarantees the vessel would not breach European sanctions on oil shipments to ... -
Offbeat | Toxic lake in Russia’s Siberia becomes selfie sensation
Residents of a city in Siberia don’t need to fly off to tropical locales for picturesque selfies taken by pristine turquoise waters. Thousands of Novosibirsk residents ... -
This Day in History | 1995 – Serbs force Muslims out of Srebrenica
Thousands of Muslim refugees are fleeing the captured “safe area” of Srebrenica forced out by the Bosnian Serbs. United Nations officials say it is the biggest ... -
Life & Style | Collectable sneakers on auction at Sotheby’s in New York
True sneaker heads will get the opportunity to expand their collection as Sotheby’s in New York holds its first sneaker auction. These aren’t just any old ... -
Motorsports | Lewis Hamilton wins record 6th British GP, extends F1 lead
Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton won a record sixth British Grand Prix on Sunday after jumping ahead of Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas by taking advantage ... -
Xin Xin wins 10-km open water swim at world championships
Xin Xin of China won the women’s 10-kilometer open water event yesterday, lifting China to its fourth gold medal of the world swimming championships. Xin finished ... -
Cycling | South Africa’s Daryl Impey wins Tour de France Stage 9
Daryl Impey of South Africa has won Stage 9 of the Tour de France, on a day when the top contenders for the overall race victory ... -
World briefs
Indonesia A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck eastern Indonesia’s North Maluku province yesterday, damaging some houses and causing panicked residents to flee to temporary shelters. There were ...
