Monthly Archives: September 2019
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Taiwan’s president rises from the ashes with a hand from Hong Kong unrest
Heading into 2019, Tsai Ing- wen looked at risk of becoming Taiwan’s first one-term president. Then came the unrest in Hong Kong. Tsai had clawed back ... -
Truce | China buyers asking about US soy, pork before trade talks
Chinese importers are asking U.S. suppliers for prices of soybeans, pork and other farm goods, the Commerce Ministry said yesterday, in a possible goodwill gesture ahead ... -
Chinese businesswoman guilty in Mar-a-Lago trespassing case
Yujing Zhang’s desire to meet President Donald Trump and his family turned the Chinese businesswoman into an American felon. A 10-woman, two-man federal jury convicted Zhang ... -
Cambodia, Laos, agree to step up border demarcation effort
The leaders of Cambodia and Laos agreed yesterday to step up efforts to complete demarcation of their border, where disputes have led to armed confrontations in ... -
Kashmir | Indian soldiers injured in boat incident with Chinese army
Chinese and Indian army boats collided on a lake in an area of Kashmir claimed by both countries, injuring some Indian soldiers, but the incident has ... -
Australia | Canberra presses Iran to release three citizens from prison
Australia’s foreign minister said yesterday her government is pressing Iran to free three Australian citizens from a Tehran prison and she did not believe their arrests ... -
Afghanistan | Taliban want US deal, but some in bigger hurry than others
Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders agreed they wanted a deal with the United States, but some were in more of a hurry than others. Taliban negotiators were at ... -
Offbeat | Court cuts jury award, warns Steinbeck kin to end litigation
A federal appeals court attempted to close the book on endless litigation between the relatives of author John Steinbeck (pictured) in a ruling that upheld a ... -
This Day in History | 1993 – Rabin and Arafat shake on peace deal
The Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin, and the PLO leader, Yasser Arafat, have shaken hands before cheering crowds on the White House lawn in Washington. ... -
A Biblical Valley
• The Israeli Prime Minister’s last-minute vow to annex the Jordan Valley if re-elected next week has sparked discontent of biblical proportions in the Arab world ... -
Jennifer Lopez steals the show in ‘Hustlers’
Hustlers saves all of its tricks for the end. It’s a banger of an ending, too, which is something that so few films manage to nail. ... -
Clive Cussler fans will savor ‘The Titanic Secret’
The investigation of an explosion in a mine propels Isaac Bell into a conspiracy with ties to the doomed ocean liner in “The Titanic Secret,” the ... -
Charli XCX, pop’s avant-garde princess, returns
Charli XCX could easily have turned in a safe, hit-heavy pop-dance album this year. But where’s the fun in that? If Jack White is the mad ... -
News of the World | A look at the Jordan Valley Netanyahu has vowed to annex
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s last-minute vow to annex the Jordan Valley if re-elected next week has sparked Arab condemnation and injected the Palestinians into a ... -
F&B | No-spray zone divide French farmers from anxious neighbors
When tractors laden with pesticides and other chemicals start spraying the vineyards that produce fruity Bordeaux wines, Marie-Lys Bibeyran’s phone starts to ring. “People call ... -
Life & Style | Michael Kors pays tribute to American style on 9/11
There were no flag outfits, but Michael Kors’ show for New York Fashion Week was very much a patriotic tribute as he saluted American fashion with ... -
Rugby | Wallabies embracing adversity for World Cup campaign
Adversity isn’t necessarily a bad thing for the Wallabies leading into a Rugby World Cup. Firing fullback Israel Folau sent Rugby Australia into turmoil at the ... -
Football | Clubs to get 1/4 of income from Champions League prize money
The 32 clubs kicking off the Champions League next week will rely on UEFA prize money for one quarter of their total revenue this season. UEFA ... -
World briefs
China-US Chinese importers are asking U.S. suppliers for prices of soybeans, pork and other farm goods, the Commerce Ministry said yesterday, in a possible goodwill gesture ... -
The Buzz | European Central Bank deploys new stimulus to help economy
The European Central Bank delivered a new blast of monetary stimulus yesterday to help the shaky economy in the face of uncertainties like the U.S.-China trade ... -
House committee approves guidelines for Trump impeachment hearings
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says there’s no confusion about what his committee is doing: It’s an impeachment investigation, no matter how you want to phrase ... -
Kapok | The failure of success
Of course it was meant to be all praise for the Chief Executive-elect, Ho Iat Seng, as he was being anointed by the central authorities this ... -
Friday, September 13, 2019 – edition no. 3375
* Times Higher education | MUST makes world ranking debut, overtaking UM * New rainstorm warning to mean mandatory school suspension * The Guia Circuit has ... -
Ho Iat Seng officially appointed Macau’s third Chief Executive
Chief Executive-elect Ho Iat Seng was officially recognized in Beijing as the Chief Executive of the Macau SAR for the fifth term of the job since ... -
Woman falls to her death from Hac Sa apartment building
A 63-year-old woman died this week after falling from the rooftop of the Hellene Garden apartment building in Hac Sa beach. According to information provided by ... -
Sands China’s ‘mature’ mass market may keep its GGR stable
The gross gaming revenue (GGR) results for Sands China Ltd in the first half of the year were “satisfactory,” with the company looking forward to a ... -
Mortgage loan approvals plunged in July
New residential mortgage loan (RML) approvals by local banks recorded a decrease of 21% month-to-month to MOP4.8 billion in July, according to statistics provided by the ... -
Briefs | IC to renovate Senado Library
The Cultural Affairs Bureau (IC) will carry out renovations on the Senado Library located at the Municipal Affairs Bureau building opposite Senado Square, the IC announced ... -
Tourism | Thailand delays visitor tax citing possible deterrent effect
As Macau continues to search for better ways to accommodate a record-breaking number of visitor arrivals this year, the government in Thailand has decided to delay ... -
Tour guide business crumbles in Macau
Despite a 16% increase in visitor arrivals from mainland Chinese in the first seven months of the year, the tourism industry is complaining about a two-month-long ... -
More int’l firms complying with ‘one-China principle’
After several formal requests and warnings from the central government, more companies are now complying with the rule established by the Chinese government stating that the ... -
MELCO supports JCI on Japan-Macau cultural heritage preservation program for youth leadership development
Supporter of youth development Melco Resorts & Entertainment recently co-organized a Japan-Macau cultural heritage preservation and youth leadership program titled ‘Leader 101’ with local Macau association ... -
Hong Kong | Carrie Lam assures investors of rebound from protests
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam reassured foreign investors Wednesday that the Asian financial hub can rebound from months of protests, despite no sign that the ... -
US senators warn HK may be weak link for technology
A bipartisan group of senators has told the Trump administration that they’re concerned about whether U.S. export controls are strong enough to prevent China from getting ... -
HK exchange makes unsolicited $36.6 billion bid for London rival
The Hong Kong stock exchange wants to buy its London counterpart to create a company worth more than $70 billion that could shore up the U.K. ...
