This Day in History | 1957 – Homosexuality ‘should not be a crime’

A report sponsored by the government has suggested homosexual behaviour between consenting adults should no longer be a criminal offence. The proposal is the principal and most

Life & Style | Tribute concert of Avicii’s music to benefit mental health

A benefit concert for suicide prevention featuring the music of the late star Avicii is being planned for Dec. 5 in Stockholm, Sweden. Proceeds will support the work

Basketball | Ingles 1 assist short of triple-double as Australia rolls

Australia showed it can do damage by ending the Americans’ 78-game winning streak in a warm-up game just over a week ago. Yesterday in Group

World briefs

Vatican City Pope Francis heads this week to the southern African nations of Mozambique, Madagascar and

The Buzz | Pound slides on Brexit, on track for lowest close since 1985

The pound dropped yesterday to its lowest level against the dollar since 1985, excluding a brief “flash crash” in 2016 that may have been caused by technical glitches,

Prince Harry announces massive travel sustainability project

The eco-minded Prince Harry is embarking on a massive travel sustainability initiative in partnership with key travel providers that’s aimed at bettering the practices of

Macau Matters | Cashless Macau Revisited

In January and December of 2016 I wrote a couple of articles about how Macau should be proactively going cashless. Unfortunately, not much seems to have happened since then,

Wednesday, September 4, 2019 – edition no. 3368

* Commission of Audit shames recruitment for gov’t workers * Petty crime down as violent cases surge * Sands China and Galaxy Entertainment Group defended their lead market share in the first

Crimes of a casino nature top weekend police reports

Cases involving theft of gambling money, currency exchange scams, and document forgery to trick casino security staff topped the list of reported crimes during yesterday’s

Committee eyes Macau’s neighbors to encourage talent return

A committee that focuses on encouraging talents to return to Macau proposed in its recently held meeting that future policies for the return of qualified staff to

Education | DSEJ launches new round of long-term planning

The Education and Youth Affairs Bureau (DSEJ) said it has launched a new round of its middle and long-term planning, hoping to absorb opinions from all

Briefs | Chief Executive election result confirmed by TUI

Ho Iat Seng, sole candidate and winner of the Chief Executive election held on August 25, had his victory officially certified by the Court of Final Appeal, the

Mao exhibition held to celebrate double anniversaries shows snapshots of Chinese leader’s life

An exhibition about the founder of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Mao Zedong, is being held from now until September 9 at the Handover Gifts

Cross-border vehicular traffic up 9.4% in July

Cross-border vehicular traffic in July increased by 9.4% year-on-year to 454,059 trips, with vehicles passing through the Checkpoint of Cotai (139,350) rising by 7.5%. According

Suncity Group purchases Okinawa land for hotel project

Alvin Chau’s Suncity Group has announced the acquisition of land in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa that the company wants to use to build a new

Tens of thousands in Hong Kong boycott first day of school

Clad in gas masks along with their formal white school uniforms, tens of thousands of students in Hong Kong boycotted the first day of classes yesterday

How Hong Kong protests could lead to internet cut off

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said all options are on the table as she tries to quell the pro-democracy demonstrations that have rocked the city

Hong Kong | Officials urge calm while warning of ‘signs of terror’

Hong Kong authorities appealed for calm in the Asian financial center while warning that radical protesters showed “signs of terror” over the weekend in some of

Indonesia’s nickel ban shows resource nationalism on the march

Indonesia will enforce a complete ban on the export of raw nickel ore from Jan. 1, two years earlier than planned, as the nation seeks to

Chinese city goes back to rationing to curb rampant pork prices

One Chinese city has gone back to rationing and price controls to calm its pork market, as the nation’s hog herd is ravaged by a killer

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