Monthly Archives: October 2019
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This Day in History | 1956 Hungarians rise up against Soviet rule
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in Hungary to demand an end to Soviet rule. There are believed to have been ... -
Offbeat | Television’s Weather Channel wades into climate debate
The Weather Channel is moving beyond cold fronts and heat waves to wade into the politics of climate change, with a special planned for early next ... -
Springsteen surprises moviegoers at film preview screenings
Bruce Springsteen surprised moviegoers by introducing his new concert film in his New Jersey hometown. The Asbury Park Press reports Springsteen introduced two showings of “Western ... -
Alexis Bledel is the most dangerous celebrity online
Actress Alexis Bledel has been bookish and sweet on “Gilmore Girls” and “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” But the actress herself is now officially dangerous. Cybersecurity ... -
Football | Beckham’s stadium complex for Inter Miami taking shape
Piles of steel sit at one end of the property, waiting to be lifted into place. Workers were going in all directions, some pounding nails into ... -
Asian soccer player of the year banned for five months
Asia’s reigning player of the year has been banned for five months for confronting a referee in the Asian Champions League semifinals. The Asian Football Confederation ... -
The Buzz | South Pole’s ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discovery
The ozone hole near the south pole this year is the smallest since it was discovered, but it is more due to freakish Antarctic weather than ... -
Louvre exhibit acclaims Da Vinci, 500 years after his death
Much about Leonardo Da Vinci remains an enigma: the smile of the “Mona Lisa”; why the world’s most famous painter left so many works unfinished; and ... -
World Briefs
PHILIPPINES President Rodrigo Duterte is cutting short his trip to Japan due to “unbearable pain” in his spinal column caused by his fall during a ... -
Macau Matters | A better way to make hydrogen
The Hazer group (www.hazergroup.com.au), a West Australian based technology company, is developing a much cheaper and more effective way to make hydrogen based on original research ... -
Wednesday, October 23, 2019 – edition no. 3400
* Macau GP| Don’t count Flörsch out • German driver Sophia Flörsch was spotted yesterday at a Formula 3 International post-season training event held in Valencia, ... -
Suspected rape in Cotai hotel reported to police
A rape at a Cotai hotel involving a female and a male, both from the mainland, has been reported to the Judiciary Police (PJ) following referral ... -
Prostitution rings running rampant and in plain sight
Prostitution rings are thriving in some of Macau’s resorts where casino executives and local authorities allegedly turn a blind eye or even profit from the business, ... -
UM professor says comments not racist
The professor who sparked controversy regarding his comments on his opposition to “foreigners” in the SAR said that the statements, which were made at the Annual ... -
Macau-shot Sea of Mirrors nominated in Spain’s film festival
Los Angeles-based director Thomas Lim has expressed his hopes of making a third feature in Macau as a “love letter” to the city he calls his ... -
CCM launches winter program
The Macao Cultural Centre (CCM) is launching “ARTwarming Winter,” its winter season program featuring several family-oriented performances, which aims to entertain the audience with music and ... -
Sands partners with Li Haotong as new brand ambassador
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS) and Sands China Ltd. yesterday announced rising Chinese star golfer Li Haotong as an ambassador to the brand. The announcement was ... -
MGTO holds roadshow in Guangdong to promote events
The Macao Government Tourism office (MGTO) held a roadshow during the weekend in Foshan, Guangdong, to highlight the city’s tourism resources and events. The “Experience Macao ... -
Consumer prices rise in new academic year
The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2019 increased by 2.73% year-on-year to 116.64, according to the latest data from the Statistics and Census ... -
Local designers bring romantic forest elements to new collection
ALo Lo and Rainie Choi, a talented fashion duo from Macau, have prepared a new collection with the theme of enchanted romance and forestry for fashion ... -
Briefs | Man detained for in-flight theft cases
A 38-year-old mainland man has been detained for multiple in-flight theft cases, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported yesterday. In July, the PJ received a report from ... -
Fears are growing among mainland Chinese living in Hong Kong
As Hong Kong’s historic protests become increasingly violent, mainland Chinese living in the city are becoming increasingly fearful. Min, who moved to Hong Kong from the ... -
Carrie Lam apologizes for water cannon use at mosque
Hong Kong officials apologized to Muslim leaders yesterday after riot police sprayed a mosque and bystanders with a water cannon while trying to contain turbulent pro-democracy ... -
Russia willing to pay to lure shippers to the Arctic
Russia wants to make its Arctic waters more attractive to shippers than the Suez Canal and could be willing to compensate for potential risks to make ... -
Sands and teamLab to launch museum at The Venetian
Sands Resorts Macao and art collective teamLab will launch a monumental digital-only museum at The Venetian Macao in January 2020. The permanent, as-yet-untitled museum will be ... -
Melco supports 27th Quadripartite Conference on Occupational Safety and Health
Melco recently supported the 27th Quadripartite Conference on Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) co-organized by the Labour Affairs Bureau and the Macau Construction Safety Association and held at Studio City, ... -
Minister issues stinging rebuke of US at Beijing defense forum
China’s defense minister lashed out at U.S. foreign policy yesterday, saying China wasn’t fazed by sanctions, pressure or a “big stick” approach, while reiterating threats to ... -
Taiwan-Hong Kong spat raises doubts about murder suspect’s surrender
The man at the center of a Taiwan murder case that sparked months of violent protests in Hong Kong wants to turn himself in. But first ... -
Australian papers redact front pages to expose gov’t secrecy
Australia’s major newspapers published redacted front pages yesterday in a coordinated campaign to highlight government secrecy that is often justified on national security grounds. Rival media ... -
Politics | South Korean prosecutors seek arrest of ex-minister’s wife
Prosecutors said yesterday they are seeking to arrest the wife of South Korea’s former justice minister, who resigned last week amid allegations of financial crimes and ... -
Two Indian states hold elections; Modi’s party expected to win
Voters cast ballots yesterday in two Indian states where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is seeking a second consecutive term. The Bharatiya Janata Party ... -
Russia’s new focus on Africa takes advantage of US drift
Russian President Vladimir Putin is following China’s lead and making a splashy bid for influence in Africa, hosting the continent’s leaders this week in the first-ever ... -
Offbeat | ‘The Casagrandes’ extols Mexican American life via animation
“The Casagrandes,” Nickelodeon’s new original animated series that centers around an 11-year-old girl trying to survive a big city, is one of the first cartoons in ... -
This Day in History | 1966 – Double-agent breaks out of jail
One of Britain’s most notorious double-agents, George Blake, has escaped from prison in London after a daring break-out believed to have been masterminded by the Soviet ... -
Life & Style | Jane Fonda returns to civil disobedience for climate change
Inspired by the climate activism of a Swedish teenager, Jane Fonda says she’s returning to civil disobedience nearly a half-century after she was last arrested at ...
