Holiday rom-com ‘Love, Actually’ inspires election memes

Love, Actually” is all around this year in Britain’s pre-Christmas election. The 2003 romantic comedy about the love lives of assorted Londoners over the holiday season has

Offbeat | Teen runaway found ‘camping’ inside Bed, Bath & Beyond

Employees at a Bed, Bath & Beyond in North Carolina discovered an uninvited sleepover guest hiding in the store when they opened up Monday morning. The Greenville employees called

This Day in History | 1975 – Balcombe Street siege ends

A six-day siege has ended peacefully in London after four IRA gunmen freed their two hostages and gave themselves up to police. They are in custody at Paddington Green

The Art of Giving | Why Philanthropy Matters and Why China Matters in Modern Philanthropy

It’s Christmas season and in about a month we will be celebrating the Chinese New Year. Both celebrations are most probably the most exciting times of the

No Christmas tinsel in Iraq, in solidarity with protesters

The Christmas tree in the middle of a central Baghdad plaza occupied by anti-government protesters is bare, save for portraits of those killed under fire from

Football | English clubs on the march again in the Champions League

The English are on the march again in the Champions League. Liverpool and Chelsea completed a sweep of Premier League clubs into the knockout stage of

Baseball | Balkovec looks forward to breaking barrier as hitting coach

Rachel Balkovec wants to be a hit with the New York Yankees — and the way to do that is to help their minor leaguers get

World briefs

CHINA-US Eleven Chinese migrants were discovered hiding in furniture and appliances inside a truck stopped by agents as it entered the U.S. from Mexico at a Southern California

The Buzz | Climate activist Greta Thunberg is Time ‘person of the year’

Thunberg emerged as the face of the youth climate movement after she started skipping school once a week to protest outside her country’s parliament. In the

New Zealand volcano vents steam, delays recovery of bodies

A New Zealand island volcano vented more steam and mud yesterday, prompting authorities to delay plans to recover the bodies of victims from a deadly eruption

Made in Macao | The greatest gift of all

This is the season to be shopping. You see people making lists and thinking of buying special gifts, but it is getting harder to achieve. As soon as

Thursday, December 12, 2019 – edition no. 3435

• Incoming Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng will replace all but three members * Mainland’s Education Through Labor not applicable in Macau * Several high-ranking officials will remain in senior public roles

Give me Liberty wins best film at IFFAM

American film Give Me Liberty won Best Film in the international competition category of the 4th International Film Festival Awards - Macau, topping the nine other films

LRT fares set between 6 and 10 patacas per trip

The six-pataca Macau Light Rapid Transit (LRT) fare previously reported by the Times was confirmed yesterday by the Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo Arrais

MEMORY LANE

These photos show the current Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) building located on Avenida do Coronel Mesquita – a street that was named after the first lieutenant Vicente Nicolau

HK journalist held at border prior to Pereira Coutinho interview

A Hong Kong journalist was held by immigration authorities for nearly three hours yesterday while attempting to enter the Macau special administrative region. Phila Siu,

Paulo Cunha Alves | Consul affirms Macau’s role in Sino-Portuguese relations

Macau plays an important role in Sino-Portuguese bilateral relations, and it has achieved remarkable development in various fields over the past 20 years, Paulo Cunha Alves,

Macao Light Festival | Teams from Japan, Shenzhen to stage mapping shows

Two teams from Japan and Shenzhen will stage projection mapping shows at the Macao Light Festival 2019 from December 11 to 19 in celebration of the

Macau casinos face biggest threat to growth in five years

Two decades after Macau returned to Chinese rule, a shift that catalyzed its emergence as the world’s biggest gambling hub, casinos are facing serious obstacles to

Gaming | Analysts: Xi Jinping visit to dampen December revenue

A consensus is forming among analysts that the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping later this month will spell bad news for Macau’s visitor count and its casino

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