Briefs | Lawmaker urges local retirement policies first

  Lawmaker Leong Sun Iok hopes that Macau can improve its retirement policies. In his interpellation to the local government, Leong said that Macau should keep improving its policies on care

Hong Kong | Carrie Lam promises new round of economic relief measures

Hong Kong’s leader pledged more relief measures in the wake of data showing that the city’s unrest drove a record decline in retail sales. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam told

Censorship | HK economist says his views on China cost him his job

A local Hong Kong economist said he was asked to leave his job at a mainland Chinese-owned bank, in the latest example of political tensions erupting in the financial hub

Aviation | IndiGo stops pushing Airbus engines to limit

IndiGo has told its pilots to stop pushing engines on its new Airbus SE jets to the limit when the planes are climbing, after India’s aviation regulator said the practice

Wynn holds contest to promote responsible gaming awareness

Wynn has held a “Responsible Gaming Script Contest” to encourage Macau students and citizens to participate in amplifying awareness of the topic of responsible gaming by writing scripts in July

Corporate Bits | Grand Hyatt announces festive offerings for Christmas period

Grand Hyatt Macau is presenting a variety of offers and programs with the festive season just around the counter. Its restaurant mezza9 Macau has curated a festive line-up of “Dining from

Real estate | Singapore developers raise alarm over supply glut

Singapore’s developers have expressed alarm over the high supply of private apartments amid slowing demand, with the glut threatening to suppress property prices. President of the Real Estate Developers’ Association of

Billionaires investing in China’s electric cars face shakeout

Some of China’s wealthiest tycoons steered billions of dollars into electric-car companies in order to fuel the country’s dreams of becoming a leader in the field. Now a reckoning may

Trade War | Trump says China deal could wait until after election

President Donald Trump signaled he would be willing to wait for another year before striking a trade agreement with China, casting doubt on the likelihood of a phase-one accord within

Huawei moving US research center to Canada

The founder of Huawei says the Chinese tech giant is moving its U.S. research center to Canada due to American sanctions on the company. In an interview with Toronto’s Global and

Philippines | Powerful typhoon leaves at least four dead

Typhoon Kammuri barreled across the Philippines with fierce winds and rain yesterday, leaving at least four people dead, forcing hundreds of thousands of villagers to abandon high-risk communities and prompting

Survey | Afghans’ fear for personal safety has increased

Afghans are increasingly fearful for their personal safety, but slightly more believe their war- weary country is moving in the right direction, compared to previous years, according to a new

North Korea says it’s up to US to choose ‘Christmas gift’

North Korea yesterday repeated its assertions that the Trump administration is running out of time to salvage nuclear negotiations, saying it’s entirely up to the United States to choose what

UN Security Council to head to Washington, and Kentucky

The United Nations Security Council is set to meet President Donald Trump over lunch tomorrow, then travel later this month to part of the U.S. that’s off the beaten path

Trump attacks Macron over NATO comments

U.S. President Donald Trump yesterday took aim at President Emmanuel Macron over the French leader’s criticism of NATO, and criticized the other members of the military alliance for being too

France threatens retaliation if US doubles Champagne price

France is threatening a “strong European riposte” if the Trump administration follows through on a proposal to hit French cheese, Champagne, handbags and other products with tariffs - of up

This Day in History | 2003 US pulls back from steel trade war

The US President, George W Bush, has withdrawn a punitive tax on imported steel to avoid a damaging trade war between the United States and Europe. The World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Offbeat | Man rescued after 13 nights stranded in Outback; one missing

A second person missing in the punishing Australian Outback for almost two weeks was rescued yesterday, while the search continued for their missing friend. Northern Territory Police said Phu Tran was

Two K-pop stars get prison terms for sexual crimes

A South Korean court on last week found two K-pop stars guilty of illicit sexual relations with a woman who was unable to resist and sentenced them to up to

Author Milan Kundera has Czech citizenship restored

Milan Kundera, the Czech-born author of “The Unbearable Lightness of Being” has been given back the citizenship of his homeland that he lost 40 years ago. The Czech ambassador to France,

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