Offbeat | Whoo’s there? Georgia family discovers owl in Christmas tree

A Georgia family got a real hoot from its Christmas tree: More than a week after they bought it, they discovered a live owl nestled among its branches.

This Day in History | 1968 – First astronauts orbit Moon

The Apollo 8 spacecraft has taken its crew of three astronauts safely into orbit around the Moon, the first manned space mission to achieve the feat. The

30-plus years of ‘Garfield’ comic strips to sell at auction

Cartoonist Jim Davis is offering up more than 11,000 “Garfield” comic strips hand-drawn on paper in an auction that will stretch into the coming years, with

Football | Racism protocol implemented for first time in Premier League

FIFA’s protocol for dealing with discrimination at soccer games was implemented for the first time in the Premier League on Sunday with three stadium announcements during

Russia accuses doping whistleblower of modifying key data

Russia is blaming the World Anti-Doping Agency’s star witness for modifying key laboratory data. His lawyer says that’s nonsense. The Russian Investigative Committee, a

World briefs

CHINA The government yesterday attacked the newly created U.S. Space Force as a “direct threat to outer space peace and security.” Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told

The Buzz | Britain’s Prince Philip in hospital as ‘precautionary measure’

Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, was admitted to a London hospital last week “as a precautionary measure,” Buckingham Palace said. The palace said the

Pope denounces ‘rigidity’ as he warns of Christian decline

Pope Francis warned Saturday that “rigidity” in living out the Christian faith is creating a “minefield” of hatred and misunderstanding in a world where Christianity

Rear Window | SARs through the Looking-Glass

First… we have to apologize for the Lewis Carrol copycat when it would be better to submit to the always fresh cliché of the tale of two cities,

Tuesday, December 24, 2019 – edition no. 3442

  * Departing President | Xi Jinping leaves message for HK made in Macau * Crime gangs prey on luxury retailers * A cybersecurity response center designed to help the police adapt to

ExCo convenes its first meeting

The Executive Council (ExCo) of Macau convened its first meeting earlier today, where new Chief Executive Ho Iat Seng briefed the advisory body’s members of their duties and responsibilities. Presiding over

Activists: Macau is ‘unconvincing example’ of One Country, Two Systems

According to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Hong Kong has a lot to learn from Macau when it comes to the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ policy framework, designed to safeguard Chinese

Beijing loyalist Ho Iat Seng takes helm in Macau

Ho Iat Seng was inaugurated today as the third Chief Executive of the Macau Special Administrative Region since the territory’s return to Chinese rule in 1999. The 62-year-old businessman

National security emerges as President Xi’s top message

Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday called on security forces in the Macau Special Administrative Region to resolutely prevent and crack down on actions endangering the security of national sovereignty and

Briefs | Macau sea area survey completed

The China Geological Survey authority has carried out the first systematic marine geological survey of Macau’s waters, having compiled the atlas of geological resources and environments in Macau’s waters. According

Xi visits Portuguese-speaking countries’ trade platform

President Xi Jinping visited different sectors in the SAR yesterday, including the China-Portuguese-speaking Countries Commercial and Trade Service Platform Complex and the Government Integrated Services Building in the Northern District. The

Analysts: Xi’s visit already impacting tourism, gaming

President Xi Jinping’s official visit has already impacted the city’s visitation and gaming results, analysts from Sanford C. Bernstein and JP Morgan said Last week, brokerage Sanford C. Bernstein predicted that

China’s central bank to raise remittance limits from Macau

The Chinese central bank authority, People’s Bank of China, announced on Wednesday that it would raise the daily limit on individuals’ remittance from Macau to Chinese yuan accounts in the

A gambling prize worth $20 billion is losing its luster in Japan

Casino executives who have long salivated over Japan as a potential $20 billion gaming market are beginning to question whether that jackpot is worth all the trouble. Japan legalized casino gambling

Gaming regulator asks search engines to block illegal websites

In 2019, the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) reached out to several major mainland search engine operators to block illegal gambling links, according to the DICJ’s reply to lawmaker

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