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Scotland | Salmond’s deputy sturgeon set to take over leadership
Scottish Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will take over leadership of the government in Edinburgh from Alex Salmond following his resignation after voters rejected their campaign ... -
This Day in History | 1978 – Polish bishop is new Pope
Cardinals at the Vatican have chosen the first non-Italian Pope for more than 400 years. Catholics around the world have been astonished by the choice of ... -
Offbeat | Higher views for tourists to Dubai’s tallest tower
Visitors to the world’s tallest building in Dubai can now get an even more elevated view of the Middle Eastern city. The owner of the 828 ... -
Macau GP | Theodore expands its team to three cars
SJM Theodore by Prema returns to Macau to defend the Grand Prix title it won last year. It has expanded its team to three cars to ... -
Marussia hits out at ‘false’ Bianchi reports
Formula One team Marussia has hit back at claims it contributed to Jules Bianchi’s life-threatening crash at the Japanese Grand Prix by urging him to ignore ... -
World Views | China should act as umbrella revolution folds
China has the Great Hall of the People. Hong Kong has the “Great Hall of the Tycoons.” The above-mentioned phrase was uttered by Briton David Webb ... -
Thursday, October 16, 2014 – edtion no. 2171
* Top legal officials vow for judicial system reforms * Hong Kong police attack on activist sparks anger * Oktoberfest opens in MGM Macau * Tracy ... -
The Buzz | France still considering Paris bid for 2024 Games
French authorities are still considering a possible Paris bid for the 2024 Olympics, even though Prime Minister Manuel Valls has announced his backing for the city’s ... -
World briefs
CHINA An airfield in southern China from which the famed Flying Tigers took off to fight Japanese warplanes is being converted to battle a new enemy: ... -
Global luxury goods sales forecast to slow further
A tumultuous series of geopolitical events has slowed global sales in the luxury goods sector, according to a study presented yesterday, while deeper, longer-term trends in ... -
Interview with Rui Martins | ‘The EU is trying to be closer to China’
The European Union Academic Program (EUAP) Macao, launched in 2012, is part of a network of 37 EU centers worldwide. Led by the University of Macau ... -
Lawmaker calls for investigation into TCM bus rental service
Lawmaker Si Ka Lon has urged the government to launch an investigation into local bus operator TCM, because the company has been providing bus rental services ... -
Locals may soon be able to cross border between midnight and 7 a.m.
Zhuhai authorities have told Macau Daily that they will strive to finish the expansion of the border crossing channels at the Zhuhai-Macau Cross Border Industrial Zone ... -
GAMING ALERT | Slowdown expected to continue for 5th month
The gaming sector should see its revenues shrink for the fifth consecutive month in October. Sources linked to Sociedade de Jogos de Macau (SJM) and Melco ... -
Briefs | Xi Jinping to visit Macau in December
Chinese president Xi Jinping will be travelling to Macau in December to attend the inauguration ceremony for the Chief Executive and other top officials, Radio Macau ... -
Burberry sees tougher environment as Chinese shoppers curb spending
Burberry, the U.K. maker of USD1,600 trench coats, said a deteriorating market will hurt profitability this year, the latest among luxury-goods companies to forecast difficulties as ... -
China planner says economy meeting growth target
Major water conservancy projects and other infrastructure investment will help ensure China meets its economic growth target of 7.5 percent for the year, the country’s top economic ... -
Corporate Bits | Hotel Shilla wins Macau Airport duty free bid
Hotel Shilla, which operates a namesake duty free chain, said yesterday it has won a deal to operate one of two duty free sections at Macau ... -
FEATURE | Jia Rui – From teenage athlete to gold medalist
With his casual wear and nice manners, Jia Rui looks like just any young person in Macau. But the 27-year-old is in fact a champion of ... -
Authorities ban books by pro-Hong Kong protest author
Authorities in China have ordered books by Chinese-American scholar Yu Ying-shih to be removed from sale, as Beijing expresses its displeasure with writers showing support for pro-democracy movements ... -
Spider-Man may swing over Beijing in new theme park
Spider-Man could soon swing over Beijing, chasing Optimus Prime and despicable minions through a USD3.3 billion Universal theme park aimed at capitalizing on China’s rising middle class and ... -
Hong Kong | Police and protesters in tense standoff
Dozens of pro-democracy protesters were in a tense standoff yesterday night with a large number of riot police near Hong Kong’s government headquarters. Television stations showed ... -
Pro-protest HK newspaper besieged as deliveries disrupted
As many as 300 men have besieged the printing plant of a pro-protest Hong Kong newspaper, delaying delivery of Apple Daily and other papers printed at ... -
South Korea | Identity thefts forces ID overhaul
After an avalanche of data breaches, South Korea’s national identity card system has been raided so thoroughly by thieves that the government says it might have ... -
North Korea | Kim reappears publicly – with cane
After vanishing from the public eye for nearly six weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back, ending rumors that he was gravely ill, deposed ... -
Ebola | Defense stepped up in Europe as UN aid worker dies in Germany
Europe stepped up its efforts against the spread of the Ebola virus as screening began for passengers arriving at London’s Heathrow airport and an infected Sudanese ... -
Turkey | Warplanes hit Kurdish rebel targets
Turkish warplanes have struck suspected Kurdish rebel positions in southeastern Turkey, media reports said yesterday, the first major airstrikes against the rebel group since peace talks ... -
South Africa | Pistorius prosecutor knocks athlete’s charity at sentencing
The prosecutor in Oscar Pistorius’s trial for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp said the athlete’s charity work was aimed at self-promotion and shouldn’t influence his sentence ... -
This Day in History: 1964 Khrushchev ‘retires’ as head of USSR
Nikita Khrushchev has unexpectedly stepped down as leader of the Soviet Union. The official Soviet news agency, Tass, announced that a plenary meeting of the Communist ... -
Offbeat | Finnish authorities ban whisky from expo name
It’s a whisky trade fair. But it can’t say it is. Authorities in Finland have ordered the “Beer and Whisky Expo Finland 2014” to change its ... -
Australian jockey dies in training accident
Australian jockey Carly-Mae Pye died yesterday from injuries sustained when the horse she was riding broke its front legs during a training run, throwing her head-first ... -
Rio Olympics bet on flip-flops, cuddly mascot for USD420m
Organizers of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are banking on the popularity of flip-flops and a yet-to-be-announced cuddly mascot to help meet a ... -
Hiddink under pressure after another Dutch loss
Only three months after the Netherlands reached the World Cup semifinals, the team is crumbling. And Guus Hiddink, the man who guided the team to the ... -
Neymar scores all 4 as Brazil beats Japan 4-0
Say “Neymar,” and say no more. The 22-year- old Brazil striker scored all four goals yesterday — and hit the post once — in a 4-0 ... -
World Views: China slowdown? Not something to fret about too much
An increasing number of people are afraid that the economic slowdown in China is bad news for the rich economies of the West. Lord Turner, the ...
