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Offbeat | Jean Paul Gaultier to stop making ready-to-wear
The house of Jean Paul Gaultier has announced that it is stopping women’s and men’s ready-to-wear collections. A short statement Monday said the 62-year- old designer ... -
Asian Games | North Korea main focus of attention
The North Korean women’s football team had more reasons than usual to kick off its Asian Games campaign with a commanding win. The participation of 150 ... -
FOOTBALL | Atletico Madrid tops poll
Spanish champion Atletico Madrid replaced Chelsea at the top of the AP Global Football 10 yesterday after beating Real Madrid 2-1 over the weekend at the ... -
Seventeen ex-Barcelona directors sued over team finances
Former Barcelona football club directors, including ex-president Joan Laporta, are being sued over alleged financial losses following the team’s most successful season. The trial of Laporta ... -
FIFA audit panel member stood down from duty
A member of FIFA’s financial monitoring panel has been stood down from duty while implicated in financial corruption. Canover Watson was questioned last month by police ... -
World Views | Diabetes threatens China’s ‘growth and stability’
China is now home to a quarter of the world’s diabetes sufferers. That amounts to more than 100 million people – nearly 12 percent of the ... -
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 – edition no. 2152
* Lava flows from Philippine volcano, thousands flee * Kalmaegi causes minor incidents in Macau before T8 signal lowered * Bid for 4g licenses opens * ... -
BRIEFS | T8 raised as typhoon Kalmaegi moves closer
The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) raised signal number 8 (T8) in the early hours of this morning as typhoon Kalmaegi continues to move closer. It ... -
THE BUZZ | Anelka says he is joining Mumbai City in India
Former France striker Nicolas Anelka says he is joining Mumbai City FC in the new Indian Super League. The 35-year-old Anelka tweeted yesterday: “I’m pleased to ... -
World briefs
CHINA A well-known 81-year-old Chinese writer is taken from his Beijing home and detained by police after he wrote several articles critical of a senior politician, ... -
Fight over World War II-era tank goes to US court
A company headed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has filed a lawsuit in the San Francisco Bay Area over a World War II-era German tank it ... -
Fitch lowers gaming sector growth forecast
The forecast for growth in gross casino gaming revenues in Macau casinos has been revised by the credit rating agency Fitch Ratings, with forecasts now showing ... -
Hong Kong rethinks rules after Alibaba IPO loss
Alibaba’s choice of New York over Hong Kong for its blockbuster IPO was a blow for the Chinese financial center. Now, the city’s stock market is ... -
Google unveils USD105 Android One smartphone amid push in India
Google Inc. will offer customers in India the Android One, a low-cost phone capable of Internet access, to win users in the fastest growing smartphone market. ... -
Corporate Bits | Sands China recognizes team member for achievement in best employees with disabilities award program
Sands China Ltd. acknowledged and cheered on one of its team members, Mak Man Hin, at The Venetian Macao yesterday, celebrating his accomplishment of being honored ... -
Mozambique exports USD70m in bananas
Exports of bananas produced in Mozambique brings in over USD70 million per year, according to António Gomes, vice- president of the Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA) ... -
Angolan flagship airline plans to fly to Kenya
The Kenyan government recently signed a new two-way air aviation agreement with its Angolan counterpart that will allow Angola’s flagship airline to start flying to Nairobi, ... -
Portugal announces creation of development bank
Portugal’s new development bank, Instituição Financeira do Desenvolvimento (Financial Development Institution – IFD), is due to start operating this year with starting capital of 100 million ... -
Chongqing creates first no-cellphone lane
Taking a cue from an American TV program, the Chinese city of Chongqing has created a smartphone sidewalk lane, seemingly offering a path for those too ... -
Police detain famed film director Wang Quan’an for prostitution
Chinese film director Wang Quan’an, a Berlin International Film Festival winner known for the movies “Tuya’s Marriage” and “White Deer Plain,” has been detained on the ... -
Shanghai free trade zone’s top official leaves post
The most senior official of Shanghai’s free trade zone left his position weeks before the project’s first anniversary this month, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. ... -
Hearing planned amid Guangdong incinerator protests
Officials in a southern Chinese town where a proposed garbage incinerator drew thousands of protesters over the weekend say no firm plans have been made for ... -
BRIEFS | Almost half of rich Chinese consider moving abroad
Almost half of China’s wealthy are considering relocating to a developed market within the next five years to find better education and job opportunities for their ... -
Thailand | 2 British tourists found dead on Koh Tao
Two British tourists were found battered to death yesterday on a beach on a scenic island in southern Thailand that is one of the country’s most ... -
INDONESIA | 4 suspected militants are China Uighurs
Four suspected Islamic militants arrested in Indonesia over the weekend are members of China’s ethnic Uighur minority community and were trying to meet Indonesia’s most wanted extremist, authorities ... -
PHILIPPINES | Typhoon Kalmaegi blows out of Philippines
A fast-moving typhoon blew out of the northern Philippines yesterday after causing flash floods and landslides. Three people died when big waves and strong winds sank ... -
ISLAMIC STATE TERRORISM | Beheading spurs coalition conference
Newly outraged by the beheading of yet another Western hostage, diplomats from around the world are in Paris pressing for a coherent global strategy to combat ... -
This Day in History: 1992 – UK crashes out of ERM
The government has suspended Britain’s membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism. The UK’s prime minister and chancellor tried all day to prop up a failing ... -
VENEZUELA | Nation’s newest shortage: Breast implants
Venezuela’s chronic shortages have begun to encroach on a cultural cornerstone: the boob job. Beauty-obsessed Venezuelans face a scarcity of brand-name breast implants, and women are ... -
Offbeat | Police photograph alleged sleeping Florida burglar
Talk about a heavy sleeper: Police say an accused burglar continued snoozing next to a bag of jewelry he was allegedly planning to swipe even after ... -
Basketball | Dream Team, Barcelona Games continue to impact NBA
Officially, it was the U.S. Olympic team, together for just a few weeks. To the basketball world, it was the Dream Team, and its gold-medal run ... -
TENNIS | Swiss into Davis Cup final vs France
Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka each have Grand Slam singles titles, and Olympic gold together in doubles. Now they’ve got the chance to win Switzerland’s first ... -
Soccer-Fixing Boss Suspect Tan Challenges Singapore Detention
Andrea Tan Dan Tan Seet Eng, named by prosecutors as the chief of an international match-fixing gang, challenged his detention without trial in Singapore. Tan is ... -
World Views | Scots aren’t the only angry ones wanting autonomy
This week’s referendum in Scotland could result in the U.K. losing almost one-third of its landmass, and 8 percent of its population, and, very likely, its ... -
Tuesday, September 16, 2014 – edition no. 2151
* Macau delegation wraps up preparations for South Korean Asian Games * China detains famed film director for prostitution * Volunteer trip to Costa Rica attests ...
