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The Buzz | 20 races on 2015 F1 calendar as Mexico returns
With the return of the Mexican Grand Prix, the 2015 Formula One championship will have 20 races. Mexico last held an F1 race in 1992 at ... -
World briefs
CHINA Heavy downpours in China’s southwest have killed seven people and left three others missing, state media reported yesterday. Authorities in Linshui county in Sichuan province ... -
Taiwan detains gutter oil firm boss
Taiwanese authorities have detained Yeh Wen-Hsiang, head of cooking oil producer Chang Guann, which is at the centre of the gutter oil scandal sweeping Taiwan, Macau ... -
Aussie boxing champion drops by Taipa
Four-time boxing champion Danny Green visited a local boxing club last week and shared some boxing tips with members. This is the first time Danny Green ... -
EDUCATION | Mock papers for joint uni entrance exam to be released this month
Mock papers for the joint university entrance examination will be released this month, according to Kwong Ying Wa, director of the Macau University of Science and ... -
BRIEFS | Two casino shuttles collide on Friendship Bridge
An accident that took place on the Friendship Bridge yesterday afternoon involving a collision between two casino shuttle buses caused nine people to be injured, five ... -
Air France braces for worst strike in 16 years over pilot terms
Air France said it’s bracing for the most disruptive strike since 1998 today as pilots walk out over management plans to expand low-cost operations using flight ... -
Samsung accuses LG execs of damaging its products
Samsung Electronics Co. has accused senior executives of domestic rival LG Electronics Inc. of intentionally vandalizing its washing machines at retail stores in Germany and has ... -
GAMING | Atlantic City casino revenues down 1.2 percent
Atlantic City’s casino revenue declined by 1.2 percent in August compared with a year ago as another gambling hall shut down at the end of the ... -
Sinopec sells USD17.5b retail unit stake to investors
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Asia’s top refiner, agreed to sell a 107 billion yuan (USD17.5 billion) stake in its retail business to a group of ... -
Corporate Bits | A parade of gastronomic flavors available at MGM
MGM Macau is ready to spice up the autumn month of September with a array of tasty choices, from the Cheese Feast at Aux Beaux Arts, ... -
Angola expects to receive 4.7m tourists in 2020
Angola expects to receive 4.7 million tourists in 2020, according to a forecast announced Thursday in Lisbon by the Director of the Angolan Institute of Tourist ... -
East Timor pays salaries of Guinea-Bissau civil servants
The government of East Timor (Timor-Leste) week granted the Guinea-Bissau government funding of USD6 million to pay a month’s salary to all Guinean civil servants, the ... -
Cabo Verde Airlines wants second route to Brazil
Cabo Verde Airlines plans to start flying to the city of Natal, in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, starting in November 2015, according ... -
HONG KONG | Leung calls for ‘good sense’ before suffrage march
Hong Kong’s leader called for “good sense” on changes to the city’s political system, as activists began a march protesting China’s decision to vet candidates for ... -
Guangdong protesters march against incinerator for 2nd day
Residents in a southern Chinese town protested against a proposed garbage incinerator for a second straight day yesterday, according to witnesses, as police said ringleaders of ... -
Separatism trial set for Uighur scholar
An outspoken Chinese minority Uighur scholar accused of separatism will go on trial Wednesday in the country’s northwest, one of his lawyers said. Liu Xiaoyuan said ... -
Mainland factory-output slump tests Premier Li’s resolve
China’s industrial output rose at the weakest pace since the global financial crisis and fixed-asset investment growth trailed projections, adding to evidence the world’s second-biggest economy ... -
ANALYSIS | Islamic State group’s war chest is growing daily
Islamic State militants, who once relied on wealthy Persian Gulf donors for money, have become a self-sustaining financial juggernaut, earning more than USD3 million a ... -
NORTH KOREA | Pyongyang court sentences American to 6 years hard labor
North Korea’s Supreme Court yesterday sentenced Matthew Miller, a U.S. citizen, to six years of hard labor for entering the country illegally and trying to commit ... -
Ask the Vet | Most CoMMon Causes of Cat Bad Breath
by Dr Ruan Du Toit Bester Recently I have been doing a lot of dentals and promoting dental checkups and have noticed so many owners don’t ... -
Mexico pollution, water disputes turn political
Water pollution disasters in Mexico have turned into political battles as officials struggled last week to blame each other for the problems. A town in western ... -
PHILIPPINES | 110 rescued from ferry: ‘Death was in our minds’
Survivors from a ferry that sank after encountering steering problems in the central Philippines said yesterday that they were tossed about by the churning sea in darkness ... -
China issues travel warning for the Philippines
China has warned its citizens not to travel to the Philippines after a Chinese teenager who worked in a family-run store was kidnapped and after government agents arrested ... -
INDONESIA | Authorities nab 4 with suspected Islamic State ties
Indonesia’s elite anti-terrorism squad arrested seven suspected militants, including four Turks believed to be planning to join a jihadist group in eastern Indonesia with possible links ... -
ISIS EXTREMISM | UK’s Cameron calls emergency meeting after aid worker beheaded
Prime Minister David Cameron was summoning military and security chiefs for an emergency meeting yesterday in response to the beheading of a British hostage and a ... -
This Day in History: 1950 – UN stages daring assault on Inchon
The United Nations has landed up to 50,000 troops behind enemy lines at Inchon, on the west coast of Korea. Inchon operates as a port for ... -
Offbeat | Japan’s World War II film idol Rikoran dies at 94
Japanese film idol Yoshiko Yamaguchi, who was known as Rikoran and symbolized Japan’s wartime dreams of Asian conquest, has died at age 94. Known as Shirley ... -
Incheon touts Asian Games amid worries over costs
As the port city of Incheon prepares to host the Asian Games, some are worried about what happens when the party leaves town. Aside from looming ... -
BOXING | Mayweather remains unbeaten despite bite complaint
Floyd Mayweather worked far too hard against Marcos Maidana their last time out to have to do it again in the rematch Saturday night. Mayweather dominated ... -
Monday, September 15, 2014 – edition no. 2150
* APEC strives to reach a target of 800m tourists * Guangdong protesters march against incinerator for 2nd day * US comedians bring laughter to town ... -
THE BUZZ | Brazilian election enters dead heat as Silva loses poll lead
Marina Silva lost her lead in a Datafolha poll that shows a runoff against President Dilma Rousseff is too close to call less than four weeks ... -
World briefs
CHINA Consumer inflation eased in August amid signs of cooling economic growth. Prices rose 2 percent from a year earlier, down from July’s 2.3 percent increase, ... -
MUSIC | Amsterdam Jazz Connection gig tomorrow
Amsterdam Jazz Connection, a Dutch project founded by Joost Swart, Sebastiaan Kaptein, and Jeroen Vierdag, are performing in Macau’s Casa Garden tomorrow. Invited by the Macau ... -
Barra Public Transport Interchange construction to start soon
The Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) has received 11 bids for the construction of the Public Transport Interchange (PTI) at Barra. Wong Hoi Weng, the head of ...
