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PAKISTAN Warplanes strike five militant hideouts in a Taliban stronghold near the Afghan border, killing 65 insurgents, the military says. The strikes, carried out in two ... -
TECHNOLOGY | Apple watch threatens Swiss industry’s lower priced timepieces
Swatch Group AG’s Tissot T-Touch Expert Solar watch has a compass, tells the altitude and runs on solar power. It costs USD1,250 – more than three ... -
Nine missing after migrant smuggling boat capsizes
Authorities are still searching for nine suspected mainland illegal immigrants and a smuggler who went missing after a speedboat capsized in waters off Hengqin. The vessel, ... -
SURVEY | Facebook had ‘great influence’ on May protests
It has bee confirmed that Facebook played a significant role in encouraging Macau’s population to take part in May’s unprecedented protests against a controversial bill that ... -
1.5m cross border during Mid-Autumn Festival
The immigration authorities have recorded that 1.58 million people crossed the border to enter or exit Macau during the Mid-Autumn Festival period between September 6 and ... -
Over 20,000 people fined over smoking in prohibited areas since 2012
Macau authorities have issued fines on a total of 21,733 occasions to people found to be smoking in prohibited areas, the Health Bureau revealed yesterday in ... -
Delta Bridge works lead to increasing accidents
The construction of reclamation zone A and the artificial island for the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau bridge (Delta Bridge) have made the already busy Outer Harbor area more ... -
Chui asks to extend border crossing hours
During his trip to Xiamen to attend the 18th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, the Chief Executive Chui Sai On met with Chinese Vice ... -
BRIEFS | Locally shot movie nominated for Portuguese film awards
The film “The Last Time I Saw Macau,” directed by João Pedro Rodrigues and João Rui Guerra da Mata, has been nominated for a prize at ... -
Nevada bets USD1.3b on Tesla to push economy beyond gaming
Nevada casinos, the state’s largest industry, took in USD11.2 billion in the year that ended in July. Now lawmakers must decide whether to wager as much ... -
Corporate Bits | HK comedian Dayo Wong brings latest stand-up comedy to the Venetian
Dubbed “founder of Hong Kong stand-up comedy,” actor and comedian Dayo Wong is to make his fourth return to The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Arena for an ... -
Santander banking titan Emilio Botin dead at age 79
Spanish banking magnate Emilio Botin, who built the country’s Banco Santander into a global financial giant and was widely seen as the nation’s most influential business ... -
Dalian Wanda Commercial said to prepare USD6b HK IPO
Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co., the commercial real estate unit of billionaire Wang Jianlin’s conglomerate, is planning an initial public offering in Hong Kong that may ... -
Angola reportedly the only country in Africa that makes more foreign investments than it receives
The large size of Angolan investments abroad, namely in Portugal, is already reflected in the country’s statistics, which showed that in 2013 Angola was the only ... -
Premier Li promises more open economy
China’s premier promised yesterday to open the world’s No. 2 economy wider to foreign companies, promising favorable conditions despite a wave of anti-monopoly investigations that business ... -
Killings by anti-terror cops raise concerns
When attackers from China’s minority Uighurs killed 37 people in a July rampage in far western Xinjiang, police responded by gunning down at least 59 of ... -
TAIWAN | Oil maker fined heavily over tainted lard
Taiwan has fined a cooking oil supplier 50 million New Taiwan dollars (USD1.67 million) over its sale of tainted lard, the public health watchdog said yesterday. ... -
TAIWAN | Mainland tourist numbers record fast growth
The number of individual tourists from the Chinese mainland to Taiwan more than doubled to 615,000 in the first seven months of this year, a spokesman ... -
PHILIPPINES | Autonomy bill aims to end conflict
The Philippine president submitted a draft law to Congress yesterday that aims to end four decades of rebellion by Muslims in the south by granting them ... -
INDIA | Modi’s Kashmir flood relief may earn him Muslim goodwill
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped up the military’s operation to save thousands from floods in Muslim-majority Jammu and Kashmir, where his Hindu nationalist party will ... -
VIETNAM | Hanoi accuses China of beating fishermen
Vietnam has accused Chinese authorities of beating several of its fishermen and has demanded severe punishment for those involved in an incident that could increase tensions ... -
CHILE | President steps up security after bomb hurts 14
Chile’s president increased security measures and expanded powers to investigate on Tuesday (yesterday, Macau time), a day after a bomb injured 14 people in the capital ... -
USA | Obama outlining mission to fight Islamic militants
President Barack Obama plans to outline in an address to Americans an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq, and ... -
This Day in History: 2001 – US rocked by day of terror
The United States is in a state of shock after a day of attacks which have left thousands dead and New York’s World Trade Center destroyed. ... -
Offbeat | NZ lodge owner charged with assaulting 16 guests
The owner of a New Zealand tourist lodge has been charged with drugging and sexually assaulting 16 guests, most of whom were from overseas. Police said ... -
Pacquiao and Algieri conclude int’l media tour
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao, boxing’s only eight-division world champion, and New York’s undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior welterweight champion Chris Algieri concluded their 27,273-mile international media ... -
Mayweather says NFL should have kept Rice penalty
Champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he believes the NFL should have stuck with its original discipline of Ray Rice, saying the league was overly influenced ... -
Basketball | World Cup US, Lithuania win to set up World Cup semifinal
Lithuania will have another chance to upset the United States after the two teams set up a semifinal rematch at the Basketball World Cup. Renaldas Seibutis ... -
EPL | Spurs seek temporary home while building stadium
Tottenham is assessing options for a temporary home after announcing a delay in the construction of a new stadium. The English Premier League club will move ... -
Ferrari president Montezemolo to leave the company
After more than two decades presiding over one of the biggest and most successful teams in Formula One, Luca Di Montezemolo is stepping down as president ... -
Thursday, September 11, 2014 – edition no. 2148
* Nine missing after migrant-smuggling boat capsizes * Philippines plans to give Muslims autonomous zone * Macau seen as ‘good example’ on tourism * Over 20,000 ... -
THE BUZZ | Christie says N.J. casinos, tracks can offer sports betting
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s administration declared that casinos and racetracks can offer sports betting without fear of prosecution or civil liability, setting up another possible ... -
World briefs
CHINA-US U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice repeatedly raised concerns about risky Chinese fighter intercepts of U.S. surveillance flights in meetings this week with Chinese leaders ... -
French women bid topless sunbathing ‘adieu’
France’s summer is fast becoming a memory, and so is one of its iconic beach sights: the topless woman. As few as 2 percent of French ... -
Health Bureau urges Chan Pou U’s family to share HK medical report
The Health Bureau has urged the family of teenager suffering from chronic pain to share a medical report with Macau’s public hospital which was issued by ...
