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One of three fleeing inmates captured
Police have captured one of the three inmates who escaped a detention center after killing a guard early Tuesday in northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. Li Haiwei ... -
Top leaders remember victory over Japan
President Xi Jinping tended to huge bouquets and gunners fired salutes Wednesday as China commemorated Japan’s World War II surrender in a campaign to remind the world ... -
HONG KONG | Last HK governor says Britain has ‘moral obligation’ to speak out on reforms
The risk of Hong Kong’s financial district being paralyzed by a mass sit-in is diminishing after a pro-democracy leader said the strategy of threatening civil disobedience ... -
INDONESIA | Fuel price hike looms for Jokowi
The first item on the to-do list of Indonesia’s president- elect is one that successive leaders have struggled with, and could be his toughest: how to ... -
JAPAN | 5 women named to Cabinet, tying past high
Japan’s prime minister picked five women for his Cabinet yesterday, matching the past record and sending the strongest message yet about his determination to revive the ... -
Tepco accused of unpaid wages in latest Fukushima plant lawsuit
Four workers at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s wrecked Fukushima plant have filed a lawsuit against the utility alleging unpaid wages for work they did at the ... -
UKRAINE CRISIS | Kiev and Moscow agree ceasefire steps
The office of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said yesterday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin are in agreement on a cease-fire in eastern Ukraine, but ... -
ISIS EXTREMISM | Second journalist beheading raises stakes for US
Islamic State extremists have released a video showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warned President Barack Obama that continuing airstrikes against ... -
Offbeat | Dominican president vetoes new national park
A proposal to create a new national park that would have blocked the expansion of a nickel mine in the forested mountains of the central Dominican ... -
This day in History: 1978 Floods devastate northern India
At least two million people have been made homeless as the worst floods in living memory hit northern India. Some areas of the state of West ... -
Asian teams turn focus from Brazil to Asian Cup
Less than three months after Asia’s teams earned just three points at the World Cup, Australia, Japan and South Korea are back in action and ready ... -
World Views: This Is what your brain might look like on telepathy
Big news in the world of science and technology: Scientists just invented a form of telepathy. Actually, it’s a form of noninvasive electronic brain-to-brain communication. The ... -
Thursday, September 4, 2014 – edition no. 2144
* Last HK governor says Britain has ‘moral obligation’ to speak out on reforms * Portuguese entrepreneurs bet on Barra district * PRD region joins efforts ... -
The Buzz: UK withdrawing warrant for ill boy’s parents
U.K. prosecutors are withdrawing the arrest warrant in the case of a British couple who took their 5-year-old son out of the country in hopes of ... -
GAMING | New Jersey casino goes dark after just 2 years
Revel Casino Hotel opened with a bang a little more than two years ago amid high hopes of turning around Atlantic City’s struggling casino market. But ... -
World briefs
CHINA Three prisoners including a death row inmate killed a guard, donned police uniforms and escaped in a rare jailbreak in northeastern China early yesterday, prompting ... -
Chinese Estates to sell Moon Ocean to Joseph Lau
The Hong Kong listed company Chinese Estates, of which the Hong Kong tycoon Joseph Lau is a major shareholder, former chairman and CEO, has announced that ... -
GAMING | Single mom leads labor protests against casinos
Cloee Chao remembers when she first decided to challenge the billionaires of the world’s largest gambling hub. The 34-year-old single mother of two was working in ... -
Raising the region’s visibility through entertainment
As a next wave of Cotai resorts is being shaped, various operators are looking to expand their non-gaming offering by providing arenas and theatres, trying to ... -
SSM receives smoking room floor plans from 39 casinos
In a press release, the Health Bureau (SSM) said that as of September 1, 39 casinos have submitted their final drafts of floor plans that will ... -
Green group criticizes gov’t background noise standard
The Macau government has published a directory of outdoor background noises that serves as part of the Prevention and Control of Environmental Noise Law (the Noise ... -
Report says LRT could save over 30 minutes on daily commute
The Transportation Infrastructure Office (GIT) has released a report on the social- economic benefits of phase one and two of the Light Rapid Transit (LRT) project. ... -
Briefs: French national museums masterpieces exhibition extended
The exhibition Masterpieces of Painting from the French National Museums has been extended to 14 September, in order to enable more viewers to see the twelve ... -
Cultural Festival organizers want to extend the event to other cities
The Macau International Youth Creative Artist Association (MIYCAA) and the Hefei 1912 Cultural District jointly organized the Hefei 1921 Macau Cultural Festival, which took place between ... -
Law amendment focuses on building maintenance fund
The acting president of the Housing Bureau (IH), Ieong Kam Wa, claimed yesterday that the amendment of the Regulation of Condominium Common Areas Management would focus ... -
Corporate Bits | Conrad Macao Facebook fan wins stay by uploading #travelbear photo
Conrad Macao Facebook Fan Kukhyun Kim from Korea has won a two-night stay in the Presidential Suite by uploading a photo of a Conrad Macao Bear ... -
Survey: Foreign companies in China feel ‘targeted’
Foreign companies in China feel increasingly targeted for unfair enforcement of anti-monopoly and other laws and might cut investment if conditions fail to improve, a U.S. business group ... -
Mozambique | Japan supports competitiveness of over 200 products
More than 200 Mozambican products are being made more competitive for national and international markets as part of a program supported by the Japan International Cooperation ... -
Angola | Completion of Benguela Railway will boost economic growth
Completion of reconstruction work on the Benguela Railway in Angola will have a positive effect on the economy, by stimulating sectors such as agriculture and diamond ... -
HONG KONG | Xi’s hard line shows no tolerance of challenges
President Xi Jinping’s uncompromising stance on limiting democratic reforms in Hong Kong marks a public show of strength that signals to the world – and China’s ... -
HONG KONG | Support for Occupy Central waning, Benny Tai says
A leader of the pro-democracy group that threatened to occupy Hong Kong’s financial district said its strategy to win concessions from China on election reform had ... -
PAKISTAN | Parliament meets over political crisis
Pakistan’s lawmakers held an emergency session yesterday over the political crisis roiling the country as thousands of anti-government protesters remained camped out in front of the parliament ... -
MYANMAR | Dethroned beauty queen blasts pageant boss
A dethroned beauty queen from Myanmar said yesterday she won’t return her bejeweled USD100,000 crown until pageant organizers apologize for calling her a liar and a ... -
JAPAN | Tokyo and Delhi pledge to strengthen ties as Beijing rises
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged an upgrade of economic and security ties with India, saying Japan would double investment and expand defense cooperation amid concerns about ... -
PHILIPPINES | Anti-China group nabbed for planned Manila attacks
Philippine authorities said yesterday that they arrested three men linked to a group that was planning to set off firebombs at Manila’s international airport and a ...
