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UKRAINE | Russian forces in major rebel cities
A Ukrainian official said yesterday that Russian forces have been spotted in both of the major rebel-held cities in eastern Ukraine. The claim by Col. Andriy Lysenko, ... -
SYRIA | Rebels issue demands for captive UN Fijian troops
Al-Qaida-linked Syrian rebels holding 45 Fijian peacekeepers hostage have issued a set of demands for their release, including the extremist group’s removal from a U.N. terrorist ... -
this day in history: 1939 Britain and France declare war on Germany
Britain and France are at war with Germany following the invasion of Poland two days ago. At 1115 BST the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, announced the ... -
Offbeat | | Report: Water shortages crimp China fracking plan
More than 60 percent of China’s vast shale gas deposits are in regions with scarce water resources, complicating plans by the energy-hungry country to tap the ... -
North Korea athletes on mission for political gold
It’s a hot, sunny morning at the newly refurbished Sosan Football Stadium in Pyongyang. Two women’s soccer teams head to the sidelines of the artificial turf, ... -
FOOTBALL | Record English spending dwarfs rivals in Europe
English Premier League clubs spent a record 835 million pounds (USD1.38 billion) on players during the summer transfer window, almost twice as much as any of ... -
Wednesday, September 3, 2014 – edition no. 2143
* China targeting foreign companies with opaque laws and rules, survey says * Single mom leads labor protests against casinos * Jason Chao: ‘I don’t think ... -
The Buzz: Oslo police suspect base jumping death at ski jump
Norwegian police say they suspect that a base jumper was killed at the Holmenkollen ski jump in the capital, Oslo. Egil Kulseth from the Oslo Police ... -
CASINO DECLINE | Showboat closes after 27 years in Atlantic City
The show is over for the Showboat Casino Hotel in Atlantic City. The Mardi Gras-themed casino shut down Sunday after 27 years on the Boardwalk. It ... -
World briefs
NEW ZEALAND A man suspected of killing two unemployment-office workers and critically injuring a third was taken into custody yesterday following a manhunt that lasted seven ... -
Online taxi group publishes blacklist, plans to form association
Andrew Scott, administrator of the Facebook group Macau Taxi Driver Shame, has revealed to the Times that the group’s administrators will shortly begin the process of ... -
Casino revenue misses estimates on China graft probes
Macau casino revenue was worse than analysts estimated in August, falling a third straight month as China’s anti-graft campaign curbed gambling by VIPs. Casino shares dropped. ... -
AASJ poll activity terminated, organizers demand ‘real reason’
The Association of Juridical and Social Affairs (AAJS) revealed that they received a fax notification from the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) on August 29, ... -
Jason Chao named as suspect in PJ logo case
Political activist Jason Chao has been declared a suspect in the alleged illegal use of the Judiciary Police’s logo, which was published by satirical publication Macau ... -
Chui Sai On attends ceremony in Guangdong
The Chief Executive, Mr Chui Sai On, attended the first stone laying ceremony for the Yinkui Hospital, in Guangdong, yesterday. The Yinkui Hospital is a medical ... -
DSAT satisfied with first school day traffic
The Transport Bureau (DSAT) director Wong Wan claimed that the local bus operators dispatched extra buses to handle the extra traffic for the first school day ... -
CRIME | Two dogs allegedly stolen from apartment
The Judiciary Police (PJ) received a report two days ago in which a dog owner claimed that his two dogs had been stolen from his room. ... -
Architecture | Siza Vieira says ‘nobody could have imagined’ Macau’s development
Álvaro Siza Vieira was in Macau during the ’80s to take part in the urban planning of the NAPE and Areia Preta districts. Now the 81 ... -
Cape Verde receives 273,000 tourists in first half of the year
The number of tourists who used hotel establishments in Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) in the first half of 2014 rose 1.2 percent year on year to ... -
Local economic growth slows to 8.1 pct in 2Q
Macau’s economy grew by 8.1 percent in real terms in the second quarter of 2014, unchanged compared to figure reported for the same period of 2013 ... -
Alibaba IPO comes with unusual structure
Foreigners who want to buy Alibaba Group shares in the Chinese e-commerce giant’s U.S. public offering will need to get comfortable with an unusual business structure. ... -
Corporate Bits | World gaming group elects new chairman
World Gaming Group Ltd (WGG) announced that Mr David Steicke has been elected Chairman of the Board of the company. Coinciding with the fifth anniversary of ... -
Mainland manufacturing growth slows in August
China’s manufacturing slowed more than estimated last month, joining weaker-than-anticipated credit, production and investment data in suggesting the economy is losing momentum. The government’s Purchasing Managers’ ... -
3 children killed in knife attack at primary school
A 40-year-old man stabbed students and teachers with a fruit knife at an elementary school in central China yesterday, killing three children and injuring six other people before ... -
HONG KONG | Beijing anti-dissent playbook may fail
China’s Communist leaders have pulled out their usual playbook to suppress resistance to their plans to tightly limit the first direct election of Hong Kong’s leader, ... -
JAPAN | It’s not just Hello Kitty: Cute chr craze
Hello Kitty, whom many learned last week is a girl and not a cat, may be the queen of Japan’s cute characters, but she’s hardly the only ... -
Japan finds 19 more dengue fever cases
Japan reported more patients with dengue fever after last week finding the country’s first domestic cases of the mosquito-borne disease since the 1940s. Nineteen people in ... -
JAPAN | Modi visit draws pledges of support from Tokyo
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi courted Japan’s government and business leaders yesterday, winning pledges of help for his effort to revitalize the lagging Indian economy. Modi ... -
IRAQ | Germany sends 16,000 rifles to stem Islamic State
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is sending 16,000 assault rifles, plus anti-tank weapons and armored vehicles, to Iraqi Kurds fighting Islamic State militants, lifting a German taboo ... -
UN diplomats examine Islamic State alleged crimes
Iraq’s government asked the U.N.’s top human rights body yesterday to investigate alleged crimes against civilians committed by the Islamic State group in its rampage across ... -
UKRAINE CRISIS | Moscow: Talks must back cease-fire now
Diplomats at a new round of talks on easing the crisis in Ukraine must push for an immediate, unconditional cease-fire between Ukrainian government troops and pro-Russian separatists, Russia’s ... -
this day in history: 1951 Designers prepare to dazzle Venice
British fashion designers have revealed the collection they plan to send to Venice later this week as part of the city’s Biennale arts festival. Last week, ... -
Offbeat | For sale: Century-old cards of Ty Cobb, Cy Young
A baseball fan took up smoking a century ago and with it acquired another habit: holding onto little cards that bore the faces of baseball’s earliest ... -
Football | FIFA opens talks on 2022 World Cup dates in Qatar
FIFA will step up the search for new dates to play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar at talks with football officials next Monday. Consultation was ... -
World Championship | Marin stuns Li to win world badminton final
Ninth-seeded Carolina Marin pulled off a huge badminton upset by defeating Li Xuerui, the top-seeded Olympic champion, in the world championship women’s singles final on Sunday. ...
