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RUSSIA | Moscow bans Western food over Ukraine sanctions
Russia yesterday banned most food imports from the West in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine — a sweeping move that will cost Western farmers billions of ... -
SOUTH AFRICA | Prosecutor: Oscar Pistorius is ‘appalling witness’
Oscar Pistorius was an “appalling witness” who repeatedly lied in his testimony in a crude attempt to defend against a murder charge for killing girlfriend Reeva ... -
Lawyer: Snowden gets 3 more years in Russia
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer said yesterday. Snowden last year was granted temporary asylum of ... -
This day in history: 2001 Hollywood’s ‘golden couple’ divorce
Hollywood superstars Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise have divorced. The final decree came just hours after Kidman and Cruise separately attended the première of their new ... -
Offbeat | Swiss Parliament suspends woman over naked selfie
The Swiss Parliament says it has suspended an employee after a naked picture she took of herself at work found its way into the media. The ... -
Arsenal, Porto head Champions League playoffs draw
Arsenal and Porto are among the big clubs entering the Champions League qualifying campaign when the draw for the last-round playoffs is held today. Arsenal, chasing ... -
Chinese company involved in Portuguese sports corruption case
The Atletico Clube de Portugal – a Portuguese football club whose sports corporation (SAD) is owned by a Chinese company – is under investigation with regards ... -
The dangerous days of Pins aND PassWords
Here’s one tip to make your password(s) safer and easy to remember: think of a sentence and use just the first letter of each word — ... -
Friday, August 8, 2014 – edition no. 2125
* Wynn, Galaxy lead casino slump on slowing mass market growth * Hungry Ghost Festival this weekend: Macau’s paper crafters fading with the years * Sands ... -
‘Journey’ – nice ingredients, bland result
Take one Oscar-winning British actress. Add an appealing supporting cast. Lather on the picturesque French countryside. Sprinkle liberally with gorgeous food shots, from bubbling, spicy Indian ... -
Elizabeth Little’s ‘Dear Daughter’ is engrossing
The unlikable protagonist with a biting personality and outrageous actions, but who is fascinating at the same time, has never been more popular. Just think of ... -
Shaver shows staying power on new album
Old cowboys love to lament that contemporary country music’s in a sorry state and guilty of casting aside sage singers and songwriters — like Billy Joe ... -
NEWS OF THE WORLD | 7 steps to stronger, more secure passwords
Rarely does a week go by without news of another hacking incident. On Tuesday, The New York Times reported that a Russian crime ring had amassed ... -
the buzz | WHO: Ebola death toll reaches 932; 1,700 cases
The World Health Organization says the death toll from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has risen to 932. The new figures come yesterday as authorities ... -
Ugandan lawmakers in campaign to revive gay law
Ugandan parliamentarians are launching a campaign to revive a recently invalidated anti-gay measure and hope to have it passed within weeks, a lawmaker said. About 150 ... -
World briefs
CHINA Gao Zhisheng, a fiery critic of China’s authoritarian government whose imprisonment and accounts of torture triggered international criticism of Beijing appears set for release today, ... -
Nitro Circus Live | ‘New riders, new vision, new theme, new costumes’
Extreme sports legend Travis Pastrana will once again bring his Nitro Circus Live to Macau. With heart-stopping performances, the show will take place this weekend where ... -
ARTS | When classical music meets animated movies
Magic Piano & the Chopin Shorts will be taking children on a journey through classical music this weekend. The Macau Cultural Center (CCM) is presenting a ... -
Gov’t pledges MOP100m earthquake relief
Chief Executive Chui Sai On wrote to the central government yesterday, pledging MOP100 million to the relief effort in response to the earthquake that took place ... -
Lau Si Io acknowledges risk of housing bubble
The Secretary for Transportation and Public Works, Lau Si Io, has said that the government is monitoring the housing market, and also acknowledged the risk that ... -
F1 race director inspects Guia Circuit ahead of Grand Prix
FIA Formula One Race Director and safety delegate Charlie Whiting was in Macau yesterday, conducting an inspection of the Guia Circuit ahead of another edition of ... -
Briefs: Number of e-permit holders quadruples in July
The number of e-permits in use soared to 200,000 in July, a total of four times higher than the 50,000 permits recorded in June. Mainland authorities ... -
Fire department to hire over 400 more workers
The Chief Executive Chui Sai On has issued an administrative order to enlarge the establishment of the Macau Fire Department (CB), which will see an increase ... -
MHAA calls for a cultural heritage material database
The Macau Heritage Ambassadors Association (MHAA) has suggested that Macau should set up a cultural heritage material database, in order to better preserve the historical buildings ... -
EDUCATION | Local students crowned in global software contests
Three students, at high school and university level, have recently won prizes in two international competitions held in the U.S. Each of them said that they ... -
Scholar finds one-candidate CE election ‘worrying’
Professor Ieong Wan Chong from the Macau Polytechnic Institute (IPM) has said that he is both pleased with, and concerned by, the fact that there is ... -
GAMING | Packer’s USD4b Vegas bet fuels Crown risk
The last time billionaire James Packer bet on Las Vegas’s casino industry he lost A$1.37 billion (USD1.28 billion). Bond risk on his Crown Resorts Ltd. has ... -
Samsung, Apple agree to drop lawsuits outside US
Samsung and Apple Inc. have agreed to end all patent lawsuits between each other outside the U.S. in a step back from three years of legal hostilities ... -
HK court: Tycoon can sue Google over autocomplete
A court has ruled that a Hong Kong tycoon can sue Google over its autocomplete results suggesting he has links to organized crime. In a judgment ... -
Corporate Bits | Five Sands China restaurants win wine spectator restaurant awards
Five restaurants from among Sands China’s Macau properties have earned a Restaurant Award from U.S.-based lifestyle magazine Wine Spectator for their wine programs in 2014: Canton, ... -
Angola | Gov’t lowers projected economic growth in 2014 to 6 pct
The Angolan economy will grow by 6 percent in 2014, 2.8 percentage points less than the 8.8 percent forecast at the beginning of the year, Angolan ... -
China sells trains to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The third shipment of trains acquired in China by the government of Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state arrived in the city’s port on Sunday and after ... -
Intervention process completed for failed bank in São Tomé and Príncipe
The Central Bank of São Tomé and Príncipe has declared that the intervention process involving Island Bank, a failed private bank sold to Energy Bank, has ... -
Concerns grow over rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s release
A fiery critic of China’s authoritarian government whose imprisonment and accounts of torture triggered international criticism of Beijing appears set for release yesterday amid concerns he will continue ... -
Quake death toll jumps to 589 as rescuers find scores of bodies
The death toll in southern China’s earthquake jumped from 410 to 589 yesterday as search and rescue teams found scores more bodies while pushing into isolated mountain communities ...
