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Xinjiang chief signals new curbs on births, beards and veils
China plans to adopt the same family planning policies for all ethnic groups in Xinjiang, the western province’s Communist Party chief wrote in an essay, while ... -
SENKAKU-DIaoYU ISLANDS DISPUTE | Them’s fighting words! The politics of place names
Is it the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf? Mount McKinley or Denali? Mumbai or Bombay? Some geographic names don’t just tell us where we ... -
JAPAN | Hiroshima marks 69th anniversary of atomic bombing
Japan marked the 69th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima yesterday, as Mayor Kazumi Matsui called on U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders ... -
INDONESIA | Court begins hearing election dispute
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court yesterday began hearing a challenge of the result of the country’s July 9 presidential election, in which Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo was declared ... -
PHILIPPINES | Arrested militant: Terror suspect alive
A captured Abu Sayyaf commander told investigators that a top Southeast Asian terror suspect, who the military reported was killed in a U.S.-backed airstrike two years ... -
GAZA | Indirect Israel-Hamas talks start in Cairo
Israel and Hamas began indirect talks on a new border deal for the blockaded Gaza Strip as a cease-fire ending their month-long war entered its second day yesterday. ... -
USA-AFRICA | Obama announces USD33B in commitments
President Barack Obama announced USD33 billion in commitments yesterday aimed at shifting U.S. ties with Africa beyond humanitarian aid and toward more equal economic partnerships. The bulk ... -
SPACE | Rosetta probe catches up with comet
After a journey of 6.4 billion kilometers, Europe’s unmanned Rosetta probe reached its destination yesterday, a milestone in mankind’s first attempt to land a spacecraft on ... -
this day in history: 2003 Bali bomber smiles at guilty verdict
A court in Indonesia has convicted and sentenced to death a 41-year-old mechanic for his part in the bombing of two nightclubs in the island resort ... -
Offbeat | Aussie commuters tip train cars to aid trapped man
Dozens of people helped rescue a fellow commuter in Australia by pushing against train carriages to free the man whose foot had slipped between the platform ... -
Football | La Liga Navas sees opportunity, not logjam, at Real Madrid
Real Madrid unveiled its new goalkeeper Keylor Navas after he signed a six-year contract with the Spanish club. The 27-year-old helped Costa Rica reach the quarterfinals ... -
French league | Analysis PSG chasing third title, Monaco chasing… PSG
Paris Saint-Germain is chasing a third straight French league title while last season’s runner- up Monaco could struggle to mount a serious challenge after adopting a ... -
World Views: An income cap might not be as crazy as it sounds
Concern about rising wealth and income inequality has generated all kinds of solutions, often focused on improving the lot of the people at the bottom with ... -
Thursday, August 7, 2014 – edition no. 2124
* Macau donates over 100m to China quake relief, death toll jumps to 589 * Local students crowned in global software contests * Nitro Circus live ... -
THE BUZZ: 51 migrants hurt in clashes in French port Calais
Migrants massing at France’s English Channel port of Calais have clashed in overnight battles that left 51 injured — one seriously. Police intervened with tear gas ... -
Major shareholder leaves recently launched weekly newspaper
The president of the Macau Holy House of Mercy, António José de Freitas is no longer the major share-holder and administrator of the bilingual weekly ... -
Indian lawmaker suggests Kerala follow “Macau’s style” to prevent rape
A member of the Legislative Assembly in Kerala, India, has suggested that the state should follow “Macau’s style” of preventing cases of rape and violence against ... -
World briefs
CHINA’s smog-plagued capital has announced plans to ban the use of coal by the end of 2020 as the country fights deadly levels of pollution, especially ... -
MGM announces interim results, says Cotai project ‘moving along at full steam’
MGM China has released its interim results for the first six months of 2014, which saw an increase of 43 percent in table games win during ... -
Teenagers taste one day of work
To provide a work experience opportunity for next-generation teenagers, MGM Macau is launching “A day with MGM” for students aged between 13 and 17 to work ... -
Future Mozambique consul allegedly expelled from Portugal in the ’80s
Diplomat Rafael Custódio Marques will be heading the consulate of Mozambique set to open in Macau this year, a Macau Forum delegate told the Times. According ... -
Analysis | Gaming sector labor strains set to intensify
While Macau rushes to build eight more resorts, labor strains are set to intensify, with casino workers demanding higher salaries and threatening to strike, Reuters has ... -
Briefs: Old woman dies in traffic accident
An elderly woman was killed in a traffic accident yesterday morning. At around 5 a.m., a taxi driving along Rua dos Hortelãos in the northern district ... -
FBI snuffs World Cup betting hub at Caesar’s USD25K-a-night villas
When FBI agents went into Villa 8882 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas on the afternoon of July 9, they found Wei Seng Phua and ... -
Xiaomi beats Samsung in Chinese smartphone market
Xiaomi, a Chinese handset maker little known in the West, overtook tech giant Samsung Electronics Co. to become China’s top-selling smartphone brand in the second quarter, a market ... -
Vegas resort planned at former New Frontier site
A new resort could soon spring up on the vacant Las Vegas Strip site of the former New Frontier casino, thanks to a partnership between Australian ... -
Toyota profit up nearly 5 percent on sales growth
Toyota Motor Corp. reported a 5 percent jump in quarterly profit yesterday, outpacing expectations as vehicle sales grew in North America and Europe, offsetting a drop ... -
Corporate Bits | Phelps signs with new suit company
Michael Phelps has been linked with Speedo throughout his swimming career, most notably collecting a USD1 million bonus after he won a record eight gold medals ... -
National Bank intervenes in BES Angola
The solution adopted for Banco Espírito Santo Angola (BESA) will enable the Angolan financial system to remain stable and assure continuity of the relationship between that ... -
Angola | Resurgent textile industry helps diversify economy
The recovery of Angola’s textile industry, with machinery imported from Japan, South Korea and China, is a major step forward in diversification of the economy, which ... -
Troops, volunteers dig through quake debris
About 10,000 troops used pickaxes and backhoes to clear roads and dig residents from collapsed homes yesterday after an earthquake in southwest China that killed 410 people. Groups ... -
US looks to calm South China Sea tensions
The United States will be looking to calm tensions stoked by recent Chinese oil drilling in disputed waters of the South China Sea at an upcoming meeting of ... -
McDonald’s says mainland meat scandal hurting sales
McDonald’s said Monday that a scandal over a meat supplier in China is hurting sales in the region and its global sales forecast for 2014 is “at risk.” ... -
Rising lakes formed by quake threaten flooding
Rescuers raced yesterday to evacuate villages near rising lakes formed by landslides, complicating relief efforts following a strong earthquake in southern China that killed 410 people and has ... -
Gov’t to ban all coal use in Beijing by 2020
China’s smog-plagued capital has announced plans to ban the use of coal by the end of 2020 as the country fights deadly levels of pollution, especially in ...
