Hong Kong students split from Tiananmen anniversary vigil

While Hong Kongers crammed into a park Saturday to remember the victims of China’s bloody crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 27 years ago, many student groups held rival events in

Thailand | Junta leader defends crackdown on social media

Thailand’s junta leader on Friday defended his government’s increasing crackdown on social media dissidents, while promising to restore democracy which he suspended in a coup two years ago. Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-­ocha

President-elect urges public to kill drug dealers

The Philippine president-elect has encouraged the public to help him in his war against crime, urging citizens with guns to shoot and kill drug dealers who resist arrest and fight

European Union | Brexit debate: Blair, Brown lead Labour leaders in backing UK ‘Remain’ campaign

Six former U.K. Labour Party leaders including former Prime Ministers Tony Blair and Gordon Brown on Saturday urged the British to vote in favor of remaining in the European Union

Muhammad Ali, ‘greatest’ boxer who riveted world, dies at 74

Muhammad Ali, the brash, fleet-footed heavyweight boxing champion whose charisma transcended sports and made him a global symbol of social change, has died at 74. He died Friday, Bob Gunnell, a

MICE | 7th Construction Forum launches at The Venetian

The 7th International Infrastructure Investment and Construction Forum (IIICF), with the theme “Innovating Construction-Finance Cooperation and Energizing Infrastructure Development”, launched yesterday at The Venetian Macao. Jointly organized by China International Contractors

Urban Planning Committee against public housing lot in Taipa

The government’s project to use a land plot in Taipa to build public housing was opposed by several members of the Urban Planning Committee. The committee, which has a consultative role,

Gaming | Hidden VIP-room earpieces show local money laundering risks

Hidden inside the private room of a Macau casino’s exclusive gaming area, a single player sits at a baccarat table. As the cards are turned, the man, a hired hand,

Sands China targets Japan in campaign to rebrand Macau

The Sands China Tokyo roadshow and banquet dinner were held yesterday at the Conrad Tokyo hotel, where around 120 Japanese travel agents and corporate individuals were treated to a variety

Cultural Revolution | Five decades after the ‘catastrophe’ few say sorry

As a teenager, Wang Keming felt nothing but contempt for the older peasant his village singled out for collective persecution in 1970. Stirred by Mao Zedong’s radical ideology and inured

Diplomacy | Human rights question prompts scolding from Wang Yi

China’s visiting foreign minister publicly berated a Canadian journalist yesterday for asking a question about his country’s human rights record. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said it was “irresponsible” of

Philippines | Communist rebels to discuss peace talks with new government

Philippine communist rebels said yesterday that long-stalled peace talks could be resumed with the government of incoming President Rodrigo Duterte as early as July, and that they will demand an

South Korea | Busan uses technology to help pregnant women get seats

Before they show a baby bump, what some pregnant women in South Korea can expect when expecting is accusing glares when they take subway seats meant for pregnant, disabled or

USA | Washington adopts near total ban on African elephant ivory sales

The federal government will enact a near total ban on the domestic sale of African elephant ivory under federal regulations issued yesterday. It’s been illegal for decades to import African elephant

Messi affairs | ‘El Mago’ says he signed documents under father’s instructions

Lionel Messi denied having knowledge of the tax issues that led to fraud charges against him, saying yesterday he signed documents without reading them because he trusted his father and

Heritage | ‘Chapas Sínicas’ on the AP Register of the Memory of the World

Jointly nominated by the Archives of Macau and the National Archive of Torre do Tombo of Portugal, the collection of “Chapas Sínicas” was recommended by the expert MOWCAP Register Subcommittee

Adelson settles six-year feud with Jacobs

Sheldon Adelson ended his six-year legal fight with the former head of his Macau casinos whose allegations of “outrageous and illegal” demands by the billionaire Las Vegas Sands Corp. chairman

Casino revenue decline deepens in May on tighter rules

Macau’s gaming revenue dropped more than analysts’ estimates in May, as tighter rules affecting gamblers increased the challenges for the city’s casinos. Gaming stocks extended losses in Hong Kong. Gross gaming

Can macau take 40 million tourists? | City in need of capacity management, some heritage sites remain ‘unvisited’

The forecast number of visitor arrivals in Macau in 2025 is predicted to reach 38  to 40 million, based on the average annual rate of three to five percent increases,

Mitsubishi Materials, Chinese WWII slave workers reach deal

Mitsubishi Materials Corp., one of dozens of Japanese companies that used Chinese forced laborers during World War II, reached a settlement covering thousands of victims yesterday that includes compensation and

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