The Buzz | Roman road discovered during digging in German city Aachen

Authorities say workers digging in the western German city of Aachen have uncovered an ancient Roman road. Aachen city archaeologist Andreas Schaub told the dpa news agency

Snapchat and Twitter adopting new looks to gain more users

A pair of struggling social-media darlings have decided they need to take on new looks if they want to prosper. Twitter is rolling out a 280-character limit for nearly

Germany | Greens signal flexibility in coalition talks with Merkel

The leaders of Germany’s Green party are signaling that they may drop demands for a 2030 deadline to phase out combustion engines and shut coal-fired power

USA – Texas shooting | 26 victims range from 18 months to 77 years old

As usual, John Holcombe posted his Sunday school lesson online a day ahead. It was about an Old Testament miracle. Holcombe was expecting a small miracle of

Offbeat | Prankster tosses yellow dye into Lincoln Center’s fountain

A prankster has thrown yellow dye into the fountain at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Photos posted on social media Saturday show lemon-yellow water

This Day in History | 2000 – Bush and Gore fight to the finish

The result of the American presidential election is still hanging in the balance hours after the last polls officially closed. Votes are still being counted in

Motorsports | Analysis: As sponsorship dollars dwindle, NASCAR’s stars fade

Matt Kenseth, a future Hall of Famer, likely has two races left in his life as a famous NASCAR driver. The final seat in the carousel

World briefs

HONG KONG is set to retain its status as the city most visited by international travelers this year in spite of strained relations with mainland China. In a report published

The Buzz | Indonesia threatens to block WhatsApp over sexual content

Indonesian authorities say they will block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it doesn’t remove sexually explicit content. The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said

Russian journalist goes on air for first time since attack

A  Russian radio journalist who was stabbed in the throat by an attacker has gone on air for the first time since the assault that nearly killed

Paradise Papers | Queen Elizabeth has investments in offshore havens

Newly leaked papers revealed Sunday that Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has invested some of her private money in offshore tax havens. According to documents obtained by the

PARADISE PAPERS | US Commerce head Ross has stake in rm tied to Putin orbit

Newly leaked documents show that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, the Trump administration's point man on trade and manufacturing policy, has a stake in a company that does business

Offbeat | Fears squashed: Zucchini mistaken for WWII bomb in Germany

A worried resident in Germany alerted police to what he thought was a World War II bomb in his garden. Officers rushed over — and found a

This Day in History | 2000 – Hillary Clinton is first first lady in Senate

Hillary Rodham Clinton, wife of the president, has won a seat for the Democrats in the Senate to become the only First Lady to win elective office in US history. Votes

Climate | 2017 set to be among top 3 hottest years, UN weather agency says

The U.N.'s weather and climate agency says 2017 is set to become the hottest year on record aside from those impacted by the El Nino phenomenon. The World

World briefs

VIETNAM A powerful typhoon that rocked Vietnam has killed at least 44 people, left more than a dozen missing and caused extensive damage to the country's south-central region ahead of

The Buzz | Bono among figures named in leak of tax-haven documents

Leaked papers revealing investments in tax havens by the world's wealthy suggest U2 frontman Bono used a company based in low-tax Malta to buy part of a shopping mall

USA | Sheriff: Las Vegas shooter had lost money, been depressed

The man who killed 58 people at a country music festival in Las Vegas last month had been depressed after losing a significant amount of money in the

Lebanon | Premier resigns, plunging nation into uncertainty

Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri resigned from his post in a televised address from the Saudi capital Saturday, accusing Hezbollah of taking the country hostage, in

Catalan ex-president, 4 others in custody in Brussels

Brussels prosecutors said yesterday that ousted Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and four ex-regional ministers were taken into custody to start the process of their possible extradition to

WP2Social Auto Publish Powered By : XYZScripts.com
MACAU DAILY TIMES