US ambassador to China to step down next month

The U.S. ambassador to China will step down early next month, ending a three-year tenure marked by a trade war and increasingly bitter relations between the world’s two largest economies. Terry

Merkel leads EU talks with Beijing looking to ease tensions

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, top European Union officials and Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks Monday focused on trade, trying to reinvigorate slow-moving discussions on an investment agreement and building

This Day in History | 1978 German terror suspect arrested in UK

One of the most wanted members of the West German Baader-Meinhof gang has been detained in London. Astrid Proll, 31, is suspected of having been a member of the left-wing extremist

Italy | Initial virus hotspot back to school after seven months

The morning bell yesterday marked the first entrance to the classroom for the children of Codogno since Feb. 21, when panicked parents were sent to pick up their children after

Asia-Pacific’s commercial properties battered as investors flee

Global investors have disproportionately reduced spending on commercial real estate in Asia Pacific compared with other regions amid the pandemic and the outlook remains challenging, according to a report. Total volume

Condo butler service demand in China sparks 400% stock gain

  Surging demand for butler-like concierge service at the millions of condominiums in China is creating one of the hottest sectors in the nation’s stock market. Property management companies, providing everything from

Football | Mourinho woe, Ancelotti joy: Everton opens with win at Spurs

TOTTENHAM 0, EVERTON 1 Twenty years into his managerial career, Jose Mourinho recorded an unwelcome first: Making a losing start to a league season. “I didn’t like my team,” the Tottenham manager

Athletics | Berlin’s ISTAF meet takes place with 3,500 fans

Some 3,500 spectators watched under strict conditions as Kenya’s Hyvin Kiyeng and Britain’s Laura Muir ran world-leading times at the coronavirus-conscious ISTAF athletics meet yesterday . Spectator numbers were restricted due

The Buzz | Major economies shrink amid Covid-19 pandemic

A global development agency said the world’s 20 major industrialized nations have seen their economies shrink in an unprecedented manner between April and June amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Paris-based Organization

Motorcycle Grand Prix at serious risk of cancellation

The 54th Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix, the only remaining event of the four Macau Grand Prix headliners, is also at serious risk of being canceled. The acknowledgment comes after many racers

Our Desk | If feeding stray dogs means owning them, does regularly supporting New Yaohan mean owning it?

Last Wednesday, local pro-government paper Macao Daily News published a report depicting that local animal welfare groups were not happy with a claim by the Municipal Affairs Bureau on stray

Tuesday, September 15, 2020 – edition no. 3619

— The 6-month long drought of mainland tourists due to the pandemic has been a drain on RMB banknotes in Macau * Boao Forum in Lionel Leong’s future * Air Macau to

Crime | Man accused of assaulting and raping ex-girlfriend

A 27-year-old man is facing criminal charges for multiple offenses he committed against his girlfriend, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported during Friday’s joint police press conference. The suspect, surnamed Ng, is

Briefs | 56-year-old woman falls for romance scam

  A 56-year-old local woman lost nearly HKD200,000 to a love scam. At this stage, no one has been arrested, but investigation is ongoing, the Judiciary Police assured. In December 2018,

Explosion at Zhuhai hotel injures three bystanders

A large explosion at a Zhuhai hotel on Friday injured three bystanders, according to official reports from the mainland press. At about 9 a.m. on Friday, a group of explosions occurred

Secretary says separation of powers not part of Macau’s system

SECRETARY for Administration and Justice André Cheong has stressed that the political system in Macau focuses on mutual cooperation rather than the traditional separation of powers employed in Western democracy.

Briefs | Local businessman Liu Chak Wan given honorary doctorate

  Liu Chak Wan, a local businessman and chancellor of the Macau University of Science and Technology, has recently been awarded an honorary doctorate in business administration by the Hong Kong

Tourism board does not expect major visitor growth over Golden Week

  The director of the Macao Government Tourism Office (MGTO), Helena Maria de Senna Fernandes, said that the tourism board is not expecting a bounce in visitor arrival numbers during the

Rotary clubs organize drive for migrants with newborns

The “Wholehearted Services for Harmonious Macau, Rotary Donation to People in Need” project was organized by Caritas Macau, the Rotary Club of Macau and the Rotary Club of Penha, Macao

Sheils gains momentum in road racing

Roadhouse Macau BMW rider Derek Sheils has been crowned the King of Kirkistown after winning the first race and then placing second during the two-race feature event in Belfast, Northern

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