This Day in History | 1950 – Seoul in UN hands

United Nations forces have taken control of the South Korean capital Seoul, three months after it fell to North Korea, the US Army has announced. The US

One of B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitars sold for $280K at auction

A guitar given to B.B. King for his 80th birthday has sold for $280,000 at an auction of items from the blues legend’s estate. Julien’s Auctions says King often used the

Kanye West attracts thousands to Wyoming for worship service

Kanye West has held an outdoor worship service that attracted thousands of people to the Wyoming city where he owns a ranch. The Billings Gazette reports West held the free event

Football | Messi, Rapinoe win FIFA player of the year awards

Lionel Messi won his sixth FIFA player of the year award, while Megan Rapinoe won her first at a lavish ceremony at Milan’s iconic Teatro all Scala yesterday . Rapinoe was

Rugby World Cup | Italy can move closer to third place with a win over Canada

In a Rugby World Cup group containing three-time champion New Zealand and two-time winner South Africa, the realistic option for the other teams is third place. A win for Italy over

The Buzz | China central bank says no plans for big economic stimulus

China’s central bank governor said yesterday its monetary policy will stay “stable and healthy,” suggesting Beijing has no plans to join the United States and Europe in cutting interest rates

Dutch reinforce major dike as seas rise, climate changes

Rising up in a thin line through the waters separating the provinces of North Holland and Friesland, the 87-year-old Afsluitdijk is one of the low-lying Netherlands’ key defenses against its

World Briefs

CHINA-US As tensions between China and the United States ratchet up, former California Gov. Jerry Brown sees a way to bring together the world’s largest carbon emitter and a U.S.

Animal Farm | Hong Kong: where are you and where are you going?

Hong Kong is entering a spiral of violence that, especially in the face of unequal forces, is not a solution for those who aspire to keep or have greater democracy

Wednesday, September 25, 2019 – edition no. 3383

* Analysts lower expectations ahead of Golden Week * Macau will host the PGA Tour Series-China, initially scheduled to take place in Hong Kong * Macau wants to ‘work together, not against’

LVS recognized in Dow Jones Sustainability Index

Sands China’s parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), has once again been recognized by the S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) for its performance in environmental, social and governance efforts, making

Over 617,000 individuals cashed their handout

A note from the Financial Services Bureau (DSF), informed that the works on the distribution of the 2019 Wealth Partaking Scheme concluded on September 13. In the course of implementation,

IPIM testing new immigration vetting following probe

The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM) is testing its new assessment measures for the review of immigration applications related to “major investment immigration” and “technical immigration.” In July last

Consumer prices growing faster in August

The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI), a key measure of inflation in the territory, increased 2.83% year-on-year to 116.41 in August, according to the latest information from the Statistics and

Gaming | China disputes mass exodus from Cambodia’s online casino blackout

As many as 120,000 Chinese nationals may have departed Cambodia since the announcement of a ban on online gambling last month, about half of the estimated number living in the

Tourism | Double-digit visitor growth shows signs of slowing

  This year’s rapid growth in visitor arrivals decelerated markedly in August, growing just 6.5% year-on-year compared to 16.3% year-on-year in July. The slowdown follows an exceptionally strong first half of

Crime | Resident loses total bank savings in phone scam

A resident of Macau, aged 71, has reportedly lost a total amount of HKD1.75 million in a phone scam, the Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson Choi Ian Fai informed yesterday during

6,200 team members have graduated from Sands China’s development programmes

Sands China Ltd. has prioritized a series of development programmes, not just for its team members but also for its retail partners and local small, medium and micro enterprises whom it views as

Another ‘Level 0’ incident reported at power plant

Macau’s Unitary Police Service (SPU) received a notice last Thursday regarding an operational failure at a facility of the Taishan Nuclear Power Plant in Guangdong Province. According to the report made

Education | TIS attracts 80 universities at ‘largest fair to date’

The International School of Macao (TIS) held its university fair yesterday, attracting over 80 universities around the globe to participate in the annual event. According to a statement released by the

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