Trade War | Trump deal buys Xi time before next US-China battle

For Chinese President Xi Jinping, the phase-one trade deal with U.S. President Donald Trump isn’t exactly a reason to pop open the champagne. After months

First group of Chinese immersion students enter high school

Tamblyn Lonergan remembers crying at the kitchen table when she was in fourth grade as she told her parents how difficult it was to learn Chinese.

India | Opposition building against citizenship law

Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India’s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the

Japan | Former official sentenced for killing reclusive son

A Tokyo court sentenced a former senior government official to six years in prison yesterday for fatally stabbing his socially reclusive son with a kitchen knife. The

UK | PM Johnson to welcome new lawmakers, get Brexit rolling

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is ready to give a pep talk yesterday to a new group of Conservative Party lawmakers as he begins his

Germany | Merkel mulls how to attract skilled labor from outside EU

Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting top German business and union officials early today to discuss how to attract skilled workers from outside the European Union as

France | Transport workers enter new week of strikes over pension changes

French transport strikes against a planned overhaul of the pension system entered their twelfth day yesterday as French president Emmanuel Macron’s government remains determined to push

Offbeat | Wandering camel, cow, donkey to be featured in live Nativity

A camel, cow and donkey that were found roaming together along a Kansas road have been booked to appear in a Christmas Nativity scene. The trio will

This Day in History | 1968 – Mary Bell found guilty of double killing

An 11-year-old girl has been sentenced to life in detention after being found guilty at Newcastle Assizes of the manslaughter of two small boys. Mary Bell is

In reversal, Hallmark will reinstate same-sex marriage ads

The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a “wrong decision,” said it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a

Football | Ronaldo scores 2 as Juventus beats Udinese in Serie A

JUVENTUS 3, UDINESE 1 Cristiano Ronaldo is back to his imperious best. The Juventus forward scored twice over the weekend to help the Bianconeri to

Boxing | Fury changes trainers ahead of Wilder rematch; Crawford unbeaten

Tyson Fury has changed trainers two months before his likely heavyweight rematch with WBC champion Deontay Wilder. Fury split with Ben Davison after two years

World briefs

CHINA’s government said Arsenal forward Mesut Ozil was “blinded and misled” when he criticized Beijing’s crackdown on ethnic Muslims in Xinjiang. The government said Ozil was welcome

The Buzz | Putin hails Russian arms sales abroad

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that arms sales abroad have continued to increase over the past year. Speaking yesterday at a meeting with top officials, Putin said

WWII allies, ex-enemy Germany mark 75th Battle of the Bulge

Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany together marked yesterday the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in World War

Macau Matters | River Trash Collection

One of the things I love about the World Wide Web is how you can serendipitously find interesting information and technologies. I especially like finding things that can

Tuesday, December 17, 2019 – edition no. 3438

  * Lawmakers review 20 years of autonomy * Checkpoints enforced on mega bridge, Zhuhai confirms arrest * Fitch has reaffirmed the SAR’s credit ratings but warned they won’t hold if economic, political

Chui calls on civil servants to lend support to next gov’t

Chief Executive Chui Sai On has called on Macau’s civil servants to provide the incoming administration with their full support and to present new ideas and contributions for the development

Briefs | Casino dealer caught misappropriating gambling chips

A casino dealer was arrested after she defrauded her employer with the help of a gambler, the Judiciary Police (PJ) reported last Friday. The 39-year-old female croupier was working for

Former IPIM director reinstated as senior technician

The former director of the Macau Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), Glória Batalha Ung, has been reinstated in her professional duties after a period of imposed restriction due to

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