Offbeat | Washington is first state to allow composting of human bodies

Ashes to ashes, guts to dirt. Gov. Jay Inslee signed legislation Tuesday making Washington the first state to approve composting as an alternative to burying or cremating

This Day in History | 1998 – Leaders welcome ‘yes’ vote for N Ireland

The Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has welcomed the resounding “yes” vote in the referendum on the Good Friday Agreement on Northern Ireland, calling it “a day for joy”.

Phelps honored for honesty on mental health, helping others

While swimming to Olympic glory, Michael Phelps found comfort in the pool and quite a bit of angst out of it. His bout with

Corruption | BeIN media group CEO charged in probe

The chief executive officer of media group beIN was handed preliminary charges of corruption as part of an investigation into the bidding process for the 2019

The Buzz | With Brad and Leo, Tarantino debuts a fairy tale in Cannes

Twenty-five years after premiering “Pulp Fiction” in Cannes, Quentin Tarantino returned to the French film festival with neither great vengeance nor furious anger but a gentler fairy tale

World briefs

CHINA is stepping up pressure on Boeing Co. as its airlines demand compensation for the grounding of 737 Max jetliners after fatal crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia.

New California sea dragon habitat is among world’s largest

At first glance, it looks like a branch of kelp, but then an eye moves among its leafy appendages, and ridges of tiny, translucent fins start

Made in Macao | The complication of ‘thank you’

Cantonese is one of the hardest languages to learn because on top of the difficulty of reading Chinese characters, Cantonese speakers have been inventing more colloquial characters since

Thursday, May 23, 2019 – edition no. 3295

* Agnes Lam | SAR’s soft on corruption * Luring VIPs back to baccarat - in Vietnam * Hengqin theme park to star hunger games, twilight * Patten: extradition law ‘worst thing’ since

‘Top Meeting Hotels’ 2018 list revealed, Macau nowhere to be found

U.S.-based meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider Cvent yesterday released its annual list of “Top Meeting Hotels” for meetings and events worldwide, ranking the top meeting

MGTO head expects tourist tax study to be concluded this year

The ongoing survey to study a tourist tax is only one of the three ways the tourism bureau can assess the feasibility of imposing a tourist tax,

G2E Asia | Daisy Ho: over-tourism an inevitable challenge

It is impossible for the Macau SAR not to face over-tourism due to the region’s limited land area, stated Daisy Ho, chairman and executive director of SJM

No consensus on what Japan gaming means for Macau

The integrated resort potential of Japan once again featured heavily at this year’s Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Asia, which yesterday held back-to-back sessions on the long-anticipated but

Survey finds Labor Day brought more people than business

A survey conducted by the Economic Bureau (DSE) has revealed that although the May 1 (Labor Day) holiday period brought more visitors to local businesses, they did

Consumer prices rise 2.77% in April

The Composite Consumer Price Index (CPI) for April 2019 has increased 2.77% year-on-year to reach 115.14, according to the latest information from the Statistics and Census Service,

Crime | Bus driver arrested after smuggling bird’s nest

Gongbei customs authorities have reportedly made a record seizure of bird’s nest. Yesterday, during an inspection of a bus entering Zhuhai through the Guangdong-Macau express lane

50-meter tall building planned for Ilha Verde

The Urban Planning Council will discuss 21 draft plans tomorrow, including plans for a piece of land adjacent to Ilha Verde Hill. The land is 6,700 square meters

Roads need improvement, say local associations

After two near-fatal road accidents at two different road crossing facilities occurred on Sunday, leaving a 90-year-old and a teenager severely injured, several organizations have urged

Journalist João Fernandes dies aged 81

Veteran journalist João Fernandes has died from an illness aged 81 in Lisbon, according to family sources quoted by Radio Macau yesterday. Fernandes was the

Briefs | China prepares for typhoons in Pearl River valley

Flood control authorities warn that the Pearl River valley will face tough flood, drought and typhoon conditions this year. Precipitation along the drainage area of the Pearl River, the

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