World briefs

  Puerto Rico’s governing party was in full-blown crisis yesterday as the nominee to succeed departing Gov.

The Buzz | Organizers finally cancel troubled Woodstock 50 festival

Woodstock 50 is officially canceled. Organizers announced Wednesday that the troubled festival that hit a series of setbacks in the last four months won’t take place next month. The

Russian military called in to fight Siberian forest fires

The Russian military has joined efforts to fight forest fires that have engulfed nearly 30,000 square kilometers (11,580 sq. miles) of territory in Siberia and the

Greenland sees massive ice melt

The heat wave that smashed high temperature records in five European countries a week ago is now over Greenland, accelerating the melting of the island’s ice sheet

Kapok | The ugly foreigner

It’s a classic survival tactic: if anything goes wrong, blame it on the other(s) and not on yourself! The burden of responsibility all of a sudden becomes lighter

Friday, August 2, 2019 – edition no. 3345

* Law to restrict foreign workers could boost border crossings * Light flooding was reported in the Inner Harbor after Typhoon Wipha departed the vicinity of Macau yesterday morning * Hengqin opens

Typhoon Wipha (11PM) – Chui Sai On commends improvement to disaster response

Macau Daily Times brings the latest updates on the Typhoon Wipha situation: The worst of Typhoon Wipha seemed to have passed late on Wednesday night, as the tropical cyclone continued on

Typhoon Wipha (8PM) – Next few hours will be most intense

Macau Daily Times brings the latest updates on the Typhoon Wipha situation: Typhoon Wipha will reach its closest point to Macau within the next few hours, according to the latest weather

More than 20 charged with rioting appear in Hong Kong court

HONG KONG — Charges were read today (Wednesday) against more than 20 Hong Kong protesters who have been accused of rioting — the most serious charge brought since mass demonstrations

Seoul: North Korea launches 2 short-range ballistic missiles

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military said North Korea conducted its second weapons test in less than a week today (Wednesday), firing two short-range ballistic missiles off its east

Typhoon Wipha: Classes canceled, workers head home as storm hits Hong Kong

School classes in Hong Kong were canceled and workers advised to head home early as Tropical Storm Wipha swept by south of the city today (Wednesday), bringing heavy rain and

Typhoon Wipha (4PM) – Signal No.8 to stay in effect all Wednesday

Macau Daily Times brings the latest updates on the Typhoon Wipha situation: The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) put the city on alert this afternoon, raising Signal No.8 as a tropical

Briefs | Lawmaker asks about domestic affairs mediation system

Lawmaker Wong Kit Cheng has written an interpellation to the government asking about the progress of the legislation on the domestic affairs mediation system. Wong pointed out that

Sports equipment cordoned off at reservoir

The recreational area at the reservoir has had its exercise equipment upgraded. However, although the work was finished in April, some of the new equipment has

Pearl Horizon buyers take to streets again

Some 100 buyers of the pre-sold, but never-completed, premium residential project Pearl Horizon took to the streets again yesterday, urging the government to honor their transactions. The

MEMORY LANE

Forty years separate these two views from Macau’s UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Guia Lighthouse. The older dates from 1978 and shows the early days in the construction

Wong advances rumor crime, admitting Hato deaths unrelated to hearsay

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak has reaffirmed his stance in favor of establishing the rumor crime, even after having admitted that none of the ten

AIPIM calls for further changes to Civil Protection Law

The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM) has again sent a letter to the Legislative Assembly’s First Standing Committee calling for the removal or amendment

Typhoon | Weather authority raised Signal No.3

The Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG) raised Signal No.3 last night as a tropical cyclone brewing in the South China Sea looked set to come within

Lawmaker Au wants gaming industry to partner with government on LRT

Lawmaker Au Kam San wants the gaming concessionaires to be partners in the Macau Light Rail Transit (LRT) project, which will open to the public

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