Saudi women hit the roads after driving ban is lifted

Saudi women steered their cars through busy streets for the first time yesterday after the world’s last remaining ban on women driving was lifted. It’s a

Heritage | France, Belgium seek UNESCO recognition for WWI memorials

France and Belgium are urging UNESCO to designate scores of their World War I memorials and cemeteries as World Heritage sites as the centennial remembrance of the

Turkey | Polls close in elections that are test for Erdogan

Polls closed yesterday in Turkey’s high-stakes presidential and parliamentary elections, which could consolidate President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power or curtail his vast political ambitions.

Offbeat | Zsa Zsa, the English bulldog, wins World’s Ugliest Dog title

A 9-year-old English bulldog was named the winner of the 2018 World’s Ugliest Dog contest in the San Francisco Bay Area. Zsa Zsa won the title

This Day in History | 1950 – UN condemns North Korean invasion

North Korea has invaded South Korea at several points along the two countries’ joint border. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has denounced North Korea’s actions as

WORLD CUP 2018 | More than ever, and without a team, it is China’s tournament

Outside Moscow’s giant Luzhniki Stadium, in a sea of Mexican and German fans frothing with World Cup pre-game fervor, four Chinese football enthusiasts huddled together and

Preview | Russia faces Uruguay with knockout round ahead

Coach Stanislav Cherchesov insists Russia’s success at the World Cup is about much more than home-team advantage. Russia will face its toughest challenge — so far —

World Cup 2018 | Germany’s message after stunning win: ‘We’re still alive’

In the aftermath to one of the most memorable victories in Germany’s long history of success, Toni Kroos and Marco Reus had a message for the

World briefs

CHINA Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp. plans to raise up to USD6 billion in one of the biggest global stock market debuts in recent years as it tries

The Buzz | Hard Rock casino installs big guitar with misspelled word

The soon-to-open Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City had to work quickly to fix a misspelling on a 9-meter-tall guitar installed this week. The sign, modeled

Michelle Obama’s memoir conveys lessons of an eventful life

Former first lady Michelle Obama said Friday that her upcoming memoir “Becoming” is a “re-humanization effort” that shares the “ordinariness of a very extraordinary story” that she hopes will

Sport Views | Video replay for refs makes World Cup better

Football can be annoying, especially to those who watch only the big tournaments. There are too many fouls, baffling referee errors and players without a scratch on them

Monday, June 25, 2018 – edition no. 3074

* São João Festival draws locals, tourists to the St. Lazarus district * Neighbors against crematorium * Questions over plastic bag tax * Late victory keeps german hopes alive   DOWNLOAD

Cambodia | Chinese influx stirs resentment in Sihanoukville

It’s against the law for Cambodians to gamble. Yet in Sihanoukville, a once-sleepy resort town where three dozen casinos have sprung up, most in the

Pearl Horizon | Buyers call for refund and meeting with developer

A group of approximately 70 Pearl Horizon buyers gathered at the Polytec Asset Holdings Limited headquarters to request a meeting with the company’s chairman Or Wai Sheun.

Food and Beverage | Meat 2.0? Clean meat? Spat shows the power of food wording Candice Choi

If meat is grown in a lab without slaughtering animals, what should it be called? That question has yet to be decided by regulators, but for the

Food and Beverage | Sip and ship: Tourists can now send distillery whiskey home

Until recently, whiskey tourists in Kentucky had been allowed to sniff the aromas of bourbon-making and sip the finished product during distillery tours. But they couldn’t legally

Anima makes its last ‘wake-up call’ to the gov’t

The Anima - Society for the Protection of Animals in Macau is giving the government its last “wake-up call” after nine years of campaigning to call attention

Indonesian Muslims celebrate Eid-al-Fitr in town

Some one hundred Indonesian Muslims in the city have celebrated Eidal-Fitr at the Macau Mosque and Cemetery, with an Eid prayer and following its tradition

Casinos said to be preparing to join non-mandatory fund    

Macau’s Non-Mandatory Central Provident Fund System has received a total of 15,215 applications from individuals for the Provident Fund Scheme. Iong Kong Lo, President of the Administrative Committee

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