Heritage | ‘Chapas Sínicas’ exhibition kicks off

The exhibition “Chapas Sínicas - Stories of Macau in Torre do Tombo,” kicked off last Friday at the Handover Gifts Museum. The opening

Public sessions on civil protection law ongoing

The government has established a series of four public sessions aimed at groups connected to the civil protection structure, in order to collect opinions about the

Briefs | Nine proposals to develop central library

Property price index up 5.4 percent The overall residential property price index increased by 5.4 percent to 265.0 between March and May this year, compared

Sa Sa records profit surge on tourism rebound

Cosmetics firm Sa Sa Holdings International has reported a profit growth of 34.7 percent for the year ending on March 31, driven by local consumption

Packer quits board of own company to recover from illness

Billionaire James Packer stepped down as a director of his private investment company, three months after quitting the board of his casino operator Crown Resorts

China stocks rebound with biggest gain since 2016, yuan climbs

Chinese large cap stocks climbed the most in two years, bouncing back from a bruising run of losses in the lead up to the imposition

Merkel lauds China’s market opening in rebuff to Trump trade war

German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised China for opening up to foreign investment, drawing a contrast with trade conflicts burdening both countries’ relations with the U.S. Merkel’s

Five Chinese tourists reported missing from sunken boat are alive

Five people reported to have been missing from a tour boat that sank in a storm off the southern resort island of Phuket are alive, Thai authorities said yesterday,

Hong Kong | Democrat takes case of prison mistreatment to court

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has taken his case of alleged mistreatment by prison staff to the smalls claims tribunal, reports Hong Kong public broadcaster

Exporters scramble to cope with US tariffs

Chinese exporters were scrambling yesterday to cope with a plunge in U.S. sales while China’s state press shrugged off the impact of Washington’s tariff hikes in a spiraling

Paper denounces US Navy ships’ Taiwan Strait passage

A ruling Chinese Communist Party newspaper yesterday denounced the passage of a pair of U.S. Navy ships through the Taiwan Strait as a “psychological game,” as the two sides

Property buys in Australia plummet on capital controls

Chinese investment in Australia’s commercial property has plummeted to the lowest level in six years as mainland capital controls bite. Direct investment fell 81

Singapore will seek compensation if Malaysia cancels rail plan

Singapore will seek compensation for all costs incurred if Malaysia cancels a planned multibillion-dollar high-speed railway link between the two countries. Transport Minister Khaw Boon Wan told

Japan | Rescuers search for dozens still missing after floods

Rescuers were searching for dozens still missing in southwestern Japan yesterday after heavy rains that left shocked residents returning to muddy homes unsure where to start the

Myanmar | Court rules Reuters reporters can face full trial

A court in Myanmar yesterday formally charged two Reuters journalists accused of illegally possessing official information, allowing their case to go to a full trial. The case

Briefs | Spain: Catalan leaders meet central authorities

The new heads of Spain’s central and Catalonia’s regional governments are holding talks for the first time since yearnings for independence in the northeastern region led to an unprecedented

Boris Johnson quits UK gov’t in mounting Brexit crisis

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned yesterday, adding to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May’s government. May’s office said in a terse statement

Romania | Chief anti-graft prosecutor fired

Romania’s chief anti-corruption prosecutor was fired yesterday over misconduct and incompetence accusations by her own government ministry. Laura Codruta Kovesi was dismissed to implement a ruling

France | Far-right leader to appeal withholding of party funds

French far-right leader Marine le Pen said yesterday she was appealing a decision by two judges to withhold the payment of a public subsidy which she says

Brazil | Judge rules to keep da Silva in jail after dispute

The president of a Brazilian appeals court whose judges issued contradictory rulings Sunday on whether former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva should be freed ordered late

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