Macau should take lead in Greater Bay Area plan, says legal consultant

Macau should better perform its role and take up a leadership position in regards to the Greater Bay Area plan, a legal consultant has suggested. The Greater

Briefs | Fong Soi Kun to receive MOP80,000 per month

The former director of the Meteorological and Geophysical Bureau (SMG), Fong Soi Kun, is to receive a pension of approximately MOP80,000 per month. A notice posted

Macao Water doubles expected profit

The Macao Water Supply Company (Macao Water) has announced its 2017 financial results, recording an after-tax profit of MOP77.5 million, far higher than its preliminary expectation three weeks ago.

Insurance | Chinese Anbang founder on trial on financial charges

The founder of the Chinese insurer that owns New York City’s Waldorf Hotel went on trial yesterday on charges he fraudulently raised USD10 billion from

New owners of Air India to get planes and USD5b of debt

India is selling a controlling stake in its flagship carrier along with two-thirds of the loss- making airline’s about USD7.8 billion debt, as Prime Minister

Angola issues entry visas on arrival for citizens of 61 countries

Angola’s Foreigner and Migration Service (SME) has already set up five counters at Luanda International Airport, which, as of the end of this month, will issue

Cape Verde | Parliament approves permanent residence card for investors

The Cape Verdean parliament this week approved a bill that creates tax benefits for foreign citizens who decide to buy a second home in Cape Verde, while

Key moments in China-North Korea relationship

OCTOBER 1949 North Korea and China establish diplomatic relations. OCTOBER 1950 China intervenes in the Korean War and engages in combat with U.S.-led

Tweet diplomacy | Trump: Good chance Kim will do ‘what is right’

President Donald Trump said yesterday there’s “a good chance” that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will “do what is right for his people and

Kim, Xi portray strong ties after N. Korean leader’s visit

With smiles and firm handshakes, North Korea and China used a surprise summit this week to show that despite recent tensions, Pyongyang still has a powerful backer

Japan | Exchanges embracing cryptocurrencies despite big theft cases

Four years after popular Tokyo-based bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox was hacked and went bankrupt, the case still casts a shadow over the regulatory regime put in

Pakistan | First trans TV anchor hopes to change perceptions

Marvia Malik has made history in Pakistan by becoming the first transgender newscaster in a conservative Muslim country where members of her community are taunted in public,

Russia | Nation mourn victims of deadly mall fire in Siberia

Flags flew at half-staff across Russia yesterday as the country mourned 64 victims — many of them children — of a shopping mall fire in Siberia.

Offbeat | House ransacked after being mistaken for site of estate sale

A Colorado woman says her house was ransacked by people who mistakenly thought it was the site of an estate sale. The Daily Camera reports Mary Andrews

This Day in History | 1981 – Triumph at first London Marathon

Thousands of people have jogged through the normally quiet Sunday streets of the capital to compete in the first ever London marathon. Pounding along the 26

Football | With World Cup looming, Messi sees Argentina lose to Spain

Trailing 6-1, Lionel Messi had seen enough. The injured Argentine left his seat overlooking the field at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in the final minutes

Basketball – NBA | Amid protests outside arena, Mavericks beat Kings 103-97

Dallas Mavericks forward Harrison Barnes didn’t see the group of protesters making their way to Golden1 Center for a second round of protests yesterday . He only

World briefs

CHINA The wife of a Taiwanese human rights activist jailed in China vowed yesterday to keep fighting for his release after Beijing allowed her to visit him

The Buzz | Thailand to give the beach from ‘The Beach’ film a breather

Authorities in Thailand have ordered the temporary closing of the beach made famous by the Leonardo DiCaprio movie “The Beach” to halt environmental damage caused by too many

Playboy latest to delete Facebook accounts amid data handling fallout

Playboy announced its intention to deactivate its Facebook accounts and leave the social network amid escalating concerns about the platform’s mismanagement of user data. The

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