Latin America | Dismissive words on abuse scandal cast pall over pope’s trip

Pope Francis ventured into the Amazon to demand rights for indigenous groups, decried the scourge of corruption afflicting the region’s politics and denounced a culture of “machismo”

Offbeat | Doughnut-eating champ charged with stealing from… Dunkin’ Donuts

A North Carolina man who made headlines when he was caught for break-ins after winning a doughnut- eating contest has been arrested again. And this time he’s accused

This Day in History | 1973 – Nixon announces Vietnam peace deal

The US president, Richard Nixon, has appeared on national television to announce “peace with honour” in Vietnam. Statements issued simultaneously in Washington and Hanoi confirmed the peace

Tennis – Australia Open | Sandgren upsets Thiem; Federer into 14th quarter-finals

Tennys Sandgren had never won a Grand Slam match or beaten a top 10 player until last week. Now he’s into the Australian Open quarterfinals on

Football | Southampton frustrates Spurs as Kane scores 99th EPL goal

Harry Kane scored his Premier League-leading 21st goal of the season in a frustrating 1-1 draw for Tottenham at Southampton yesterday . Kane has scored 99

World briefs

HONG KONG A bookseller who was secretly detained in China has been taken away by Chinese authorities again after being released into house arrest last October, his daughter

The Buzz | 15-year-old girl shot at Texas school; boy, 16, arrested

A 15-year-old student was injured in a shooting at her high school in Texas early today and a 16-year-old boy, also a student at the school, has been taken

Scan, shop and go | Amazon to debut cashier-less store in downtown Seattle

Amazon employees have been testing it, but is the public ready for a cashier-less store? More than a year after it introduced the concept, Amazon is

Our Desk | Call recordings with phone scammers

An anonymous source (below referred to as ‘S’) provided the following call minutes from a call with phone scammers. The first criminal (below referred to as

Tuesday, January 23, 2018 – edition no. 2971

* Sinulog | The festival of faith * The Parisian saves the day for Sands * Maldives ex-leader exposes belt & road * Trial on Kim Jong Nam’s murder resumes   DOWNLOAD

Crime | HKD48 million casino robber arrested, chips still missing

The Judiciary Police (PJ) announced at a press conference last week that the man who stole almost HKD48 million in gaming chips from the

Todi de Sousa exhibits on the feminine timeline

Custodia “Todi” Kong de Sousa is a Mozambique- born Portuguese artist who has been living in Macau for over 30 years. She drew extensively in

Imperial Palace Hotel fined MOP4.43 million

The Court of First Instance has ruled that the Beijing Imperial Palace Hotel – formerly known as New Century Hotel – will be fined MOP4.43 million and will have

Crime | Las Vegas gunman was germophobe, possibly bipolar

After three months of investigation, police have learned more about Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock: He was a high- stakes gambler on a losing streak, obsessed with

Neto Valente says new judicial law is discriminatory

The President of the Macau Lawyers Association (AAM), Jorge Neto Valente, has criticized some of the government’s proposed inclusions in the new Judicial Organization Framework Law. The proposed

Briefs | Escalator crash at Studio City injures 7

An escalator crash at Studio City Hotel and Resort yesterday injured seven people, six of which were treated at the public hospital. All the injured were tourists from

Advertorial | SMEs thank MGM for Hato disaster relief

Many SMEs have expressed their gratitude to MGM for their tremendous contributions to small businesses that sustained varying degrees of damage during typhoon Hato.

Afghanistan | Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 18 dead

A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before

Island volcano in Papua New Guinea erupts with ash, steam

An island volcano in Papua New Guinea erupted again yesterday, sending plumes of steam and ash into the air. Thousands of people have been

Leong predicts steady gaming revenue in 2018

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, has predicted that gaming revenue is likely to increase at a steady pace this year, similar to

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