Media | IFJ grants affiliation to local press association

The Macau Portuguese and English Press Association (AIPIM) is now an associate member of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), becoming the first Macau journalists’ association

Corporate Bits | MGM Cotai ‘Grand Opening offers’ announced

Ahead of its opening on January 29, 2018, MGM Cotai is launching “Grand Opening Offers”, a series of packages that are available to be booked, starting

Analysis | A Singapore tax increase would be nectar for Hong Kong

Asia’s two rival financial centers are starting to look very different, and the gap is going to widen. The divergence of Singapore and Hong

Alibaba bets USD2.9b on country’s top hypermarket player

Alibaba is acquiring 36 percent of Sun Art Retail Group Ltd., which operates about 400 hypermarkets under the Auchan and RT-Mart banners. As part of the

Duterte offers China third telecom carrier slot

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has offered to China an opportunity to operate a new, third telecommunications carrier in the country, his spokesman said yesterday. The

Beijing’s deep ties to Zimbabwe could grow after Mugabe era

Under Robert Mugabe’s decades-long rule over Zimbabwe, China grew into one of the African nation’s biggest investors, trading partners and diplomatic allies. Now, as Zimbabwe appears

China on pace for record solar installations as forecasts jump

China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, is poised to install a record amount of solar-power capacity this year, prompting researchers to boost forecasts as much as 80

Environment | New Delhi’s polluted air doesn’t deter distance runners

People breathing New Delhi’s acrid air for the past month have suffered burning eyes and rasping throats, so the notion of thousands of distance runners

Hundreds leave Papua villages in separatist standoff

Hundreds more people have left villages in Papua that were at the center of clashes with separatists, Indonesian police said yesterday. It was the second evacuation from the

Suu Kyi blames world conflicts partly on illegal immigration

Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism in a speech yesterday that comes

Japan exports climb on surging demand for cars, machinery

Japan’s exports grew 14 percent over a year earlier in October on strong demand for vehicles, electronics and machinery. However, customs data released yesterday showed even faster

Mladic awaits verdict still revered by many Serbs

As former Bosnian Serb military chief Ratko Mladic — the notorious “Butcher of Bosnia” — awaits a verdict on genocide charges in the custody of the

USA | White House: True cost of opioid epidemic tops USD500b

The White House says the true cost of the opioid drug epidemic in 2015 was USD504 billion, or roughly half a trillion dollars. In an analysis

Yemen | World Food Program fears more deaths amid blockade

The head of the World Food Program in Yemen said yesterday that millions of Yemenis face the risk of more deaths as aid deliveries cannot get to

Charles Manson, whose cult slayings horrified world, dies

Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six

Offbeat | NYC taxi drivers camp it up in playful pinup calendar

New York City cabbies have been called a lot of things over the years ... courteous, reckless, sometimes rude. But sexy? That’s the tongue-in-cheek goal of a

This Day in History | 1979 – Mob destroys US embassy in Pakistan

A mob in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, has burned the US Embassy to the ground, killing a US marine. The five-hour siege began as an organized student

Football | World Cup bribes, death threats: Corrupt world of FIFA

Hour after hour in a New York City courtroom, the schemes to corrupt world football are spilling out. The millions of dollars in “inducements” to secure

World briefs

MYANMAR leader Aung San Suu Kyi said yesterday that the world is facing instability and conflict in part because illegal immigration spreads terrorism, as her country faces accusations

The Buzz | Harrison Ford comes to the rescue after car accident

Harrison Ford came to the real-life rescue of a woman who was involved in a car accident north of Los Angeles. Santa Paula, California, police

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