East Timor | People give hero’s welcome to border talks negotiator

Thousands of East Timorese lined the road to the capital’s international airport yesterday to cheer returning independence hero Xanana Gusmao for leading negotiations that settled the sea

Japan | 7th anniversary of tsunami that killed 18,000 marked

They bowed their heads, hands clasped or palms firmly pressed together. They stood in grassy areas or roadsides overlooking the choppy sea. In Japan’s capital, they lit

US | AP Exclusive | National Rifle Association gave USD7m to hundreds of schools

The National Rifle Association has dramatically increased its funding to schools in recent years amid a national debate over guns and school violence, an Associated Press analysis

Analysis | Putin’s Russia: From basket case to resurgent superpower

Vladimir Putin and his Russia look more invincible than at any other time in his 18 years in power. Since he last faced election in 2012,

This Day in History | 1993 – Bombay hit by devastating bombs

At least 200 people have died and 800 have been injured after 13 bombs exploded in Bombay. The explosives went off within 75 minutes of each other across

Offbeat | Sumatran tiger fatally attacks man in western Indonesia

A rare Sumatran tiger fatally attacked a man in the latest human-tiger conflict in a western Indonesian region plagued by widespread deforestation, officials said Sunday. The victim,

Rugby | Six Nations Trophy: Ireland KO Scotland 28-8 to stay on Grand Slam track

The Grand Slam is on for Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day. Spicing it up a little more, Ireland go to Twickenham next weekend holding the Six Nations

EPL | West Ham fans invade pitch, force team owners to flee seats

West Ham captain Mark Noble grappled a pitch invader to the ground and the struggling English Premier League club’s owners were forced to flee their

The Buzz | Lightning strike kills 16, injures 140 at church in Rwanda

A Rwandan provincial governor says at least 16 people were killed and 140 others injured when lightning struck a Seventh Day Adventist church in the country’s south.

World Briefs

JAPANESE marked the seventh anniversary of a tsunami that took more than 18,000 lives on the northeast coast and triggered a nuclear disaster that turned nearby communities into

‘Mr. Records’ keeps Kenya’s last vinyl music shop alive

Tucked into a busy market in Kenya’s capital is arguably the country’s last record store. “Real Vinyl Guru” has been open for 28 years and now

Insight | Many ‘blue cards’ have no other home, but are treated like coolies

In a move seen by many as discriminatory, the public hospital Conde de São Januário (CHCSJ) has proposed that the service fee of natural childbirth for non-local workers

Monday, March 12, 2018 – edition no. 3004

* Wong Sio Chak announces police body cameras start operating this week * Wynn resorts settles lawsuit for USD$2.4b * ‘All we need is more balance’ * Election tests HK stomach for defying

Wynn settles Universal Entertainment suit for USD2.4 billion

Wynn Resorts Ltd. agreed to pay a total of USD2.4 billion to settle a lawsuit with Universal Entertainment Corp. over the forced redemption of the Japanese pachinko-machine maker’s 20 percent

Directors departing Wynn Resorts’ board as lawsuits pile up

Las Vegas-based Wynn Resorts announced the departure of two members of its board of directors as lawsuits against its members and the company’s founder continued to

Manicurist accuses casino mogul of sexual misconduct suit

A woman who says she regularly performed manicures on embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn filed a lawsuit this week accusing him of sexual misconduct and the company he

‘Proof of Life’ period to expire by the end of month

The Social Security Fund (FSS) informed in a statement that the “Proof of Life” period for the year 2018, to which all elderly and disability

MICE industry members attend Kuala Lumpur event

The Macao Trade and Investment Promotion Institute (IPIM), along with representatives of the region’s exhibition and convention industry, recently participated in the Union of International Fairs (UFI)

Organizations raise funds for non-resident in celebration of Women’s Day

In celebration of International Women’s Day yesterday, local groups organized an event to help raise funds to assist with the medical fees of a non-resident worker suffering

BBAM re-elects Keith Buckley as chairman

The British Business Association of Macao (BBAM) has re-elected Keith Buckley to the position of chairman at its Annual General Meeting held earlier this week. A

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