Thursday, February 8, 2018 – edition no. 2983

* Death, chaos in Taiwan aftershocks * CCAC: plot buyers may be ‘victims’ * IC to focus on heritage protection * Stamp duty law amendments passed   DOWNLOAD

Breaking News: Steve Wynn resigns amid sex misconduct claims

Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned today as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts amid sexual misconduct allegations. The Las Vegas-based company in a statement said Wynn's resignation was effective immediately.

CCAC wants gov’t to revert Alto de Coloane plot ownership

The Commission Against Corruption (CCAC) have released their “Investigation report on the construction project at Alto de Coloane”. The report highlights the existing doubts concerning the exact location

Obituary | Professor Jao Tsung I passed away aged 101

Professor Jao Tsung I, an expert of sinology and a former recipient of an honorary doctorate from the University of Macau (UM), passed away yesterday morning, at the age

Briefs | UM wins 13 golds at swimming competition

The University of Macau Swimming Team recently won 13 gold medals, 12 silver medals, and 10 bronze medals at a local inter-varsity swimming championship. Team members Chao Man

Global stock markets tumble after Wall Street battering

Stock markets around the world took a battering yesterday, following a dramatic sell-off on Wall Street that triggered concerns that a potentially healthy pullback from record highs could

AL Plenary | Effectiveness of new measures to ‘cool down’ real estate market questioned 

The Secretary for Economy and Finance, Lionel Leong, was yesterday at the Legislative Assembly (AL) to present two bills that aim, according to the government, to “cool down” the

China Press Freedom Report 2017 | IFJ expresses concern over treatment of journalists after Hato

The International Federation of Journalists has released its China Press Freedom Report 2017, which includes a brief reference to the problems foreign journalists faced when trying to enter

Vegas judge to allow claims against Wynn board in Okada suit

A Las Vegas judge will now allow claims against certain members of Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s board to go forward in the long legal battle with ousted director and shareholder

Meg-Star holds fundraiser, unveils new image

Meg-Star Group released its new brand image this week during a charity night and reunion gala dinner, held at the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel. Nearly 3,000 guests attended the

‘China’s Hawaii’ has a gambling plan: These may be winners

Beijing’s ambitions to bring more tourists and gambling to an island billed as China’s Hawaii is sparking visions of a rapid transformation for an important provincial region. The plan

China solar supplier grows in India to avoid trade controls

One of China's biggest makers of solar panels said yesterday it will invest USD309 million to expand manufacturing in India in a move to guard against what it

Defense | Mid-course missile interceptor test successful

China said yesterday it successfully tested a mid-course anti-missile defense system within its own territory, a move that comes amid tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons program and

Hong Kong | ‘Umbrella Movement’ activists walk free

Hong Kong's highest court yesterday overturned prison sentences for three young pro-democracy activists convicted for their roles in kicking off 2014's "Umbrella Movement" protests in the semiautonomous Chinese

Gui Minhai | Sweden FM slams Beijing as missing bookseller row escalates

Sweden has condemned China's "brutal" detention of Swedish citizen Gui Minhai, escalating a standoff sparked two weeks ago when Chinese agents seized the Hong Kong-based bookseller as

Afghanistan | First female coders bring it on: Fight against Opium

A group of young Afghan women in the deeply conservative western Herat province is breaking traditional barriers as their war-torn country's first female coders in an overwhelmingly

Philippines | Duterte wants foreign research ships out of its waters

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered an end to all foreign scientific research missions in a vast expanse of waters off the country's northeast and called on the

Hawaii | Honolulu emergency worker threatened after misleading photo

When an erroneous alert was sent out last month telling people in Hawaii that there was an incoming ballistic missile, Jeffrey Wong was an island away from the state's

Maldives | Ex-leader wants India to intervene to free judges

The main political rival to the president of the Maldives called on India yesterday to send an envoy — backed by its military — to free imprisoned Supreme Court

UK | Brexit uncertainty to stay Bank of England’s hand

There can rarely have been a more complicated time to set interest rates for the U.K. economy. While high inflation, low unemployment and stable growth would usually prompt

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