Balkans War | UN court convicts Mladic of genocide over Bosnia’s horrors

The United Nations’ Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted Bosnian Serb military chief Gen. Ratko Mladic yesterday of genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentenced him to life

Offbeat | Baron Cohen to pay fine for Czechs sporting Borat mankinis

Comic actor Sacha Baron Cohen has offered to pay the fines for six Czech tourists who were reportedly detained by authorities in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana for dressing up

This Day in History | 1978 – Nightclub ordered to lift race ban

A Birmingham nightclub has been ordered to open its doors to black and Chinese people. The year-long investigation into popular nightspot Pollyanna’s was held after two

Football | Real Madrid, Besiktas advance in Champions League

Daniella Matar Defending champion Real Madrid advanced again to the Champions League knockout stages after beating APOEL 6-0 and Tottenham piled the misery on Borussia Dortmund

The Buzz | Philippines to extradite priest accused of molesting US boys

The Philippine government is preparing to extradite to the United States a recently arrested Filipino Catholic priest who faces charges of sexually molesting two boys in North Dakota churches

Tennis | Grand Slams planning to cut seeds from 32 back to 16 in 2019

Grand Slam tournaments are planning to return to seeding only 16 players, instead of 32, as of 2019, and now will give a player who is

World briefs

INDONESIAs military and police continue to perform abusive virginity tests on female recruits three years after the World Health Organization declared they had no scientific validity, an international human

Zimbabwe incoming leader Mnangagwa jets in from South Africa

Zimbabwe’s incoming leader Emmerson Mnangagwa emerged from hiding yesterday, departing from neighboring South Africa to return home in preparation to take power after Robert Mugabe’s stunning resignation.

Made in Macao | Drinking culture in Macao

The drinking culture of a place shows a lot about the tradition and social life of that place. For the Portuguese, it is customary to have wine during

Thursday, November 23, 2017 – edition no. 2933

* Study shows Macau is one of the most luminous cities in the world * Baroque music festival returns * Fiercely against municipal elections * UN court convicts Mladic of genocide   DOWNLOAD

Typhoon Hato | Fong faces new disciplinary procedure

The inquiry commission created to assess authorities’ response to Typhoon Hato presented a report to the Chief Executive on November 9. Chui Sai On analyzed the

Vatican, China exchange art amid stall in hard diplomacy

The Vatican and China are planning a first-ever exchange of artworks for exhibits in China and the Vatican Museums, as the two states forge ahead with soft

200 more entities in cultural industries

A total of 1,913 organizations were operating in the four core domains of the cultural industries of Macau last year, according to a statement released by the

Legal Wise | Tapping at will?

In the latest edition of the Macau Judiciary Police Gazette “Criminal Investigation and Legal System”, a principal investigator from said police body penned an article defending the

Policy Adress | Administration and Justice: Lawmakers criticize top officials’ accountability system

The Secretary for Administration and Justice, Sonia Chan, along with several department leaders from her secretariat, were present at the Legislative Assembly (AL) to

Ho suggests reviewing car maintenance regulations

Lawmaker Ho Ion Sang claimed that the government did not implement substantial actions in relation to livelihood issues, a topic the government has made many promises

Chinese tourists spend slightly more

Tourists’ total spending in Macau (excluding gaming expenses) amounted to MOP15.93 billion in the third quarter of 2017, up by 8.8 percent year-on- year and 15.9

Gaming | Cryptocurrency | Dragon Corp CEO denies involvement of Broken Tooth

The CEO of Dragon Corp., the company that wants to build a USD300 million floating cryptocurrency casino in Macau, has denied that the territory’s most notorious

Bitcoin falls on USD31 million peer hack

Bitcoin slipped from a record after the USD31 million theft of a cryptocurrency peer renewed concern about the security of digital coins. The company behind tether,

Gaming | Analyst : GGR won’t recover before 2020

Analyst Grant Govertsen has predicted that Macau’s gross gaming revenues (GGR) are unlikely to return to their pre-recession levels before the current concessionaire agreements end between

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